Imogen is a Cancer Council SA Early Career Research Fellow, psychologist, and Research Fellow (Cancer Survivorship) within the Caring Futures Institute. She completed her PhD at the University of South Australia in 2021, and a Master of Psychology (Clinical) at the University of South Australia in 2022. Her PhD received multiple awards for excellence, including a Bupa Health Research Award (2018), UniSA's "Transformed PhD" Research Excellence Award (2019), and the UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences Postgraduate Thesis Award (2021). 

Imogen's research is informed by her background in psychology and focuses on understanding the impacts of cancer on quality of life, encompassing physical, psychological, and social health. She has experience in adminstering, analysing, and interpreting patient-reported outcome measures to better understand these impacts from the patient perspective. By improving how we collect and use this type of data, Imogen hopes to drive the development of interventions and services that improve health and quality of life for people affected by cancer.

Imogen is a registered psychologist and member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), with experience working with paediatric and adult populations, across public and private settings. She is a member of the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC), Psycho-Oncology Co-Operative Research Group, and International Society of Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL). She was awarded a MASCC Survivorship Group Fellowship in 2019 and currently serves as Secretary of the ISOQOL Australia and New Zealand Special Interest Group.

Imogen has skills in evidence synthesis; survey design; quantitative data analysis; and selecting, using, and appraising psychometric instruments such as patient-reported outcomes.

Imogen's research interests include:

• Health-related quality of life in people affected by cancer
• Models of care in cancer survivorship
• Patient-reported outcome measures
• Psycho-oncology interventions
• Cancer-related cognitive impairment
• Understanding and addressing disparities in cancer care and outcomes