Nigel Marsh
- nigel.marsh@jcu.edu.au
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4060-6432
- Professor Clinical Psychology
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Publications
27
Awards
2
Biography
Professor Nigel Marsh is a New Zealand-trained clinical psychologist. He has held academic appointments in Clinical Psychology in Australia, Lebanon, Malaysia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Professor Marsh's expertise within the field of clinical psychology is in the areas of psychological assessment and research design. The majority of his research publications deal with the assessment of the psychosocial consequences of traumatic injuries or chronic illness for both the individual and their familial caregivers. He has conducted research across the life span with published studies on age groups ranging from infants to older adults. He has also published studies on non-clinical groups, primarily in the area of organisational psychology.
In previous academic appointments, Professor Marsh has been awarded grants to conduct research on traumatic brain injury, quality of life in dialysis patients, dementia in older adults, resilience in very low-income families and internet use amongst young adults. He has served as a consultant in the areas of healthy ageing, occupational health, genetics and rehabilitation.
He has held Visiting Professor appointments at Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia (United Kingdom) and at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Oviedo (Spain). He has held an Adjunct Research Professor appointment in the School of Science and Technology, Sunway University (Malaysia).
He has supervised 36 Higher Degree by Research theses to completion. This includes 20 master's theses and 16 doctoral theses. He is a Registered Psychologist (Singapore).
Research
Research Interests
Assessment of the psychosocial consequences of traumatic injuries or chronic illness, for both the individual and their familial caregivers
Healthy ageing, particularly as related to either attitudes or environmental and design factors
Evaluation of training of caregivers for vulnerable groups (e.g., children in out-of-home care, people with dementia)