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Jane McGillivray is an Associate Professor and registered clinical psychologist who has extensive research, clinical, consultancy and teaching experience in the areas of clinical and health psychology, intellectual and developmental disability. She is the Course Chair of the Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), lectures and supervises higher degree students and is an active researcher. Her work within the disability field has been recognized through a Distinguished Service Award (1992-2007) in appreciation of contribution and commitment as a member of the Intellectual Disability Review Panel - a quasi-judicial tribunal established under the provisions of the Intellectually Disabled Person's Services Act 1986. She is also the recipient of the Australian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability 2001 National Research Prize for the most innovative contribution by an Australian author that resulted in positive life changes for people with an intellectual disability. Currently, Jane is an Associate Director of the Mental Health Strategic Research Centre (Disability and Chronic Illness sub-cluster).


Course Coordinator of the Doctor of Psychology (Clinical)

Unit Chair and lecturing in:
HPS744/HPS426 Counselling and Interpersonal Skills
HPS977 Interview and Intervention Strategies
HPS908 Psychological Therapy

HPS947 Health Promotion Psychology

Additional Lecturing in:
HPS308 Psychopathology
HPS914 Studies in Psychopathology
HPS939 Health Care Interventions



Associate Professor McGillivray’s research interests particularly focus on the mental health needs and wellbeing of people with intellectual disabilities and people with Autism Spectrum Disorders. With the support of three beyondblue grants, she has published several articles in the identification and treatment of depression in people with intellectual disabilities. Other publications include the measurement of subjective wellbeing in people with intellectual disabilities, drug and alcohol use by offenders with intellectual disabilities, the pharmacological management of challenging behaviour of people with disabilities, the promotion of healthy lifestyles in people with intellectual disabilities, sexuality and disability, as well as anxiety and mood disorders in people with Autism Spectrum Disorders. She is lead investigator on a Victorian Department of Human Services Autism Grant and a Department of Justice Grant on drug and alcohol needs of offenders with intellectual disabilities. She is also an investigator on an ARC linkage grant with Scope Victoria involving the development of a survey methodology and regular polling of a representative sample of people with disabilities. In addition, Jane is involved in supervision and collaboration in a variety of other areas including interventions in Neurocardiogenic Syncope (Box Hill Hospital); links between attachment and relationship satisfaction; the effect of primary and secondary control beliefs on the subjective wellbeing of aged-care residents; health behaviour factors in colorectal cancer screening adherence; the prediction of postnatal depression (Centre for Adolescent Health); medication use in people with autism; screening for autism spectrum disorders in prison settings.

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