Associate Professor Michelle Kelly graduated Bachelor of Psychology at the University of Newcastle in 2007. Following this she relocated to Sydney and studied a combined PhD and Master of Clinical Psychology at the University of New South Wales under the supervision of Professor Skye McDonald.
Upon returning to Newcastle, Associate Professor Kelly worked as a psychologist for the Hunter New England Local Health District, conducting assessments of children with brain injury and older adults with mental health conditions or dementia.
In 2015 she took a role as Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Newcastle. This is a research and teaching role which includes providing supervision to psychologists in training.
