Sponsored guest speaker
Dr Julie McCredden

President
ORSAA
Dr Julie McCredden is a cognitive science researcher, educational designer and counsellor. She has a BSc in mathematics and psychology, an honours degree in human perception and a PhD in cognitive science. Her foundational research areas are human perception and psychophysics, cognitive development and human reasoning, undertaken at the University of Queensland, the Queensland Institute of Technology, and Griffith University.
In the last three decades, Dr. McCredden has worked in theoretical and applied research, including investigating the limits to human working memory and introducing new technologies and pedagogies into university courses. Through this latter work, she became aware of the underlying health risks associated with new technologies being rolled out untested across university campuses. Dr. McCredden now investigates the effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on humans, particularly cognitive and emotional processes. She is currently president of the Oceania Radiofrequency Advisory Association (ORSAA). This not-for-profit organisation collates and disseminates the science of EMFs focused on human planetary health area via an online database. Dr. McCredden has co-authored several papers in this area, together with other members of ORSAA. She also has a Master of Counselling and works with people affected by electromagnetic fields and other environmental toxins. This gives her the unique opportunity to compare observations from the field against current theoretical frameworks regarding avenues of interaction between EMFs and human systems. This unfolding understanding is what she aims to communicate to both researchers and health practitioners, to advance scientific knowledge, and to assist those suffering from adverse effects.