A research group in the University of Sydney's School of Public Health
12/05/2026
Huge congratulations to SHeLL’s newest PhD graduate - Dr Katie McFadden! 👏
Her thesis was titled “Investigating the psychosocial aspects of lung cancer screening: a focus on smoking-related stigma”
Big congratulations to her supervisors too: A/Prof Rachael Dodd, Dr Brooke Nickel, Prof Nehmat Houssami and A/Prof Nicole Rankin ✨
We wish Katie all the best with her future endeavours!
04/02/2026
With cancer being a major concern worldwide, World Cancer Day raises international awareness of cancer, encouraging its prevention and access to life-saving treatment.
Our director Prof Kirsten McCaffery joined an expert panel ‘Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Making Person-
Centred Cancer Care a Reality’ at the World Cancer Day Sydney event today 🌏
08/12/2025
🗣️ Introducing the new cohort of SHeLL PhD graduates: Dr Olivia Mac, Dr Karen Gainey & Dr Melody Taba! 🎓
Huge congratulations to the three graduates and their supervisors A/Prof Danielle Muscat, A/Prof Carissa Bonner, Dr Julie Ayre and Prof Kirsten McCaffery 👏
We wish them all the best in their future research endeavours!
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03/12/2025
Great day at our inaugural annual Research Symposium!
We had:
🚀 Rapid-fire presentations from the lab
🎓 HDRs share their research
✍️ Reflections from our consumer panel, Co-SHeLL
…and a chance to celebrate big achievements!
More details on individual projects in our highlights!
Proud of our team and the work ahead 👏
09/09/2025
Our team had a fantastic time at the 2025 edition of Preventing Overdiagnosis International Conference!
Hosted in Oxford this year, the 350+ delegates from around the world tackled challenges of overdiagnosis and explored solutions for better healthcare. 🏥🩻
17/07/2025
🗣️ Media featuring SHeLL research!
A new co-designed framework led by Research Fellow Dr Melody Taba is featured in Croakey Health Media today!
Read more via the original post below ⬇️
Croakey - Informed, engaged communities for health
Better ways to communicate health messages to young people Introduction by Croakey: Social media is the main source of news for young people, according to the 2025 Australian Digital News Report,
15/07/2025
Are you an adult (>18 years) and speak a language other than English at home?
Researchers at The University of Sydney are conducting interviews with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to explore how they find information about their health, both online and from other places.
The study involves a 45min interview which can be done in-person or online.
Click on the link to find out more: https://sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2rSkCnxUlzVq6lU
This study has been approved by the University of Sydney HREC [2021/HE000224]