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.

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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.

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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

**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

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

Contact Us

RTRP Intake Line: 9385 0006

Email: refugee@unsw.edu.au

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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