Rebecca is a PhD (Clinical Psychology) candidate at the Australian National University (ANU). Her research investigates the neuroscience of resilience and is supervised by Dr Justine Gatt at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) / University of New South Wales (UNSW). Rebecca also works as a Research Assistant and has co-authored and published papers in diverse fields spanning health psychology, public health, clinical psychology and teaching and learning best practice. As a graduate of the University of Canberra, Rebecca achieved First Class Honours in Psychology investigating the impact of language on emotion perception and was the recipient of the Dean’s Award for Academic Achievement.