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Biography
I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the eCentreClinic within the School of Psychological Sciences.
I completed a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) at UNSW in 2019 and a PhD from UNSW and the Black Dog Institute in 2025.
My PhD thesis focused on improving the diagnosis of Illness Anxiety Disorder (i.e., clinically significant health anxiety).
Education/Academic qualification
Psychology, PhD, Improving the diagnosis of Illness Anxiety Disorder, UNSW
2022 → 2025
Psychology, Bachelor of Psychological Sciences (Honours), UNSW
2015 → 2019
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Illness anxiety disorder: a qualitative study of people with health anxiety and their experiences seeking and avoiding medical care
Kikas, K., Werner-Seidler, A., Corkish, B., Upton, E., Holden, M. & Newby, J. M., Mar 2026, In: British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 65, 1, p. 68-85 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Illness anxiety disorder and somatic symptom disorder: similarities and differences in health-anxious individuals
Kikas, K., Upton, E., Corkish, B., Werner-Seidler, A. & Newby, J. M., 11 Mar 2026, In: PLoS ONE. 21, 3, p. 1-15 15 p., e0342493.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Moving beyond moderation to identify differential treatment effects of cognitive behavioural therapy for childhood anxiety: a systematic review
Bertie, L.-A., Mackinnon, A., McDermott, E. A., O’Gradey-Lee, M., Kikas, K., Tomlinson, M. & Hudson, J. L., 6 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Needs and expectations for the myNewWay blended digital and face-to-face psychotherapy model of care for depression and anxiety (part 1): participatory design study including people with lived and living experience
Kikas, K., O'Moore, K., Miller, R. K., Matheson, J. A. T., Li, S., Varghese, K., Baldwin, P., Cockayne, N., Whitton, A. E. & Newby, J. M., 2025, In: JMIR Human Factors. 12, p. 1-23 23 p., e69499.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Needs and expectations for the myNewWay blended digital and face-to-face psychotherapy model of care for depression and anxiety (part 2): participatory design study including mental health professionals
Miller, R. K., O'Moore, K., Kikas, K., Matheson, J.-A. T., Whitton, A. E., Baldwin, P., Li, S., Black, M. J., Kampel, L., Cockayne, N., Tuttlebee, F., Fraser, C., Carr, V., Varghese, K. & Newby, J., Dec 2025, In: JMIR Human Factors. 12, p. 1-20 20 p., e68789.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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