Suzanne Chambers Explained

Birth Name:Suzanne Kathleen Bullock
Suzanne Chambers
Alma Mater:Griffith University (PhD)
Workplaces:University of Technology, Sydney

Suzanne Kathleen Chambers, 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] Chambers has worked on psycho-oncology, prostate cancer,[2] health economics and psychological interventions including the distress and adjustments after cancer.[3] [4]

Research interests and career

Chambers career began with her work as a hairdresser before she became a registered nurse. 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".[2] Her work on the usefulness of ‘mindfulness’ in cancer treatment as a complementary therapy was reported by The Conversation.[5] 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[6] and she has specialised in prostate cancer.[7] [8] [9]

As Dean of Health she was recognised in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours.[10] Her research has been awarded $28 million in competitive grants.[11] The Cancer Council Queensland, praised the impact of her work on patient recoveries.[12]

Publications

Books

Selected articles

Chambers had an H number of 52 and over 9,500 citations, as at August 2019.[13]

Awards, honours and recognition

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A career in psycho-oncology results in Queen's Birthday Honours. news.griffith.edu.au. en-EN. 2019-08-23.
  2. Web site: Professor Suzanne Chambers. Edith Cowan University. Perth. 2016-06-17. ECU. en-AU. 2019-08-23.
  3. Web site: Prostate Org media research forum.
  4. Web site: Suzanne Chambers. The Conversation. en. 2019-08-23.
  5. Web site: Suzanne Chambers. Chambers. Suzanne. University. Griffith. The Conversation. en. 2019-08-23. AO. Professor Jeff Dunn. Queensl. Cancer Council.
  6. Web site: CAHE Staff win Vice Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence. Hynard. Author: Gemma. Centre for Applied Health Economics Griffith University. 2019-08-23.
  7. Web site: ANZUP - Scientific Advisory Committee. www.anzup.org.au. 2019-08-23.
  8. Web site: Suzanne Chambers University of Technology Sydney. www.uts.edu.au. 2019-08-23.
  9. Web site: Dr. Suzanne Chambers Men's Health Research at UBC. menshealthresearch.ubc.ca. 2019-08-23.
  10. Web site: Professor Suzanne Kathleen Chambers. honours.pmc.gov.au. 2019-08-27.
  11. Web site: Suzanne Chambers' unconventional (and unrelenting) path to dean of health at UTS. 2018-10-25. Australian Financial Review. en. 2019-08-23.
  12. Web site: Top Fellowship for Griffith Health professor. Durack. Louise. news.griffith.edu.au. en-EN. 2019-08-23.
  13. Web site: Suzanne Chambers - Google Scholar Citations. scholar.google.com.au. 2019-08-23.
  14. Easton. Douglas F.. Consortium. The PRACTICAL. Collaborators. The UK ProtecT Study. Oncology. The UK Genetic Prostate Cancer Study Collaborators/British Association of Urological Surgeons' Section of. Cao. Guangwen. Mitkova. Atanaska. Slavov. Chavdar. Khan. Humera. Farnham. Jim. 2009. Identification of seven new prostate cancer susceptibility loci through a genome-wide association study. Nature Genetics. en. 41. 10. 1116–1121. 10.1038/ng.450. 19767753. 1546-1718. 2846760.
  15. Eeles. Rosalind A.. Rosalind Eeles. Haiman. Christopher A.. Kote-Jarai. Zsofia. Henderson. Brian E.. Chanock. Stephen J.. Wiklund. Fredrik. Easton. Douglas F.. Conti. David V.. Amos. Christopher I.. 2018. Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci. Nature Genetics. en. 50. 7. 928–936. 10.1038/s41588-018-0142-8. 29892016. 6568012. 1546-1718.
  16. The supportive care needs of men with prostate cancer (2000). Psycho-Oncology. 10. 1. 66–75. Yaxley. J.. Heathcote. P.. 2001-01-01. en. 10.1002/1099-1611(200101/02)10:1<66::aid-pon493>3.0.co;2-z. 11180578. Gardiner. R. A.. Dunn. J.. Occhipinti. S.. Steginga. S. K.. 35135008 .
  17. Web site: Griffith research receives $2.8m in funding. Durack. Louise. news.griffith.edu.au. en-EN. 2019-08-23.
  18. Web site: Prostate Org Research Forum.

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