Dr Belinda Goodenough

Dr Belinda Goodenough is a Research Fellow at the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre (DCRC) for Assessment and Better Care Outcomes at UNSW. She is a behavioural scientist and health psychologist with training and expertise in research methods and psychosocial outcomes measurement. One of Belinda's research interests is humour-related coping in illness. She joined the DCRC to lead the SMILE study: an NHMRC-funded multisite randomised trial of humour therapy for improving the wellbeing of residents and carers in age-care facilities.