Elise Devlin

Elise Devlin

School of Psychology

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

My research interests include connections between cognitive processes and physical states. In particular, the impact of peoples expectations on their experience of symptoms such as pain, fatigue, and nausea; e.g. nocebo effects; patient perspectives during healthcare encounters; and communication between patients and healthcare workers. I am also interested in potential expectancy-based side effect reduction interventions including placebos (including open-label placebos), information framing (during the informed consent process), social influences, and other forms of suggestion.

I am also interested in the impact of yoga and meditation practices on physical symptoms such as fatigue, pain, and nausea.

I am not currently available for supervision for research projects

 

 

 

 

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2021 - ongoing Adjunct Lecturer The University of Adelaide
    2019 - 2021 Lecturer The University of Adelaide
    2018 - 2019 Associate Lecturer The University of Adelaide
    2017 - 2017 Associate Lecturer The University of Adelaide
    2016 - 2017 Research Assistant University of South Australia, Adelaide
    2015 - 2016 Tutor The University of Adelaide
    2012 - 2015 Senior Therapist Flinders University

  • Awards and Achievements
    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2019 Award Executive Dean’s Team Prize, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Adelaide Australia -
    2019 Award Frank Dalziel Prize The University of Adelaide Australia -
    2019 Award 2018 APS College of Health Psychology Excellent Higher Degree Thesis Award Australian Psychological Society Australia -
    2018 Award Faculty of Health and Medical Science Research Travel Award The University of Adelaide Australia -
    2017 Award Best of the Best Award for Best Mini-Discussion Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Australia -
    2015 Teaching Award Faculty of Health Science Excellence in Teaching Award The University of Adelaide Australia -

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2013 - 2018 The University of Adelaide Australia PhD
    2007 - 2011 The University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)

  • Research Interests
    Cancer Biology and Clinical Oncology Translational Health Outcomes Cancer Therapy Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Psychology

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2021 Devlin, E. J., Whitford, H. S., Peoples, A. R., Morrow, G. R., Katragadda, S., Giguere, J. K., . . . Roscoe, J. (2021). Psychological predictors of chemotherapy-induced nausea in women with breast cancer: Expectancies and perceived susceptibility. European Journal of Cancer Care, 30(6), 9 pages.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC2
    2020 Devlin, E. J., Whitford, H. S., Denson, L. A., & Potter, A. E. (2020). 'Measuring up': A comparison of two response expectancy assessment formats completed by men treated with radiotherapy for prostate cancer.. J Psychosom Res, 132, 109979.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC1
    2019 Devlin, E. J., Whitford, H. S., Denson, L. A., & Potter, A. E. (2019). 'Just as I expected': A longitudinal cohort study of the impact of response expectancies on side effect experiences during radiotherapy for prostate cancer.. Journal of pain and symptom management, 57(2), 273-281.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC2
    2019 Devlin, E. J., Whitford, H., & Denson, L. (2019). The impact of valence framing on response expectancies of side effects and subsequent experiences: a randomised controlled trial. Psychology and Health, 34(11), 1358-1377.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC1
    2017 Devlin, E., Denson, L., & Whitford, H. (2017). Cancer treatment side effects: a meta-analysis of the relationship between response expectancies and experience. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 54(2), 245-258.
    DOI Scopus62 WoS55 Europe PMC31

  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2018 Devlin, E., Whitford, H., & Denson, L. (2018). Investigation of two commonly used response expectancies scales: are they capturing the same construct?. In QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH Vol. 27 (pp. S111-S112). SPRINGER.
    2018 Devlin, E., Whitford, H., Denson, L., & Potter, A. (2018). PREDICTING TOXICITY SEVERITY: THE LONGITUDINAL IMPACT OF RESPONSE EXPECTANCIES DURING RADIOTHERAPY FOR PROSTATE CANCER. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE Vol. 25 (pp. S157). SPRINGER.
    2017 Devlin, E. J., Whitford, H. S., Denson, L. A., & Potter, A. E. (2017). Just as I Expected: The Impact of Pretreatment Response Expectancies of Radiotherapy Toxicities. In ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY Vol. 13 (pp. 108-109). WILEY.
    2016 Devlin, E. J., Whitford, H., & Denson, L. (2016). Exploring information 'priming' as a method for reducing response expectancy formation and subsequent experience of side-effects: A randomised controlled trial. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY Vol. 51 (pp. 675). ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD.

  • Conference Items
    Year Citation
    2020 Matthews, K., Frank, O., & Devlin, E. (2020). Australian GPs might support the 'open-label' prescription of 'inert' placebo medicines. Poster session presented at the meeting of AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH. CSIRO PUBLISHING.
    2019 Devlin, E. J., Whitford, H. S., Denson, L. A., & Potter, A. E. (2019). How response expectancies of sexual toxicity experiences interact early in radiotherapy: A mediation analysis of prostate cancer patient reports. Poster session presented at the meeting of SIPS. Leiden, The Netherlands.

Faculty of Health Sciences Divisional Scholarship (2013-2016)

 

2021

Program Coordinator: Graduate Diploma in Psychology

2019

Course Coordinator, Online Graduate Diploma (Learning and Behaviour)

Psychology 1A (first year topic)

Research Methods (first year topic)

Psychology 1B (first year topic)

Perception and Cognition (Language; third year topic)

2018

Psychology 1A (first year topic)

Psychology 1B (first year topic)

Perception and Cognition (Language; third year topic)

Big Picture Psychology: Global Challenges, Psychological Perspectives (second year topic)

2017

Doing Research in Psychology: Advanced (third year topic)

Perception and Cognition (Language; third year topic)

 

  • Other Supervision Activities
    Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
    2019 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Psychological Predictors of Follow-Up and Readmission in Patients with Diabetes and Cariovascular disease The University of Adelaide - Honours - Elysia Zanandrea
    2018 - 2019 Co-Supervisor A Meta-Analysis of Multi-Arm Trials in Acupuncture Treatments for Headaches: Is it a Placebo Effect? The University of Adelaide - Honours - Yanni Liang
    2018 - 2018 Co-Supervisor General Practitioners' Attitudes to Open-Label Placebos The University of Adelaide - Honours - Kaitlyn Matthews

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2019 - ongoing Member Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy United Kingdom
    2018 - ongoing Member Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS) Denmark
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