Kathryn Nicholson Perry is a registered psychologist with area of practice endorsement in clinical psychology, whose primary clinical and research interests lie in health, disability, and rehabilitation. She is particularly interested in psychological management of chronic pain, and finding new ways to deliver such interventions.
She completed her PhD in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, on the utility of the biopsychosocial model in spinal cord injury pain and its management. She is currently Professor and Chair of Psychological Science at the Australian College of Applied Psychology in Sydney, where she is mainly involved in the training of professional psychologists.