Suzanne Chambers

Qualifications: RN, BA, BBehSci (Hons), PhD

Job title: Director of Research

Email: SuzanneChambers@cancerqld.org.au

Background: Professor Suzanne Chambers is the Director of Research at Cancer Council Queensland. Suzanne has worked at Cancer Council Queensland since 1989 and over that time has undertaken the development of a broad range of cancer support services and led research into breast, gynaecological and prostate cancer, cancer nursing and physician education, peer support in cancer, supportive care interventions, patient decision making and patient education.

Research interests: Delivering decision-related and psychosocial support services to cancer patients and their families.

Current research projects:

• The ProsCan Program: Patterns of care and health-related outcomes for men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer in Queensland.
• The ProsCan Program: Development and evaluation of a new support program for men diagnosed with prostate cancer.
• Proscan for CouplesTM: a supportive care intervention that targets the specific challenges couples experience at diagnosis of localised prostate cancer and after radical prostatectomy.
• Attitudes to help seeking: predicting use of psychosocial care services.