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George scholar receives Peter Vulcan Award for best research paper

Liz de Rome, a Research Scholar with the Institute’s Injury and Musculoskeletal Division, has been recognised with a Peter Vulcan Award for best research paper at the Australasian Road Safety Research Policing and Education Conference.

The paper, entitled Motorcycle protective clothing: Are stars better than standards? was co-authored by Narelle Haworth, Paul Varnsverry and Peter Rowden and presented at the conference in October.

As well as motorcycle safety, Liz’s research interests include strategic planning for road safety and young driver and rider education. She is a psychologist who has worked as an independent road safety consultant for over 15 years. Liz has specialised in identifying specific road safety issues and facilitating consultations between community representatives, government agencies and road safety experts to identify and agree on strategies for change.

Liz is funded by a PhD scholarship from the NRMA-ACT Road Safety Trust.

Citation

Haworth N, de Rome L, Varnsverry P, Rowden P. Motorcycle protective clothing: Are stars better than standards? The Australasian Road Safety Research Policing and Education Conference. Melbourne, Australia, October 2007.