Joshua McDonough
Research Associate
Adelaide Medical School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Joshua is a research associate with the Vaccinology and Immunology Research Trials Unit (VIRTU) based in the Women's and Children's Hospital. His current work is focused on planning, implementing, and analysing qualitative elements of numerous research activities.
Joshua's previous research has involved investigating the health-related quality of life in patients who are diagnosed with, and treated for, soft tissue sarcoma. Joshua's research includes both quantitative and qualitative elements.
PhD project: Health-related quality of life in patients with sarcoma.
Joshua's PhD project seeks to explore health-related quality of life issues in patients with sarcoma. His research proposal includes:
- A systematic review of previous research in health-related quality of life in patients with sarcoma.
- In-depth patient interviews investigating what health-related quality of life issues are relevant to patients with sarcoma, and how these issues and needs change throughout diagnosis, treatment, and short-term follow-up.
- Conceptualising relevant health-related quality of life issues for patients with sarcoma, and using that to create a questionnaire that measures health-related quality of life in this population.
- Piloting an STS-specific HRQoL instrument in clinical practice
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Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2018 Research Award Best Poster Presentation Public Health Association Australia - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2017 - 2021 University of Adelaide Australia PhD 2013 - 2016 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2019 McDonough, J., Eliott, J., Neuhaus, S., Reid, J., & Butow, P. (2019). Health-related quality of life, psychosocial functioning, and unmet health needs in patients with sarcoma: A systematic review. Psycho-Oncology, 28(4), 653-664.
Scopus34 WoS33 Europe PMC182017 Eliott, J., Forster, A., McDonough, J., Bowd, K., & Crabb, S. (2017). An examination of Australian newspaper coverage of the link between alcohol and cancer 2005 to 2013. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 47-1-47-13.
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Datasets
Year Citation - Eliott, J., Forster, A., McDonough, J., & Bowd, K. (n.d.). Link between alcohol and cancer as reported in Australian newsprint media.
| 2019-2021 | Workshop facilitator - Create. Communicate. Connect. |
| 2018 | Tutor - Health and Illness in Populations |
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