Nicole Heneka

Nicole Heneka is an Associate Professor (Prostate Cancer Partnerships) at the University of Southern Queensland’s Centre for Health Research. Her research focuses on prostate cancer survivorship, implementation science, and health services research. She holds a Master of Human Nutrition from Deakin University (2011) and a PhD from the University of Notre Dame (2020).

Educations:

• Master of Human Nutrition, Deakin University (2011)
• PhD, University of Notre Dame (2020)

Research Interests:

• Prostate cancer survivorship care and telehealth interventions
• Implementation science and participatory research methods
• Health equity in palliative and oncology care

Key Awards:

• Emerging Researcher Award, National Palliative Care Awards (2019)
• Mentorship Seeding Grant, NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence (2020)

Grants & Supervision:

• Principal supervisor for doctoral research on prostate cancer survivorship needs
• Secured $2.6M NHMRC Partnership Project funding (2021)
• Completed projects on opioid error mitigation in palliative care (2020)

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with ANZUP, Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group, and the Sydney Partnership in Health (Maridulu Budyari Gumal).