My Expertise
Childhood, adolescent and young adult cancer, social wellbeing, consumer-led research and consumer engagement in research.
Biography
Dr Clarissa Schilstra is a postdoctoral research fellow within Australia's largest paediatric psycho-oncology research group: the Behavioural Sciences Unit at the Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital and UNSW. Dr Schilstra's research focuses on the lived experience of people affected by cancer, assessing lived experiences on an international scale, and playing a key role in paediatric cancer consumer-led research and care improvement...view more
Dr Clarissa Schilstra is a postdoctoral research fellow within Australia's largest paediatric psycho-oncology research group: the Behavioural Sciences Unit at the Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital and UNSW. Dr Schilstra's research focuses on the lived experience of people affected by cancer, assessing lived experiences on an international scale, and playing a key role in paediatric cancer consumer-led research and care improvement initiatives across Australia.
My Qualifications
BA Psych (Hons), PhD
My Awards
Dean's Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis, UNSW
My Research Activities
Dr Schilstra currently leads the the World Health Organisation Global Survey on the Lived Experience of People Affected by Cancer and serves as a consumer representative for the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guidelines Harmonization Group.
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ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4896-6037