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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 is responsible for conducting research projects that improve the safe mobility for vulnerable road users including: older road users, drivers with medical conditions and/or functional impairments, and child road users.
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.
Recently, Sjaan has collaborated with the mindfulness experts at Monash University 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.
Research area keywords
- Road Safety
- Mindfulness
- Vulnerable Road Users
- Child Occupants
- Older Drivers
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Projects
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Open access virtual testing protocols for enhanced road user safety
Linder, A., Charlton, J., Oxley, J. & Koppel, S.
6/01/18 → 6/01/22
Project: Research
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BC-GRIP Tackling congestion: Correlation between level of information and influence on travel behaviour
Pawluk De-Toledo, K., Koppel, S., O'Hern, S. & Smith, L.
13/09/17 → 25/03/21
Project: Research
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BC-GRIP Encouraging drivers to stay focused on the road
Kaviani, F., Koppel, S., Young, K., Robards, B. & Smith, L.
13/09/17 → 25/03/21
Project: Research
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Design features critical for correct use of child car restraints
Brown, J., Bilston, L., Charlton, J., Koppel, S., Keay, L. & Olivier, J.
31/03/17 → 30/03/21
Project: Research
Research output
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A comparison of older drivers’ driving patterns during a naturalistic on-road driving task with patterns from their preceding four-months of real-world driving
Koppel, S., Liu, P. Y., Griffiths, D., Hua, P., St. Louis, R. M., Stephan, K., Logan, D. B., Di Stefano, M., Darzins, P., Porter, M. M., Mazer, B., Gélinas, I., Vrkljan, B., Marshall, S. & Charlton, J. L., May 2020, In : Safety Science. 125, 9 p., 104652.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Australian cyclists’ engagement in secondary tasks
Young, K. L., Stephens, A. N., O'Hern, S. & Koppel, S., Mar 2020, In : Journal of Transport & Health. 16, 10 p., 100793.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Changes in older drivers’ self-awareness of driving ability over one year
Chen, Y. T., Mazer, B., Myers, A., Vrkljan, B., Koppel, S., Charlton, J. L., Marshall, S. C. & Gélinas, I., Sep 2020, In : Accident Analysis and Prevention. 144, 10 p., 105552.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Development and Analysis of A Comprehensive Data System to Understand the Occurrence, Severity and Risk Factors of Older Road User Crashes
Koppel, S., Fitzharris, M., Newstead, S., D'Elia, A., Budd, L. & Charlton, J., Feb 2020, Melbourne Vic Australia: MUARC. 207 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Other
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Influence of child restraint system design features on comfort, belt fit and posture
Albanese, B., Bohman, K., Bilston, L., Koppel, S., Charlton, J. L., Olivier, J., Keay, L. & Brown, J., Aug 2020, In : Safety Science. 128, 8 p., 104707.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)
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John Kirby Memorial Road Safety Award for best paper by Early Career Researcher
Koppel, Sjaanie (Recipient), 2004
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Public lecture/debate/seminar
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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