Dr Amanda Hutchinson is a clinical psychologist with roles in both teaching and research at UniSA. Amanda is dedicated to improving the quality of life of cancer survivors and reducing the psychosocial burden of cancer. She also uses her training in clinical psychology to support students to reach their full potential while maintaining physical and mental health.
Amanda is the Professorial Lead: Research Education in Justice & Society at UniSA and Deputy Director of UniSA’s Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Centre. She is a member of the Psycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group’s (PoCoG) Scientific Advisory Committee, the Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group and a member of the... Read more
About me
Dr Amanda Hutchinson is a clinical psychologist with roles in both teaching and research at UniSA. Amanda is dedicated to improving the quality of life of cancer survivors and reducing the psychosocial burden of cancer. She also uses her training in clinical psychology to support students to reach their full potential while maintaining physical and mental health.
Amanda is the Professorial Lead: Research Education in Justice & Society at UniSA and Deputy Director of UniSA’s Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Centre. She is a member of the Psycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group’s (PoCoG) Scientific Advisory Committee, the Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group and a member of the University’s Human Research Ethics Committee.
Amanda is committed to the scientist-practitioner model and the intersection of research and practice in higher education. She recently received UniSA's Mid-career Researcher Award for 2021.
She has supervised more than 50 student research projects to completion and is currently supervising students in the areas of cancer survivorship, health behaviour and clinical psychology. If you are interested in working with Amanda, please do not hesitate to make contact via email.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Adelaide
Master of Psychology (Clinical) The University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Psychology The University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Arts The University of Adelaide
Research interests:
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Ticking off the Bucket List – using Virtual Reality to improve mental health in palliative care, Breakthrough Mental Health Foundation/UniSA ¿ Seed Funding, 01/07/2022 - 30/06/2023
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
Open access
10
10
7
|
| 2019 |
Open access
11
13
2
|
| 2019 |
Open access
58
54
31
|
| 2017 |
|
| 2012 |
306
289
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
|
| 2017 |
|
| 2012 |
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
63
|
| 2022 |
|
| 2022 |
Open access
|
| 2022 |
Open access
3
3
5
|
| 2022 |
3
|
| 2022 |
Open access
3
|
| 2022 |
Open access
1
1
5
|
| 2021 |
6
5
5
|
| 2021 |
Open access
4
5
|
| 2021 |
2
|
| 2021 |
Open access
3
4
|
| 2021 |
Open access
3
3
6
|
| 2021 |
Open access
19
21
40
|
| 2021 |
2
|
| 2020 |
Open access
1
2
5
|
| 2020 |
Open access
28
22
42
|
| 2020 |
Open access
1
2
|
| 2020 |
|
| 2020 |
9
9
250
|
| 2020 |
Open access
3
1
43
|
| 2020 |
Open access
3
2
2
|
| 2020 |
Open access
16
15
4
|
| 2020 |
Open access
|
| 2019 |
Open access
5
|
| 2019 |
Open access
10
10
7
|
| 2019 |
Open access
10
9
21
|
| 2019 |
Open access
2
1
1
|
| 2019 |
Open access
2
2
1
|
| 2019 |
Open access
11
13
2
|
| 2019 |
Open access
23
20
2
|
| 2019 |
Open access
58
54
31
|
| 2018 |
Open access
32
27
3
|
| 2018 |
Open access
18
17
|
| 2018 |
9
9
1
|
| 2018 |
4
2
|
| 2018 |
36
33
12
|
| 2018 |
6
6
|
| 2017 |
Open access
4
3
13
|
| 2017 |
Open access
6
|
| 2017 |
21
19
32
|
| 2017 |
Open access
22
21
44
|
| 2017 |
7
7
|
| 2017 |
18
15
2
|
| 2017 |
Open access
99
91
41
|
| 2017 |
Open access
1
|
| 2016 |
4
4
|
| 2016 |
Open access
4
2
1
|
| 2015 |
Open access
7
8
160
|
| 2015 |
Open access
8
7
9
|
| 2015 |
6
7
|
| 2015 |
2
2
1
|
| 2015 |
Open access
15
11
8
|
| 2014 |
15
15
22
|
| 2014 |
4
|
| 2014 |
18
17
|
| 2014 |
32
30
6
|
| 2014 |
Open access
66
56
1
|
| 2014 |
109
85
16
|
| 2014 |
17
14
1
|
| 2014 |
Open access
30
27
6
|
| 2014 |
14
12
|
| 2013 |
79
72
29
|
| 2013 |
161
147
3
|
| 2013 |
Open access
24
22
18
|
| 2013 |
9
8
|
| 2012 |
Open access
129
132
|
| 2012 |
306
