Overview
Background
Dr Kate Anderson is a researcher based on the Sunshine Coast who has worked as an ally in collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers and communities for more than 15 years across the areas of cancer, kidney disease and wellbeing. Her current program of research at FNCWR is focused on understanding and measuring the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the lifespan.
Kate has extensive qualitative research skills and experience, with >50 peer-reviewed journal publications, 22 in the past five years alone. She is currently a Chief/Associate Investigator on grants totalling over $14 million, including:
- What Matters to Kids (WM2Kids) Study: https://public-health.uq.edu.au/project/what-matters-2-kids
- Co-design in Health with First Nations Peoples: https://public-health.uq.edu.au/project/co-design-health-first-nations-peoples
- Supporting the health and wellbeing of Indigenous youth in out-of-home care: https://public-health.uq.edu.au/project/health-wellbeing-indigenous-youth-out-home-care Understanding the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and wellbeing to health: Implementation of the What Matters 2 Adults Wellbeing Measure: https://public-health.uq.edu.au/project/implementing-what-matters-2-adults
- What Matters to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youths' Wellbeing: Developing a wellbeing measure for youth (WM2Y Project): https://public-health.uq.edu.au/project/what-matters-2-youth
- Yarning About Cultural Safety (YACS): https://public-health.uq.edu.au/project/yarning-about-cultural-safety-yacs
Availability
- Dr Kate Anderson is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
- Postgraduate Diploma, University of Technology Sydney
- Postgraduate Diploma, University of Sydney
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), University of Sydney
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney
Research impacts
Kate is group lead of the growing Wellbeing Group within UQ’s First Nations Cancer and Wellbeing Research Team (FNCWR team). Since its inception in 2017, our Wellbeing Group’s research program has been dedicated to improving understanding, measurement, and evaluation of what matters to the wellbeing of First Nations adults, youth, and children. Our team is made up of First Nations and non-Indigenous researchers and professional staff from around Australia. We are committed to privileging First Nations experiences and perspectives in our research, and to implementing research methods to ensure cultural-appropriateness and responsiveness.
She has been awarded as CI/AI over $14 million in competitive peer reviewed grants. She has successfully designed, led, and delivered multiple large qualitative and mixed-method studies, including all four What Matters projects (NHMRC GNT1125434; MRF1199854; NHMRC APP2020636; MRF2007834), several cancer and kidney related projects (ARC IN190100050; NHMRC APP236204) and a growing number of projects focused on developing novel and culturally appropriate research methodologies for First Nations peoples.
Works
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2018
Journal Article
Traditional and Complementary Medicine Use Among Indigenous Cancer Patients in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States: A Systematic Review
Gall, Alana, Leske, Stuart, Adams, Jon, Matthews, Veronica, Anderson, Kate, Lawler, Sheleigh and Garvey, Gail (2018). Traditional and Complementary Medicine Use Among Indigenous Cancer Patients in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States: A Systematic Review. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 17 (3), 568-581. doi: 10.1177/1534735418775821
2018
Journal Article
Development of a national aboriginal and torres strait islander cancer framework: A shared process to guide effective policy and practice
Brands, Jenny, Garvey, Gail, Anderson, Kate, Cunningham, Joan, Chynoweth, Jennifer, Wallington, Isabella, Morris, Bronwyn, Knott, Vikki, Webster, Samantha, Kinsella, Lauren, Condon, John and Zorbas, Helen (2018). Development of a national aboriginal and torres strait islander cancer framework: A shared process to guide effective policy and practice. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15 (5) 942, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15050942
2017
Journal Article
Difficult conversations: Australian Indigenous patients' views on kidney transplantation
Devitt, Jeannie, Anderson, Kate, Cunningham, Joan, Preece, Cilla, Snelling, Paul and Cass, Alan (2017). Difficult conversations: Australian Indigenous patients' views on kidney transplantation. BMC Nephrology, 18 (1) 310. doi: 10.1186/s12882-017-0726-z
2017
Journal Article
Identifying research priorities to improve cancer control for Indigenous Australians
Morris, Bronwyn A., Anderson, Kate, Cunningham, Joan and Garvey, Gail (2017). Identifying research priorities to improve cancer control for Indigenous Australians. Public Health Research and Practice, 27 (4) e2741735. doi: 10.17061/phrp2741735
2013
Journal Article
The IMPAKT study: using qualitative research to explore the impact of end-stage kidney disease and its treatments on aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
Anderson, Kate, Cunningham, Joan, Devitt, Jeannie and Cass, Alan (2013). The IMPAKT study: using qualitative research to explore the impact of end-stage kidney disease and its treatments on aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Kidney International Supplements, 3 (2), 223-226. doi: 10.1038/kisup.2013.19
2012
Journal Article
“Looking back to my family”: Indigenous Australian patients’ experience of hemodialysis
Anderson, Kate, Cunningham, Joan, Devitt, Jeannie, Preece, Cilla and Cass, Alan (2012). “Looking back to my family”: Indigenous Australian patients’ experience of hemodialysis. BMC Nephrology, 13 (1) 114. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-13-114
