Dr Emma Kemp
Senior Research Fellow
College of Medicine and Public Health
Dr Emma Kemp (PhD) is the Cancer Council SA, Flinders Foundation Senior Resarch Fellow in Cancer Support. She obtained her PhD from the University of Adelaide in 2014 and began her career in cancer supprtive care by coordinating the national multi-site RCT of an online psychotherapeutic intervention designed for people with early stage cancers (Finding My Way). Her research has spanned diverse topics including strategic implementation of digital health, return to work after cancer, siloes and gaps in evidence for cancer supportive care interventions, cardiovascular comorbidities, and development and testing of an online psychosocial intervention for women with metastatic breast cancer. Emma is experienced in consumer engagement and has applied her expertise in stakeholder consultation to investigate consumer and health professional preferences for management of cardiovascular disease in people with cancer, digital health implementation, and barriers to digital health engagement affecting people living rurally and/or with socioeconomic disadvantage. She is an expert in issues pertaining to use and implementation of digital health resources in cancer care and has a special interest in accessibility and usability of both digital and non-digital cancer supportive care resources. Her recent research focuses on ways to better support people who may experience limitations in their access to supportive care resources due to either geographic and/or socioeconomic circumstances. Emma aims to conduct research to inform and support person-centred, equitable cancer care, including development of accessible resources to support self-management and pathways to identify and access support that is specific and relevant to the diverse supportive care needs of people affected by cancer.
PhD (Psychology), The University of Adelaide, 2014
Health Science Honours (Psychology), The University of Adelaide, 2006
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology, English), The University of Adelaide, 2004
Diploma in Languages (Indonesian), The University of Adelaide, 2004
- Medical Research Future Fund Survivorship Care and Collaborative Research Prioritisation Grant 2024 ‘Co-producing cancer survivorship resources with and for people with intellectual disability’: $742,504.74. (CI)
- Flinders Foundation Health Seed Grant 2024 ‘Allostatic load: understanding stress and activity in breast cancer survivors’: $24,866.50. (AI)
- Medical Research Future Fund Consumer-Led Research Grant 2023 ‘Supporting self-management of lymphoedema after breast cancer. Co-design and implementation of a Lymphoedema Navigation Online (LeaN On) Program’: $598,546.20 (AI)
- Flinders Foundation Cancer Seed Grant 2023 ‘Developing optimal models of care to manage multimorbidity in people with cancer: a clinical pathway co-design study’: $24,159.00 (CIA)
- Flinders Foundation Health Seed Grant 2021, ‘Impact of socioeconomic and geographic disadvantage and digital health literacy on digital health engagement in people with cancer: a participatory, qualitative exploration of user needs and experiences’: $21, 041 (CIA).
- Flinders Foundation Health Seed Grant 2021, ‘The needs of girls with early menarche in South Australian primary schools: An exploratory mixed-methods study’: $23, 276 (AI)
- Cancer Australia 2020 Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme 2020, ‘Finding My Way-Advanced: Can a web-based psychosocial intervention improve mental quality of life for women with metastatic breast cancer?’: $545,259.00 (CIC)
- Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute Kickstart Seed Grant 2019-2020, ‘Identifying predictors of engagement with digital health applications for people with cancer living with socioeconomic disadvantage’: $20,000 (CIA)
- Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trial Groups Training Award, 2019-2020, ‘Using the Quality of Cancer Survivorship Care Framework to increase our understanding of the evidence base supporting quality survivorship care in breast cancer and inform clinical practice, research, and policy’: $5000.00 (CIA).
- Beat Cancer Travel Grant recipient, 2017
- University of Adelaide Doctoral Research Medal, 2014
- University of Adelaide Dean’s Commendation, 2014
- Australian Postgraduate Award, 2008-2013
- University of Adelaide APS Prize, 2006
My responsibilties include contributing to study design, preparing ethics, governance and grant applications, coordinating investigator meetings, recruitment of participants, collection and analysis of data, and preparation and submission of manuscripts for publication. I co-supervise one HDR student and mentor/supervise several other research assistants and staff across several projects.
- Cancer
- Psychology
Sturt Rd, Bedford Park
South Australia 5042
South Australia | Northern Territory
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