Eva R. Kimonis

Professor Eva R. Kimonis is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. She serves as Director of the UNSW Parent-Child Research Clinic, which specializes in providing state-of-the-art assessment and treatment for children with oppositional-defiant, destructive, and aggressive behaviors.

Her research expertise spans several critical areas in child psychology:

• Clinical child psychology
• Callous-unemotional traits
• Psychopathy
• Conduct disorders
• Aggression and antisocial behavior
• Assessment methodologies
• Early intervention strategies
• Parenting interventions

Professor Kimonis's program of research focuses on the development, assessment, and treatment of callous-unemotional traits, empathy deficits, conduct disorders, and aggressive behavior in youth. Her scholarly contributions include numerous publications in top peer-reviewed journals in clinical, developmental, and forensic psychology, as well as several book chapters on antisocial behavior in youth.

Her research portfolio demonstrates strong trends in:

• Longitudinal studies tracking the development of psychopathic traits in children
• Neurocognitive profiles associated with callous-unemotional traits
• Adaptation and evaluation of evidence-based treatments like Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
• Cross-cultural assessment of antisocial behaviors
• Genetic and environmental influences on the development of conduct disorders

Professor Kimonis has received significant recognition for her work:

• 2023 Eric Taylor 'Translational Research Into Practice' Award from the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH)
• Fulbright Scholar Grant from the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
• 2015 Distinguished Career Contributions Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy

As an experienced clinician, Professor Kimonis is a certified therapist and Australia-wide trainer of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), which she has adapted to target the unique deficits of children with conduct disorders and callous-unemotional traits. She has supervised numerous graduate students in developmental psychopathology, child clinical psychology, and forensic psychology, with a focus on the development, assessment, and treatment of callous-unemotional traits, conduct disorders, empathy deficits, and aggressive behavior in youth.

Professor Kimonis leads the UNSW Parent-Child Research Clinic and is affiliated with the UNSW Salivary Bioscience Research Centre, where interdisciplinary teams work to advance understanding of child psychopathology through innovative research methodologies.