Pandora Patterson

Primary Position
General Manager, Research & Youth Cancer Services, Canteen Australia Adjunct Associate Professor, Cancer Nursing Research Unit, Sydney University Visiting Professor, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Coventry University, UK
Job Responsibilities
Research
Education/Training
Psychology
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
I am a psychologist with 25yrs clinical experience and have worked for the last ten years in research focusing on measure and intervention development and evaluation for young people with cancer and those who have a sibling or parent with cancer.
Training Opportunities at Location
Yes
Keywords
Adolescents
Young Adults
Offspring
Needs
Sibling
Publications of Interest

Wright, A., Patterson, P., McDonald, F. E. J. & Hubbard, G. (2020). Development and piloting of ‘When Cancer Comes Along’: A cancer awareness program for Australian secondary school students. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. Advance online publication. doi.org/ 10.1002/hpja.314
 

Sansom-Daly, U.M., Wakefield, C.E., Patterson, P., Cohn, R.J., Rosenberg, A.R., Wiener, L., & Fardell, J.E. (2019). End-of-life communication needs for adolescents and young adults with cancer: Recommendations for research and practice. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2019.0084 

Patterson, P., Noke., M., McDonald, F.E.J. & Jones, B. (2019). Life imprint and meaning reconstruction for young people who have experienced the death of a family member from cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 28(9), 1938-1941. 

Patterson, P., Allison, K. R., Hornyak, N., Woodward, K., Johnson, R. H. & Walczak, A. (2018). Advancing consumer engagement: Supporting, developing and empowering youth leadership in cancer care. European Journal of Cancer Care, 27(6), e12958. doi.org/10.1111/ecc12958

Patterson, P., McDonald, F.E.J., Tindle, R., Kelly-Dalgety, E., Zebrack, B., Costa, D. (2018). The Development and Preliminary Evaluation of the Cancer Peer Support Scale in Adolescents Living with Cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 27(12), 2865-2868. doi.org/10.1002/pon.4869