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Michelle Fraser is a Research Associate in the School of Psychological Science at the University of Western Australia. She completed her PhD in 2019, with a focus on road safety and injury prevention, accumulating over 12 years of experience in this field. Her research interests cover a broad range of topics including older drivers, dementia and driving, fatigue, heavy vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, and the use of driving simulator research in naturalistic road safety studies. Michelle's PhD project involved utilizing naturalistic video footage and GPS data to investigate safety issues surrounding group riding in cycling specific to Perth. Additionally, her work examines the impact of eye cataract surgery on crash injury outcomes and the influence of new road infrastructure designs and interventions on safety, including leading a project that reviewed interventions with new technology to improve safety for older pedestrians and individuals with disabilities. Currently, she is engaged in a population-based study looking at the association between visual field loss and motor vehicle crashes, aligning her expertise with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
University of Western Australia • Perth, Australia
Conduct research in areas related to road safety, injury prevention, and related psychological aspects.
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