Mikaela Doig

Research Interests

Artificial Intelligence Medical and Health Sciences Oncology and Carcinogenesis Paediatrics Radiation Therapy

Dr Mikaela Doig

Research Associate

School of Allied Health and Human Performance

College of Health

Dr Mikaela Doig is a Research Associate at Adelaide University and a clinically practicing Radiation Therapist. Her research is dedicated to improving outcomes for people affected by cancer and other chronic health conditions, with a particular focus on children and young people. 
 
She completed a Bachelor of Medical Radiation Science (Radiation Therapy) (Honours) in 2019, followed by her PhD (conferred in 2026) at the University of South Australia. Since 2024, she has been employed in concurrent research and clinical roles at SAHMRI, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide University and the Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research.
 
Dr Doig has expertise in patient-reported outcomes, digital health, paediatric oncology, radiation oncology, proton therapy and artificial intelligence research in healthcare. She is experienced in quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods and co-design research methodologies, and is actively involved in supervising research students.

Date Position Institution name
2025 - ongoing Research Associate Adelaide University
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 - 2025 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
2026 Doig, M., Cunningham, A., Bedford, V., Le, H., O'Connor, M., Jessop, S., . . . Short, M. (2026). Continuing Professional Development - Radiation Therapy. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RADIATION SCIENCES, 73(S2), 2 pages.
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2026 Doig, M., Jessop, S., Hansford, J. R., Le, H., O'Connor, M., Gorayski, P., . . . Short, M. (2026). Implementing Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment in Pediatric Oncology: A Feasibility Study. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 73(5), e70234-1-e70234-10.
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2026 Hildebrand, L., Clarke, L., White, S., Perperidis, A., Gorayski, P., Doig, M., & To, M. -S. (2026). Methodological appraisal practices in AI-Based radiomics research in paediatric brain tumour Imaging: A Meta-Research study of systematic reviews. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 150, 112021-1-112021-9.
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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(S2), 1-9.
DOI Scopus2 WoS3 Europe PMC3
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 Scopus1 WoS2 Europe PMC1
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(S2), S81-S91.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
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

Year Citation
2025 Doig, M., Jessop, S., Hansford, J. R., Le, H., O'connor, M., Gorayski, P., . . . Short, M. (2025). Optimising Paediatric Cancer Care With Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes: Feasibility of the Ripple Platform. In ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY Vol. 21 (pp. 1 page). WILEY.
2022 Doig, M., Bezak, E., Parange, N., Gorayski, P., Bedford, V., & Short, M. (2022). HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES FOLLOWING PHOTON AND PROTON RADIATION THERAPY FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER. In PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER Vol. 69 (pp. S510). WILEY.

Courses I teach

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

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