Refugee Trauma & Recovery Program
UNSW Sydney
A research program dedicated to understanding the psychological and neurobiological effects of refugee trauma and pathways to recovery
Our Team
The Refugee Trauma and Recovery Program is staffed by an experienced team of clinicians and researchers.
Professor Angela Nickerson
RTRP Program Director
Professor Belinda Liddell
Deputy Director
Dr Philippa Specker
Clinical Psychologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr. Gülşah Kurt
Clinical Psychologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Melissa Freire
Senior Research Associate
Vivian Mai
Provisional Psychologist and PhD/Master of Clinical Psychology Candidate
Anna Camilleri
Research Assistant
Jenny Im
Research Assistant
Marta Gurzeda
PhD Candidate
Hasti Rostami
Research Assistant
Cynthia Liong
Intern
Catherine Jung
Honours Student
Emily Goodyear
Honours Student
Lab Alumni
Collaborators and visiting scholars
Professor Richard Bryant
Professor Ulrich Schnyder
Dr Naser Morina
Dr Lonneke Lenferink
Tobias Spiller
post-doctoral researchers and clinical psychologists
Sarah Funnell
Dr. Natalie Mastrogiovanni
Natalie Peach
Dr. Yulisha Byrow
Dr. Joel Hoffman
Avalon Tissue
Dr. Shraddha Kashyap
Dr. Lillian Le
Shivani Uppal
Rosanna Pajak
Dr. Susan Li
Dr. Miriam Den
Dr. Ola Ahmed
Dr. Jessica Cheung
Dr. Ly Huynh
Ben Garber
Research Assistants
Casey Willoughby
Stephanie Murphy
Kiarne Humphreys
Joshua Wong
Isabelle Shaw
Candy Liu
Alice Kim
Savannah Minihan
Daniela Peiris
Amber Hamilton
Emma Doolan
WESTMEAD
TRAUMATIC STRESS CLINIC
WESTMEAD MILLENIUM INSTITUTE
176 HAWKSBURY ROAD
WESTMEAD
NSW 2145
RANDWICK
SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY
MATHEWS BUILDING
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
HIGH STREET
RANDWICK, NSW
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Recent Publications
Nickerson A; Hoffman J; Keegan D; Kashyap S; Argadianti R; Tricesaria D; Pestalozzi Z; Nandyatama R; Khakbaz M; Nilasari N; Liddell B, 2023, 'Intolerance of uncertainty, posttraumatic stress, depression, and fears for the future among displaced refugees', Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 94, pp. 102672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2023.102672
Liddell BJ; Das P; Malhi GS; Nickerson A; Felmingham KL; Askovic M; Aroche J; Coello M; Cheung J; Den M; Outhred T; Bryant RA, 2023, 'Refugee visa insecurity disrupts the brain’s default mode network', European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14, pp. 2213595, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2213595
Specker P; Liddell BJ; O’Donnell M; Bryant RA; Mau V; McMahon T; Byrow Y; Nickerson A, 2023, 'The Longitudinal Association Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Emotion Dysregulation, and Postmigration Stressors Among Refugees', Clinical Psychological Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21677026231164393
Hoffman J; Liddell BJ; Keegan D; Kashyap S; Tricesaria AAID; Pestalozzi Z; Argadianti R; Nandyatama RW; Khakbaz M; Nilasari N; Nickerson A, 2023, 'The Impact of COVID-19 Stressors on Refugee Mental Health and Well-Being in the Context of Sustained Displacement', American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 93, pp. 144 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000664
Byrow Y; Liddell B; O'Donnell M; Mau V; McMahon T; Bryant R; Benson G; Nickerson A, 2022, 'Profiles of post-migration stressors and mental health in refugees: A latent class analysis', Psychiatry Research, 311, pp. 114494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114494
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