Mark Dadds

Mark Dadds

Mark Dadds is currently Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia, and Senior Research Fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. He was previously Co-Director of the Griffith Adolescent Forensic Assessment and Treatment Centre, and Director of Research in the School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University. He directs several national intervention programs for children, youth, and their families, at risk for mental health problems. These programs have been implemented in each state in Australia and in Canada, the USA, Belgium, and Holland. He has been National President of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy, Director of Research for the Abused Child Trust of Queensland, and a recipient of several awards including an Early Career Award from the Division of Scientific Affairs of the Australian Psychological Society and a Violence Prevention Award for the Federal Government via the Institute of Criminology. He has authored 4 books and over 100 papers on child and family psychology.