Are you caring for someone with advanced cancer? You may be interested in taking part in this study. To see full eligibility criteria and what's involved visit iactforcarers.com #advancedcancer #Cancer

Make Medicare funded access to 20 psychology sessions permanent - Sign the Petition! chng.it/kPh7Mt5f via @ChangeAUS

🚨Looking for a research assistant (can be based anywhere in Aus) approx 7hrs p/wk for 2023. Casual rate from $64.70 p/hr depending on experience. Qualitative interview/analysis experience a must. Smoking research experience a➕ DM or email EOI [email protected]

Thrilled to share this paper with the wonderful Prof Lisa Brophy Dr Kristen McCarter (she/her) - More compassion needed when giving support to quit smoking. The value of compassionate support to address smoking: with people who experience severe mental illness frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

#NationalCarersWeek 🎤 My interview on ABC Newcastle. I talk about the inspiration behind my iACT study supporting carers of people with advanced cancer abc.net.au/newcastle/prog… Still recruiting participants Australia wide iactforcarers.com @UON_research Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI)

#NationalCarersWeek is a week to recognise and celebrate the 2.65 million Australians who provide care to a loved one. Clinical Psychologist and HMRI researcher, Dr Kristen McCarter (she/her) talked to ABC about how we can best support carers. Take a listen 👇 ab.co/3rZ00DI

On the cusp of reaching agreement with the NTEU for a new enterprise agreement, University of Newcastle management instead opts for non-union ballot that will massively increase workloads, cut real wages and seriously undermine quality education and research at this great university

#BREAKING University of Newcastle members vote to strike next Thurs 1st June as we demand management withdraw its Fair Work Commission dispute and return to negotiations in good faith. Staff deserve better, and the community expects better. More details TBC. #UONStrike #WeAreUON

Well well well... University of Newcastle management can afford a 7% pay rise to the VC's already exorbitant salary but somehow can't afford to give workers a pay rise for two years Join us at #UONStrike tomorrow to demand fair pay for staff! Full article: bit.ly/42ibS3z

University of Newcastle Vice-Chancellor Alex Zelinsky took a $70,000 pay rise last year, taking his salary to near $1 million. At the same time the university recorded a $38 million deficit, had to pay $6.2 million back in wage theft and have been trying to ram through a real

Congratulations to our Round 1, 2023 Early-Mid Career Researcher 🌱Seed Grant 🌱recipients Christina Heris, Samantha Howe, Dr Kristen McCarter (she/her) and @KylieMorphett! 👏We are looking forward to supporting these important projects!

Most people think that Long Covid is a lingering cough & bit of fatigue. I’ve felt flu-like & concussed every time I train for the last 3 years. For context, I’m a former GB athlete, who trained 3 times a day. And I’m a mild case...