By Ms Brittany Claire McGill

Journal articles

McGill BC, 2025, 'Psychological risk and resilience in families of children with cancer', NATURE REVIEWS PSYCHOLOGY, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44159-025-00504-3

Sansom-Daly UM; McLoone JK; Fardell JE; Evans HE; McGill BC; Robertson EG; Signorelli C; Ellis S; Ha L; Hetherington K; Houweling RE; Nevin SM; Schilstra CE; Mitchell R; Haber M; Cohn RJ; Wakefield CE, 2025, 'Bridging the Gap: Embedding Psychosocial Oncology Research into Comprehensive Cancer Care for Children and Young People', Cancers, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers17132123

Hunter JD; Hetherington K; Wakefield CE; Tucker KM; McGill BC; Grant A; Fuentes-Bolanos NA; Padhye B; Gleeson M; Bhatia K; Peate M, 2025, 'Delivering Trio Germline Whole Genome Sequencing to Patients Newly Diagnosed With Childhood Cancer: Healthcare Professionals' Perspectives of the PREDICT Study', Cancer Medicine, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cam4.70680

Balaji L; Kariyawasam D; Herbert K; Sampaio HA; Cairns A; McGill BC; Kelada L; Woolfenden S; Briggs N; Farrar MA, 2025, 'Neurodevelopmental screening in children with early-onset spinal muscular atrophy in the treatment era: A strengths-based cohort study', Brain Communications, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcaf272

Gerstl B; Mallinder H; Baker T; Euler-Vestey P; Kehag E; Stone M; Lawrence D; Pippard H; Arulpragasam K; Walch A; Campion F; McGill B; Deans R, 2025, 'Psychological Assessment and Motivations of Potential Donors Within the First Australian Uterine Transplant Trial', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.13934

Irestorm E; Wakefield CE; Hetherington K; McGill BC; Evans HE; McDonald F; Patterson P; Beattie A; Cohn RJ; Sansom-Daly UM, 2025, 'Recapturing Life: Virtual Peer-Based Psychological Support for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors Delivered in the Community', Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21565333251369689

Sansom-Daly UM; Kirton C; Lim CYS; Wakefield CE; Hetherington K; McGill BC; Evans HE; Patterson P; Ellis SJ, 2025, 'Support through the screen: therapeutic alliance and group cohesion processes in group videoconferencing-based psychological programs for young cancer survivors', Australian Psychologist, 60, pp. 125 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00050067.2024.2436922

Mazariego C; Daly R; McGill B; Kelada L; McKay S; Hetherington K; Ziegler DS; Wakefield CE; Taylor N, 2024, 'Barriers to access of precision guided therapies for children with high-risk cancer', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.31147

Kelada L; Robertson EG; McKay S; McGill BC; Daly R; Mazariego C; Taylor N; Tyedmers E; Armitage N; Evans HE; Wakefield CE; Ziegler DS, 2024, 'Communicating with families of young people with hard-to-treat cancers: Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on challenges, skills, and training', Palliative and Supportive Care, 22, pp. 539 - 545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1478951523001992

Mazariego CG; McKay S; Tyedmers E; Kelada L; McGill BC; Daly R; Wakefield CE; Ziegler DS; Taylor N; Mazariego-Jones C, 2024, 'Co-design of a paediatric oncology medicines database (ProCure) to support complex care provision for children with a hard-to-treat cancer', Frontiers in Medicine, 11, pp. 1332434, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1332434

Hetherington K; Wakefield CE; McGill BC; Tucker KM; Donoghoe MW; Daly R; Hunter JD; Ballinger M; Fuentes-Bolanos NA; Ziegler DS, 2024, 'When genetics and pediatric cancer collide: Understanding and optimizing families' experiences', Neuro Oncology Advances, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/noajnl/vdae133

Nevin SM; McGill BC; Kelada L; Hilton G; Maack M; Elvidge KL; Farrar MA; Baynam G; Katz NT; Donovan L; Grattan S; Signorelli C; Bhattacharya K; Nunn K; Wakefield CE, 2023, 'The psychosocial impact of childhood dementia on children and their parents: a systematic review', Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13023-023-02859-3

McGill BC; Wakefield CE; Tucker KM; Daly RA; Donoghoe MW; Vetsch J; Warby M; Fuentes-Bolanos NA; Barlow-Stewart K; Kirk J; Courtney E; O’Brien TA; Marshall GM; Pinese M; Cowley MJ; Tyrrell V; Deyell RJ; Ziegler DS; Hetherington K, 2023, 'Parents’ expectations, preferences, and recall of germline findings in a childhood cancer precision medicine trial', Cancer, 129, pp. 3620 - 3632, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.34917

