Rate My Professor David Preece

David A. Preece, PhD, MPsych(Clin), MAPS, FCCLP, is an Associate Professor and Clinical Psychologist in the Curtin School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University. He earned his PhD from Edith Cowan University, receiving the Australian Psychological Society Award for Excellent PhD Thesis in Psychology in 2019 and the ECU School of Arts and Humanities Research Medal in 2020. Preece completed his clinical training with a Master of Psychology (Clinical) and held a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Stanford University as a Fulbright Scholar. He directs the Perth Emotion and Psychopathology Lab at Curtin University, where he lectures in postgraduate psychology programs and supervises research students. Previously affiliated with Edith Cowan University and the University of Western Australia, he has received the Raine Robson Fellowship (2023), Curtin enAble Institute Early Career Researcher of the Year (2023), Australian Psychological Society Early Career Research Award (2022), Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy Tracy Goodall Early Career Award (2022), Curtin School of Psychology Research Publication Award (2020), APS College of Clinical Psychologists Student Prize (2014), and Delta Psychology Prize (2013). He is a finalist for the Premier's Science Awards Early Career Scientist of the Year in 2023 and 2024 and served as past National Chair of the Australian Psychological Society College of Clinical Psychologists.