Prof Vicki White

STAFF PROFILE

Position

Professor of Psychology (Psycho-Oncology)

Faculty

Faculty of Health

Department

School of Psychology

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Contact

vicki.white@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 924 68522

Publications

No publications found

Funded Projects at Deakin

Australian Competitive Grants

Improving the mental health of cancer survivors with an online mindfulness program: a partnership model to impact on cancer care.

Prof Trish Livingston, Prof Vicki White, Prof Liliana Orellana, Prof Mari Botti, Dr Michael Jefford, Prof Afaf Girgis, Prof David Austin, Prof Cathrine Mihalopoulos, A/Prof Anna Ugalde, Dr Lahiru Russell

NHMRC - Partnership Project

  • 2023: $159,044
  • 2022: $170,108
  • 2021: $230,641
  • 2020: $79,832

Defining and optimising the economic and social return on investment of telephone cancer information and support services for all Australians

Dr Nikki McCaffrey, Prof Vicki White, Prof Trish Livingston, Prof Cathrine Mihalopoulos, A/Prof Christine Paul, Prof Liliana Orellana, Dr Lidia Engel, Dr Claire Hutchinson, Prof Alison Hutchinson, Prof Sanchia Aranda

NHMRC - Partnership Project

  • 2024: $16,782
  • 2023: $232,545
  • 2022: $187,916
  • 2021: $240,729

Towards A New Era in Granulosa Cell Tumour Research: Patient Driven Outcomes, Genomics, Diagnostics & Therapeutics

Prof Peter Fuller, Prof Thomas Jobling, Prof Vicki White, A/Prof David Powell, Prof John Silke, Ms Natasha Armour

MRFF (NHMRC) EPCDR Ovarian Cancer Research Grant

  • 2022: $73,832

iCare - An interactive online portal to improve health and wellbeing for people living with complex cancers, and their informal carers: a Phase II randomised controlled trial

Prof Trish Livingston, Prof Vicki White, Prof Liliana Orellana, Prof Antonina Mikocka-Walus, Dr Michael Jefford, Prof John Zalcberg, A/Prof Neil Orford, Prof Alison Hutchinson, Prof Andrew Barbour, A/Prof Anna Ugalde, A/Prof Nicole Kiss, Dr Natalie Winter, Prof Bernard Smithers, Prof David Watson, Dr Nikki McCaffrey

MRFF (NHMRC) Clinical Trials Activity Grant

  • 2024: $322,580
  • 2023: $265,441

Other Public Sector Funding

How Oesophageal cancer is diagnosed and treated in Victoria

Prof Vicki White

Department of Health and Human Services - Victoria

  • 2017: $195,578

Improving the mental health of cancer survivors with an online mindfulness program: a partnership model to impact on cancer care.

Prof Trish Livingston, Prof Vicki White, Prof Liliana Orellana, Prof Mari Botti, Dr Michael Jefford, Prof Afaf Girgis, Prof David Austin, Prof Cathrine Mihalopoulos, A/Prof Anna Ugalde, Dr Lahiru Russell

Western Health

  • 2022: $5,000
  • 2021: $10,000

OnTrac at Peter Mac - Educational Modules

Prof Vicki White, Prof Trish Livingston, Dr Luke Heemsbergen, Dr Greg Bowtell, Dr Jordan Vincent

Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute

  • 2021: $12,650
  • 2020: $52,500
  • 2019: $52,500

Development of a white paper: Examining Integrative Oncology and Wellbeing services in Australia.

A/Prof Anna Ugalde, Dr Lahiru Russell, Prof Trish Livingston, Prof Vicki White

Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute

  • 2020: $25,000

Testing of the shared follow-up and survivorship care for early breast cancer: information for women resource.

Prof Vicki White, A/Prof Anna Ugalde

Cancer Australia

  • 2020: $13,790

Defining and optimising the economic and social return on investment of telephone cancer information and support services for all Australians

Dr Nikki McCaffrey, Prof Vicki White, Prof Trish Livingston, Prof Cathrine Mihalopoulos, A/Prof Christine Paul, Prof Liliana Orellana, Dr Lidia Engel, Dr Claire Hutchinson, Prof Alison Hutchinson, Prof Sanchia Aranda

DH VIC - Grants Department of Health Victoria

  • 2021: $150,000

Evidence gaps advice on loneliness, social isolation and chronic conditions.

