Mariko Carey

Brief description

Research ExpertiseAssociate Professor Mariko Carey is a NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellow working within the Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour, University of Newcastle. Key research interests include health behaviour interventions, measurement of patient reported outcomes, multidisciplinary care, systems of care, evidence-based practice and quality of care. Her work has a strong focus on developing interventions to improve quality of care, behavioural and psychosocial outcomes for people with chronic diseases, including cancer and dementia. Associate Professor Carey has produced over 160 publications over her career. Associate Professor Carey's research program includes a NHMRC funded trial to test a model of depression care in general practice, as well as a series of trials on improving preventive care in the primary care setting. She continues to be actively involved in research on ways to support and improve outcomes for people with chronic diseases such as cancer, stroke and dementia. Completed studies include a study of health risk behaviours of over 3,000 general practice patients, a NHMRC-funded study assessing psychosocial outcomes of cancer patients across 13 medical oncology treatment centres; and a NHMRC-funded randomised controlled trial to test an educational intervention to improve adherence to colorectal cancer screening recommendations among first-degree relatives of people with colorectal cancer. Teaching ExpertiseAssociate Professor Carey's main contribution to teaching is through supervision of Research Higher Degree students. She has supervised 5 students to completion and has 6 current students. In 2011 she received the Newcastle University Postgraduate Association's (NUPSA) Supervisor of the Year Award, and in 2016 she was awarded the Vice Chancellor's Award for Research Supervision Excellence. She has also contributed to communication skills training for medical students on topics such as informed consent and preparation for potentially threatening medical interventions.