Professor Suzanne Chambers

Griffith Health Institute, Griffith UniversityCancer Council QueenslandProstate Cancer Foundation of AustraliaHealth Wellness Institute, Edith Cowan UniversityARC Future FellowWilliam Rudder Fellow 2013

CareerHairdresser

CareerNurse – Resuscitation

CareerNo Smoking

CareerCancer Support

CareerFinished Arts Degree – 1994Completed Honours – 1997Completed PhD - 2004

CareerFirst Grants

• 1990 Steginga SK, Dunn J. Grant to develop an educational video for women with gynae cancer. $20,000; Office of The Status of Women.

First NHMRC Grant• 2005 O’Connell D, Smith D, Gattellari M, Ward J, Steginga SK,

Pinnock C. PSA testing: a population-based longitudinal study of decision making, psychological effects and patterns of care. $572,601; National Health and Medical Research Council. Project grant 337601; 2005-2007.

• 2007 Steginga SK, Gardiner RA, Nicol D, Aitken J, Occhipinti, S. Predicting and promoting long term adjustment for men with prostate cancer: Proscan. $289,564; National Health and Medical Research Council. Project grant 442301; 2007-2011.

CareerNHMRC Fellowship• 2008 Steginga SK. Population Health Career

Development Award: $370,000; National Health and Medical Research Council. Project grant 496003; 2008-2011.

ARC Future Fellowship• 2012 Chambers SK. Psychosocial intervention to

improve psychological and quality of life outcomes after cancer. 2012-2015. Future Fellowship: Australian Research Council, $918,968. FT120100366.

Career• 98 journal publications, 3 book chapters, 31

abstracts• H-Index of 17• Since 2006, attracted over $4,730,244 in research

funding as CI-A with a further $3,555,827 as CI: a total over the past five years of $8,286,071

• 2011 – Winner ASMR (QLD) Clinical Researcher Award

• 2012 – Announced as 2013 William Rudder Fellow.

Tips• Try to solve major problems and make really big discoveries• Be realistic and play to your strengths• Acquire basic skills and work with the right people• Learn to write clearly and concisely•Work in an appropriate field• Find and cultivate your true passion• Focus and don’t be a dilettante• Be selective about where you work• Value evidence and learn to see what’s in front of your nose

Doherty P: The Beginner’s Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize. New York: Columbia University Press; 2006

Tips• Think outside the box• Talk about the problem• Tell the truth•Be generous and culturally aware•Be persistent and tenacious, but be prepared to fail• Your time is precious•Avoid prestigious administrative roles• Take care of yourself and live a long time•Have fun, behave like a winner Doherty P: The Beginner’s Guide to

Winning the Nobel Prize. New York: Columbia University Press; 2006

Questions?

“ Obviously, I'm not the fastest skater, but those were my tactics and they worked like a charm. I thought maybe two would go down and I'd get the bronze. I saw 'em all go down and …. Oh, my God!…. I’ve won…….I think. ”

— Stephen Bradbury