Phyllis Butow is a professor in the field of

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at the

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who received an Order of Australia in 2014 She is known for her research in psycho-oncology and understanding the psychological impacts of cancer and diseases.

Early life and education

Butow completed her undergraduate studies with a Bachelor of Arts at

Macquarie University Macquarie University ( ) is a Public university, public research university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the Sydney metropolitan area. ...

, Master of Clinical Psychology at

Australia National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

, followed by a PhD in psychology at Sydney University.

Career

Academic positions

* Professor at the University of Sydney * Chair at Psychology at the University of Sydney * Co-Director of the Centre for Medical Psychology & Evidence-based Decision-making (CeMPED) at the University of Sydney * Founding member of the Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG)

Research focus

Professor Butow's research primarily focuses on the psychological well-being of cancer patients, doctor-patient communication, and decision-making in cancer treatment.

Contributions

* Psycho-Oncology Research: Butow has worked in the field of psycho-oncology, specifically, in investigating on the impacts of cancer on patients' mental health. She also founded organisations such as the Australian Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group, with the aims of investigating psychologicals effect of disease and cancer.

Publications

Butow has an H-index of 133, over 65,000 citations as at July 2024, according to Google Scholar, and has written more than 300 peer-reviewed articles and several books on health psychology and psycho-oncology, including publications in the journal ''Nature''. Select publications include the following:

Journal articles

* Easton, D., Pooley, K., Dunning, A. ''et al.'' Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci. ''Nature'' 447, 1087–1093 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05887. * P.N. Butow, M. Maclean, S.M. Dunn, M.H.N. Tattersall, M.J. Boyer,(1997) The dynamics of change: Cancer patients' preferences for information, involvement and support, ''Annals of Oncology,'' Volume 8, Issue 9, P857-863, https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008284006045.

Books

* Campbell, A., Cumming, S., Morrison, V., Bennett, P., Mullan, B., White, K., Gerrig, R., Zimbardo, P., Wilkes, F., Butow, P. (2009). ''PHE1IDH Individual Determinants of Health''. Frenchs Forest Sydney: Pearson Education. * Morrison, V., Bennett, P., Butow, P., et al. (2007). ''Introduction to health psychology in Australia''. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: Pearson Education.

Selected grants

2023

* ''P-OMICs-flow: Integrating precision oncology into clinical programs'', Taylor N, Thomas D, Tucker K, Ballinger M, Zaheed M, Lin F, Goldstein D, Leaney K, Morrow A, Parkinson B, Butow P, et al.

2021

* ''Finding My Way-Advanced: Can a web-based psychosocial intervention improve mental quality of life for women with cancer?'', Butow P, et al.

2020

* ''Carers and Multimorbidity'', Juraskova I, Laidsaar-Powell R, Butow P, et al. School of Psychology/Booster Grant * ''Remove the Mask: Reducing Anxiety for Cancer Radiotherapy Patients'', Keall P, Butow P, et al.

References

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