Dr Joanna Fardell

PhD (Psychology), M. Clin Neuropsych, BSc(Hons1)
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Team Leader: Cognition and Education, Health Behaviours

Email: j.fardell@unsw.edu.au

Overview

Joanna is an early career-researcher and Post-doctoral Research Fellow with the Behavioural Sciences Unit, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of NSW. She completed her PhD at the University of Sydney, School of Psychology, and Masters of Clinical Neuropsychology at Macquarie University. Her PhD, investigated the effects of chemotherapy on cognitive function and the potential for physical activity to remedy these impairments using rodent models. She has previously worked as a post-doctoral researcher for the Psycho-Oncology Co-Operative Research Group (PoCoG), the national clinical trials research group for psycho-oncology research. Joanna is particularly interested in identifying and providing interventions for poor neurocognitive and social cognitive outcomes in survivors of paediatric cancer. Her other research interests include measurement in psychology and fear of cancer recurrence.

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