Dr. Aileen Luo

Biography

Aileen Luo is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Lifespan Health and Wellbeing Research Centre, Macquarie University. Her research aims to understand the relationship between moral disengagement and psychological distress, as well as the enactment of transgressive behaviors. In addition to her research, Aileen works with young people as a clinical psychologist in both inpatient and community settings across private and public sectors. Her research interests encompass moral responsibility, peer aggression (including traditional and cyber bullying), and the associated mental health outcomes for young people. Aileen's involvement in projects spans clinical psychology and psychiatric fields, with research topics including the mechanisms of change in psychological interventions for anxiety disorders, efficacy of psychological treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder, and psychological trauma associated with critical incidents in industrial settings. She also investigates the efficacy of pharmacological treatments for substance use disorder and the clinical characteristics of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Aileen possesses extensive teaching experience as a senior academic tutor for courses in applied child and adolescent psychology and advanced issues in developmental psychology.

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