Robert Anderson
Medicine
University of Adelaide
Australia
Biography
Robert Anderson joined Hall Technical in 2014 after a 21-year career in full-time research at the University of Adelaide, where he currently holds the title of Adjunct Associate Professor. He commenced his research career in 1993 at the University's Road Accident Research Unit (RARU), investigating crashes for a study on airbag effectiveness. In 1999 he completed his PhD on the biomechanics of impact-induced diffuse axonal injury (one of the most common and debilitating forms of brain injury), which earned him the Elizabeth Penfold Simpson Prize for Brain Injury Research. Robert was appointed Deputy Director at RARU in 1999 and then at the Centre for Automotive Safety Research that replaced it. During that time he conducted research on nearly all aspects of road safety. Over the last 15 years he oversaw the development of a test facility for testing vehicles for pedestrian safety for the Australasian New Car Assessment Program, developed expertise in pedestrian kinematics and pedestrian injury biomechanics and chaired an international committee on computer simulation of pedestrian crash mechanics.
Research Interest
Medicine,Medical Education,Research,etc
