Biography
Dr Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott is an early carer research fellow at the Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, a partnership for better health between Diabetes Victoria and Deakin University. Since joining the Centre in 2010, Elizabeth has worked across a varied program of research examining psychosocial aspects of diabetes, as well as completing her PhD (Deakin University, awarded in 2017). Elizabeth leads a program of research which ultimately seeks to improve the health and quality of life of those affected by diabetes.
Elizabeth's research explores barriers and facilitators of optimal self-care among adults with diabetes. Her PhD research generated significant new knowledge (inter)nationally, in relation to attitudes to and receptiveness toward insulin use among adults with type 2 diabetes. She was subsequently awarded a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship (Deakin, 2018-2020), 2-year industry investigator sponsored study (Sanofi-Aventis, 2019-2021) and government funding (NDSS, 2017-2021) to support the development, dissemination and evaluation of evidence-based resources to reduce barriers to medication uptake among adults with type 2 diabetes.
Furthermore, Elizabeth's research seeks to improve quality of health professional care for people with diabetes, through a) understanding the unmet needs/wishes of people with diabetes receiving care, and b) optimising clinical support and decision making in primary care. For example, she was involved in the University of Melbourne led NHMRC-funded Stepping Up (2012 - 2014) and GP-OSMOTIC (2016-2018) primary care based RCTs and subsequently an investigator on the RACGP-DARP funded (2017) GlycASSIST project, which developed and piloted a computerised clinical decision support tool. Holmes-Truscott also conducts research examining the quality of life and emotional wellbeing of people with diabetes. This includes nationally benchmarking of psychosocial outcomes (Diabetes MILES Study; YourSAY:QoL), psychometric assessment of diabetes-specific questionnaires (e.g. DDS, DIDP, GMEQ, ITAS, PAID) to provide new evidence for, and guide selection of appropriate measures, and; evaluation of psychosocial outcomes following diabetes education and treatment/technology interventions (e.g. OzDAFNE real-world evaluation, HypoCOMPaSS UK trial).
Read more on Elizabeth's profileResearch interests
- Psycho-social aspects of diabetes (e.g psychological insulin resistance, diabetes-related distress, diabetes-related social stigma)
- Behavioural and psychosocial diabetes-specific and general survey instrument selection and development (e.g. quality of life, emotional wellbeing, treatment perceptions)
- Barriers to medication use among people with type 2 diabetes
- Psychosocial evaluation of diabetes clinical and pragmatic trials, as well as real-world programs
Awards
- 2018 Deakin University Faculty of Health: Dean’s Research Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2017 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Early Career Travel Grant Award
- Diabetes UK Professional Conference - Education and Self-management Award: Finalist
- 2016 Deakin University Higher Degree by Research Writing Scholarship
- Australian Association for Academic Primary Care (AAAPC) Most Distinguished Paper: Furler J, O'Neal D, Speight, J, Manski-Nankervis J, Gorelik A, Holmes-Truscott E, et al. Overcoming clinical inertia in primary care based transition to insulin to improve outcomes in type 2 diabetes: Results of the Stepping Up cluster RCT.
