Academy Fellow

Justin Kenardy is a tertiary and research sector leader and disseminator of evidence-based practice in clinical health psychology, behavioural medicine, and health service delivery. His work is outcomes focused and is engaged with health users, providers and industry. He is known for his interdisciplinary research work on the psychological aspects of traumatic injuries including spinal, brain and burn injuries. This places his work at the intersection of psychology, mental health, and physical health and encompasses the development and application of preventative, integrative and novel intervention approaches. His published work of over 300 publications demonstrates the interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary approach collaborating with psychology, medical specialities, physiotherapy, social work, occupational therapy, nursing, and health economics. He has held national competitive grants continuously since 2000 and has been the recipient of both national and international competitive grants, and government research funding to the value of more than $70 million.

He is a practical, respectful, and strategic leader. He works in a goal-driven but consultative way which brings others along on the journey. He is a mentor and consultant. He has provided service to the profession of psychology through his numerous roles in the Australian Psychological Society, the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council, and Psychologist's Board of Australia, and on the Board of Assessors for the Queensland Civil Administrative Tribunal. He has provided service to the field of research through his roles with Queensland Health, the NHMRC, NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority, Motor Accident Insurance Commission QLD and Rotary Health Australia. He has also provided service to the community as a non-executive director for Synapse, a national brain injury organisation.

He served as a Non-Executive Director of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and is the Past President of the Australian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies In 2006 he was made a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and is a Fellow of the College of Clinical Psychologists. In 2008 he received the Ian Campbell Memorial Prize from the Australian Psychological Society for Outstanding Contribution to Clinical Psychology in Australia, and in 2015 was awarded the Australian Psychological Society President’s Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in Australia. He was made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia in 2019. He was given the title of Emeritus Professor by the University of Queensland in 2021. He is past Chair of Rehabilitation Services at the Jamieson Trauma Institute.  Currently he is Honorary Professorial Fellow with the Gallipoli Medical Research Institute, and Non-Executive Director, Board of the Australian Psychological Society. In 2026 he was made Officer of the Order of Australia.

Emeritus Professor, School of Psychology, University of Queensland.

Honorary Professorial Fellow, Gallipoli Medical Research Institute.

Officer of the Order of Australia

Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society.

Fellow of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists.

Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Ian Campbell Memorial Prize from the Australian Psychological Society for Outstanding Contribution to Clinical Psychology in Australia.

Australian Psychological Society President's Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in Australia.

1.                  McNulty, E. S. J., & Kenardy, J. A. (2026). Opioid analgesia to prevent paediatric post-traumatic stress after injury: a scoping review. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2026.2637193

2.                  Camões-Costa, V., Nolidin, K., Collie, A., Chakraborty, S., Kenardy, J., Brijnath, B., Mortimer, D., Enticott, J. and Mazza, D., (2026). Association Between Mental Health of Patients with Work-Related Injury and Their Compensation Claim Status: Exploratory Findings from the IMPRovE Trial. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, pp.1-12.

3.                  Camões-Costa, V., Nolidin, K., Collie, A., Chakraborty, S., Kenardy, J., Brijnath, B., ... & Mazza, D. (2026). Association Between Mental Health of Patients with Work-Related Injury and Their Compensation Claim Status: Exploratory Findings from the IMPRovE Trial. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 1-12 https://doi.org/10.1097/XEB.0000000000000603.

4.               Mazza, D., Camões-Costa, V., Nolidin, K., Chakraborty, S., Kenardy, J., Brijnath, B., Mortimer, D., Enticott, J., Kidd, M., Trevena, L.J., Reid, S. & Collie, A. (2025) - Implementing work-related Mental-health guidelines in general PRacticE (IMPRovE): findings of a parallel cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Mental Health ;28:e301330.

5.               Scott, G., Dunn, L.M., Dow, B., Kenardy, J., De Young, A.C. and Long, D.A. (2025), Interventions to Support Psychological Health Outcomes for Children and Families Experiencing Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Admission: A Scoping Review. Nursing and Critical Care, 30, e70057. https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70057

6.               Brown E, Vongkiatkajorn K, Rich V, Kenardy J, Donaldson A, Paterson R, Graydon C, Lee-Archer P. (2025), The Effect of a Caregiver Preparation Video (Take5) on Child Anxiety During Anaesthetic Induction: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Paediatric Anaesthesia. https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.70006

7.               de Haan, A., Meiser-Stedman, R., Landolt, M. A., Kuhn, I., Black, M. J., Klaus, K., Patel, S., Fisher, D., Haag, C., Ukoumunne, O., Jones, B., Flaiyah, A.,Catani, C., Dawson, K., Bryant, R., de Roos, C., Ertl, V., Foa, E., Ford, J., Gilboa-Schectman, E., Tutus, D., Hermenau, K., Hecker, T., Hultmann, O., Axberg, U., Jaberghaderi, N., Jensen, T., Ormhaug, S., Kenardy, J., Lindauer, R., Diehle, J., Murray, L., Kane, J., Peltonen, K., Kangaslampi, S., Robjant, K., Koebach, A., Rosner, R., Rossouw, J., Smith, P., Tonge, B., Hitchcock, C. & Dalgleish, T. (2024). Efficacy and moderators of efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapies with a trauma focus on children and adolescents: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised trials. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 8 (1) 28-39.

8.               T’ng, K., Kenardy, J., & Hartanto, A. (2024). Evaluating Mental Health Outcomes in COVID-19 ICU Survivors: A Scoping Review of Measurement Tools. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(11), 3191.

9.               Rebbeck T, Bandong AN, Leaver A, Ritchie C, Armfield N, Arora M, Cameron ID, Connelly LB, Daniell R, Gillett M, Ingram R. Jagnoor J, Kenardy J, Mitchell G., Kathryn Refshauge K, Scotti Requena S., Robins S. , Sterling, M. (2023) Implementation of a risk-stratified, guideline-based clinical pathway of care to improve health outcomes following whiplash injury (Whiplash ImPaCT): A multicentre, randomized, controlled trial. Pain. 164(10):2216-27.

10.            Catroppa, C., Sood, N. T., Morrison, E., Kenardy, J., Lah, S., McKinlay, A., ... & Anderson, V. (2023). The Australian and New Zealand brain injury lifespan cohort protocol: Leveraging common data elements to characterise longitudinal outcome and recovery. BMJ open, 13(1), e067712.