Suzanne Chambers

Suzanne Kathleen Chambers AO, (formerly known as Suzanne Kathleen Steginga) 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]

Suzanne Chambers
Born
Suzanne Kathleen Steginga
Alma materGriffith University (PhD)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Technology, Sydney

Research interests and career

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

Books
  • Chambers, Suzanne (2013). Facing the Tiger: A guide for men with prostate cancer and the people who love them. Australian Academic Press Group. ISBN 978-1-922117-05-2.

Selected articles

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
  • 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
  1. "Suzanne Chambers' unconventional (and unrelenting) path to dean of health at UTS". Australian Financial Review. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  2. "A career in psycho-oncology results in Queen's Birthday Honours". news.griffith.edu.au. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  3. Edith Cowan University, Perth (17 June 2016). "Professor Suzanne Chambers". ECU. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  4. "Prostate Org media research forum" (PDF).
  5. "Suzanne Chambers". The Conversation. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  6. Chambers, Suzanne; University, Griffith; AO, Professor Jeff Dunn; Queensl, Cancer Council. "Suzanne Chambers". The Conversation. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  7. Hynard, Author: Gemma. "CAHE Staff win Vice Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence". Centre for Applied Health Economics | Griffith University. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  8. "ANZUP - Scientific Advisory Committee". www.anzup.org.au. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  9. "Suzanne Chambers | University of Technology Sydney". www.uts.edu.au. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  10. "Dr. Suzanne Chambers | Men's Health Research at UBC". menshealthresearch.ubc.ca. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  11. "Professor Suzanne Kathleen Chambers". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  12. Durack, Louise. "Top Fellowship for Griffith Health professor". news.griffith.edu.au. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  13. "Suzanne Chambers - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com.au. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  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. 41 (10): 1116–1121. doi:10.1038/ng.450. ISSN 1546-1718. PMC 2846760. PMID 19767753.
  15. Eeles, Rosalind A.; 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. 50 (7): 928–936. doi:10.1038/s41588-018-0142-8. ISSN 1546-1718. PMC 6568012. PMID 29892016.
  16. Yaxley, J.; Heathcote, P.; Gardiner, R. A.; Dunn, J.; Occhipinti, S.; Steginga, S. K. (1 January 2001). "The supportive care needs of men with prostate cancer (2000)". Psycho-Oncology. 10 (1): 66–75. doi:10.1002/1099-1611(200101/02)10:1<66::aid-pon493>3.0.co;2-z. PMID 11180578.
  17. Durack, Louise. "Griffith research receives $2.8m in funding". news.griffith.edu.au. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  18. "Prostate Org Research Forum" (PDF).
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