I am an Honorary Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist. I completed my PhD and Doctor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sydney in 2018 before beginning my Macquarie University Fellowship in 2019. 

My research is focused on understanding and treating anxiety and related disorders in children and adolescents. I investigate the cognitive and familial risk factors that underpin youth emotional health disorders and use this understanding to improve and develop treatments for young people with emotional health difficulties.

• Anxiety and comorbid disorders in childhood and adolescents
• Cognitive factors underpinning youth anxiety and related disorders 
• Development and environmental and familial risk factors (e.g., parenting) of youth anxiety and related disorders
• Treatment of anxiety and comorbid disorders in youth

I supervise research students on topics related to youth mental health, the role of cognitive bias in youth anxiety and comorbid disorders, familial and environmental risk factors in the development of anxiety and depressive disorders in youth, improving and developing novel treatments for anxious youth with comorbid disorders.

I have taught a number of undergraduate Psychology units, including Statistical and Research Methods, Developmental Psychology and Abnormal Psychology.

I present to schools, parents and community groups about my research. I also run training workshops for clinicians and health workers to educate them about youth mental health. I provide information about youth emotional health to the media (e.g., A Current Affair, SBS News). 

• Reviewer for a number of journals, including the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Behaviour Research and Therapy, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Clinical Psychological Science.