Dr Sally Sweeney
Conjoint Senior Lecturer
School of Medicine and Public Health
Career Summary
Biography
Dr Sally Sweeney is a specialist General Practitioner and clinician researcher who graduated from the University of NSW in 2003 and has over 20 years clinical experience.
Sally is a Medical Lead at Family Planning NSW Research Centre following 15 years as a senior clinician in FPNSW clinics. She is a Conjoint Senior Lecturer with the School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Newcastle. Sally works in private General Practice, as well as in a dedicated sexual and reproductive health multidisciplinary clinic. She participates in the GP Access after hours clinic roster and is a Visiting Medical Officer with the Hunter New England Voluntary Assisted Dying Service.
She has been a past clinical examiner for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and is a current RACGP Registrar Supervisor.
She has several peer reviewed publications in sexual and reproductive health and is currently a Chief Investigator on several NHMRC research grant projects related to equity of cervical screening for people with intellectual disability, data linkage to improve HPV screening and vaccination, and testicular cooling to improve male fertility outcomes.
She also has a strong research interest in the impact of the female genital tract microbiome and it’s impact on gynaecological disease, her work to date has focused on association with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, Meicine and Surgery, University of New South Wales
Keywords
- Cervical Screening
- Clinical Research
- General Practice
- Reproductive Tract Microbiome
- Sexual & Reproductive Health
Languages
- English (Mother)
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 321599 | Reproductive medicine not elsewhere classified | 33 |
| 310799 | Microbiology not elsewhere classified | 33 |
| 420319 | Primary health care | 34 |
Professional Experience
Professional appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|---|
| 1/10/2024 - |
Visiting Medical Officer VMO role providing services as an Authorised Voluntary Assisted Dying Practitioner |
Hunter New England Area Health Service Voluntary Assisted Dying Australia |
| 1/6/2024 - |
General Practitioner Providing clinical care across GP Access after hours urgent GP care clinics |
Hunter Primary Care Ltd GP Access After Hours |
| 14/4/2024 - |
Specialist GP Providing specialised sexual and reproductive health care including menopause management, endometriosis, chronic pelvic pain, STI screening and management, contraception, pregnancy planning and management, preconception care. |
Brightwell Health Australia |
| 22/1/2009 - |
Senior Medical Officer Senior Medical Officer with FPNSW Research Centre, experience in both qualitative and quantitative research. Experience in Clinical studies and trials. |
Family Planning NSW The Research Centre |
| 22/1/2008 - |
General Practitioner Providing comprehensive primary care services. RACGP Registrar supervisor, and UoN Medical Student placement supervisor |
New Lambton Family Practice Australia |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Conference (1 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Sweeney S, Huston W, 'A CASE CONTROL STUDY TO EXAMINE THE CERVICOVAGINAL MICROBIOTA ASSOCIATED WITH PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE', VANCOUVER (2019) |
Journal article (13 outputs)
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| 2025 |
Ford EA, Medley A, Chojenta C, Bagade T, Sweeney S, Sutherland JM, 'A qualitative study of Australian adolescent perceptions of fertility and infertility', Human Fertility, 28 (2025) [C1]
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| 2024 |
Power R, David M, Strnadová I, Touyz L, Basckin C, Loblinzk J, Jolly H, Kennedy E, Ussher J, Sweeney S, Chang EL, Carter A, Bateson D, 'Cervical screening participation and access facilitators and barriers for people with intellectual disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15 (2024) [C1]
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| 2024 |
Bateson D, Ussher J, Strnadová I, Loblinzk J, David M, Chang EL, Carter A, Sweeney S, Winkler L, Power R, Basckin C, Kennedy E, Jolly H, 'Working together with people with intellectual disability to make a difference: a protocol for a mixed-method co-production study to address inequities in cervical screening participation', Frontiers in Public Health, 12 (2024)
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| 2024 |
Ford EA, Chojenta C, Bagade T, Sweeney S, Sutherland JM, 'Fertility knowledge in a cohort of Australia's adolescents: a cross-sectional study of reproductive and sexual health education', SEX EDUCATION-SEXUALITY SOCIETY AND LEARNING, 24, 900-918 (2024) [C1]
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Open Research Newcastle | |||||||||
| 2022 |
Sweeney SO, Cheng Y, Botfield JR, Bateson DJ, 'Renewal of the National Cervical Screening Program: health professionals' knowledge about screening of specific populations in NSW, Australia', PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH & PRACTICE, 32 (2022) [C1]
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Open Research Newcastle | |||||||||
| 2021 |
Turner R, Tapley A, Holliday E, Ball J, Sweeney S, Magin P, 'Associations of anticipated prescribing of long-acting reversible contraception by general practice registrars A cross-sectional study', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE, 50, 929-935 (2021) [C1]
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Open Research Newcastle | |||||||||
| 2021 |
Turner R, Tapley A, Sweeney S, Davey A, Driel M, Morgan S, Spike N, FitzGerald K, Magin P, 'Prescribing of long-acting reversible contraception by general practice registrars across different rural regions of australia: A cross-sectional analysis of the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training Study data', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF RURAL HEALTH, 29, 473-476 (2021) [C1]
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| 2021 |
Turner R, Tapley A, Sweeney S, Magin P, 'Barriers to prescribing of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) by general practitioner registrars: A cross-sectional questionnaire', AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY, 61, 469-473 (2021) [C1]
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Open Research Newcastle | |||||||||
| 2020 |
Sweeney S, Cheng Y, Botfield JR, Bateson D, 'National Cervical Screening Program renewal in Australia: survey of clinician views and attitudes', Australian Journal of Primary Health, 26, 410-416 (2020) [C1]
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| 2020 |
Turner R, Tapley A, Sweeney S, Davey A, Holliday E, Van Driel M, Henderson K, Ball J, Morgan S, Spike N, Fitzgerald K, Magin P, 'Prevalence and associations of prescribing of long-acting reversible contraception by general practitioner registrars: A secondary analysis of ReCEnT data', BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, 46, 218-225 (2020) [C1]
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Open Research Newcastle | |||||||||
| 2018 |
Cheng Y, Bateson D, Concepcion K, Stewart M, Lowy M, Sweeney S, Estoesta J, McGeechan K, 'Factors associated with the initiation of testosterone replacement therapy in men from the 45 and Up Study', Australian Journal of General Practice, 47, 698-704 (2018) [C1]
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Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 3 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $4,183,497 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20232 grants / $2,703,236
Identifying primary care opportunities to enhance HPV vaccination and cervical screening for priority population groups$1,483,120
Funding body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Funding body | NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council) |
|---|---|
| Scheme | OTHER |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2023 |
| Funding Finish | 2027 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | C1300 - Aust Competitive - Medical Research Future Fund |
| Category | 1300 |
| UON | N |
The use of scrotal cooling to improve semen quality and pregnancy rates within infertile men$1,220,116
Funding body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Funding body | NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council) |
|---|---|
| Scheme | Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2023 |
| Funding Finish | 2027 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | C1100 - Aust Competitive - NHMRC |
| Category | 1100 |
| UON | N |
20221 grants / $1,480,261
Overcoming Inequity: Increasing Cervical Screening Participation for People with Intellectual Disability (CIRCE)$1,480,261
Funding body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Funding body | NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council) |
|---|---|
| Scheme | unknown |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2022 |
| Funding Finish | 2026 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | C1100 - Aust Competitive - NHMRC |
| Category | 1100 |
| UON | N |
Dr Sally Sweeney
Position
Conjoint Senior Lecturer
School of Medicine and Public Health
College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing
Contact Details
| sally.sweeney@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Link | Google+ |
