Luke Tomlin
PhD student
PhD(c)
luke.tomlin@telethonkids.org.au
+61 430 520 078
Currently Luke is a full-time PhD student specialising in exercise, health, and behavioural science. He is working with the Psychology of Active, Healthy Living Group (PAHL) out of the University of Western Australia, where his research aims to improve the design, implementation, and evaluation of workplace health initiatives.
His research is focused on PAHL’s GRIT program which is a social support, resilience-building, and coping initiative designed for, and with, schoolteachers. Teaching is a high-stress, high-churn job, and school principals are seeing many burned-out staff leaving the profession. As such, GRIT was developed to support school leaders, supporting staff, teachers, and their students as a 'whole-school' commitment to staff wellness and school thriving.
The GRIT program has already been successfully delivered and embedded into numerous WA high schools and Luke aims to refine the program and establish it across more schooling locations. Further, he aims to extend to program into organisations more broadly, with the goal of increasing the programs impact.
Projects
The Growth and Resilience in Teachers program (GRIT): Evaluation of a Co- Designed Program for High School Teacher Wellbeing
Mental health problems are prevalent in working populations worldwide. Researchers attribute many of these issues to rising work pressures, which can lead to the development of conditions such as depression, anxiety, distress, and burnout.
Education and Qualifications
- Bachelor of Exercise, Sport, and Health Science – Edith Cowan University
- Bachelor of Exercise, Sport, and Health Science (Honours) – University of Western Australia
Awards/Honours
- July, 2021 - Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Sport Science, Exercise and Health, University of Western Australia