Researcher biography

Dr Helen Haydon is a Senior Research Fellow and Registered Psychologist at the University of Queensland. She has national standing, and an emerging international reputation, as a digital health researcher with a focus on aged and palliative care, psycho-oncology and carer wellbeing. She leads 3 applied nationwide digital health research programs: 1/ Palliative Care ECHO, a Federally funded National Palliative Care Project that connects services and upskills health professionals across Australia in palliative care; 2/ Elder ECHO, a telementoring program to support the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation's (NACCHO) Elder Care Support workforce in the delivery of Culturally safe aged care and; 3/ Caring for the Carer, an online intervention for carers of people with brain tumour. http://caringforthecarer.org.au/

Other research includes: evaluation of telepalliative care services (e.g. patient/ carer outcomes and perceptions and staff perceptions); voluntary assisted dying; technology supported grief and bereavement support and; digital mental health.

She is a Registered Psychologist with clinical experience working with a range of issues and diverse populations and has over ten years' experience teaching and facilitating workshops on psychology and health communication.

Featured projects Duration
Telehealth for the delivery of cancer care in Australia: A rapid assessment of telehealth use and barriers and enablers to uptake during the COVID-19 pandemic
Commonwealth Government represented by Cancer Australia
20212022
Goondir Health Virtual Health Service
Darling Downs and West Moreton PHN
20202022
Palliative Care ECHO
20222026
Elder ECHO
20232026
Persistent pain treatment in correctional facilities
Metro South Health
20172019
Rheumatology "Treat to Target"
20172018
Telepalliative Care and Gold Coast Hospital
Metro South Health
20182019
Telepalliative Care and Queensland Ambulance Service
Metro South Health
20182019
DREAMT
20172020
State-wide Rural and Remote Supportive and Specialist Palliative Care Telehealth Service Evaluation
Queensland Health
20202025
DementiaECHO
Australian Government, Department of Health: Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme Emerging Priorities grant
20202022
BRAINS – Brain cancer rehabilitation, assessment, interventions for survivorship needs
Australian Government, Department of Health, Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
20202025