Dr Helen Skerman
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Biography
Helen has gained considerable research experience in almost 20 years at QUT, working most recently on a range of projects in palliative care. These projects have involved a wide variety of research designs including descriptive population based studies, large multivariate studies and randomised controlled trials. As a biostatistician, she has been responsible for research design, methodologies, data management and analysis. She has been data manager and analyst for numerous projects in the ‘cancer services’ field as a member of multidisciplinary and multi-site research teams that have achieved successful research outcomes.Personal details
Positions
- Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Keywords
Palliative care, Symptoms, cancer
Research field
Nursing
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
- Master of Social Science (University of Queensland)
- Grad Dip Computer Education (Queensland Inst. of Technology)
- Bachelor of Science (University of Queensland)
- Diploma of Teaching (Queensland Teachers College)
Professional memberships and associations
Psycho-oncology Cooperative Research Group (PoCoG), Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group (PaCCCs), Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PC4)
Teaching
2000 Lecturer in statistics Univeristy of Queensland Dept of Anthropolgy and Sociology 1991-93 Lecturer in(1) Quantitative analysis and (2) Marketing research Univeristy of Queensland Dept of Management
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Helen, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2009
- Details
- Award for best international article published in Research in Nursing & Health, 2009
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2005
- Details
- QUT-APRA award for postgraduate study
Selected research projects
- Title
- Improving quality of life in high-risk cancer populations: a randomised trial of a structured intervention for head and neck cancer survivors
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1041640
- Start year
- 2013
- Keywords
- head and neck cancer; survivorship; patient education; self-management; self-efficacy
- Title
- Clinical Trial - A randomised controlled trial of aetiology based antiemetic guidelines for reducing nausea in advanced cancer patients
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 614247
- Start year
- 2010
- Keywords
- Randomised Controlled Trial; Nausea; Palliative Care; Quality of Life
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.