Refugee Trauma & Recovery Program
UNSW Sydney
A research program dedicated to understanding the psychological and neurobiological effects of refugee trauma and pathways to recovery
Can you help?
You can make a difference.
We would like to invite refugees and asylum seekers who have experienced trauma to participate in research projects, aimed at gaining a better understanding of the refugee experience.
These projects will help us to improve the treatment of traumatic stress reactions among refugees.
Participation is open to all refugees and asylum seekers, including non-permanent visa holders.
We would like to hear from people who feel they are coping well, as well as those who are experiencing difficult reactions such as sadness, nightmares and distressing memories.
We will compensate eligible participants for their time.
Refugees & Asylum Seekers
If you would like to enquire about participating in our research projects, please click the "Enter your details" button and we will contact you by telephone, with an interpreter if needed. You can also contact us directly on 9385 0006.
Referrers
If you would like to refer someone to our program, please obtain their permission and enter their details below. We will contact them by telephone, with an interpreter if needed, to provide them with more information about our research.
All information provided by participants is considered highly confidential and is only accessed by the research team.
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
Sarah Funnell
Clinical Psychologist
Dr Melissa Freire
Senior Research Associate
Natalie Mastrogiovanni
Provisional Psychologist and PhD/Master of Clinical Psychology Candidate
Vivian Mai
Provisional Psychologist and PhD/Master of Clinical Psychology Candidate
Stephanie Murphy
Research Officer
Anna Camilleri
Research Assistant
Jenny Im
Research Assistant
Marta Gurzeda
Research Assistant
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
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
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
For a full list of our publications, check out our UNSW profiles: