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Dr Claire Wakefield
NH&MRC Postdoctoral Training Fellow
Research Areas: Research interests include health psychology; the psychosocial issues faced by families when their child completes cancer treatment; men and women with a strong family history of cancer; patient education; assisting patients to make difficult medical decisions such as decisions about genetic testing and deceased organ donation; and other issues faced by children with medical illness.
Academic Career:
BPsych (Hons1), MPH, PhD
Society Memberships & Professional Activities
Australian Psychological Society
Informed Decision Making Network
Psychologists in Oncology Network
International Psycho-Oncology Society
Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine
Registered psychologist: NSW Psychologists Registration Board
Selected Publications:
- Wakefield, C. E., Meiser, B., Homewood, J., Ward, R., O’Donnell, S., Kirk, J., and the AGenDA Collaborative Group (Accepted). A randomized trial of a decision aid for individuals considering genetic testing for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer risk. Accepted by Cancer, 8th April 2008.
- Juan, A.S., Wakefield, C. E., Kasparian, N. A., Kirk, J., Tyler, J., Tucker, K. (Accepted). Development and pilot testing of a decision aid for men considering genetic testing for breast and/or ovarian cancer-related mutations (BRCA1/2). Accepted by Genetic Testing, 13th May 2008.
- Wakefield, C. E., Meiser, B., Homewood, J., Taylor, A., Gleeson, M., Williams, R., the AGenDA Collaborative Group and Tucker, K. (2008). A randomized trial of a breast/ovarian cancer genetic testing decision aid used as a communication aid during genetic counseling. Psycho-Oncology, special issue entitled ‘Genetic testing for cancer risk’, 17(8):844-54.
- Wakefield, C. E., Meiser, B., Gaff, C.L., Barratt, A., Patel, M.I., Suthers, G., Lobb, E.A., Ramsay, J., Mann, G. (2008). Familial prostate cancer: A multidisciplinary overview of the issues faced by unaffected men with a strong family history of prostate cancer. Journal of Urology, 180(1):38-46.
- Wakefield, C. E., Homewood, J., Mahmut, M., Taylor, A., Meiser, B. (2007). Usefulness of the Threatening Medical Situations Inventory in individuals considering genetic testing for cancer risk. Patient Education and Counseling, 69 (1-3): 29-38. Impact factor: 1.356.
- Wakefield, C. E., Kasparian, N. A., Meiser, B., Homewood, J., Kirk, J., Tucker, K. (2007). Attitudes toward genetic testing for cancer risk after genetic counseling and decision support: A qualitative comparison between hereditary cancer types. Genetic testing, 11 (4): 401-411.
- Kasparian, N. A., Wakefield, C. E., Meiser, B. (2007). Assessment of psychological outcomes in genetic counseling research: An overview of the measurement scales commonly used. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 16 (6): 693-712. *Invited review.
- Wakefield, C. E., Meiser, B., Homewood, J., Peate. M., Taylor, A., Lobb, E., Kirk, J., Young, M., Williams, R., Dudding, T., Tucker, K., and the AGenDA Collaborative Group. (2008). A randomized controlled trial of a decision aid for women considering genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer risk. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 107: 289-301.
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