- 2015 Australian Diabetes Society (ADS) Scientific Meeting Travel Grant, Adelaide
- 2014 Council of Academic Public Health Institute Australia (CAPHIA) Award for ‘Excellence and Innovation in Public Health Research’ presented to the ACBRD (staff and students)
- 2013 Deakin University Vice-Chancellors Award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Partnerships’ presented to the ACBRD (staff and students)
- PsychoSocial Aspects of Diabetes Study Group of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. Young investigator travel award to attend Annual Meeting, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2012 Australian Diabetes Society President's Prize - Clinical Orals Young Investigator Award: Finalist
- 2012-2015 Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scholarship
- 2010 Australian Psychological Society Prize Winner: recognising first place/best 4th year studentship at Australian Catholic University
- Australian Catholic University Medal, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- 2007-2010 Australian Catholic University Deans Merit List
Publications
E Holmes-Truscott, J Schipp, T Dunning, J Furler, V Hagger, E Holloway, J Manski-Nankervis, J Shaw, T Skinner, J Speight
(2022), Vol. 39, Diabetic Medicine, England, C1
E Holmes-Truscott, E Holloway, H Husin, J Furler, V Hagger, T Skinner, J Speight
(2022), Vol. 39, Diabetic Medicine, England, C1
R Geerling, S Gray, E Holmes-Truscott, J Speight
(2022), Vol. 39, pp. 1-10, Diabetic Medicine, London, Eng., C1
E Holmes-Truscott, E Holloway, H Husin, J Furler, V Hagger, T Skinner, J Speight
(2022), Vol. 12, pp. 1-9, BMJ Open, London, England, C1
A Schmitt, J McSharry, J Speight, E Holmes-Truscott, C Hendrieckx, T Skinner, F Pouwer, M Byrne
(2021), Vol. 282, pp. 803-811, Journal of affective disorders, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
E Holmes-Truscott, D Cooke, C Hendrieckx, E Coates, S Heller, J Speight
(2021), Vol. 38, Diabetic Medicine, England, C1
J Sacre, E Holmes-Truscott, A Salim, K Anstey, G Drummond, R Huxley, D Magliano, P van Wijngaarden, P Zimmet, J Speight, J Shaw
(2021), Vol. 38, pp. 1-10, Diabetic medicine, Chichester, Eng., C1
J Speight, E Holmes-Truscott, S Thuraisingam, H Mohamad Husin, J Manski-Nankervis, K De La Rue, L Ginnivan, R Audehm, M Clark, K Khunti, D O'Neal, J Furler
(2021), Vol. 179, pp. 1-10, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
E Holloway, J Speight, J Furler, V Hagger, D O'Neal, T Skinner, E Holmes-Truscott
(2021), Vol. 11, pp. 1-50, BMJ Open, London, Eng., C1
X Hua, M Catchpool, P Clarke, I Blackberry, J Chiang, E Holmes-Truscott, A Jenkins, K Khunti, D O'Neal, J Speight, J Furler, J Best, David O'Neal, D Liew, K Dalziel, M Kennedy, Philip Clarke, R Audehm, J Manski-Nankervis, S Thuraisingam, K De La Rue, L Ginnivan, R Hannam, Max Catchpool, M Clarke, A Lake, A Januszewski
(2021), Vol. 39, pp. 1-11, Diabetic Medicine, London, Eng., C1
A Flatt, S Little, J Speight, L Leelarathna, E Walkinshaw, H Tan, A Bowes, A Lubina-Solomon, E Holmes-Truscott, T Chadwick, R Wood, T McDonald, D Kerr, D Flanagan, A Brooks, S Heller, M Evans, J Shaw
(2020), Vol. 43, pp. 44-52, Diabetes care, Arlington, Va., C1
Assessing the impact of diabetes on quality of life: what have the past 25 years taught us?
J Speight, E Holmes‐Truscott, C Hendrieckx, S Skovlund, D Cooke
(2020), Vol. 37, pp. 483-492, Diabetic Medicine, London, Eng., C1
E Litterbach, E Holmes‐Truscott, F Pouwer, J Speight, C Hendrieckx
(2020), Vol. 37, pp. 971-981, Diabetic Medicine, London, Eng., C1
K Winkley, R Upsher, W Polonsky, E Holmes-Truscott
(2020), Vol. 37, pp. 427-435, Diabetic Medicine, London, Eng., C1
J Furler, D O'Neal, J Speight, I Blackberry, J Manski-Nankervis, S Thuraisingam, K de La Rue, L Ginnivan, R Doyle, E Holmes-Truscott, K Khunti, K Dalziel, J Chiang, R Audehm, M Kennedy, M Clark, A Jenkins, A Lake, A Januszewski, M Catchpool, D Liew, P Clarke, J Best
(2020), Vol. 8, pp. 17-26, The lancet diabetes and endocrinology, London, Eng., C1
