Associate Professor Kylie Rice
Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, A/Associate Dean Research: Faculty of Medicine and Health, Academic Lead - Pedagogical Research: Faculty of Medicine & Health, HDR Co-Ordinator – School of Psychology, Course Co-Ordinator – PhD Clinical Psychology - Faculty of Medicine and Health; School of Psychology
Biography
Dr Kylie Rice is the A/Associate Dean Research: Faculty of Medicine and Health, and is a leading healthcare educator, practitioner and researcher.
Kylie is an Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, and the Academic Lead for Pedagogical Research for the Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNE. In addition, Kylie is the HDR Co-Ordinator for the School of Psychology, and the Course Co-Ordinator for the PhD Clinical Psychology.
Kylie is an innovator in teaching, research and leadership. She teaches in professional and clinical psychology, an was awarded an Australian Award for University Teaching in May 2024, and for leading the development of Australia’s first simulated placment in professional psychology. Kylie is also the lead developer the Competencies of Professional Psychology Rating scale (COPPR; Rice et al., 2022, 2025).
Awards
2023 Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning from the Australian Awards for Universities Teaching
Research Interests
In research, Kylie specialises in pedagogical research, the assessment and development of healthcare practitioner competencies, rural health, wellbeing, mental health, Clinical Psychology and environmental psychology. Kylie is an experienced, skilled and supportive HDR supervisor.
