Rate My Professor Kate Bartlem

Dr Kate Bartlem is an NHMRC Early Career Fellow with the School of Psychology in the School of Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy and Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) from the University of Newcastle. Her research interests focus on smoking and e-cigarette prevention and cessation, the interaction between physical and mental health, health behaviour change particularly for disadvantaged population groups, implementation science, and the translation of evidence-based policies and practices into clinical services and community settings. She develops strategies to enhance the appropriateness of population-level behaviour change services for high-risk populations. Bartlem has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed articles and co-authored reports for the NSW Ministry of Health, the Mitchell Institute, and the Australian Health Policy Collaboration. Key publications include 'Chronic disease health risk behaviours amongst people with a mental illness' (2015), 'Acceptability and receipt of preventive care for chronic-disease health risk behaviors reported by clients of community mental health services' (2015), and 'The effectiveness of interventions to increase preventive care provision for chronic disease risk behaviours in mental health settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis' (2018). She has secured over $5 million in competitive grant funding, including an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship valued at $805,890 from 2018 to 2022.

Bartlem's career includes roles as NHMRC Fellow at the University of Newcastle School of Science, Consultant for the World Health Organization Comprehensive Information Systems for Tobacco Control (2014), Project Officer at Hunter New England Population Health Health Promotion (2011–2015), Research Assistant at the University of Newcastle School of Psychology (2010–2011), and Casual Academic at the University of Newcastle School of Psychology (2011–present). She is also a conjoint behavioural scientist with Hunter New England Population Health. Her awards include the Reducing Health Risks in the Community Award from Hunter New England Population Health (2012), University Medal in Psychology (2010), Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence (2010), Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Research Candidates (2010), Three Minute Thesis University Finalist (2014), and Beryl Nashar Young Researcher Award Nominee (2016).