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Dr Natasha Roberts
Dr

Natasha Roberts

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Overview

Background

Dr Natasha Roberts is a nurse and clinician researcher more than 30 years clinical experience. Her areas of clinical expertise include cancer care and critical care, with specific emphasis on delivering equitable healthcare. Natasha is a Conjoint Clinical Fellow with the School of Nursing Midwifery and Social Work at The University of Queensland and The Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service Education and Research Alliance in Metro North Health and is also a Senior Research Fellow in The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research. Dr Natasha Roberts has expertise in intervention co-design, implementation science and multi-methods research, with a focus on consumer and community involvement, health equity and use of patient reported outcome measures. All of her research focuses on high risk populations and involves partnerships with clinical teams, patients and their communities, and researchers to ensure that clinical care has benefits to patient quality of life, clinical outcomes, health service outcomes and the community as a whole. She is passionate about optimal academic and health partnerships to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Islander led research is implemented directly into health systems.

Availability

Dr Natasha Roberts is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology

Research impacts

Natasha is a current Queensland Health Clinical Research Fellow (2024-2026) and previous Metro North Clinical Research Fellow (2021-2025).

In partnership with patients and communities, clinicians and researchers, Natasha leads health services research with high risk populations that involves design and implementation of interventions for direct use in routine clinical care. She is currently leading research funded to address unmet needs in oncology surgical, cancer care and/or infection.

Works

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67 works between 2014 and 2026

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2018

Journal Article

Trials with patient-reported outcomes registered on the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR)

Mercieca-Bebber, Rebecca, Williams, Douglas, Tait, Margaret-Ann, Roydhouse, Jessica, Busija, Lucy, Sundaram, Chindhu Shunmuga, Wilson, Michelle, Langford, Ailsa, Rutherford, Claudia, Roberts, Natasha, King, Madeleine, Vodicka, Elisabeth, Devine, Beth and on behalf of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) (2018). Trials with patient-reported outcomes registered on the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR). Quality of Life Research, 27 (10), 2581-2591. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-1921-5

Trials with patient-reported outcomes registered on the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR)

2018

Journal Article

Correction to: Trials with patient-reported outcomes registered on the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) (Quality of Life Research, (2018), 27, 10, (2581-2591), 10.1007/s11136-018-1921-5)

Mercieca-Bebber, Rebecca, Williams, Douglas, Tait, Margaret-Ann, Roydhouse, Jessica, Busija, Lucy, Sundaram, Chindhu Shunmuga, Wilson, Michelle, Langford, Ailsa, Rutherford, Claudia, Roberts, Natasha, King, Madeleine, Vodicka, Elisabeth and Devine, Beth (2018). Correction to: Trials with patient-reported outcomes registered on the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) (Quality of Life Research, (2018), 27, 10, (2581-2591), 10.1007/s11136-018-1921-5). Quality of Life Research, 27 (10), 2593-2593. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-1934-0

Correction to: Trials with patient-reported outcomes registered on the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) (Quality of Life Research, (2018), 27, 10, (2581-2591), 10.1007/s11136-018-1921-5)

2017

Conference Publication

Patient reported outcomes (PROs) in clinical practice: a scoping review of reviews, systematic review and meta-analysis of the research

Roberts, Natasha, Janda, Monika, Alexander, Kim and Wyld, David (2017). Patient reported outcomes (PROs) in clinical practice: a scoping review of reviews, systematic review and meta-analysis of the research. 2017 World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 14-18 August, Berlin, Germany. Oxford, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons.

Patient reported outcomes (PROs) in clinical practice: a scoping review of reviews, systematic review and meta-analysis of the research

2017

Conference Publication

Understanding staff needs when implementing Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) in the clinical setting: a qualitative study

Roberts, Natasha, Janda, Monika, Alexander, Kim and Wyld, David (2017). Understanding staff needs when implementing Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) in the clinical setting: a qualitative study. 2017 World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 14-18 August 2017, Berlin, Germany. HOBOKEN: WILEY.

Understanding staff needs when implementing Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) in the clinical setting: a qualitative study

2016

Conference Publication

A systematic review and meta-analysis of patient reporting outcomes in clinical practice

Roberts, Natasha, Janda, Monika, Alexander, Kimberley and Wyld, David (2016). A systematic review and meta-analysis of patient reporting outcomes in clinical practice. COSA's 43rd and ANZBCTG's 38th Annual Scientific Meetings. Partners for Progress in Breast Cancer Research and Care, Gold Coast, Australia, 15–17 November 2016. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/ajco.12635_4

A systematic review and meta-analysis of patient reporting outcomes in clinical practice

2015

Conference Publication

Patient understanding of research in a medical oncology setting

Roberts, Natasha, Ives, Amy, Wyld, David and Cubitt, Annette (2015). Patient understanding of research in a medical oncology setting. COSA’s 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting. Rare Cancers: Common Goals, Hobart, Australia, 17–19 November 2015. Chichester, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/ajco.12432_2

Patient understanding of research in a medical oncology setting

2014

Journal Article

Doripenem population pharmacokinetics and dosing requirements for critically ill patients receiving continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration

Roberts, Jason A., Udy, Andrew A., Bulitta, Juergen B., Stuart, Janin, Jarrett, Paul, Starr, Therese, Lassig-Smith, Melissa, Roberts, Natasha A., Dunlop, Rachel, Hayashi, Yoshiro, Wallis, Steven C. and Lipman, Jeffrey (2014). Doripenem population pharmacokinetics and dosing requirements for critically ill patients receiving continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 69 (9) dku177, 2508-2516. doi: 10.1093/jac/dku177

Doripenem population pharmacokinetics and dosing requirements for critically ill patients receiving continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration

Funding

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2026
    The SUrvive and ThRive intErvention (SURE): Addressing unmet needs for men after prostate cancer treatment
    Queensland Health Clinical Research Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2027
    Pharmacogenomics for better treatment of fungal infections in cancer
    MRFF Quality, Safety and Effectiveness of Medicine Use and Medicine Intervention by Pharmacists
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    Investigating unmet needs for Indigenous people impacted by prostate cancer (RAUGH Seed Grant led by Metro North HHS)
    Metro North Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Natasha Roberts is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Master Philosophy

    Factors that Influence Clinical Trial Participation by Oncology Patients in Australia

    Associate Advisor

Completed supervision

Media

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