Dr Mary-Anne Kate has a professional background is in the development of national and EU policies and practices to improve quality of life outcomes for vulnerable client groups, including migrants, refugees, and people with trauma histories and mental health issues. Mary-Anne is a Scientific Committee member of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) and has recently been awarded the Chancellor's Doctoral Research Medal and the David Caul Award for her PhD on childhood maltreatment, parent-child dynamics and dissociation. Her previous roles have included a diplomatic posting to Cairo to manage Australia’s refugee and migration programmes for North Africa and policy development for Europe’s most influential think-tank on immigration and equality issues. |
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