2012
Journal Article
If you can't comply with dialysis, how do you expect me to trust you with transplantation? Australian nephrologists' views on indigenous Australians' 'non-compliance' and their suitability for kidney transplantation
Anderson, Kate, Devitt, Jeannie, Cunningham, Joan, Preece, Cilla, Jardine, Meg and Cass, Alan (2012). If you can't comply with dialysis, how do you expect me to trust you with transplantation? Australian nephrologists' views on indigenous Australians' 'non-compliance' and their suitability for kidney transplantation. International Journal for Equity in Health, 11 (1) 21. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-21
2010
Journal Article
Patient views about treatment of stage 5 CKD: a qualitative analysis of semistructured interviews
Morton, Rachael L., Devitt, Jeannie, Howard, Kirsten, Anderson, Kate, Snelling, Paul and Cass, Alan (2010). Patient views about treatment of stage 5 CKD: a qualitative analysis of semistructured interviews. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 55 (3), 431-440. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.11.011
2009
Journal Article
They really want to go back home, they hate it here: the importance of place in Canadian health professionals' views on the barriers facing Aboriginal patients accessing kidney transplants
Anderson, Kate, Yeates, Karen, Cunningham, Joan, Devitt, Jeannie and Cass, Alan (2009). They really want to go back home, they hate it here: the importance of place in Canadian health professionals' views on the barriers facing Aboriginal patients accessing kidney transplants. Health and Place, 15 (1), 390-393. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.03.002
2008
Journal Article
"All they said was my kidneys were dead": Indigenous Australian patients' understanding of their chronic kidney disease
Anderson, Kate, Devitt, Jeannie, Cunningham, Joan, Preece, Cilla and Cass, Alan (2008). "All they said was my kidneys were dead": Indigenous Australian patients' understanding of their chronic kidney disease. Medical Journal of Australia, 189 (9), 499-503. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02144.x
2008
Journal Article
Study Protocol - Improving Access to Kidney Transplants (IMPAKT): A detailed account of a qualitative study investigating barriers to transplant for Australian Indigenous people with end-stage kidney disease
Devitt, Jeannie, Cass, Alan, Cunningham, Joan, Preece, Cilla, Anderson, Kate and Snelling, Paul (2008). Study Protocol - Improving Access to Kidney Transplants (IMPAKT): A detailed account of a qualitative study investigating barriers to transplant for Australian Indigenous people with end-stage kidney disease. BMC Health Services Research, 8 31. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-31
2007
Journal Article
Decision-making about suitability for kidney transplantation: results of a national survey of Australian nephrologists
Cass, Alan, Cunningham, Joan, Anderson, Kate, Snelling, Paul, Colman, Sam, Devitt, Jeannie, Preece, Cilla and Eris, Josette (2007). Decision-making about suitability for kidney transplantation: results of a national survey of Australian nephrologists. Nephrology, 12 (3), 299-304. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2007.00784.x
2007
Journal Article
The use of psychosocial criteria in Australian patient selection guidelines for kidney transplantation
Anderson, Kate, Cass, Alan, Cunningham, Joan, Snelling, Paul, Devitt, Jeannie and Preece, Cilla (2007). The use of psychosocial criteria in Australian patient selection guidelines for kidney transplantation. Social Science & Medicine, 64 (10), 2107-2114. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.012
2006
Journal Article
Australian nephrologists' attitudes towards living kidney donation
Cunningham, Joan, Cass, Alan, Anderson, Kate, Snelling, Paul, Devitt, Jeannie, Preece, Cilla and Eris, Josette (2006). Australian nephrologists' attitudes towards living kidney donation. Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation, 21 (5), 1178-1183. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfl029
2006
Journal Article
A comparison of maladaptive schemata in treatment-seeking obese adults and normal-weight control subjects
Anderson, Kate, Rieger, Elizabeth and Caterson, Ian (2006). A comparison of maladaptive schemata in treatment-seeking obese adults and normal-weight control subjects. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 60 (3), 245-252. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.08.002
2004
Conference Publication
Barriers to access by Indigenous Australians to kidney transplantation: The IMPAKT study
Cass, Alan, Devitt, Jeannie, Preece, Cilla, Cunningham, Joan, Anderson, Kate, Snelling, Paul, Eris, Josette and Ayanian, John (2004). Barriers to access by Indigenous Australians to kidney transplantation: The IMPAKT study. National Indigenous Dialysis and Transplant Symposium, Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2004.00352.x
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Kate Anderson is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the impact of racism on wellbeing and access to optimal cancer care for First Nations Australian cancer survivors
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Supporting the wellbeing of First Nations children and youth in Queensland
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Tamara Butler
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Doctor Philosophy
Sleep and Wellbeing in Indigenous Children
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lisa McDaid
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Doctor Philosophy
Sleep and Wellbeing in Indigenous Children
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lisa McDaid, Dr Rennie Lee
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