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Dr Ursula Sansom-Daly
Senior Lecturer

Dr Ursula Sansom-Daly

  • Registered clinical psychologist (Fellow of the College of Clinical Psychologists and Member of the Australian Psychological Society)
  • PhD (Psychology)
  • Masters of Clinical Psychology
  • Graduate Certificate in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing (Oncology Stream)
  • Bachelor of Psychology (Hons I)
Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine

Qualifications: B.Psych(Hons), M.Psych(Clin), PhD

Dr Sansom-Daly is a Senior Research Fellow within UNSW Medicine & Health and Deputy Head of the Behavioural Sciences Unit, the largest psychological research group in child/adolescent cancer in Australasia. She is also a clinician-researcher, and is the Clinical Psychologist, Sydney Youth Cancer Service, located across the Randwick hospital campus. Dr Sansom-Daly holds prestigious Early Career Fellowships from the National Health and Medical Research Council Australia, and Cancer Institute NSW, and has been a chief investigator on grants worth >$15.4million. Reflecting her dual clinical-research roles, Dr Sansom-Daly focuses on applying evidence-based psychological models and methods to address the mental health implications of cancer among adolescents and young adults with cancer. Her research spans the cancer trajectory, from diagnosis through to survivorship and end-of-life, and she has disseminated this through >65 peer-reviewed publications to date, as well as >45 media appearances. A strong emphasis of Dr Sansom-Daly’s research program is the development of resources and interventions to improve the cancer experience for patients, families, and health-professionals. Current studies include implementing videoconferencing-based mental health support into community settings for young cancer survivors, as well as co-designing advance care planning and communication support resources for AYAs whose cancer may not be curable. 

 

Twitter: @usansomdaly

Website: www.behaviouralsciencesunit.org
Phone
0293823114
E-mail
ursula@unsw.edu.au
Location
Kids Cancer Centre, Level 1 South Sydney Children's Hospital, High Street Randwick NSW 2031

Dr Sansom-Daly holds prestigious Early Career Fellowships from the National Health and Medical Research Council Australia, and Cancer Institute NSW, and has been a chief investigator on grants worth >$15.4million.

Dr Sansom-Daly has received 20 awards in her career to date. In the past few years, she was named one of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)'s Top 5 scientists from across Australia in 2017, and was also selected as the recipient of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia's New Investigator Award in 2017. She received the International Psycho-Oncology Society's Hiroomi Kawano New Investigator Award in 2019, and the Australian Psychological Society's Early Career Researcher Award in 2021.