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Dr Rees is a full-time Professor in Psychiatry with a public health, behavioural science and social policy background. She is also on the Faculty of the Global Mental Health Course, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Program in Global Trauma. From 2009-2013 she was an ARC QE11 Research Fellow. Professor Rees was one of only 3 academics in the Faculty of Medicine and the only one in Psychiatry to be awarded the UNSW SPF03 continuing academic appointment from 2014 onward. Her research focus is the mental health of conflict-affected populations, trauma, gender based violence, and collaborating on mental health projects led by First Nations academics. She publishes in highly ranked medical and social science journals, including JAMA, Lancet, BMJ and Nature Translation Psychiatry. She has attracted over $6,000,000 Category 1 funding in her career. She has worked as a practitioner in the domestic violence and child protection sectors, as well as in policy positions related to women's health and welfare service development and delivery. Dr Rees has extensive research experience in countries in our region, including Timor-Leste and Indonesia. Professor Rees has expertise in research translation, social policy, mental health interventions, program evaluations and cohort studies. Her methodological expertise includes longitudinal studies, interventions, mental health surveys and observations, mixed methods and qualitative methods.