Suzanne Chambers
Suzanne Chambers | |
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| Born | Suzanne Kathleen Bullock |
| Alma mater | Griffith University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Technology, Sydney |
Suzanne Kathleen Chambers AO, is a Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Health at Sydney's University of Technology. She specialises in psycho-oncology, and has received Queen's Birthday honours.[1][2] Chambers has worked on psycho-oncology, prostate cancer,[3] health economics and psychological interventions including the distress and adjustments after cancer.[4][5]
Research interests and career
[edit | edit source]Chambers career began with her work as a hairdresser before she became a registered nurse.[1] She was awarded her PhD from Griffith University, in 2004, and then in 2011 she worked in Preventative Health, at Griffith University. Chambers led their "Strategic Investment in Chronic Disease".[3] Her work on the usefulness of ‘mindfulness’ in cancer treatment as a complementary therapy was reported by The Conversation.[6] Chambers is a health psychologist, as well as Dean. She is both a practitioner and researcher providing psychological support for people with cancer over three decades[7] and she has specialised in prostate cancer.[8][9][10]
As Dean of Health she was recognised in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours.[11] Her research has been awarded $28 million in competitive grants.[1] The Cancer Council Queensland, praised the impact of her work on patient recoveries.[12]
Publications
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Selected articles
[edit | edit source]Chambers had an H number of 52 and over 9,500 citations, as at August 2019.[13]
- Schumacher et al. (2018) Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci, Nature genetics 50:928–936.[14]
- Eeles et al. (2009) Identification of seven new prostate cancer susceptibility loci through a genome-wide association study. Nature genetics 41:1116-1121.[15]
- Steginga et al. (2000) The supportive care needs of men with prostate cancer Psycho-oncology 10: 66–75.[16]
Awards, honours and recognition
[edit | edit source]- 2018 – Chambers was part of the team CAHE which won the Vice Chancellors award for research excellence.[7]
- 2016 – Chambers won an NHMCR, with $2.8 million in funding for the Centre for Research Excellence in Prostate Cancer Survivorship in Qld.[17]
- 2012 – She was awarded ARC Future Fellow.[18]
- 2012 – Chambers was awarded the William Rudder fellowship by the Cancer Council Queensland (CCQ).[12]
References
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