Jessica Belcher joined NDARC in 2012 as a research officer and is currently working on the Pain and Opioids in Treatment (POINT) study. Prior to joining NDARC Jessica completed a BA-Psych (Hons) and a PhD at Macquarie University. Jessica’s PhD focused on autobiographical memory deficits among people with symptoms of depression and post traumatic stress. Jessica has also worked on a number of other studies that investigated anxiety sensitivity, psychopathology among cancer patients and the effect of stress among woman during pregnancy.