Suzanne Chambers

Suzanne Kathleen Chambers AO, is a Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Health at Sydney's University of Technology. She specialises in psycho-oncology, and has received Queen's Birthday honours.^[1][2] Chambers has worked on psycho-oncology, prostate cancer,^[3] health economics and psychological interventions including the distress and adjustments after cancer.^[4][5]

Suzanne Chambers
Born	Suzanne Kathleen Bullock
Alma mater	Griffith University (PhD)
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Technology, Sydney

Research interests and career

Chambers career began with her work as a hairdresser before she became a registered nurse.^[1] She was awarded her PhD from Griffith University, in 2004, and then in 2011 she worked in Preventative Health, at Griffith University. Chambers led their "Strategic Investment in Chronic Disease".^[3] Her work on the usefulness of ‘mindfulness’ in cancer treatment as a complementary therapy was reported by The Conversation.^[6] Chambers is a health psychologist, as well as Dean. She is both a practitioner and researcher providing psychological support for people with cancer over three decades^[7] and she has specialised in prostate cancer.^[8][9][10]

As Dean of Health she was recognised in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours.^[11] Her research has been awarded $28 million in competitive grants.^[1] The Cancer Council Queensland, praised the impact of her work on patient recoveries.^[12]

Publications

Books

• Chambers, Suzanne (2013). Facing the Tiger: A guide for men with prostate cancer and the people who love them. Australian Academic Press Group. ISBN 978-1-922117-05-2.

Selected articles

Chambers had an H number of 52 and over 9,500 citations, as at August 2019.^[13]

• Schumacher et al. (2018) Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci, Nature genetics 50:928–936.^[14]
• Eeles et al. (2009) Identification of seven new prostate cancer susceptibility loci through a genome-wide association study. Nature genetics 41:1116-1121.^[15]
• Steginga et al. (2000) The supportive care needs of men with prostate cancer Psycho-oncology 10: 66–75.^[16]

Awards, honours and recognition

• 2018 – Chambers was part of the team CAHE which won the Vice Chancellors award for research excellence.^[7]
• 2016 – Chambers won an NHMCR, with $2.8 million in funding for the Centre for Research Excellence in Prostate Cancer Survivorship in Qld.^[17]
• 2012 – She was awarded ARC Future Fellow.^[18]
• 2012 – Chambers was awarded the William Rudder fellowship by the Cancer Council Queensland (CCQ).^[12]