V White, J Linardon, J Stone, E Holmes-Truscott, L Olive, A Mikocka-Walus, C Hendrieckx, S Evans, J Speight
(2020), Vol. 52, pp. 548-573, Psychological Medicine, England, C1
C Chan, W Cockshaw, K Smith, E Holmes-Truscott, F Pouwer, J Speight
(2020), Vol. 166, pp. 1-8, Diabetes research and clinical practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Aaron Liew, Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott, Anneliese Flatt, Denise Bennett, Robert Crookston, Mirka Pimkova, Linda Birtles, John Casey, Andrew Pernet, Ruth Wood, Pratik Choudhary, Shareen Forbes, Martin Rutter, Miranda Rosenthal, Paul Johnson, James Shaw, Jane Speight
(2020), Vol. 12, pp. 21-31, Islets, New York, N.Y., C1
B Kunstler, J Furler, E Holmes-Truscott, H McLachlan, D Boyle, S Lo, J Speight, D O'Neal, R Audehm, G Kilov, J Manski-Nankervis
(2020), Vol. 4, pp. 1-14, JMIR formative research, Toronto, On., C1
E Holmes-Truscott, A Ventura, S Thuraisingam, F Pouwer, J Speight
(2020), Vol. 43, pp. 2651-2659, Diabetes care, Alexandria, Va., C1
Ten tips for more effective and satisfying clinical consultations
C Hendrieckx, E Holmes-Truscott, J Speight
(2020), Vol. 24, pp. 1-7, Journal of Diabetes Nursing, London, Eng., C1
Sharmala Thuraisingam, Patty Chondros, Max Catchpool, Kim Dalziel, Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, Jane Speight, Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott, Ralph Audehm, Jason Chiang, Irene Blackberry, David O'Neal, Kamlesh Khunti, James Best, John Furler
(2019), Vol. 20, pp. 1-14, Trials, London, Eng., C1
Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott, Soren Skovlund, Christel Hendrieckx, Frans Pouwer, Mark Peyrot, Jane Speight
(2019), Vol. 150, pp. 253-263, Diabetes research and clinical practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
J Speight, E Holmes-Truscott, S Little, L Leelarathna, E Walkinshaw, H Tan, A Bowes, D Kerr, D Flanagan, S Heller, M Evans, J Shaw
(2019), Vol. 21, pp. 619-626, Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics, Larchmont, N.Y., C1
Jane Speight, Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott, Harsimran Singh, Stuart Little, James Shaw
(2019), Vol. 21, pp. 691-701, Diabetes technology & therapeutics, New Rochelle, N.Y., C1
R Geerling, J Browne, E Holmes-Truscott, J Furler, J Speight, K Mosely
(2019), Vol. 7, pp. 1-10, BMJ open diabetes research and care, London, Eng., C1
E Fenwick, G Rees, E Holmes-Truscott, J Browne, F Pouwer, J Speight
(2018), Vol. 23, pp. 667-680, Journal of health psychology, London, Eng., C1
E Holmes-Truscott, J Browne, A Ventura, F Pouwer, J Speight
(2018), Vol. 35, pp. 658-662, Diabet medicine, Chichester, Eng., C1
John Furler, David O'Neal, Jane Speight, Irene Blackberry, Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, Sharmala Thuraisingam, Katie de La Rue, Louise Ginnivan, Jessica Browne, Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott, Kamlesh Khunti, Kim Dalziel, Jason Chiang, Ralph Audehm, Mark Kennedy, Malcolm Clark, Alicia Jenkins, Danny Liew, Philip Clarke, James Best
(2018), Vol. 8, pp. 1-10, BMJ open, London, Eng., C1
J Browne, E Holmes-Truscott, A Ventura, C Hendrieckx, F Pouwer, J Speight
(2017), Vol. 7, pp. 1-15, BMJ open, London, Eng., C1
J Furler, D O'Neal, J Speight, J-A Manski-Nankervis, A Gorelik, E Holmes-Truscott, L Ginnivan, D Young, J Best, E Patterson, D Liew, L Segal, C May, I Blackberry
(2017), Vol. 356, pp. 1-10, BMJ, London, Eng., C1
Subjective wellbeing among adults with diabetes : results from Diabetes MILES-Australia
E Holmes-Truscott, J Browne, F Pouwer, J Speight, R Cummins
(2016), Vol. 17, pp. 1205-1217, Journal of happiness studies, Dodrecht, The Netherlands, C1
E Holmes-Truscott, T Skinner,, F Pouwer,, J Speight
(2016), Vol. 10, pp. 75-82, Primary care diabetes, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
J Speight, E Holmes-Truscott, D Harvey, C Hendrieckx, V Hagger, S Harris, B Knight, H McIntyre
