Miri Forbes

Miri Forbes is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at Macquarie University and an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow. She holds an honorary position in the Lifespan Health and Wellbeing Research Centre. Her work focuses on redefining mental illness classification through the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) model, emphasizing symptom patterns across disorders.

Education:

• PhD in Psychology (Macquarie University, 2014)
• Postdoctoral Fellowships: University of Minnesota, Centre for Emotional Health

Research Interests:

• Psychopathology structure and empirical classification
• Transdiagnostic approaches to mental illness
• Developmental psychopathology across the lifespan
• Integration of quantitative methods in mental health research

Awards:

• Macquarie University Research Excellence Award (2015)
• LightHouse Award for Empowerment (2022)

Grants & Projects:

• NHMRC Investigator Grant (2021-2026)
• Macquarie University Research Fellowship (2018-2021)

Media Engagement:

• Featured in: CNN, The New York Times, BBC Radio, and The Conversation
• Invited talks on ABC’s The Drum and podcasts