Rate My Professor Carmela Pestell

University of Western Australia

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5.08/20/2025

Always positive, enthusiastic, and supportive.

4.05/21/2025

Patient, kind, and always approachable.

5.03/31/2025

Brings energy and passion to every lesson.

4.02/27/2025

Challenges students to reach their potential.

5.02/17/2025

Helps students develop critical skills.

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Carmela Pestell is a Professor in the School of Psychological Science at the University of Western Australia and Deputy Chair of the UWA Academic Board. Holding a Doctor of Psychology, she is a registered Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist and a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society. With nearly 30 years of clinical and lecturing experience, Pestell directed the state-wide Neurosciences Unit for the Western Australia Health Department from 1996 to 2013 and served as Clinical Director of the Complex Attention and Hyperactivity Disorders Service on secondment from 2010 to 2011. She has operated a part-time private practice since 2003, treating children and adults with acquired brain injuries in clinical, medico-legal, and forensic settings across metropolitan, rural, and remote areas. Appointed Associate Professor at UWA in 2013 and promoted to full Professor, she is also an Honorary Research Fellow at Curtin University through the CREST concussion research program. Since joining UWA, she has co-supervised nearly 20 PhD students, four Masters students, and 20 Honours students.