(2016), Vol. 112, pp. 65-72, Diabetes research and clinical practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
E Holmes-Truscott, I Blackberry, D O'Neal, J Furler, J Speight
(2016), Vol. 114, pp. 126-135, Diabetes research and clinical practice, Shannon, Ireland, C1
E Holmes-Truscott, J Browne, J Speight
(2016), Vol. 30, pp. 1151-1157, Journal of diabetes and its complications, Atlanta, Ga., C1
S Trawley, E Holmes-Truscott, J Speight
(2016), Vol. 121, pp. 173-177, Diabetes research and clinical practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
S Trawley, J Browne, V Hagger, C Hendrieckx, E Holmes-Truscott, F Pouwer, T Skinner, J Speight
(2016), Vol. 18, pp. 813-819, Diabetes technology and therapeutics, New York, N.Y., C1
E Holmes-Truscott, T Skinner, F Pouwer, J Speight
(2015), Vol. 32, pp. 1297-1303, Diabetic Medicine, London, Eng., C1
E Holmes-Truscott, F Pouwer, J Speight
(2014), Vol. 12, pp. 1-9, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, London, Eng., C1
J Furler, D Young, J Best, E Patterson, D O'Neal, D Liew, J Speight, L Segal, C May, J Manski-Nankervis, E Holmes-Truscott, L Ginnivan, I Blackberry
(2014), Vol. 9, pp. 1-8, Implementation Science, London, England, C1
Diabetes MILES - Australia (Management and Impact for Long-Term Empowerment and Success) : methods and sample characteristics of a national survey of the psychological aspects of living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in Australian adults
J Speight, J Browne, E Holmes-Truscott, C Hendrieckx, F Pouwer
(2012), Vol. 12, pp. 1-24, BMC public health, London, U. K., C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Determining the next decade of difference in diabetes: psychosocial and behavioural research priority setting for and by those affected by diabetes
Dr Christel Hendrieckx, Prof Jane Speight, Dr Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott
Diabetes Australia Research Program Grant
- 2021: $59,400
Industry and Other Funding
UKITC and HypoCOMPaSS statistical analysis
Prof Jane Speight, Dr Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott
AHP Research Ltd
- 2017: $11,000
- 2015: $31,990
Your Say - Glucose Monitoring Survey
Prof Jane Speight, Dr Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott, Dr Steven Trawley
Diabetes Australia - Vic
- 2016: $65,817
Sustained improvement in diabetes-specific quality of life in adults with long-standing type 1 diabetes and problematic hypoglycaemia: 2-year results from the HypoCOMPaSS study
Dr Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott
Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund - JDRF Australia
- 2016: $7,960
Your SAY: Quality of life - Comparing the acceptability, and psychometric properties, of questionnaires that assess diabetes-specific quality of life
Prof Jane Speight, Dr Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott, Dr Debbie Cooke, Elizabeth Coates, Prof Simon Heller
The University of Sheffield
- 2018: $27,500
Prioritising Starting Insulin in Type 2 Diabetes
Prof Jane Speight, Dr Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott
Diabetes Australia - Vic
- 2021: $17,031
- 2020: $70,723
- 2019: $16,735
- 2018: $62,982
- 2017: $12,818
A web-based intervention to increase receptiveness to insulin therapy among adults with type 2 diabetes
Prof Jane Speight, Dr Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott
Sanofi-Aventis Australia Pty Limited
- 2022: $30,945
- 2021: $82,521
- 2020: $41,260
- 2019: $51,576
Understanding weight management strategies in the context of living with type 2 diabetes
Prof Jane Speight, Dr Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott
AstraZeneca
- 2019: $15,000
- 2018: $15,000
- 2017: $15,000
Expanding behavioural diabetes research in Australia.
Prof Jane Speight, Dr Christel Hendrieckx, Dr Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott, Ms Amelia Jane Lake
Diabetes Australia - (National)
- 2022: $125,000
- 2021: $250,000
- 2020: $125,000
- 2019: $125,000
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report