Dr Natalie Goulter

Lecturer

College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

place Social Sciences North
GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Dr. Natalie Goulter is a Lecturer at Flinders University, an Adjunct Associate Lecturer within the Salivary Bioscience Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, and an Adjunct Professor within the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University, Canada. Natalie is a Member of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology Consortium, and a Member of the Association for Psychological Science and the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. She is also an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, and the International Journal of Behavioral Development.

Natalie’s research program aims to advance the understanding, prediction, and prevention of externalising psychopathology (e.g., aggression, impulsivity) and callous-unemotional (CU) traits (i.e., shallow affect and empathy) in young people. Specifically, her research aims to: (a) elucidate early etiological profiles contributing to the emergence of externalising psychopathology and CU traits, including prenatal experiences, parenting behaviours, and emotional processing; (b) understand specific biological systems (focusing on neuroendocrine, inflammatory, and psychophysiological indices) related to the development and maintenance of externalising psychopathology and CU traits; (c) apply diverse methodologies (e.g., micro [intensive real-time] and macro [long-term panel] longitudinal methods) and analytic approaches (e.g., dynamic modeling, integrative data techniques) to better characterise the persistence of externalising psychopathology and CU traits; and (d) mobilise knowledge from this developmental work to inform and evaluate interventions targeting externalising psychopathology and CU traits.

For a complete publication list, see here.

Qualifications

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Simon Fraser University, Canada

PhD, University of New South Wales, Australia

MSc, University of Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand

BSc, University of Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand

Honours, awards and grants

Recent Select Grants and Fellowships

2025 – 2029, National Institute of Mental Health U01, Consultant (Principal Investigators: HC Wilcox, RJ Musci, AA Morgan-Lopez, M Epstein, & A Connell)

2024 – 2027, National Health and Medical Research Council Ideas Grant, Co-Chief Investigator (Chief Investigator: ER Kimonis)

2024 – 2027, National Health and Medical Research Council Ideas Grant, Co-Chief Investigator (Chief Investigator: S Cohen-Woods)

2022 – 2025, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fellowship, Principal Investigator

2021 – 2024, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Development Grant, Principal Investigator

2020 – 2023, National Institute of Mental Health R01, Consultant (Principal Investigators: RJ Musci & HC Wilcox)

2020 – 2023, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Development Grant, Co-Applicant (Principal Investigator: SG Craig)

Recent Select Awards

2024, Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy Jevon S. Newman Early Career Award

2023, Association for Psychological Science Rising Star Award

Key responsibilities

Psychology Honours Course Coordinator

Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy Secretary

Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology Grant Reviewer Coordinator 

Topic coordinator
PSYC2021 Human Development
Topic lecturer
PSYC2021 Human Development
PSYC3236 Forensic Psychology: Legal & Clinical
PSYC3009 Lifespan Development in Cultural Perspective