My Expertise
My research focuses on understanding the factors that contribute to children’s emotional health and working to improve the services available to children experiencing anxiety and other emotional disorders. I am recognised as a world leader for my work on parent-child interactions and the development and treatment of anxiety.
My methodological expertise includes experimental studies, large-scale randomised clinical trials, prevention trials, school-based trials, gene-environment interaction studies, and systematic reviews.
I have delivered sustained and influential insights into the complex aetiology of anxiety, as well as developed and validated innovative, accessible interventions. My experience impacts the lives of Australian families through the development of new ways of understanding and treating anxiety disorders.
Key research areas: Child and youth mental health, child anxiety, parenting
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Fields of Research (FoR)
Mental health services, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing, Clinical psychologyBiography
As Director of Research at the Black Dog Institute, I have made distinguished contributions to the scientific understanding and clinical treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. I have delivered sustained and influential insights into the complex aetiology of anxiety, as well as developed and validated innovative, accessible interventions. I am recognised as a world leader for my work on parent-child interactions and the...view more
As Director of Research at the Black Dog Institute, I have made distinguished contributions to the scientific understanding and clinical treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. I have delivered sustained and influential insights into the complex aetiology of anxiety, as well as developed and validated innovative, accessible interventions. I am recognised as a world leader for my work on parent-child interactions and the development and treatment of anxiety.
My Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours I), Macquarie University (April 1995)
- Doctor of Philosophy / Master of Clinical Psychology, Macquarie University (April 2001), Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation
My Awards
- 2022 Oration Award, Society for Mental Health Research
- 2021 AMP Tomorrow Maker, AMP Foundation
- 2020 Higher Education Hot List, The Educator
- 2019 Macquarie University, Supervisor of the Year.
- 2018 Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences of Australia
- 2017 Fellow, Association of Psychological Science
- 2016 Mental Health Matters, Mental Health Association NSW, Excellence in Service Award, Centre for Emotional Health
- 2015 Macquarie University Research Excellence Awards - Healthy people
- 2015 Macquarie University Excellence in Higher Degree Supervision Award (Highly Commended)
- 2013 Highly Commended Macquarie University Research Awards: Jim Piper Research Leadership Award
- 2011 Macquarie University Research Awards: Excellence in Research: Social Science, Business, and Humanities
- 2010 Finalist Scopus Young Researcher of the Year (Humanities and Social Sciences).
- 2008 Division of Linguistics and Psychology, Excellence in Research (Highest grant funding in 2008)
- 2008 Division of Linguistics and Psychology, Excellence in Research Supervision (Highest number of doctoral completions in 2008)
- 2007 Mental Health Matters Award, Mental Health Association NSW (Cool Teens CD-Rom. Team award)
- 2007 Macquarie University Innovation Awards, Highly Commended (Cool Teens CD-Rom. Team award)
- 2006 Australian Psychological Society Early Career Research Award
- 2006 Macquarie University Innovation Awards, Highly Commended (Cool Teens CD-Rom. Team award)
- 2006 Paul Bourke Early Career Award, Australian Academy of Social Science
- 2004 NSW Young Tall Poppy Award, Institute of Political Sciences.
- 2003 Tracy Goodall Early Career award, Australian Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy
- 2002 Early Career Development Award, Anxiety Disorders Association of America
- 2001 Vice Chancellors Commendation
- 1997-1999 Australia Postgraduate Award
My Research Activities
My current projects can be viewed via Black Dog Institute's website, below.
Summary of publications impact: 10 published manuals; 1 edited book; 21 book chapters; 163 peer-reviewed articles. Citations = 12,178 (Google Scholar) H-index = 57. In the last 5 years, her 63 peer-reviewed papers (27 as first/senior author) have been cited 556 times (Scopus), with 62% published in the top 10% of journals by CiteScore. Citations for past 5 years = 6143.
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Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5778-2670
