Nicole is a former Sydney Catalyst Translational Research Fellow and ‎Senior Research Fellow in lung cancer at the Cancer Council NSW.
Background:
Nicole has more than 15 years experience working in cancer
control, primarily in psychosocial and behavioural aspects of
patient care. She has undergraduate qualifications in
Psychology and Sociology and completed her PhD in 2000 in the
discipline of Behavioural Science in Relation to Medicine at the
University of Newcastle. She was manager of the Psychosocial
Program at the National Breast Cancer Centre (2000-2003), manager
of the Patient Support Program at the Cancer Institute NSW
(2004-2006) and the Executive Director of PoCoG (the
Psycho-oncology Cooperative Research Group) from 2006-2009. She has
also held research positions at the University of Wollongong
(2009-2010) and Relationships Australia (2011).
Research Interests:
Nicole's research interests are in the implementation of
evidence into cancer practice and policy. She has significantly
contributed to the development and implementation of psychosocial
clinical practice guidelines and has led implementation and
evaluation programs in psychosocial oncology, specialist breast
cancer nursing and models of peer support. Nicole's current
research interests are in lung cancer, head and neck cancer and
psychosocial clinical pathways