DR LARISSA BARTLETT
Executive Mindfulness Coach
Larissa has a PhD in occupational health and wellbeing from the Menzies Institute for Medical Research at the University of Tasmania. For this work Larissa was awarded the American Psychological Association’s Work Stress and Health Student Researcher Award and has published ten peer reviewed research papers on the benefits for health and work of mindfulness, positive psychology and behaviour choices. Larissa’s research focuses on the influence of personal resources such as mindfulness and psychological capital (hope, optimism, efficacy and resilience) on health behaviours. She currently holds the ISLAND Research Fellowship at the University of Tasmania’s Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, running a population level public health study aiming to reduce the future rate of dementia in Tasmania. Larissa is also an experienced mindfulness coach, working with clients who seek to build hope, optimism, self-efficacy, and resilience, and to live their best lives.
View our mindfulness videos including guided practices, and other resources from Larissa here.DR ANGELA MARTIN
Mentally Healthy Workplaces
Professor Martin is Co-Director of Pracademia, a knowledge translation company working with business and industry to create evidence-informed approaches to health and social issues in working life.
In addition to her work with Pracademia, she is a part-time Professorial Research Fellow, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, and an Adjunct Professor of Management, College of Business and Economics, at the University of Tasmania. She has 20 years of experience as an academic and practitioner in the fields of organisational behaviour and occupational health
psychology.
Angela is well known for her research on workplace mental health, program and intervention evaluation and the role of managers in creating mentally healthy workplaces.
In 2017 she led the development of an influential white paper: An Integrated Approach to Workplace Mental Health: Nine priorities for Implementation in Australia which has shaped changes to policy and practice in a range of settings.
View our videos and other resources on mentally healthy workplaces and building resilience from Angela here.ADAM NEBBS
Psychological Health & Safety
Adam Nebbs is a lived experience public health researcher at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research. Adam previously worked as a frontline leader in the banking industry and uses his industry knowledge to help inform his research. His research to date has been focused on identifying the tools available to organisations that are looking to create a mentally healthy workplace. His most recent study focuses on identifying the barriers and facilitators that may influence the implementation of workplace mental health strategies. Adam intends to use his findings to help create more sustainable and systematic workplace mental health approaches for Tasmanian businesses.
View our videos on identifying and managing workplace psychosocial hazards and other resources from Adam here.JO BAILEY
Communications & Engagement Specialist
Jo’s professional career includes seventeen years in senior marketing management positions in the tourism, hospitality and higher education sectors; consultancy, specialising in marketing, brand, heritage and tourism interpretation, stakeholder engagement, communications; an extensive background in marketing, communications, business development and stakeholder management; expertise in the not-for-profit sector; and a combined 13 years experience as a Non-Executive Director.
Jo has an MBA from the University of Tasmania. She grew up in Hobart, and spent three years working overseas in Thailand and Greece, before returning to her home state. Jo is a Non-Executive Director of Cricket Tasmania and President and Chair of Womensport & Recreation Tasmania.
View our HOSPO Health resources that can be used in your business, including Jo's tips and hints, here.