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Dr Kate Hetherington

B. Science Psyc (Hons), M. Psyc (Clinical), PhD.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Team Leader - Ethics & Genetics
​Senior Research Fellow - School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, Randwick Clinical Campus, UNSW Sydney

Email: k.hetherington@unsw.edu.au
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Overview

Kate is a Clinical Psychologist and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Behavioural Sciences Unit in the School of Women and Children’s Health, UNSW. Kate completed both her Masters of Psychology (Clinical) and PhD in the School of Psychology at UNSW. Kate’s doctoral research investigated psychological mechanisms involved in the onset and maintenance of depressed mood, with a particular focus on repetitive thinking. Kate has experience in a variety of clinical and research settings. She is particularly interested in understanding the psychological impacts of cancer on children and their parents, and the development of interventions and supports to ameliorate its negative impacts.

​For more details, please visit:
Dr Hetherington's UNSW Research Profile
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