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Dr Christina SignorelliPhD (Medicine), M Qual Health Res, BSci(Psych)/Arts (Soc)
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Email: c.signorelli@unsw.edu.au 
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Overview
Dr Christina Signorelli is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Behavioural Sciences Unit, School of Women’s and Children’s Health at UNSW Sydney and the Sydney Children’s Hospital.
Christina completed her PhD (Medicine) at the University of New South Wales which focused on developing a model of care for the long-term follow-up of childhood cancer survivors and included data from the ANZCHOG Survivorship Study, involving one of the largest cohorts of Australian and New Zealand survivors in Australasia. Christina also holds a Masters of Qualitative Health Research and a combined Bachelor’s degree in Science (Psychology) and Arts (Sociology), which she completed at the University of Sydney.
She is currently involved in numerous research projects which explore childhood cancer survivors’ health and wellbeing, specifically their outcomes in long-term survivorship. Christina is particularly interested in survivors’ health behaviours and engagement, as well as patient empowerment and self-advocacy.
She has received multiple awards for her research. Most recently, she was awarded the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) 2017 Young Investigator Award and she was named the Australian Federation of Graduate Women Barbara Hale Scholar for 2017.
For more details, please visit her research profile
Selected publications:
Christina completed her PhD (Medicine) at the University of New South Wales which focused on developing a model of care for the long-term follow-up of childhood cancer survivors and included data from the ANZCHOG Survivorship Study, involving one of the largest cohorts of Australian and New Zealand survivors in Australasia. Christina also holds a Masters of Qualitative Health Research and a combined Bachelor’s degree in Science (Psychology) and Arts (Sociology), which she completed at the University of Sydney.
She is currently involved in numerous research projects which explore childhood cancer survivors’ health and wellbeing, specifically their outcomes in long-term survivorship. Christina is particularly interested in survivors’ health behaviours and engagement, as well as patient empowerment and self-advocacy.
She has received multiple awards for her research. Most recently, she was awarded the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) 2017 Young Investigator Award and she was named the Australian Federation of Graduate Women Barbara Hale Scholar for 2017.
For more details, please visit her research profile
Selected publications:
- Signorelli C; Wakefield CE; Johnston KA; Fardell JE; Brierley ME E; Thornton-Benko E; Foreman T; Webber K; Wallace WH; Cohn RJ, 2018, 'Re-engage' pilot study protocol: A nurse-led eHealth intervention to re-engage, educate and empower childhood cancer survivors', BMJ Open, vol. 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022269
- Signorelli C; Wakefield CE; Fardell JE; Foreman T; Johnston KA; Emery J; Thornton-Benko E; Girgis A; Lie HC; Cohn RJ; Alvaro F; Cohn RJ; 2018, 'The Role Of Primary Care Physicians in Childhood Cancer Survivorship Care: Multiperspective Interviews', Oncologist, http://dx.doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2018-0103
- Signorelli C; Wakefield CE; McLoone JK; Fardell JE; Lawrence RA; Osborn M; Truscott J; Tapp H; Cohn RJ, 2017, 'Models of childhood cancer survivorship care in Australia and New Zealand: Strengths and challenges', Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol. 13, pp. 407 - 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajco.12700
- Signorelli C; Wakefield CE; Fardell JE; Wallace WH B; Robertson EG; McLoone JK; Cohn RJ, 2017, 'The impact of long-term follow-up care for childhood cancer survivors: A systematic review', Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, vol. 114, pp. 131 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.critrevonc.2017.04.007