June 25, 2024
Katelyn joined the team in 2022 as a Research Assistant. In 2023 Katelyn commenced her PhD through the University of Southern Queensland. Her project focuses on advance notification – that is, providing information about an upcoming opportunity to participate in screening ahead of time – as an intervention to improve participation in the National Bowel […]
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Sabine joined us a Research Support Officer on the SMARTER Screen Project in June 2023. Sabine acts as the liaison partner between the research team and the GP practices. She has joined the team during the finalization of the recruitment phase, recruiting the final of 30 Queensland GP practices. Sabine will support the implementation of […]
Nicole Perry started in February 2023 as a Research Assistant. Utilising her background in health psychology, Nicole has been investigating the use of SMS reminders to prompt bowel cancer screening and analysing interview data for our letter re-design project.
Sandra Sursock is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne. She completed a Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science Advanced (Honours) Degree in 2021 at Monash University. Following her studies, she worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in the department of Radiation Oncology. Sandra is also currently working as a Project […]
Lanxi is a Research Project Officer at the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, the University of Melbourne. Lanxi aims to promote health for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in people-centred, contextually responsive, and systematic ways. Lanxi has a Bachelor of Science […]
Zeph is a Master of Public Health (MPH) graduate who is currently employed as a Research Assistant in the BCSA. In this capacity, he is conducting a comprehensive systematic review focusing on the application of implementation science to integrate evidence-based methods for increasing cancer screening into policy. Zeph is being supervised by A/Professor Jennifer McIntosh […]
March 12, 2024
Ian is a Consumer Representative for SMARTERscreen, and formerly for SMARTscreen. Ian has a family history of bowel cancer and is a survivor himself. Ian was sent a screening kit by the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program in 2015 and though he was due for a colonoscopy in the next 7 months decided to go […]
March 5, 2024
Bowel Cancer Screening Alliance Investigators Professor Mark Jenkins and Dr Belinda Goodwin presented MJA Podcast 2024 Episode 7: Australia’s national bowel cancer screening program Link to Podcast: https://www.mja.com.au/podcasts Read more: https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2023/43/misunderstandings-about-bowel-cancer-screening-programs-dangerous/
March 1, 2024
Nick is a corporate health expert and Chairman of the Jodi LeeFoundation. He joins Healthy Minds as a co-director and partner. Witha beautiful family and working as a director of multi-national consumergoods company, Nick Lee had good reason to be happy and optimisticabout his future. That changed in an instant when his wife Jodi wasdiagnosed […]
