Kayla heads the MAIC/UniSC Fitness to Drive Clinic. Her program of work focuses on the association between neurocognition/neuropsychological function and driving capacity across different settings and populations. She is particularly interested in the assessment of fitness to drive in older adults with cognitive decline.
Awards
- University of the Sunshine Coast Postgraduate Research Scholarship
Memberships
- Australasian College of Road Safety
- School of Law and Society Research Sub-Committee Member
- Cerebral Autoregulation Research Network (CARNet)
Research areas
- Neuropsychology/Neuroscience
- Fitness to Drive
- Ageing and age-related cognitive decline
- Impaired Driving
Supervision:
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Neuropsychology
- Fitness to Drive
- Impaired Driving
Recent Publications
- Stefanidis, K. B., Truelove, V., Freeman, J., Mills, L., Nicolls, M., Sutherland, K., & Davey, J. (2022). A double-edged sword? Identifying the influence of peers, mass and social media on engagement in mobile phone use while driving. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 87, 19-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2022.03.015
- Stefanidis, K. B., Truelove, V., Nicolls, M., & Freeman, J. (2022). Perceptions matter: speeding behavior varies as a function of increasing perceived exposure to content encouraging the behavior. Traffic Injury Prevention, 23(5), 226-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2022.2049259
- Stefanidis, K. B., Davey, B., Truelove, V., Schiemer, C., & Freeman, J. (2022). Does exposure to social media content influence attitudes towards, and engagement in, road rule violations? A systematic review. PLoS One, 17(9), e0275335. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275335
- Stefanidis, K. B., Isbel, B., Klein, T., Lagopoulos, J., Askew, C. D., & Summers, M. J. (2020). Reduced cerebral pressure-flow responses are associated with electrophysiological markers of attention in healthy older adults. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 81, 167-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2020.09.034
- Stefanidis, K. B., Askew, C. D., Klein, T., Lagopoulos, J., & Summers, M. J. (2019). Healthy aging affects cerebrovascular reactivity and pressure-flow responses, but not neurovascular coupling: a cross-sectional study. PLoS One, 14(5), e0217082. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217082
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Dr Kayla Stefanidis' specialist areas of knowledge include ageing, cerebrovascular function, cognition and statistics. Dr Stefanidis is employed as a Research Fellow within the USC Road Safety Research Collaboration and works on multiple research projects focusing on social media and driving behaviour, driver distraction, cognitive function and impaired driving.