Rate My Professor Lisa Mackenzie

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).