• NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow, University of Sydney

Dr Brooke Nickel (BSc Hons, MIPH, PhD) is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Emerging Leader Research Fellow in The University of Sydney School of Public Health. She is part of the Sydney Health Literacy Lab and Wiser Healthcare Research Collaboration. Her research focuses on evidence-based healthcare communication and decision making, with a particular focus on cancer; the psychosocial impact of cancer diagnosis and treatment; and overdiagnosis. The work she has led (first/senior author) has been published in high impact international medical journals in the field including The BMJ, The MJA, JAMA and Lancet series and featured in prestigious international media including The New York Times, The Guardian, The Conversation, the BBC and the ABC.

• 2018–present Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Sydney
• 2013–2018 Research assistant, The University of Sydney
• 2015–2018 PhD candidate, The University of Sydney

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