Dr. Kristin Gainey is a Professor at the School of Psychological Science at UWA, where she directs the Emotional Wellbeing Lab and is a Future Fellow. She is also a registered clinical psychologist and board-approved supervisor. Her research and clinical work focuses on affective processes as they relate to depression, anxiety, and wellbeing, and much of her recent research incorporates heart rate variability to examine emotion regulation and mindfulness in daily life. She is also interested in assessment, multivariate statistical analysis, and ecological momentary assessment designs.

Prior to joining UWA, Kristin was an Assistant and then Associate Professor of Psychology at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, from 2013-2020. Kristin completed her PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Iowa​, followed by a clinical internship year at the Seattle Veterans Administration Medical Center and a postdoctoral position at Boston University.

Kristin’s research has been funded by the Australian Research Council and National Institutes of Health, and she has received awards from the American Psychological Society, American Psychological Association, and the Society for Research in Psychopathology. She is active as a reviewer and editor, serving as an Associate Editor for American Psychologist, Psychological Assessment, and Emotion, and on the editorial boards of several journals. Kristin is also co-chair of the measurement group of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) consortium, and serves on the board of the WA branch of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy.