Find an Expert
Are you a journalist looking for an academic to provide expert commentary/analysis for a news story/documentary?
This experts directory is a searchable database of Queen¡¯s academics who are interested in talking to the media about their areas of expertise.
If you cannot find the right expert, please contact Queen¡¯s Communications Office and a member of the team will be able to help you.
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Dr Fino is an expert in individual differences in personality and identity, and their relationships with mental health and wellbeing.
Expertise: Personality, Identity, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Psychometrics.
Dr Carroll is an expert in farm and companion-animal welfare science and human-animal interactions
Expertise: Cats, pigs, animal welfare; human behaviour change; domestication, evolutionary psychology
Cherie has a particular interest in occupational groups that are at increased risk of experiencing trauma and traumatic stress outcomes due to their occupational roles, for example, military, police, and emergency service workers; such as those in the fire and ambulance services.
Expertise: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Veterans, Mental Health, Depression, Domestic violence, Child maltreatment
Exploring alcohol and drug use among individuals experiencing harm or at risk of harm but not seeking treatment
Expertise: Alcohol, drinking, drug use, health inequalities, drug consumption rooms, overdose prevention sites, brief advice, harm reduction
Professor Dillenburger is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst-Doctoral (BCBA-D) and clinical Psychologist (HCPC). Her expertise lies in ABA, parenting, autism, and mental health.
Expertise: Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA); education, autism, mental health, parenting, challenging behaviour, learning, disability, clinical psychology, coronavirus, corona, covid-19
Professor Maruna¡¯s primary expertise is in the reintegration experiences of former prisoners in society.
Expertise: Probation, prisons, parole, personality disorder, punitive public attitudes, rehabilitation/resettlement, and desistance from crime.
Her Research interests are in the area of the development and evaluation of psychological (e.g. cognitive behaviour therapy)/behaviour change interventions to reduce the psychological sequelae of physical health conditions (cancer, chronic pain, asthma, IBD) as well as disease prevention through encouraging lifestyle change (e.g. diet/oral hygiene).
Expertise: Health behaviour change, Psychological interventions for improving quality of life of those with medical conditions (chronic pain, cancer, asthma), Oral health in children