Donna Bayliss

Donna Bayliss is an Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia (UWA), School of Psychological Science. She holds leadership roles including Graduate Research Coordinator and member of the Board of the Graduate Research School. Her research focuses on working memory, attention regulation, and their links to educational achievement and developmental disorders. She has secured over $650k in research funding from the ARC, ESRC, and Spencer Foundation, with highly cited work (>1275 citations in 5 years).

Education: BSc and PhD from University of Wollongong, postdoc at University of Bristol. Leadership: School Executive Committee (2017-2019), Director of Research Committee (2017-2019), Deputy Director (2020-2021). Teaching includes Lifespan Development, Atypical Development, and Honours supervision. Supervised 12 PhD, 10 Masters, and >45 Honours students.

Research interests include childhood adversity impacts, trust development in children, and neurodevelopmental pathways to educational achievement. Awards: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2022), STAWA Psychology Teachers Convention organiser (2023). Community engagement: Conoco Science Experience facilitator (2018).

Key grants include 'Memory Consolidation and Educational Achievement in Children' (ARC, $150k) and 'Binding and Time: Two Fundamental Attributes of Memory' (UWA, $10k). Recent publications explore trust measurement in children, cerebral lateralisation, and stigma experiences in youth with anxiety/depression.