Nikos Thomacos

Dr Nikos Thomacos is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University having joined RMIT at the beginning of first semester 2022 from Monash University after a 13-year career there. Psychology at RMIT involves over 1,700 students in Melbourne, and is also taught at RMIT Vietnam, and feeds into postgraduate training programs in psychology. In moving to RMIT, Nikos also retains adjunct roles at Monash University in the School of Nursing and Midwifery and the School of Primary and Allied Health Care.

Aside from his work as an academic, Nikos has also developed, delivered, and evaluated metal health, health promotion, health communication and literacy, and community and population health programs and training and development for a range of academic, government, industry, and community audiences. Additionally, in the various roles Nikos has held he has developed, implemented, and evaluated policy and programs and initiatives across a range of settings and sectors (e.g., heath, community services, justice, employment, etc.). 

Nikos is primarily a quantitative researcher, with both his research and teaching demonstrating a breadth of quantitative methodological and statistical approaches. In doing so, he has also developed and delivered quantitative research curricula at under and postgraduate levels both at Monash and other universities (e.g., Swinburne University). That said, he has also successfully delivered and supervised many mixed methods and qualitative research projects.

With respect to graduate student supervision, he has supervised twenty eight Honours projects (all to either an H1 or H2A standard), graduated elelven Ph.Ds, two Masters by Research candidates, and is currently the primary supervisor of seven Ph.Ds, two Masters, and four Honours students.