DoctorRebecca St George

(She/Her)

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Psychology

  • Senior Lecturer in Psychology
    Psychology
  • School of Psychological Sciences, Psychology, 106 Psychology Research Centre, Sandy Bay Campus, TAS

SERVICE & ENGAGEMENT

  • EVENTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
    16 Aug 2025
    'What's your p(doom)?' Is AI going to save us, enslave us, or just write all our event descriptions? This event was a sold-out ticketed event as part of the Beaker Street Main Stage at Hobart City Hall. A live talk show where the guests are brilliant, the host is a comedian, and the topic is... the probability of humanity being wiped out by a superintelligent computer. Casual! Michael Hing wrangles a powerhouse lineup — AI expert Toby Walsh, Microsoft CTO Sarah Carney, Guardian tech journo Josh Taylor, and Dr Rebecca St George, who’s using AI to spot dementia before it strikes. Will the future be the rosy utopia offered up in Dario Amodei’s much-discussed essay "Machines of Loving Grace," in which AI accelerates scientific progress to warp speed — essentially curing all human disease, mitigating climate change, and more? Or will the planet be saved from human destruction another way, when artificial intelligence wipes us off the face of the Earth?
  • LEADERSHIP
    6 Dec 2023 - 1 Dec 2025
    President
  • CONFERENCE ROLE
    4 Dec 2023
    31st Australasian Society for Psychophysiology conference Hobart Dec 4-6 2023
  • RECOGNITION
    Vice Chancellor's Trailblazing Discovery Research Award
    24 Nov 2023
  • RECOGNITION
    College of Health and Medicine Trailblazing Discovery Research Award
    5 Oct 2023
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Committee member: Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) Committee
    1 Oct 2023
    Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) Committee, The College of Health and Medicine
  • EVENTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
    National Seniors Australia
    22 Aug 2022
    A presentation and Q&A session on dementia and falls to this community group.
  • LEADERSHIP
    Executive Committee Australasian Society for Psychophysiology
    1 Mar 2022
    Elected member
  • RECOGNITION
    Early Career Researcher Award 2021
    5 Oct 2021
    College of Health and Medicine UTAS
  • EVENTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
    Judge of the Science and Engineering Investigation Awards (SEIA)
    15 Sep 2021
    Engaging directly with school students from grades 5-12 to discuss their STEM projects.
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Research Committee Member
    1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2023
    Research Committee, School of Psychological Sciences
  • MEDIA INTERVIEW
    22 Nov 2017
    I was interviewed by Prof Bill Yates for the Journal of Neurophysiology podcast about my published case study of a person with an unusual balance disorder known as 'Camptocormia'.
  • EVENTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
    ABC Radio Interview
    1 Jan 2015
    An interview on the ‘Ageing Brain and Neuroplasticity’
  • MEDIA PUBLICATION
    1 Mar 2011
    A personal perspective on my experience as a Post Doctoral Researcher