Zoe Walter

Dr Zoe Walter is a Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology in the School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, at the University of Queensland. She earned her Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) in 2011 and Doctor of Philosophy in 2017 from the University of Queensland, along with a Master of Clinical Psychology. Her PhD thesis investigated transitions through homelessness, focusing on the impact of psychosocial factors on well-being and outcomes in homeless samples. Her honours thesis examined the effects of mild traumatic brain injury on drivers' anticipation of traffic hazards. As a registered psychologist, she is affiliated with the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research and the Social Identity and Groups Network.

Dr Walter's research specializations encompass health psychology, social psychology, mental health and wellbeing, and drug and alcohol issues. She explores psychosocial factors influencing substance use disorders, trauma-informed models of care in residential treatment, group psychosocial interventions for acquired brain injury, social identity frameworks for addressing loneliness and social prescribing, mental health promotion among university students, and dialectical behaviour therapy for borderline personality disorder symptoms in youth. She supervises PhD students on topics including peer support for cancer patients, performance and image-enhancing drug use, psychological adjustment post-brain injury, and mental health literacy. Key publications include 'A Systematic Review Investigating the Psychosocial Factors Influencing Initiation, Use and Subjective Experience of Performance and Image-Enhancing Drugs in Women Who Weight-Train' (2026, Drug and Alcohol Review), 'Group psychosocial interventions following acquired brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of group process and outcomes' (2025, Neuropsychology Review), 'Feasibility and outcomes of a trauma-informed model of care in residential treatment for substance use' (2025, Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment), 'Tackling loneliness together: a three-tier social identity framework for social prescribing' (2024, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations), and 'Randomized effectiveness-implementation trial of dialectical behavior therapy interventions for young people with borderline personality disorder symptoms' (2024, Journal of Clinical Psychology). Her Google Scholar profile shows over 2,300 citations.

Professional Email: z.walter@uq.edu.au