Phyllis Butow Explained

Phyllis Butow is a professor in the field of health psychology at the University of Sydney^[1] who received an Order of Australia in 2014^[2] She is known for her research in psycho-oncology and understanding the psychological impacts of cancer and diseases.^[3]

Early life and education

Butow completed her undergraduate studies with a Bachelor of Arts at Macquarie University, Master of Clinical Psychology at Australia National University, followed by a PhD in psychology at Sydney University.

Career

Academic positions

• Professor at the University of Sydney
• Chair at Psychology at the University of Sydney^[4]
• Co-Director of the Centre for Medical Psychology & Evidence-based Decision-making (CeMPED) at the University of Sydney
• Founding member of the Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG)^[5]

Research focus

Professor Butow's research primarily focuses on the psychological well-being of cancer patients, doctor-patient communication, and decision-making in cancer treatment.

Contributions

• Psycho-Oncology Research: Butow has worked in the field of psycho-oncology, specifically, in investigating on the impacts of cancer on patients' mental health. She also founded organisations such as the Australian Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group, with the aims of investigating psychologicals effect of disease and cancer.^[6]

Publications

Butow has an H-index of 133, over 65,000 citations as at July 2024, according to Google Scholar,^[7] and has written more than 300 peer-reviewed articles and several books on health psychology and psycho-oncology, including publications in the journal Nature. Select publications include the following:

Journal articles

• Easton, D., Pooley, K., Dunning, A. et al. Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci. Nature 447, 1087–1093 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05887.^[8]
• P.N. Butow, M. Maclean, S.M. Dunn, M.H.N. Tattersall, M.J. Boyer,(1997) The dynamics of change: Cancer patients' preferences for information, involvement and support, Annals of Oncology, Volume 8, Issue 9, P857-863, https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008284006045.^[9]

Books

• Campbell, A., Cumming, S., Morrison, V., Bennett, P., Mullan, B., White, K., Gerrig, R., Zimbardo, P., Wilkes, F., Butow, P. (2009). PHE1IDH Individual Determinants of Health. Frenchs Forest Sydney: Pearson Education.^[10]
• Morrison, V., Bennett, P., Butow, P., et al. (2007). Introduction to health psychology in Australia. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: Pearson Education.^[11]

Selected grants

2023

• P-OMICs-flow: Integrating precision oncology into clinical programs, Taylor N, Thomas D, Tucker K, Ballinger M, Zaheed M, Lin F, Goldstein D, Leaney K, Morrow A, Parkinson B, Butow P, et al.^[12]

2021

• Finding My Way-Advanced: Can a web-based psychosocial intervention improve mental quality of life for women with cancer?, Butow P, et al.^[13]

2020

• Carers and Multimorbidity, Juraskova I, Laidsaar-Powell R, Butow P, et al. School of Psychology/Booster Grant
• Remove the Mask: Reducing Anxiety for Cancer Radiotherapy Patients, Keall P, Butow P, et al.^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Staff Profile . 2024-07-24 . The University of Sydney . en-US.
2. Web site: Phyllis Butow . 2024-07-24 . 2024 COSA ASM . en-AU.
3. Web site: Prof Phyllis Butow . 2024-07-24 . Head & Neck Cancer . en-US.
4. Web site: Professor Phyllis Butow . 2024-07-24 . Research Data Australia . en.
5. Web site: PoCoG . 2024-07-24 . PoCoG . en-AU.
6. Smith . Allan ‘Ben’ . King . Madeleine . Butow . Phyllis . Luckett . Tim . Grimison . Peter . Toner . Guy C. . Stockler . Martin . Hovey . Elizabeth . Stubbs . John . Hruby . George . Gurney . Howard . Turner . Sandra . Alam . Mahmood . Cox . Keith . Olver . Ian . 2013-07-03 . The prevalence and correlates of supportive care needs in testicular cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study . Psycho-Oncology . 22 . 11 . 2557–2564 . 10.1002/pon.3323 . 23825010 . 1057-9249.
7. Web site: Phyllis Butow . 2024-07-24 . scholar.google.com.
8. Easton . Douglas F. . Pooley . Karen A. . Dunning . Alison M. . Pharoah . Paul D. P. . Thompson . Deborah . Ballinger . Dennis G. . Struewing . Jeffery P. . Morrison . Jonathan . Field . Helen . Luben . Robert . Wareham . Nicholas . Ahmed . Shahana . Healey . Catherine S. . Bowman . Richard . Meyer . Kerstin B. . 2007 . Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci . Nature . en . 447 . 7148 . 1087–1093 . 10.1038/nature05887 . 17529967 . 2714974 . 2007Natur.447.1087E . 1476-4687.
9. Butow . P. N. . Maclean . M. . Dunn . S. M. . Tattersall . M. H. N. . Boyer . M. J. . 1997-08-01 . The dynamics of change: Cancer patients' preferences for information, involvement and support . Annals of Oncology . 8 . 9 . 857–863 . 10.1023/A:1008284006045 . 9358935 . 0923-7534.
10. Book: Individual Determinants of Health and Human Behavior . Custom . en.
11. Web site: Health psychology .
12. Web site: P-OMICs-flow: Integrating precision oncology into clinical programs . 2024-07-24 . Macquarie University . en.
13. Beatty . Lisa . Kemp . Emma . Butow . Phyllis . Girgis . Afaf . Hulbert-Williams . Nicholas . Kaambwa . Billingsley . Schofield . Penelope . Turner . Jane . Woodman . Richard . Boyle . Frances . Daly . Anthony . Jones . Amanda . Kiely . Belinda . Zdenkowski . Nicholas . Koczwara . Bogda . 2022-12-24 . Finding My Way-Advanced: can a web-based psychosocial intervention improve the mental quality of life for women with metastatic breast cancer vs attention-control? Study protocol of a randomised controlled trial . BMC Cancer . 22 . 1 . 1353 . 10.1186/s12885-022-10410-z . free . 1471-2407 . 9789659 . 36566189.
14. Ben Bouchta . Youssef . Gardner . Mark . Sengupta . Chandrima . Johnson . Julia . Keall . Paul . 2024-01-29 . The Remove-the-Mask Open-Source head and neck Surface-Guided radiation therapy system . Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology . 29 . 100541 . 10.1016/j.phro.2024.100541 . 2405-6316 . 38327762. 10847032 .