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PhD Scholarship
The psychosocial implications of genetic testing and precision medicine for children and their families, and the healthcare professionals who care for them
High-risk childhood cancer patients have a low survival rate with current treatments. The PRISM precision medicine trial makes personalised therapeutic recommendations for these children. Despite great optimism surrounding precision medicine, it will not be possible to cure all children. Precision medicine trials are very complex, meaning that families, and even healthcare professionals, may have difficulties understanding precision medicine. PRISM-IMPACT aims to assess families’ and healthcare providers’ expectations, hopes, and understanding of PRISM. By better understanding their experiences, we will be able to intervene early, provide educational support, increase satisfaction with care and improve quality of life among families in PRISM. The PhD program will expand upon the work undertaken to date as part of PRISM-Impact, which was commenced in 2017.
The PhD scholar will be a UNSW student, based on the UNSW main campus and at the Kids Cancer Centre. The student will receive the full support of the Behavioural Sciences Unit (BSU) in the Kids Cancer Centre. The BSU was established in 2001. It is recognised as one of the largest paediatric psycho-oncology research groups and is supported by a multidisciplinary team of psychologists, educators, oncologists, nurses, dieticians, exercise physiologists, social workers, biostatisticians and international collaborators.
The PhD scholar will be a UNSW student, based on the UNSW main campus and at the Kids Cancer Centre. The student will receive the full support of the Behavioural Sciences Unit (BSU) in the Kids Cancer Centre. The BSU was established in 2001. It is recognised as one of the largest paediatric psycho-oncology research groups and is supported by a multidisciplinary team of psychologists, educators, oncologists, nurses, dieticians, exercise physiologists, social workers, biostatisticians and international collaborators.
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