Phyllis Butow

Phyllis Butow AM is a professor in the field of health psychology at the University of Sydney ^[1] who received an Order of Australia in 2014 ^[2] She is known for her research in psycho-oncology and understanding the psychological impacts of cancer and diseases. ^{[1] [3]}

Early life and education

Butow completed her undergraduate studies with a Bachelor of Arts at Macquarie University, ^[1] Master of Clinical Psychology at Australia National University, ^[1] followed by a PhD in psychology at Sydney University. ^[1]

Career

Academic positions

• Professor at the University of Sydney ^[1]
• Chair at Psychology at the University of Sydney ^[4]
• Co-Director of the Centre for Medical Psychology & Evidence-based Decision-making (CeMPED) at the University of Sydney ^[4]
• Founding member of the Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG) ^[5]

Research focus

Professor Butow's research primarily focuses on the psychological well-being of cancer patients, doctor-patient communication, and decision-making in cancer treatment. ^[1]

Contributions

• Psycho-Oncology Research: Butow has worked in the field of psycho-oncology, specifically, in investigating on the impacts of cancer on patients' mental health. ^[1] She also founded organisations such as the Australian Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group, with the aims of investigating psychologicals effect of disease and cancer. ^[6]

Publications

Butow has an H-index of 133, over 65,000 citations as at July 2024, according to Google Scholar, ^[7] and has written more than 300 peer-reviewed articles and several books on health psychology and psycho-oncology, including publications in the journal Nature. ^[1] Select publications include the following:

Journal articles

• Easton, D., Pooley, K., Dunning, A. et al. Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci. Nature 447, 1087–1093 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05887. ^[8]
• P.N. Butow, M. Maclean, S.M. Dunn, M.H.N. Tattersall, M.J. Boyer,(1997) The dynamics of change: Cancer patients' preferences for information, involvement and support, Annals of Oncology, Volume 8, Issue 9, P857-863, https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008284006045. ^[9]

Books

• Campbell, A., Cumming, S., Morrison, V., Bennett, P., Mullan, B., White, K., Gerrig, R., Zimbardo, P., Wilkes, F., Butow, P. (2009). PHE1IDH Individual Determinants of Health. Frenchs Forest Sydney: Pearson Education. ^[10]
• Morrison, V., Bennett, P., Butow, P., et al. (2007). Introduction to health psychology in Australia. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: Pearson Education. ^[11]

Selected grants

2023

• P-OMICs-flow: Integrating precision oncology into clinical programs, Taylor N, Thomas D, Tucker K, Ballinger M, Zaheed M, Lin F, Goldstein D, Leaney K, Morrow A, Parkinson B, Butow P, et al. ^[12]

2021

• Finding My Way-Advanced: Can a web-based psychosocial intervention improve mental quality of life for women with cancer?, Butow P, et al. ^[13]

2020

• Carers and Multimorbidity, Juraskova I, Laidsaar-Powell R, Butow P, et al. School of Psychology/Booster Grant
• Remove the Mask: Reducing Anxiety for Cancer Radiotherapy Patients, Keall P, Butow P, et al. ^[14]

References

1. "Staff Profile". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
2. "Phyllis Butow". 2024 COSA ASM. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
3. "Prof Phyllis Butow". Head & Neck Cancer. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
4. "Professor Phyllis Butow". Research Data Australia. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
5. "PoCoG". PoCoG. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
6. Smith, Allan ‘Ben’; King, Madeleine; Butow, Phyllis; Luckett, Tim; Grimison, Peter; Toner, Guy C.; Stockler, Martin; Hovey, Elizabeth; Stubbs, John; Hruby, George; Gurney, Howard; Turner, Sandra; Alam, Mahmood; Cox, Keith; Olver, Ian (2013-07-03). "The prevalence and correlates of supportive care needs in testicular cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study" . Psycho-Oncology. 22 (11): 2557–2564. doi:10.1002/pon.3323. ISSN   1057-9249. PMID   23825010.
7. "Phyllis Butow". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
8. Easton, Douglas F.; Pooley, Karen A.; Dunning, Alison M.; Pharoah, Paul D. P.; Thompson, Deborah; Ballinger, Dennis G.; Struewing, Jeffery P.; Morrison, Jonathan; Field, Helen; Luben, Robert; Wareham, Nicholas; Ahmed, Shahana; Healey, Catherine S.; Bowman, Richard; Meyer, Kerstin B. (2007). "Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci". Nature. 447 (7148): 1087–1093. Bibcode:2007Natur.447.1087E. doi:10.1038/nature05887. ISSN   1476-4687. PMC   2714974 . PMID   17529967.
9. Butow, P. N.; Maclean, M.; Dunn, S. M.; Tattersall, M. H. N.; Boyer, M. J. (1997-08-01). "The dynamics of change: Cancer patients' preferences for information, involvement and support". Annals of Oncology. 8 (9): 857–863. doi:10.1023/A:1008284006045. ISSN   0923-7534. PMID   9358935.
10. Individual Determinants of Health and Human Behavior (Custom ed.).
11. "Health psychology" (PDF).
12. "P-OMICs-flow: Integrating precision oncology into clinical programs". Macquarie University. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
13. Beatty, Lisa; Kemp, Emma; Butow, Phyllis; Girgis, Afaf; Hulbert-Williams, Nicholas; Kaambwa, Billingsley; Schofield, Penelope; Turner, Jane; Woodman, Richard; Boyle, Frances; Daly, Anthony; Jones, Amanda; Kiely, Belinda; Zdenkowski, Nicholas; Koczwara, Bogda (2022-12-24). "Finding My Way-Advanced: can a web-based psychosocial intervention improve the mental quality of life for women with metastatic breast cancer vs attention-control? Study protocol of a randomised controlled trial". BMC Cancer. 22 (1): 1353. doi: 10.1186/s12885-022-10410-z . ISSN   1471-2407. PMC   9789659 . PMID   36566189.
14. Ben Bouchta, Youssef; Gardner, Mark; Sengupta, Chandrima; Johnson, Julia; Keall, Paul (2024-01-29). "The Remove-the-Mask Open-Source head and neck Surface-Guided radiation therapy system". Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology. 29: 100541. doi:10.1016/j.phro.2024.100541. ISSN   2405-6316. PMC   10847032 . PMID   38327762.