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Justin Kenardy

Justin Alastair Kenardy (1958) is an Australian clinical psychologist, researcher and academic.

He is currently Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Queensland, Honorary Research Fellow at Gallipoli Research Foundation and Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Journal of Psychology.

Career appointments

In 1982 Kenardy began his career as a tutor in Psychiatry and research assistant at the University of Queensland. He then worked as a clinical psychologist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane whilst completing his PhD at the University of Queensland.  

He also commenced working with Dr Larry Evans as a member of the Anxiety Disorders Clinics and continued that from 1982 to 1989, and again from 1995 to 2002.

From 1988 to 1989, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University, where he worked clinically and on research projects. From 1989 to 1995, he was a lecturer at the University of Newcastle, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate clinical psychology and established the University's psychology clinic. At the same time, he maintained a private consultancy with the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service.

In 1995, he returned to the University of Queensland as a Senior Lecturer, teaching primarily in the honours and postgraduate clinical programs until 2004. He was Director of Clinical Programs from 1997 to 2001, where he established a new professional doctorate program whilst developing parallel research programs in e-mental health and eating disorders.

From 2004 to 2013 he took an appointment as Deputy Director of the Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation (CONROD) which is a leading national research centre on injury. He became Acting Director of CONROD between 2013 and 2015.

He was elected President of the Australian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies from 2012 to 2014 and was also elected to the Executive of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) from 2012 to 2018. He was Deputy Convener of the Annual Conferences of the ISTSS from 2010-2014, and Convener of the National Conference of the Australian Psychological Society in 2019-2020.

He returned to the School of Psychology in 2016 and from 2017 to 2018, then took a year's secondment as half-time Director of Research at the West Moreton Hospital and Health Service.

In 2021, he retired from the University of Queensland and was appointed Emeritus Professor. He continues contributing through appointments with the Jamieson Trauma Institute, Gallipoli Medical Research Institute and the Australian Journal of Psychology.

Honours and awards

He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society, a Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of both the Australian Psychological Society's President's Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology and the Ian Campbell Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Clinical Psychology.[1]

Research

Justin Kenardy is known for his interdisciplinary research work on the psychological impacts of eating and weight, trauma and injury, and his work is situated at the intersection of mental health and physical health. Most recently his work is on psychological aspects of traumatic injuries, including spinal, brain and burn injuries in children and adults.

His work includes the development and application of preventative, integrative and novel intervention approaches. He is also a pioneer in the field of e-mental health commencing in 1989 whilst working with Craig Barr Taylor at Stanford University. His was some of the first research on prevention using e-mental health. His published work demonstrates the interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary approach to collaborating with psychology, medical specialties, allied health, nursing, law, public health and health economics. He has received approximately $70 million in research funding from national and international sources.

Publications

Justin Kenardy is Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Journal of Psychology. He was an editor, associate editor or editorial board member in several prestigious international journals, including the Journal of Traumatic Stress, Health Psychology, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, and Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychologist.

He has published over 300 research publications, including 18 edited books and book chapters, 14 electronic and visual media, 30 technical and government reports, and over 200 refereed journal articles in high-standing journals in health and psychology-related areas. Citations total over 20,500 (Google Scholar h-index of 77; Scopus 1983-2024 h-index of 56.) Based on his publication record, he is currently ranked in the top 2% of social and clinical psychology researchers, the top 10 researchers in neck-related traumatic injury, and the top 50 researchers in child traumatic stress worldwide.[2]

Some Recent Translational Activities:

2010-2019: Following the major bushfire and flood disasters in Victoria and Queensland Justin Kenardy developed a program for teachers to acquire knowledge and skill in the management of trauma in schools. The resulting set of resources and training package was delivered post-disaster into multiple communities and schools across Australia initially under the auspices of the Queensland Government and later Red Cross Australia. The program was also translated into Japanese and then delivered by Dr Robyne Le Broque and Justin Kenardy in Japan as a response to the Fukoshima Earthquake.

2017: The Prince's Trust invited Justin Kenardy to contribute to an international roundtable in Dumfries, Scotland, to develop an early intervention for children exposed to psychological trauma. The outcome of the development process will be a low-cost, sustainable intervention that can be delivered by lay counselors in international settings.[3]

2017-2018: NSW Government/SIRA asked him to assist in developing the new legislation on managing minor psychological injuries following motor vehicle crashes. Based on research funded by MAIC-QLD, new guidelines were developed and are now part of legislation in NSW.[4]

2018-2019: Emerging Minds asked Justin Kenardy to assist in the development of a comprehensive resource to train different types of personnel who deliver support and care for children and young people following a disaster. This resource was rolled out nationally.[5]

2018-2022: Phoenix Australia appointed Justin Kenardy to assist in updating the NHMRC-Approved Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder resulting in a third edition, a "Living Guideline," through ongoing updates. These updates have been disseminated nationally and inform and guide best practice.

2016-2022: Medical procedures can be distressing and painful for children and parents. The Burns Unit at the Queensland Children's Hospital needed to address this issue to allow for better delivery of care. He set up a research project with Dr Erin Brown, to investigate the parent and child behaviours during a burn dressing change and from this work developed a simple information-based model of intervention "Take 5" that has been piloted in clinical settings with promising results for parents and children.

2017: An Open Science database was developed from an initial National Institutes of Health grant. This database childtraumadata.org provides a means for researchers in child trauma to access large datasets to address important questions about child trauma. Justin Kenardy is a contributor and one of the directors.

2018-2024: Justin Kenardy helped develop NHMRC-endorsed Guidelines for managing mental health in work-related injury by primary care with a team led by Danielle Mazza from Monash University. This led to the team obtaining an NHMRC Partnership grant which successfully implemented these guidelines in primary care.

2021-2023: The Department of Veteran's Affairs required up-to-date and rapid advice on new and emerging treatments for PTSD to inform their decisions about veterans' healthcare. Kenardy worked with a Gallipoli Medical Research Institute team to develop and update these Rapid Reviews.[6]