Dr. Jemma Todd serves as Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the School of Psychological Science at the University of Western Australia. She is a lecturer and clinical psychologist in the Clinical Psychology Unit, School of Psychology at the University of Sydney. Her academic qualifications include a Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology and a Doctorate of Clinical Psychology from the University of Sydney (2012-2017), a Master of Applied Science in Health Psychology (2011), and a Bachelor of Psychology with First Class Honours (2007-2010), also from the University of Sydney. Professionally, she was Research Fellow at the UWA School of Psychological Science in 2019, Adjunct Research Fellow there from 2020 onward, Lecturer at the University of Sydney from 2020 to present, Clinical Psychologist at Headspace Youth Early Psychosis Program in Melbourne (2017-2018), and Clinical Psychologist at Royal North Shore Child and Youth Mental Health (2014-2015).

Todd's research focuses on cognitive and emotional processes underpinning disability in pain and co-occurring physical and mental health conditions, including anxiety, trauma, sleep difficulties, diabetes, and cancer. She examines cognitive processing biases—attention, interpretation, and expectancy—and factors influencing their variability, such as goals, motivation, threat perception, and cognitive flexibility. Her methodologies encompass reaction time tasks, eye-tracking, EEG, SSVEP, and innovative bias modification techniques like gamified dot-probe procedures, virtual reality, and app-based interventions to augment clinical treatments. Key publications include 'Attentional bias to pain-related information: a meta-analysis of dot-probe studies' (2018, Health Psychology Review), 'Reasoned versus reactive prediction of behaviour: A meta-analysis of the prototype willingness model' (2016, Health Psychology Review), 'Towards a new model of attentional biases in the development, maintenance, and management of pain' (2015, Pain), 'Interpretation bias and its relationship with pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis' (2025, Pain), and 'Cognitive flexibility and resilience measured through a residual approach' (2025, Anxiety, Stress and Coping). With nearly 20 peer-reviewed publications cited over 600 times, she has earned international recognition through guest presentations on cognitive biases in somatic disorders and global collaborations.

Professional Email: jemma.todd@uwa.edu.au