Dr Forbes is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at Macquarie University. Dr Forbes was awarded her PhD in Psychology in 2014, and went on to do postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Minnesota and Macquarie University, before starting a Macquarie University Research Fellowship in 2018 and her current NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellowship in 2021. She is a member of the Executive Board of the international Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) Consortium and a member of the Executive Committee of the Centre for Emotional Health.
Dr Forbes' current research focuses on improving our understanding of the empirical structure of psychopathology based on the specific patterns in which symptoms of mental disorders tend to co-occur. For example, someone who is depressed is likely to also experience anxiety, and someone who has problems with gambling is likely to also struggle with drug or alcohol use. Dr Forbes' research uses these patterns in symptoms and disorders to characterise the nature, causes, and consequences of mental illness across the lifespan.
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Brier is an undergraduate student at Macquarie University studying a Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, with a Bachelor of Human Sciences, majoring in Cognitive and Brain Science.
brier.michelsen@mq.edu.au
Maddie is a provisional psychologist studying the Master of Clinical Psychology at Macquarie University, Sydney.
maddison.twose@mq.edu.au
