Rate My Professor Lisa Mackenzie

Dr Lisa Mackenzie is a Conjoint Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine and Public Health (Health Behaviour Sciences) at the University of Newcastle. She holds the position of Senior Research Fellow at the Calvary Mater Newcastle Department of Palliative Care since July 2023, where she supports the development, implementation, and dissemination of research projects. Additionally, she serves as a Clinical Psychologist with the Hunter New England Centre for Gynaecological Cancer since May 2021. Mackenzie has over ten years of experience in health services research, public health, and behavioural science, including supervision of research higher degree students in these fields. She completed her Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Clinical Psychology, and Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) at the University of Newcastle. Her PhD research examined the psychosocial burden of cancer during radiotherapy treatment, with a focus on psychological wellbeing, experiences of prognosis communication, and perceived quality of patient-centred care.

Mackenzie's research interests include cancer control, health communication, health psychology, implementation science, mental health, patient-centred care, psychology, public health, quality of care, radiation oncology, rural and remote health, telehealth, and eHealth. Her fields of research are behavioural epidemiology, clinical and health psychology not elsewhere classified, and health promotion. She serves as the mid-career researcher representative on the Hunter Medical Research Institute Equity in Health and Wellbeing Program. Major awards include the 2011 Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Endeavour Award for investigating Japanese cancer patients' preferences for discussions about diagnosis and prognosis at Kyoto University Hospital and Nagoya City University Hospital; a Hunter Medical Research Institute Early Career Support Grant for research on cancer patients' preferences for advance care planning; and a National Breast Cancer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship from 2016 to 2022 to lead research on enhancing telehealth implementation in perioperative care for breast cancer patients. Key publications comprise 'Agreement between cancer patients and their radiation oncologist regarding diagnosis and prognosis disclosure experiences in Japan' (Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2012), 'Anxiety and depression during radiotherapy treatment: a comparison of touchscreen computer administration of the hospital anxiety and depression scale and single-item self-report measures' (Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2012), and 'Trends in cervical cancer screening research in sub-Saharan Africa: a bibliometric analysis of publications between 2001 and 2020' (Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2022).