Mahdi Mazidi Sharafabadi

I got my bachelor and master in clinical psychology from Iran and worked on the role of attentional bias in chronic pain and PTSD for my research projects there. Then I moved to Australia for continuing my research as a PhD student. I work in the Centre for the Advancement of Research on Emotion (CARE) under the supervision of Professor Colin MacLeod and Dr. Ben Grafton.

2018                University of  Western Australia

2013- 2016      M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology, University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, Tehran

2009 -2013      B.S. in Clinical Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran

My current project focuses on the functional relationships between attentional bias to social threat, attentional control, and pre-event worry, post-event rumination in social anxiety.

2018 -          Australian government international research training program (RTP) fees offset, stipend and UWA safety net top-up scholarships

2009-2015    Recognized eligible by Iranian National Elite Foundation to receive financial support for educational and living expenses during bachelor and master studies

• 2015 - 2017    Working in Arzeshafarin Vista Co. as a psychologist, administrating psychological tests and coordinating assessment teams activities.
• 2014-2016     Psychology research assistant, Shahid Beheshti University

Persian: native

English: IELTS band score 8 out of 9