Overview
Background
Dr Rebecca Packer is a Senior Lecturer and Early Career Researcher in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences. She is an affiliate of the Centre for Functioning and Health Research (CFAHR). Dr Packer has attracted over 2.2M in research funding and published over 30 research articles and book chapters with her main focus on the impacts of swallowing disorders in head and neck cancer on survivors and their families. She has a special interest in qualitative research and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Dr Packer teaches across all years of the Undergraduate and Graduate Entry Master's Speech Pathology Program.
Availability
- Dr Rebecca Packer is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland
- Postgraduate Diploma, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Swallowing disorders
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International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
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Third-Party Disability
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Family-Centred Care
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Psychosocial Impact of Swallowing Disorders
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Psychosocial Interventions for Swallowing Disorders
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Head and neck cancer
Research impacts
Dr Packer is an emerging leader in the psychosocial impacts of swallowing disorders following head and neck cancer. She has been invited to present at both national and international conferences regarding her work on understanding survivor and family members perspectives of living with swallowing disorders post head and neck cancer treatment.
Works
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2013
Journal Article
Emerging understanding of dosimetric factors impacting on dysphagia and nutrition following radiotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer
Cartmill, Bena, Cornwell, Petrea, Ward, Elizabeth, Davidson, Wendy, Nund, Rebecca, Bettington, Catherine, Rahbari, Reza Masoud, Poulsen, Michael and Porceddu, Sandro (2013). Emerging understanding of dosimetric factors impacting on dysphagia and nutrition following radiotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer. Head and Neck, 35 (8), 1211-1219. doi: 10.1002/hed.23040
2012
Conference Publication
Living with dysphagia: insights and implications for Speech Pathology Services for patients in the Survivorship Phase of head and neck cancer
Nund, Rebecca, Ward, Elizabeth, Scarinci, Nerina, Cartmill, Bena, Kuipers, Pim and Porceddu, Sandro (2012). Living with dysphagia: insights and implications for Speech Pathology Services for patients in the Survivorship Phase of head and neck cancer. COSA 39th Annual Scientific Meeting and IPOS 14th World Congress of Psycho–Oncology, Brisbane QLD, Australia, 13-15 November 2012. West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Rebecca Packer is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Measuring the impact of swallowing disorders on family members
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Psychosocial support for people with swallowing disorders following head and neck cancer and their families
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Development of a core set of outcome measures for dysphagia in HNC
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Feeding Behaviours of Young Children with Food Allergy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Elizabeth Ward, Dr Jeanne Marshall
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the interplay among frailty, sarcopenia, and dysphagia in the head and neck cancer population
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Elizabeth Ward
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Doctor Philosophy
Early intervention services for Children with hearing loss in Kuwait
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mansoureh Nickbakht, Professor Nerina Scarinci
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Doctor Philosophy
Redefining digital technology to provide patient centric platform to meet the need of patients with Motor Neuron Disease
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Shyuan Ngo, Dr Taylor Dick, Associate Professor Frederik Steyn
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Doctor Philosophy
The decision making of temporary tube feeding in paediatric patients
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jeanne Marshall
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
A year in the life: The impact of dysarthria for people with MND
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Anna Rumbach, Professor Nerina Scarinci
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Enhancing the Understanding of, and Access to, Speech Pathology Head and Neck Cancer Services in Rural Areas
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Laurelie Wishart, Professor Elizabeth Ward
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