289
|
| 2012 |
17
17
|
| 2010 |
59
54
|
| 2010 |
1
|
| 2009 |
42
38
|
| 2008 |
Open access
39
38
|
Research
Research interests:
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Adelaide Oncology and Haematology | AUSTRALIA |
| Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
| Birkbeck University of London | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Cancer Council Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Cancer Council of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Cancer Council Victoria | AUSTRALIA |
| Cancer Voices South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Central Queensland University | AUSTRALIA |
| Commission for Excellence and Innovation in Health | AUSTRALIA |
| CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Hospital Research Foundation | AUSTRALIA |
| La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
| Macquarie University | AUSTRALIA |
| National Human Genome Research Institute | UNITED STATES |
| National Institutes of Health | UNITED STATES |
| Northern Adelaide Local Health Network | AUSTRALIA |
| Qatar University | QATAR |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Colorado | UNITED STATES |
| University of New England | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Southern California | UNITED STATES |
| University of Tasmania | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
MemberAPS College of Clinical Psychologists |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Psychological Society (APS) |
2017 |
MemberAPS College of Clinical Psychologists |
2016 |
MemberAustralian Psychological Society (APS) |
2016 |
ConvenorSouth Australian Psycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group |
2015 |
Early Career MemberPsycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group |
2015 |
MemberAPS College of Clinical Psychologists |
2015 |
MemberAustralian Psychological Society (APS) |
2015 |
MemberAPS College of Clinical Psychologists |
2014 |
MemberAustralian Psychological Society (APS) |
2014 |
MemberAPS College of Clinical Psychologists |
2013 |
MemberAustralian Psychological Society (APS) |
2013 |
MemberAPS College of Clinical Psychologists |
2012 |
MemberAustralian Psychological Society (APS) |
2012 |
Postdoctoral research fellowFlinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer |
2012 |
MemberAPS College of Clinical Psychologists |
2011 |
MemberAustralian Psychological Society (APS) |
2011 |
Postdoctoral research fellowFlinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer |
2011 |
MemberAustralian Psychological Society (APS) |
2010 |
Postdoctoral research fellowFlinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer |
2010 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| 110453 - Self-Compassion as a Protective Factor in the Relationship Between Social Media Use and Body Image | Current |
| An exploration of the potential benefits of read aloud programs to welleing of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a mixed methods study | Current |
| Development of a measure to assess climate change impacts on psychological well-being in Australian adults: a psychoterratic perspective | Current |
| Factors that influence women's health, identity and relationships following the completion of gynaecological cancer treatment. | Current |
| The impact of embedding cancer patient and survivor stories in healthcare and teaching | Current |
| Using Virtual Reality to deliver health care services to people with neurodevelopmental disorders | Current |
| Virtual Reality sensory rooms: creating a portable person-centred intervention for people with autism spectrum disorder | Current |
| Body image, coming out, and societal norms in lesbian women: a mixed-methods thesis | Completed |
| Can financial planning instruments such as trauma insurance assist in the quality of life of cancer survivors? | Completed |
| Core patient-reported outcomes for monitoring cancer survivorship at a population level | Completed |
| The development of a nurse-led care coordination model, and implementation and evaluation of a nurse-led care coordination service: an action research study | Completed |
| The relationship between diet and cognitive function in adult survivors of cancer | Completed |
| The relationship between social networking site use and the internalisation of a tanned ideal among adolescents and young adults | Completed |
