Lisa Beatty is a Professor in Clinical Psychology at Flinders University, and a visiting Consulting Clinical Psychologist in Medical Oncology at Southern Adelaide Local Health Network. She has over 20 years of research and clinical expertise in the field of psycho-oncology (the scientific exploration of the psychological impact of cancer diagnosis and treatment).

Within this field, Prof Beatty specialises in digital psycho-oncology interventions, a strategy that aims to deliver evidence-based psychological treatments to those who may not be able to access them due to their health status, distance, or stigma. Lisa has led or supervised the development of multiple evidence-based digital psycho-oncology programs, including Finding My Way, Finding My Way-Advanced, and Healthy Living after Cancer-Online. Finding My Way is now a freely available online resource for the Australian cancer community and has been trialled by researchers in UK and USA.

Key career achievements include attracting 4.5 years of fellowship funding from Cancer Council SA, and over $4.5M in competitive project grant funding from a range of funders including National Health and Medical Research Council, Cancer Australia, Medical Research Future Fund, Beat Cancer Project, NorthWest Cancer Research, and Flinders Foundation. Lisa has published over 70 journal articles and 2 book chapters.

Prof Beatty is the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) Deputy Chair for the Psycho-Oncology Cooperative Research Group (PoCoG), and SAC Member for Breast Cancer Trials, two national cancer clinical trials groups funded by Cancer Australia.

Clinically, Prof Beatty sees adults affected by cancer at the Flinders Cancer Wellness Centre, a public psychology outpatient clinic, and supervises provisional psychologists on placement there.

Dr. Morgan Leske is a Registered Psychologist and Post-doctoral Researcher with a special interest in psycho-oncology and digital health. She completed her PhD at Flinders University, where she collaborated with Cancer Council SA to co-design an online healthy living intervention for post-treatment cancer survivors. Her research combines quantitative and qualitative methodologies, with a focus on person-centred approaches, to improve the accessibility and relevance of psychosocial support in cancer care.

Currently, she is involved in several research projects co-designing and evaluating online psychosocial interventions across the cancer care continuum, including for individuals recently diagnosed with cancer and women living with advanced breast cancer. She is particularly interested in how engagement in these interventions can be optimised with cancer-specific tailoring and human support to improve quality of life for people living with or beyond cancer.