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Dr Samantha Spanos is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science (CHRIS) at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. Her research examines the measurement of healthcare quality, and currently supports the National Skin Cancer Centres Program of Research on skin cancer management in primary care. Dr Spanos also conducts research on patient-centred and integrated models of care for complex healthcare conditions such as refractory epilepsy.
Dr Spanos has a strong track record leading research in health behaviours and has special expertise in clinical mental health program implementation and design. Her research in health behaviours has explored social influences on health choices, and health-related cognition and affect, with implications for optimising health and wellbeing.
Dr Spanos has led research and design strategies for the implementation of digital programs in complex medical settings, applying implementation science to investigate the barriers and facilitators to the adoption, implementation, and maintenance of evidence-based mental health programs in routine healthcare services.
Education/Academic qualification
Psychology, PhD, Attributions for food intake: Motivational processes and attributional consequences, UNSW Sydney
15 Feb 2015 → 11 Oct 2019
Award Date: 4 Jun 2020
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EU Collab: Strengthening resilience and mental wellbeing through the Support4Resilience toolbox for leaders in elderly care
Ellis, L., Braithwaite, J., Clay-Williams, R., Gray, L., Bryant, R., Batterham, P., Wuthrich, V., Westbrook, J., Shand, F. L., Hibbert, P., Caputi, P., Reed, R., Churruca, K., McLellan, L., Ludlow, K., Spanos, S., Jaffray, L., Long, J., Newman, B. & Nguyen, A.
1/01/24 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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MRFF: Embedding Genomics in Primary Care: Using Implementation Science to Design a Robust National Approach
Braithwaite, J., Long, J., Best, S., Willcock, S., Archibald, A. D., Cutler, H., Ferrie, M., Freeman, L., Dive, L., Trainer, A. H., McClaren, B., Newson, A., Delatycki, M. B., Kirk, E., Laing, N. G., Spanos, S., Gilkes, L., Cini, J., Edwards, S., Leibowitz, R., Jeet, V., Mahadeva, J., Foo, D. & Churruca, K.
1/12/23 → 31/05/26
Project: Research
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A cognitive behavioural therapy smartphone app for adolescent depression and anxiety: co-design of ClearlyMe
Li, S. H., Achilles, M. R., Spanos, S., Habak, S., Werner-Seidler, A. & O'Dea, B., 16 Mar 2022, In: Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. 15, p. 1-32 32 p., e13.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile15 Citations (Scopus)123 Downloads (Pure) -
Intervention programs targeting the mental health, professional burnout, or wellbeing of school teachers: a systematic review and meta-analyses
Beames, J., Spanos, S., Roberts, A., McGillivray, L., Li, S., Newby, J., O’Dea, B. & Werner-Seidler, A., 2 Mar 2022, (Submitted) (Research Square).Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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School-based depression and anxiety prevention programs: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
Werner-Seidler, A., Spanos, S., Calear, A. L., Perry, Y., Torok, M., O’Dea, B., Christensen, H. & Newby, J. M., 24 Aug 2021, In: Clinical Psychology Review. 89, p. 1-24 24 p., 102079.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open AccessFile105 Citations (Scopus)323 Downloads (Pure) -
Failure to report social influences on food intake: lack of awareness or motivated denial?
Spanos, S., Vartanian, L. R., Herman, C. P. & Polivy, J., 2014, In: Health Psychology. 33, 12, p. 14987-1494 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Personality, perceived appropriateness, and acknowledgement of social influences on food intake
Spanos, S., Vartanian, L. R., Herman, C. P. & Polivy, J., 2015, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 87, p. 110-115 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
19 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Early Career Researcher 10min Oral Presentation Award
Spanos, Samantha (Recipient), 25 Sept 2023
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Activities
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Healthcare as a Complex Adaptive System: A Briefing
Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker), Janet Long (Speaker), Louise Ellis (Speaker), Samantha Spanos (Speaker), Lisa Pagano (Speaker), Georgia Fisher (Speaker) & Kate Churruca (Speaker)
5 Mar 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Healthcare consumption in the digital age: Trends in consumers’ utilising telehealth and digital healthcare technologies in Australia
Kate Churruca (Speaker), Louise Ellis (Speaker), Sheila Pham (Speaker), Samantha Spanos (Speaker) & Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker)
24 Sept 2024 → 27 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Macquarie University Graduate Research Conference
Samantha Spanos (Participant)
26 Nov 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop or event series
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Strategies and tactics by which to reduce healthcare's impact on climate change: A systematic review
Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker), K-lynn Smith (Speaker), Elle Leask (Speaker), Shalini Wijekulasuriya (Speaker), Kalissa Brooke-Cowden (Speaker), Georgia Fisher (Speaker), Romika Patel (Speaker), Lisa Pagano (Speaker), Hania Rahimi Ardabili (Speaker), Samantha Spanos (Speaker), Christina Rojas (Speaker), Andrew Partington (Speaker), Ella McQuillan (Speaker), Genevieve Dammery (Speaker), Ann Carrigan (Speaker), Lauren Ehrenfeld (Speaker), Enrico Coiera (Speaker), Johanna Westbrook (Speaker) & Yvonne Zurynski (Speaker)
24 Sept 2024 → 27 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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AIHI ECR Grant Writing Workshop
Lisa Pagano (Organiser) & Samantha Spanos (Organiser)
5 Feb 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop or event series