Prof Sharon Brennan-Olsen, Prof Vicki White, Prof Beth Crisp, A/Prof Steve Bowe, Prof Adrienne O'Neil, Prof Lana Williams, Dr Lidia Engel, Dr Patrick Owen, A/Prof Matthew Dunn, A/Prof Fiona McKay, Dr James Lucas, Dr Sharon Horwood, Mrs Frances Beard

National Health and Medical Research Council

  • 2021: $32,128

Assessment of OCP material accessibility and suitability for clinicians.

Prof Vicki White, Prof Trish Livingston, Dr Luke Heemsbergen, A/Prof Anna Ugalde, Dr Greg Bowtell, Dr Jordan Vincent

Department of Health

  • 2022: $138,500
  • 2021: $148,500

National assessment of existing CT screening infrastructure to inform the early design of a potential Lung Cancer Screening program.

A/Prof Anna Ugalde, Prof Vicki White, Prof Trish Livingston, Prof Jennifer Watts, A/Prof Lan Gao, Miss Hannah Jongebloed

Cancer Australia

  • 2022: $154,323

Workforce impact modelling for the early design and feasibility of a potential Lung Cancer Screening program.

A/Prof Anna Ugalde, Prof Vicki White, Prof Trish Livingston, Prof Jennifer Watts, A/Prof Lan Gao, Miss Hannah Jongebloed

Cancer Australia

  • 2022: $118,090

CARER HUB: A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN CANCER CARER RESEARCH, TRANSLATION & IMPACT

Prof Trish Livingston, Prof Vicki White, A/Prof Anna Ugalde, Prof Liliana Orellana, Prof Bodil Rasmussen, Prof Suzanne Robinson, Prof Peter Martin, Prof Antonina Mikocka-Walus, Prof Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Miss Hannah Jongebloed, Dr Natalie Winter, Ms Meg Chiswell, A/Prof Lan Gao, Dr Nikki McCaffrey, A/Prof Nicole Kiss

Department of Health

  • 2023: $1,214,300

Industry and Other Funding

Shared follow-up and survivorship care for people with early breast cancer: Understanding the patient perspectives.

Prof Vicki White, A/Prof Anna Ugalde

Breast Cancer Network Australia

  • 2018: $20,112

Improving the mental health of cancer survivors with an online mindfulness program: a partnership model to impact on cancer care.

Prof Trish Livingston, Prof Vicki White, Prof Liliana Orellana, Prof Mari Botti, Dr Michael Jefford, Prof Afaf Girgis, Prof David Austin, Prof Cathrine Mihalopoulos, A/Prof Anna Ugalde, Dr Lahiru Russell

Epworth Healthcare

  • 2022: $10,000
  • 2021: $20,000

Supporting women newly diagnosed with a screen detected breast cancer: Identifying support and information needs of women between diagnosis and treatment onset.

Prof Vicki White

Breast Cancer Network Australia

  • 2019: $19,982

Evaluating the impact of the online My Journey Kit.

Prof Vicki White, Prof Trish Livingston

Breast Cancer Network Australia

  • 2020: $25,212
  • 2019: $25,212

Assessing the experiences of consumers and stakeholders of Breast Cancer Network Australia's Seat at the Table program.

Prof Trish Livingston, Prof Vicki White

Breast Cancer Network Australia

  • 2020: $37,452

Financial toxicity of cancer

Prof Vicki White

Cancer Council Victoria Grant - Research

  • 2021: $14,689
  • 2020: $44,068

Evaluation of Communication skills retreat.

Prof Vicki White

Cancer Council Victoria - Contract Research

  • 2020: $23,799

Defining and optimising the economic and social return on investment of telephone cancer information and support services for all Australians

Dr Nikki McCaffrey, Prof Vicki White, Prof Trish Livingston, Prof Cathrine Mihalopoulos, A/Prof Christine Paul, Prof Liliana Orellana, Dr Lidia Engel, Dr Claire Hutchinson, Prof Alison Hutchinson, Prof Sanchia Aranda

Cancer Council Victoria, Cancer Council Australia

  • 2024: $10,000
  • 2023: $55,000
  • 2022: $47,500

ACCESS Project (Accessing Cancer Care Equitably using Support Services) Evaluation.

Prof Vicki White, A/Prof Anna Ugalde

Cancer Council Victoria

  • 2023: $25,000
  • 2022: $50,000

BCNA's Supporting Women with Breast Cancer Project: Evaluation

Prof Vicki White, Prof Trish Livingston

Breast Cancer Network Australia

  • 2023: $52,500

Supervisions

Associate Supervisor
2023

Thomas Stubbs

Thesis entitled: Commercial Determinants of Cigarette and E-cigarette Use among ASEAN Youth: A Case Study of Young Male Smokers in Cambodia

Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology