Full-time scholarship $40,109/year* x 3.5 years - Supporting people breast cancer across Australia by implementing a new program into community-based services

Summary

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You will lead exciting research evaluating the implementation and adaptation of a text message program called EMPOWER-SMS into Breast Cancer Network Australia’s services to support health outcomes of people diagnosed with breast cancer across Australia.

Supervisor

Dr Anna Singleton.

Research location

The Daffodil Centre

Synopsis

We're looking for a full-time PhD student ($40,109AUD/year* scholarship for 3.5 years) to lead exciting research about implementing an evidence-based program called 'EMPOWER-SMS' into Breast Cancer Network Australia’s (BCNA) helpline services. Only open to citizens or permanent residents of Australia or New Zealand citizens.

Key tasks include:

• Evaluating how EMPOWER-SMS can be implemented as ‘business as usual’ into BCNA’s helpline services for people from regional, rural and remote locations; this will include using implementation science frameworks to identify barriers and enablers to implementation and forming strategies to overcome barriers and/or leverage enablers.
• Understanding the preferences of priority populations such as First Nations and those with metastatic breast cancer to adapt EMPOWER-SMS to fit their needs. You’ll use adaptation frameworks, focus groups, surveys and feasibility testing.

More information about EMPOWER-SMS: EMPOWER-SMS was co-designed with breast cancer survivors, health professionals and researchers. It was designed to deliver advice about improving health outcomes and weblinks to free resources. Over 1000 breast cancer survivors across Australia have tested EMPOWER-SMS in a clinical trial and a community-based implementation study and said it was useful (91%), supportive (88%), and motivating for managing their health (70%).

Additional information

The successful applicant will receive a full-time PhD scholarship $40,109AUD/year* for 3.5 years (*subject to the applicant having an unconditional offer of admission or being currently enrolled to study full-time in a PhD within the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney and to attending and passing the annual progress evaluations). You may also have opportunities to do paid research assistant work, if you have capacity.

To apply for this opportunity, you will:

·     be an Australian citizen or permanent resident, or a New Zealand citizen

·     hold an honours degree (first class) or equivalent in psychology, medical science, nursing, public health, allied health or a          related area

·     be committed to undertaking research into the field of cancer survivorship

·     First Nations people are encouraged to apply

Research location: Camperdown campus (Moore College) and/or virtual at the Daffodil Centre, a joint venture between the University of Sydney and Cancer Council NSW. Working arrangements are flexible.

Lead Supervisor: Dr Anna Singleton
Co-supervisors: Dr Andrea Smith, A/Prof Ben Smith and Prof Nehmat Houssami

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Opportunity ID

The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3556