Professor Kerry Armstrong is the Director of the MAIC/UniSC Road Safety Research Collaboration, based at the University of the Sunshine Coast and has over 20 years’ experience in road safety research and evaluations.
Kerry has received national and international recognition for the quality and impact of the research and scholarship she has undertaken in road safety and injury prevention. Over the course of her career, she has led or been involved in delivering major local, national, and international projects examining drink driving, drug driving, fatigue, traffic law enforcement and associated penalties, and unlicensed driving.
Kerry possesses an in-depth knowledge of concepts, strategies, and issues associated with improving road safety in Queensland with proven expertise in encouraging the mutual exchange of ideas, data, and information, engaging partners as active contributors in program design, and bringing people together to build new solutions through testing and refinement. She has mentored and led over 80+ research teams since 2004 and has considerable experience managing teams to deliver complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
Kerry is excited to lead the RSRC with the vision of becoming the leading road safety research centre focusing on impaired driving, not only in Queensland, but Australia, within the next decade.
Awards
QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship 2016-2018
Professional Memberships
Registered Psychologist - Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS)
Member of the Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS)
Research areas
- Road Safety & Injury Prevention
- Impaired Driving
- Fatigue & Sleepiness
- Women's Health & Road Safety/Injury Prevention
Recent Publications
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Love, S., Kannis-Dymand, L., & Armstrong, K. (2024). Development and validation of a Disorganised Thoughts Scale: A new measure to assess thinking difficulties in the general population. BMC Psychology, 12 (1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01988-z
- Love, S., Koppel, S., & Armstrong, K. (2024). Problematic substance use and implications for road safety: An investigation on psychological dysfunction and risky driving styles. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 104, 42-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2024.05.011
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Love, S., Rowland, B., & Armstrong, K. (2024). Is cannabis a slippery slope? Associations between psychological dysfunctioning, other substance use, and impaired driving, in a sample of active cannabis users. PLoS One, 19(10), e0310958. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310958
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Love, S., Unger, P., Rowland, B. & Armstrong, K. (2024). Is cannabis associated with more than just driving impairment? An investigation into the psychological dysfunctioning and driving behaviours of active cannabis users. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 107, 1162-1174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2024.11.010
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Choden, P., Armstrong, K., & Sendall, M. C. (2022). Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Bhutan: Understanding Women’s Responses to IPV Using the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(19–20), NP18238–NP18265. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211035878
Professor Kerry Armstrong's specialist areas of knowledge include road safety, impaired driving, drink driving, drug driving, fatigue, traffic law enforcement and associated penalties, and unlicensed driving.
In the news
UniSC hosts Seniors Road Safety Forum at Queensland Road Safety Week launch
27 Aug 2024More than 200 Sunshine Coast seniors have brushed up on their driving knowledge and skills at a free Seniors Road Safety Forum hosted by the University of the Sunshine Coast this morning.