Ms Mikaela Doig

Research Associate

School of Allied Health and Human Performance

College of Health


Mikaela Doig is a Research Associate within the Allied Health and Human Performance academic unit at the University of South Australia. Her research is dedicated to improving outcomes and quality of life for people with cancer, with a particular focus on children and young people.
Mikaela’s expertise spans patient-reported outcomes, digital health, paediatric oncology, proton therapy, and the use of artificial intelligence to enhance cancer diagnosis and treatment. As a clinically practicing Radiation Therapist, she is passionate about translating innovative research into practice to advance personalised care.
She is actively involved in supervising undergraduate research students and is currently in the final stages of completing her PhD.
Mikaela is also affiliated with SAHMRI, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research, and Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Date Position Institution name
2025 - ongoing Research Associate University of South Australia
2024 - ongoing Research Associate South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
2023 - ongoing Team Leader Radiation Therapist Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research
2023 - 2023 Visiting Researcher Massachusetts General Hospital

Date Institution name Country Title
2021 University of South Australia Australia Doctor of Philosophy
2016 - 2019 University of South Australia Australia Bachelor of Medical Radiation Science, Radiation Therapy, Honours

Year Citation
2025 Doig, M., Cunningham, A., Bedford, V., Le, H., O'Connor, M., Bezak, E., . . . Short, M. (2025). Healthcare professional perspectives on digital health-related quality-of-life assessment in paediatric radiation therapy: a qualitative study. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, online, 1-9.
DOI Scopus1 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2025 Doig, M., Lee, J., Kwok, Y., MacEwan, I., Wolden, S., Allison, K., . . . Yock, T. I. (2025). Impact of substructure radiation dose on health-related quality of life in children with brain tumors: a Pediatric Proton/Photon Consortium Registry (PPCR) study. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, online(3), 1443-1453.
DOI
2025 Doig, M., Cunningham, A., Bedford, V., Le, H., O'Connor, M., Jessop, S., . . . Short, M. (2025). Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Platform for Children Undergoing Radiation Therapy. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, online, 11 pages.
DOI
2022 Doig, M., Bidner, A., Dizon, J., Guerrero, K., Bezak, E., & Parange, N. (2022). Availability and use of antenatal point-of-care ultrasound services within rural South Australian health care. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 30(2), 281-285.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2022 Doig, M., Bezak, E., Parange, N., Gorayski, P., Bedford, V., & Short, M. (2022). Can we compare the health-related quality of life of childhood cancer survivors following photon and proton radiation therapy? A systematic review. Cancers, 14(16), 1-24.
DOI Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC6
2019 Doig, M., Dizon, J., Guerrero, K., & Parange, N. (2019). Exploring the availability and impact of antenatal point‐of‐care ultrasound services in rural and remote communities: a scoping review. Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine, 22(3), 174-185.
DOI Europe PMC15

Courses I teach

  • RADY 3031 Radiation Therapy Studies 4 (2025)
  • RADY 3031 Radiation Therapy Studies 4 (2024)

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