APrf Yvonne Clark
Adjunct Associate Professor
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Organisation unit

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences School of Society and Culture

Location

Adelaide University
Profile of APrf Yvonne Clark

Other role

Clinical Senior Lecturer

Organisation unit

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences School of Psychology

Location

Adelaide University

About me

A/Prof Yvonne Clark is a Kokatha/Wirangu woman whose family is originally from the west coast and desert regions in South Australia. She has lived on Kaurna country for most of her life.  She has worked primarily within the Aboriginal community in South Australia and is a clinically endorsed AHPRA registered psychologist for 29 years with a MA and PhD in Psychology. Yvonne has extensive experience in clinical, community and academic psychology within the government, private, university and non-profit sector. In many of her roles she has worked mainly with and advocated for children, adolescents and their families. Yvonne was awarded her PhD in 2017, on lateral violence within the Aboriginal community in Adelaide, SA and has continued her interest and work in this topic.

2025 NHMRC Sandra Eades Investigator Grant Award (Emerging Leadership) 
2024 South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute, Mid-Career Researcher award
2020 Australian Psychological Society (APS) Fellowship. An esteemed grade of membership which acknowledges one’s standing in the discipline and profession of Psychology, and contributions to APS
2017 Deans Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence 
2017 International conference travel Award. Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, UofA
2017 Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, UofA. Indigenous travel Award, World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE) 
2017 Taplin Indigenous Travel Bursary. Wirltu Yarlu UofA. Travel Award 
2015 Taplin Indigenous Travel Bursary. Wirltu Yarlu UofA. Travel Award 
2015 School of Psychology, UofA. Travel Award
2014 Taplin Indigenous Travel Bursary. Wirltu Yarlu UofA. Travel Award 
2012-2015 NHMRC PhD Stipend: Building Capacity in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.

A/Prof Clark commenced in SAHMRI in 2018 and is currently the Co-lead of the Aboriginal Communities and Families Health Research Alliance (ACRA). She has been on many projects and has been awarded various NHMRC research grants within ACRA.  Yvonne has received two NHMRC investigator grants: an Early learning (EL1) from January 2020 to December 2024, for research titled "Improving wellbeing and preventing lateral violence in the Aboriginal community in SA: Investing in our young"; and an EL2 from January 2025 to December 2030, titled “ Investing in the early years to improve social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal parents and young people”. This follow up is to improve their social and emotional wellbeing and service access to help alleviate stressors.

A/Prof Clark is a fellow of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and is co-chair of the APS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and Psychology Interest group. She is a founding member of and currently one of the Directors with the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association (AIPA).
Last updated on 19/03/2026 by Yvonne Clark