Dr Flora Tzelepis
| Work Phone | (02) 4042 0696 |
|---|---|
| Fax | (02) 4042 0044 |
| Flora.Tzelepis@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Position | Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Medicine and Public Health |
| Office | Hunter Medical Research Institute Building |
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Newcastle, 2010
- Bachelor of Science (Psychology)(Honours), University of Newcastle, 1998
Research
Research keywords
- cancer prevention
- quality of care
- smoking cessation
Research expertise
Dr Flora Tzelepis is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Health Behaviour Research Group at the University of Newcastle. Her PhD comprised of a large randomised controlled trial of 1,562 smokers that used ‘cold calling’ recruitment to offer smokers NSW Quitline support. Dr Tzelepis was awarded the Research Higher Degree Excellence Award for the Faculty of Health for 2010 for her PhD work. Dr Tzelepis has also worked on numerous other research projects.
Dr Tzelepis has published 31 peer-reviewed research papers. Dr Tzelepis was recently awarded a 3-year Leukaemia Foundation of Australia/Cure Cancer Australia Foundation Fellowship (2011-2013). Her fellowship project assesses blood cancer survivors’ perceptions of the care they received. In 2011, Dr Tzelepis received the University of Newcastle’s Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour Certificate for Outstanding Academic Contribution for Significant Publication Output as an Early Career Researcher.
Fields of Research
| Description (Code) | % |
|---|---|
| Public Health And Health Services Not Elsewhere Classified(111799) | 65 |
| Psychology Not Elsewhere Classified(170199) | 25 |
| Policy And Administration Not Elsewhere Classified(160599) | 10 |