Dr Cait McMahon is the founding Managing Director of Dart Centre Asia Pacific, a project of Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism. McMahon is a psychologist and one of the first researchers in the world on the issue of psychological trauma as it relates to newsgathering. She is an internationally renowned presenter and trainer on the topic and has implemented trauma-literacy programs across the Asia Pacific region over the last 16 years. In 2016 Dr McMahon received one of the Australian Governments highest accolades, a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her services to journalists' wellbeing and health.