Prof Linda Byrne is the Dean of the Faculty of Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy at The Cairnmillar Institute (CMI). She is registered psychologist with an area of endorsement in Clinical Neuropsychology and has over 25 years of clinical, research and teaching experience in the areas of psychological assessment, neuropsychiatric disorders, neuropsychological disorders, and neuropsychological rehabilitation. Prof Byrne has extensive experience in training and supervising post-graduate psychology students. Prior to commencing at CMI, Professor Byrne was Deputy Head of the School of Psychology at Deakin University, and she has coordinated post-graduate training programs for many years. Professor Byrne’s clinical work focuses on the neuropsychological assessment of children, adolescents, and adults with neurological, psychiatric, and educational difficulties. Her major area of research is in the understanding and remediation of neuro- and social cognitive deficits in clinical disorders. More recently Professor Byrne’s research has been focusing on agents that may protect or improve cognitive functioning in both healthy and compromised populations.

Dr Aaron Frost is a Clinical Psychologist and Director of Benchmark Psychology. He has worked in both research and clinical settings, where he has developed expertise in a range of different presenting problems.  Aaron has a background in outcome research and quality assurance and has spent more than a decade developing systems of care based around routine outcome measurement and deliberate practice. He is a certified trainer for the International Centre for Clinical excellence and is the program lead for STAP (Supervisor Training and Accreditation program) as well as the co-founder of PREP (Psychology Registrar Endorsement Program). He is an in-demand trainer and speaker on outcome measurement, the future of health care and ethics in psychology practice.

Joel is the Program Administrator for Psychology in the Faculty of Society and Design at Bond University. The role oversees all aspects of the students' educational journey to registration as a Psychologist or alternative related employment.

Eden holds a dual role as a Provisional Psychologist and Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner at Multicap and is currently completing her Masters of Organisational Psychology at the University of Queensland. As a Provisional Psychologist, she applies assessment, intervention, and therapeutic skills to understand and support individuals’ mental health and wellbeing. Simultaneously, as a Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner, she develops and implements person-centred behaviour plans that promotes quality of life and reduces challenging behaviours.

Professor Kimberley Norris is a psychological scientist and clinical psychologist who works across academic, research and clinical practice settings. She has worked as a psychologist across health service, government, non-government, education, forensic, and private practice settings. Kimberley is a Psychology Board of Australia approved supervisor and has supervised provisional psychologists through the 4+2, 5+1 and clinical psychology registrar pathways. She is passionate about growing the psychology workforce to provide access to safe and effective psychological services for all. Her overarching professional interests are focused on maximising human health, wellbeing and performance in both normal and extreme environments. Her research interests include adaptation and resilience in both extreme (e.g. Antarctica, space, prison and FIFO) and more normative (e.g. academic, life events) environments. Through her work, Kimberley develops new and innovative ways to provide psychological support at an individual, organisational and relationship level.