Dr. Ysabella Van Sebille is the Program Facilitator responsible for Health programs at UniSA Online. She has responsibility for leading the development and delivery of teaching for UniSA Online students. Her role involves working closely with staff to provide high-quality online teaching to undergraduate students, and to coordinate the day-to-day activities of online course facilitators. In this role, Ysabella is committed to ensuring every student is well supported to succeed with their studies in a flexible style that allows them to choose where and when they study.
Ysabella is a member of the Cancer Treatment Toxicities Group. She completed her PhD (Medicine) on gastrointestinal toxicities of cancer treatment, with a... Read more
About me
Dr. Ysabella Van Sebille is the Program Facilitator responsible for Health programs at UniSA Online. She has responsibility for leading the development and delivery of teaching for UniSA Online students. Her role involves working closely with staff to provide high-quality online teaching to undergraduate students, and to coordinate the day-to-day activities of online course facilitators. In this role, Ysabella is committed to ensuring every student is well supported to succeed with their studies in a flexible style that allows them to choose where and when they study.
Ysabella is a member of the Cancer Treatment Toxicities Group. She completed her PhD (Medicine) on gastrointestinal toxicities of cancer treatment, with a focus on developing interventions for targeted therapy-induced gastrointestinal toxicities. Dr Van Sebille’s research has been published many times, all in quartile 1 journals, and is widely cited. Ysabella has conducted contract research with Pfizer, and her work has been acknowledged with over 20 awards, including The South Australian Young Achiever of the Year (2017, Science and Technology), as a Finalist in the SA Science Excellence Awards, The Florey Medical Research Grant for Cancer Research, and a Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Research Excellence. Dr Van Sebille is a member and ambassador for the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC), and is the chair of the MASCC Digital Health subgroup. Her work has been featured in the media multiple times, including live on Channel 9 news, The Advertiser, and multiple radio interviews. She also frequently engages in community presentations, particularly those that promote women into STEM fields.
Learn more about her here: https://youtu.be/pHPWj-9_Myk
About me
Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Medical Science The University of Adelaide
Graduate Diploma in Education Studies (Digital Education) (In Progress) University of South Australia
Honours in Bachelor of Health Sciences The University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Health Science The University of Adelaide
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
1
1
|
| 2022 |
2
1
11
|
| 2022 |
Open access
10
6
23
|
| 2022 |
6
7
6
|
| 2021 |
Open access
17
17
31
|
| 2020 |
Open access
21
19
5
|
| 2020 |
22
18
20
|
| 2019 |
37
32
4
|
| 2019 |
Open access
37
33
9
|
| 2019 |
Open access
11
12
5
|
| 2018 |
Open access
4
4
1
|
| 2018 |
Open access
8
9
|
| 2018 |
33
35
4
|
| 2017 |
8
7
|
| 2017 |
Open access
19
18
4
|
| 2016 |
6
6
1
|
| 2016 |
Open access
32
29
|
| 2016 |
Open access
87
84
2
|
| 2016 |
Open access
7
7
|
| 2016 |
Open access
13
13
|
| 2016 |
Open access
80
68
2
|
| 2015 |
37
35
6
|
| 2015 |
50
50
1
|
| 2015 |
30
29
14
|
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) | SINGAPORE |
| Al-Yarmouk College | SUDAN |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | UNITED STATES |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | UNITED STATES |
| Eastman Institute for Oral Health | UNITED STATES |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Institut Català d’Oncologia | SPAIN |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| Mount Sinai Hospital | UNITED STATES |
| National University of Singapore | SINGAPORE |
| Northern Adelaide Local Health Network | AUSTRALIA |
| Oncology Nursing Society | UNITED STATES |
| Radboud University Medical Centre | NETHERLANDS |
| Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre | NETHERLANDS |
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| SA Pathology | AUSTRALIA |
| St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| The Alfred Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| University College Cork | IRELAND |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Brescia | ITALY |
| University of California | UNITED STATES |
| University of Connecticut | UNITED STATES |
| University of Groningen | NETHERLANDS |
| University of Rochester | UNITED STATES |
| University of Rochester Medical Center | UNITED STATES |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| Washington University in St Louis | UNITED STATES |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
AmbassadorMultinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) |
2018 |
Information and Communication CommitteeMultinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) |
2018 |
Invited PresenterThe University Medical Centre, Groningen, The Netherlands |
2018 |
Invited PresenterSTEMable |
2018 |
Invited PresenterAsiaAus Leader Opt In, Stand Out event |
2018 |
Sessions ChairMultinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer |
2018 |
Ad-Hoc ReviewerAnnals of Hematology |
2017 |
Ad-Hoc ReviewerBritish Medical Journal |
2017 |
Ad-Hoc ReviewerPathophysiology |
2017 |
Channel 9 Young Achiever Awards: Science and Technology AwardChannel 9 |
2017 |
Co-founder and committee member for working group to develop The University of Adelaide Student-Led Teaching AwardThe University of Adelaide |
2017 |
Finalist, Channel 9 Young Achiever Award in Service to the Community categoryChannel 9 |
2017 |
Invited PresenterAdelaide Medical School Honours cohort, University of Adelaide |
2017 |
Invited presenter: Cancer Treatment ToxicitiesA-STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore |
2017 |
Semi-finalist, Channel 9 Young Achiever Award in Create Change categoryChannel 9 |
2017 |
TreasurerAustralian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) |
2017 |
Invited presenter: Characterisation of dacomitinib-induced diarrhoea targeting chloride secretionPfizer pharmaceuticals |
2016 |
Invited presenter: Comparison of chemotherapy and targeted therapy induced diarrhoeaBasil Hetzel Research Seminar |
2016 |
John Barker Prize in Cancer ResearchUniversity of Adelaide |
2016 |
Northern Communities Health Foundation PrizeThe University of Adelaide |
2016 |
Northern Communities Health Foundation PrizeNorthern Communities Health Foundation |
2016 |
Radio Interview: As if Cancer Was not Shitty EnoughAustralian Broadcasting Corporation 891 |
2016 |
The John Barker Prize in Cancer ResearchThe John Barker Prize |
2016 |
Florey Medical Research Foundation Project Grant in Cancer ResearchUniversity of Adelaide |
2015 |
Invited presenter: Cancer therapy-induced gut toxicity: recent advances in pathobiologyMonash University |
2014 |
Invited presenter: Cancer therapy-induced gut toxicity: recent advances in pathobiologyPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre |
2014 |
Teaching & student supervision
