Elizabeth Kennedy

Ms Lizzie Kennedy

Research Officer
MGH, BMedSc
Medicine & Health
School of Population Health

Bio

I am a full-time Research Officer at the Implementation to Impact (i2i) Lab within the School of Population Health at UNSW. I hold a Master’s degree in Global Health and work across multiple projects that apply implementation science frameworks with a strong emphasis on real-world impact. My current work includes the Precision Care Clinics Initiative, which aims to integrate genomic research into routine cancer care. This project focuses on embedding molecular genetic interpretation and insights into clinical care pathways for patients with complex cancers.

I have also contributed to several projects centred on translating research evidence into practice, supporting the effective implementation of evidence-based interventions within healthcare settings. I have experience in qualitative research and implementation science, having conducted numerous interviews across a range of topics. These include unmet supportive care needs among men with prostate cancer; clinicians’ experiences of informed financial consent; clinical care pathways; and the experiences of people living with cancer during the COVID‑19 pandemic, with a particular focus on culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities and individuals residing in regional and rural areas.
Email

elizabeth.kennedy@unsw.edu.au

Publications
Journal articles | 2025

Mazariego C, Cox R, Kennedy E, Whittaker K, Taylor N, Varlow M. Investigating processes to support and improve Informed Financial Consent in Australian cancer services: An implementation process mapping study and analysis. Published 6 February 2025 in BMJ Open

Chan, Middleton S, Taylor N, Koh B, Tran M, Monaghan H, Liang S, McKay S, Kennedy E, Lin F.  Development of a digital case-based knowledge base to support rapid learning in precision oncology, MedInfo (Conference paper), Taipei, Taiwan, 2025.

Liang L, McKay S, Lin F, Zaheed M, Morrow A,  Douglas B, Monaghan H, Chan P, Kennedy E, Tyedmers E, Leaney K, Napier C.E, Middleton S, Butow P, Williams R,  Parkinson B, Ballinger M.L,  Tucker K.M,  Goldstein D, Thomas D.M,  Taylor N. Integration of precision medicine into routine cancer care: protocol for the Precision Care Initiative - a research program of effectiveness-implementation hybrid trials. Published 15 October 2025 in BMJ Open.

Liang S*, Kennedy E*, Gale N, Watson P, Ramanathan M, Shinde A, McKay S, Torres-Robles A, Li Z, Chan J, Jones H, Parkinson B, Lin F, Taylor N. Implementation of precision medicine in treating non-communicable diseases: a rapid systematic review. Published 27 October 2025 in Journal of Translational Medicine.

Journal Articles | 2024

Bateson D, Ussher J, Strnadová I, Loblinzk J, David M, Chang E-L, Carter A, Sweeney S, Winkler L, Power R, Basckin C, Kennedy E and Jolly H (2024). Working together with people with intellectual disability to make a difference: a protocol for a mixed-method co-production study to address inequities in cervical screening participation. Published 23 May 2024 in Frontiers in Public Health 

Power R, David M, Strnadová I, Winkler L, Basckin C, Loblinzk J, Jolly H, Kennedy E, Ussher J, Sweeney S, Chang E, Carter A and Bateson D. Cervical screening participation and access facilitators and barriers for people with intellectual disability: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Published 26 July 2024 in Frontiers in Psychiatry, section Intellectual Disabilities

Morrow A, Steinberg J, Chan P, Tiernan G, Kennedy E, Debono D, Hogden E, Taylor N (2023). Bridging the gap between intuition and theory: a comparison of different intervention development strategies for improving Lynch syndrome detection. Published 1 August 2024 in Public Health Genomics 

Morrow A, Baffsky R, Tucker K, Parkinson B, Steinberg J, Chan P, Kennedy E, Debono D, Hogden E, Taylo N. (2024). Improving Lynch syndrome detection: a mixed-methods process evaluation of a hybrid type III effectiveness-implementation trial. Published 5 December 2024 in BMC Health Services Research

Mazariego C, Cox R, Kennedy E, Whittaker K, Taylor N, Varlow M. Investigating processes to support and improve Informed Financial Consent in Australian cancer services: An implementation process mapping study and analysis. BMJ Open (Under review)

Journal Articles | 2023

Morrow A, Steinberg J, Chan P, Tiernan G, Kennedy E, Egoroff N, Hilton D, Sankey L, Venchiarutti R, Hayward A, Pearn A, McKay S, Debono D, Hogden E, Taylor N (2023). In person and virtual process mapping experiences to capture and explore variability in clinical practice: application to genetic referral pathways across seven Australian hospital networks. Published 10 April 2023 in Translational Behavioural Medicine.