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DR SARAH DREW



Contact Details

Organization: Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital
Position: RESEARCH FELLOW
Email:
Work: 9345 7924
Level: Ground
Building: RCH Educ Inst - 159 Flemington Rd Nth Melb
Campus: Parkville

Biography

Dr Sarah Drew works on The Adolescent Health and Social Environments Program (AHSEP)
AHSEP researched capacity building for promoting health in young people's key social environments, such as schools and communities.
This program grew out of earlier work in the Gatehouse Project, which focussed on promoting student connectedness to school as a key protective factor for a range of health and education outcomes. The research demonstrated a reduction in health risk behaviours for young people as well as system level changes within schools.

Other Knowledge Transfer outputs:

1.  Drew, S. and Sawyer.S, (2007) "Snapshots of out lives: Young people living with chronic conditions". DVD-based photo exhibition. Centre for Adolescent Health.

2. Drew, S. (2007) "Navigating the world of academic: Tips and hints for progressing a research career post PhD." Postgraduate Review, 13(2), 14-17. 

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Psychology, adolescent mental health & well being Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) The University of Queensland 21-Nov-1997
PhD University of Melbourne 03-Apr-2004

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship DEEWA Australian Postgraduate Award 01-Jan-1998

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY INVESTIGATION OF HOW TRAUMA AND CHRONIC ILLNESS IMPACT ON SCHOOLING. IDENTITY AND SOCIAL CONNECTIVITY Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2006
How does school discipline affect student behaviour, wellbeing, and educational progress? Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2008

Additional Grant and Contract Information

"Psychosocial outcomes in survivors of childhood cancer", 2008-2009 Supportive Care in Cancer Research - Capactiy Building Grant.  McCarthy, M., de Luca, C., De Graves, S., Egan, K., Stewart, H. & Drew, S..  Victorian Cancer Agency ($74,693.00)

2007
Invergowrie Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

2005
Windermere Foundation Health Services Fellowship

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • 'Having cancer changed my life, and changed my life forever': survival, illness legacy and service provision following cancer in childhood
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Chronic Illness
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 278-295
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  • Adolescents and chronic disease
    Year: 2007
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 369
    Page numbers: 1481-89
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  • Qualitative epidemiology: moving beyond an oxymoron
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australasian Epidemiologist
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 22-25
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • The Delta factor: storying survival and the disjuncture between public narratives and personal stories of life after cancer
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Storytelling, Self, Society
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 76-102
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Reports

  • Doing it differently: improving young people's engagement with school.


    Year: 2005
    Customer: Brotherhood of Saint Lawrence
    Report No:: 1
    Publisher: Royal Children's Hospital, Centre for Community Child Health(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Self-Reconstruction and Biographical Revisioning: Survival following cancer in childhood or adolescence
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Health
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 181-200
    Publisher: Sage Publications
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Thinking about Fertility: Narratives of Young Adult Survivors following Cancer in Childhood and Adolescence
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Meridian
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 83-101
    Publisher: La Trobe University Department of English
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