Kim Felmingham (M.A (Clin Psych), PhD)

Kim Felmingham is the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne.  She has established a programme of research identifying the neurobiological impacts of trauma and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) using brain imaging, memory and clinical experimental research methods.  She has over 190 publications in this field. She is currently a Chief Investigator of an NHMRC -funded clinical trial identifying ways of augmenting exposure therapy for PTSD, and she is Lead Investigator of an NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Optimising Exposure Therapy for Anxiety-related Disorders.  She is a practising clinical psychologist who has been treating PTSD patients and survivors of child trauma and sexual violence for the past 20 years.  She has recently been an advisor for developing the first Expert Guidelines in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Emergency Service Workers (2024).