Professor Eva Kimonis

Eva R. Kimonis, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. She received her Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in applied developmental psychology from the University of New Orleans, with a specialisation in developmental psychopathology and forensic psychology. Prof Kimonis’s program of research focuses on the development, assessment, and treatment of callous-unemotional traits, empathy deficits, conduct disorders, and aggressive behaviour in youth. Her research has been published in top peer-reviewed journals in the fields of clinical, developmental, and forensic psychology, and she has authored several book chapters on antisocial behaviour in youth. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholar Grant from the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, and the 2015 Early Career Contributions Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. Prof Kimonis is an experienced provider of parent management training interventions, and specifically Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for young children with disruptive behaviours. She adapted PCIT to target the unique deficits of children with conduct disorders and callous-unemotional traits.