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5.08/20/2025

Encourages questions and exploration.

4.05/21/2025

Inspires students to aim high and excel.

5.03/31/2025

Makes every class a memorable experience.

4.02/27/2025

Always positive, enthusiastic, and supportive.

5.02/4/2025

Great Professor!

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About Tara

Dr. Tara Clinton-McHarg is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She completed her PhD in Behavioural Science at the University of Newcastle in 2011, titled "Development and psychometric evaluation of a measure of perceived need for adolescents and young adults with cancer." She also holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts from the same university. Her professional career began at the University of Newcastle in 2010 as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Health Behaviour Research Group, School of Medicine and Public Health. Over the years, she has held postdoctoral positions in the HNE Population Health Research Group (2014-2017), Physical Health in Mental Illness Research Group, School of Psychology (2017-2019), and served as Lecturer in the School of Psychology (2019-2021). She is currently a Post-doctoral Researcher in the National Centre of Implementation Science and maintains an honorary senior lecturing role. Additionally, she serves as a Senior Research Fellow in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne.