Meet our lead researcher: Dr Jay Raman.

Dr Jay Raman is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Psychological Sciences, University of Newcastle. She is also an Adjunct Fellow at the Graduate School of Health-Clinical Psychology, UTS and Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine at WSU. Dr Raman is a Clinical Psychologist (AHPRA endorsed) and an accredited clinical supervisor from Sydney, Australia with over 20 years of clinical and supervision experience. She has supervised clinical psychology interns and registered psychologists in hospital emergency care, community crisis teams, triage, private practice, university clinics and in outpatient and inpatient settings. In addition to her clinical role, she was also the Manager for Psychology, Counselling and the Discharge Planning divisions for Mount Wilga Private Hospital for over 6 years and has held the role of Head of Behavioural Health at a busy bariatric clinic in Sydney. Currently, she serves as the Principal Advisor- Research for the MWP and BVP hospitals (part of Ramsay Health Care) in NSW.

Funded by a prestigious Fellowship from the NSW Institute of Psychiatry (2014: AUD 100,000), she was awarded her PhD (Sep 2016), based on a clinical trial funded by the above fellowship and a project grant from the Diabetes Australia Research Trust. In 2014, she was also offered a highly competitive NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship (AUD 51,539.00). Dr. Raman's PhD is innovative research at the international level on obesity and neurocognition. She is currently involved in several national and international research collaborations.

Dr. Raman teaches a broad spectrum of subjects ranging from foundational and advanced clinical skills. Her goal is to inspire and groom students in the scientist-practitioner model of psychology. Her passion lies in translational research in behavioural health. She continues to practice as a clinician and is connected to the real world through regular public lectures and media.

At the 3 Squares Eating Behaviours lab, Dr Raman fosters a rich learning environment to her students and aims to encourage scientific curiosity, inspire interest in the field of eating behaviours in individuals living with a high BMI.