Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Sjaan Koppel holds a PhD in Psychophysiology and is an Associate Professor at the Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC).
Within this role, Sjaan leads the Behavioural Science team and is passionate about improving the safe mobility of vulnerable road users including: older road users, drivers with medical conditions and/or functional impairments, and child road users.
In a 2021 review - that analysed 50 years (and over 25,000 pieces) of road safety literature, Sjaan was recognised as the world's leading author on research related to “Old, child & vulnerable road users, driver clinical/mental condition, fatigue & sleepiness”.
Within her research, Sjaan uses many behavioural safety techniques including: questionnaires, neuropsychological assessments, interactive driving simulations, on-road driving assessments and naturalistic driving study [NDS] methodologies.
Sjaan is also collaborating with the mindfulness experts at Monash University and is leading a research program to explore the potential for mindfulness training to improve road safety behaviours across drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.
Sjaan is on the Board of Directors for the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM), is an Associate Editor for the Traffic Injury Prevention (TIP) journal, is on the Scientific Program Committee for the TÜV SÜD Conference ‘Protection of Children in Cars' and is an invited member of Safe Kids Worldwide's 'Children in Automated Vehicles' Consortium.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Road Safety
- Mindfulness
- Vulnerable Road Users
- Child Occupants
- Older Drivers
Network
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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF SELECTED VEHICLE OCCUPANT AND UNPROTECTED ROAD USER SURVIVABILITY CURVES
16/03/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Baseline Research Program: Workplace Road Safety
Koppel, S., McDonald, H., Logan, D., Carslake, J. & Batson, A.
Monash University – Internal University Contribution
1/07/22 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Evaluation, Validation and Comparison of Fatigued Driving Monitoring Systems
Anderson, C., Howard, M. E., Wilson Rajaratnam, S., Cori, J., Koppel, S., Manousakis, J., Ferguson, S. A., Dawson, D., Roach, G. D., Thomas, M. J. W., Naweed, A. & Sargent, C.
Australian Automobile Association
30/06/21 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Evidence for the Development of a Self-Assessment Tool for Senior Drivers
Koppel, S., Stephens, A. & Charlton, J.
1/06/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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A city-level transport vision for 2050: reimagined since COVID-19
Pawluk De-Toledo, K., O'Hern, S. & Koppel, S., Mar 2023, In: Transport Policy. 132, p. 144-153 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A social-ecological model of working from home during COVID-19
Pawluk De-Toledo, K., O’Hern, S. & Koppel, S., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Transportation. 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access -
Key factors associated with child occupants’ suboptimal head positions when travelling in child restraint systems: results from a naturalistic driving study of children in cars
Cross, S. L., Koppel, S., Arbogast, K. B., Rudin-Brown, C. M., Newstead, S. V. & Charlton, J. L., May 2023, In: Journal of Transport & Health. 30, 11 p., 101590.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Risk of motor vehicle collisions and culpability among older drivers using cannabis: a meta-analysis
Chinna-Meyyappan, A., Wang, H. J., Bawa, K. K., Ellazar, E., Norris-Roozmon, E., Naglie, G., Herrmann, N., Charlton, J. L., Koppel, S., Castel, S., Lanctôt, K. L. & Rapoport, M. J., 2023, In: Brain Sciences. 13, 3, 18 p., 421.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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The Association between Psychological Resilience and Driving Behavior among Older Drivers in Australia
St Louis, R. M., Koppel, S., Molnar, L. J., Di Stefano, M., Darzins, P., Bédard, M., Mullen, N., Myers, A., Marshall, S. & Charlton, J. L., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Applied Gerontology. p. 1-11 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Advancing Women’s Research Success (AWRS) Award
Koppel, Sjaanie (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship - Industry
Koppel, Sjaanie (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
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Early Career Researcher Award
Koppel, Sjaanie (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Elaine Wodzin Young Achiever Award
Koppel, Sjaanie (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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International Conference Protection of Children in Cars 2022
Kristy Arbogast (Speaker), Katarina Bohman (Speaker), Lotta Jakobsson (Speaker), Jessica Jermakain (Speaker), Sjaanie Koppel (Speaker) & Suzanne Tylko (Speaker)
2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Sustainability (Journal)
David Logan (Associate editor), Sjaanie Koppel (Associate editor) & Brian Fildes (Guest editor)
Aug 2021 → Apr 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Submission to Inquiry into Road Safety
David Logan (Contributor), Stuart Newstead (Contributor) & Sjaan Koppel (Contributor)
Aug 2021Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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Road Safety and other Workplace Benefits of Mindfulness
Sjaanie Koppel (Contributor), Richard Chambers (Contributor) & Craig Hassed (Contributor)
17 Nov 2020Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar