Prof. Kenneth Pakenham
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Biography
Kenneth Pakenham, PhD, is an Emeritus Professor of clinical and health psychology in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland, Australia. His research and clinical practice in psychology spans 40 years. Inspired by the resilience of some people with serious illnesses, he has committed much of his career to investigating the processes that foster personal growth in the context of health adversities, and to translating his findings into interventions that help people live fully with illness. Through his 170 publications, 7,000 citations of his work, 80 conference presentations, 3 research awards, 3 teaching awards and 4 million dollars of competitive grant funding, he has become a leader in the application of positive health frameworks to chronic illness, and to caregiving. His research has helped to inform government policies, particularly those related to carers, and establish interventions and assessment protocols within government and community services. His resilience training interventions have been dissemination internationally. He has supervised the postgraduate research of 60 students. His career-long commitment to ‘practice what you teach’ is epitomised in his recently published memoir The Trauma Banquet: Eating Pain – Feasting on Life.
Affiliations
University of Queensland
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Honors and Awards
Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student 2016
Australian Awards for University Teaching 2016
Australian Awards for University Teaching 2016, Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning for innovations in integrating therapy and self-care competency training in the Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Course.
Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student 2015
The University of Queensland
The University of Queensland Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning 2015: for innovations in integrating therapy and self-care competency training in the Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Course
Enhancement of Student Learning (2012)
The University of Queensland
The University of Queensland Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences Award 2012: for the Enhancement of Student Learning (2012) for innovations in integrating therapy and self-care competency training in the Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Course.
Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student 2006
Australian Awards for University Teaching
Australian Awards for University Teaching 2006 Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning for the development of the MSAT (multi-station assessment task).
Staff Award for Research Translation (2017)
The University of Queensland
The University of Queensland Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences Staff Award for Research Translation (2017) Recognition of the impacts of translating research findings on the lives of people with chronic health conditions.
Partners in Research Excellence Award (2016)
The University of Queensland
The University of Queensland Partners in Research Excellence Award (2016) for the productive partnership with MS Queensland in the development, implementation and evaluation of the Mindfulness for MS Program Partners in Research Excellence Award (2016) for the productive partnership with MS Queensland in the development, implementation and evaluation of the Mindfulness for MS Program
Trailblazer Award 2010
The University of Queensland
The University of Queensland Trailblazer Award for an adult resilience training program called READY (Burton & Pakenham, 2010). The award recognizes original innovative early stage research and entrepreneurial ideas that have the potential for benefiting the community and have the potential for commercialisation.