Chow WK; Hetherington K; McGill BC; Sansom-Daly UM; Daly R; Miles G; Cohn RJ; Wakefield CE, 2022, '‘Like ships in the night’: A qualitative investigation of the impact of childhood cancer on parents’ emotional and sexual intimacy', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.30015

Hetherington K; Wakefield CE; Kunalan KPK; Donoghoe MW; McGill BC; Fardell JE; Daly R; Deyell RJ; Ziegler DS, 2022, 'Quality of Life (QoL) of Children and Adolescents Participating in a Precision Medicine Trial for High-Risk Childhood Cancer', Cancers, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers14215310

Espinoza-Salgado FS; García RR; E.wakefield C; Kelada L; Sansom-Daly UM; McGill BC; Tusie AZ; García FLJ; Cardos RDSC; Zapata-Tarrés M, 2022, 'Mexican cultural adaptation of the CASCAdE intervention program for parents of childhood cancer survivors', Psicooncologia, 19, pp. 63 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.5209/psic.80798

Nevin SM; Wakefield CE; Barlow-Stewart K; McGill BC; Bye A; Palmer EE; Dale RC; Gill D; Kothur K; Boggs K; Le Marne F; Beavis E; Macintosh R; Sachdev R, 2022, 'Psychosocial impact of genetic testing on parents of children with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy', Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 64, pp. 95 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.14971

Kamaladasa DS; Sansom-Daly UM; Hetherington K; McGill BC; Ellis SJ; Kelada L; Donoghoe MW; Evans H; Anazodo A; Patterson P; Cohn RJ; Wakefield CE, 2021, 'How Are Families Faring? Perceived Family Functioning among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors in Comparison to Their Peers', Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 10, pp. 711 - 719, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2020.0215

Wakefield CE; Sansom‐daly UM; McGill BC; Hetherington K; Ellis SJ; Robertson EG; Donoghoe MW; McCarthy M; Kelada L; Girgis A; King M; Grootenhuis M; Anazodo A; Patterson P; Lowe C; Dalla‐pozza L; Miles G; Cohn RJ; Sansom-Daly U, 2021, 'Providing psychological support to parents of childhood cancer survivors: ‘cascade’ intervention trial results and lessons for the future', Cancers, 13, pp. 5597, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13225597

Davies JP; Mcgill BC; Sansom-Daly UM; Wakefield CE; Kelly DM, 2021, '"This Is the First Time I've Talked about This": Considerations When Conducting Qualitative Research Interviews with Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer', Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 10, pp. 540 - 548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2020.0122

Sansom‐daly UM; Wakefield CE; Ellis SJ; McGill BC; Donoghoe MW; Butow P; Bryant RA; Sawyer SM; Patterson P; Anazodo A; Plaster M; Thompson K; Holland L; Osborn M; Maguire F; O’dwyer C; Lourenco RDA; Cohn RJ; Sansom-Daly U, 2021, 'Online, group‐based psychological support for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: Results from the recapture life randomized trial', Cancers, 13, pp. 2460, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13102460

Nevin SM; Wakefield CE; Schilstra CE; McGill BC; Bye A; Palmer EE; Gok C, 2020, 'The information needs of parents of children with early-onset epilepsy: A systematic review', Epilepsy and Behavior, 112, pp. 107382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107382

Baenziger J; Hetherington K; Wakefield CE; Carlson L; McGill BC; Cohn RJ; Michel G; Sansom-Daly UM, 2020, 'Understanding parents’ communication experiences in childhood cancer: a qualitative exploration and model for future research', Supportive Care in Cancer, 28, pp. 4467 - 4476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-019-05270-6

McGill BC; Wakefield CE; Hetherington K; Munro LJ; Warby M; Lau L; Tyrrell V; Ziegler DS; O’brien TA; Marshall GM; Malkin D; Hansford JR; Tucker KM; Vetsch J; OBrien T, 2020, '“Balancing Expectations with Actual Realities”: Conversations with Clinicians and Scientists in the First Year of a High-Risk Childhood Cancer Precision Medicine Trial', Journal of Personalized Medicine, 10, pp. 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm10010009

Robertson EG; Wakefield CE; Shaw J; Darlington AS; McGill BC; Cohn RJ; Fardell JE, 2019, 'Decision-making in childhood cancer: parents’ and adolescents’ views and perceptions', Supportive Care in Cancer, 27, pp. 4331 - 4340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-019-04728-x

McGill BC; Wakefield CE; Vetsch J; Lim Q; Warby M; Metcalfe A; Byrne JA; Cohn RJ; Tucker KM, 2019, '“I remember how I felt, but I don't remember the gene”: Families’ experiences of cancer-related genetic testing in childhood', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.27762

Brierley MEE; Sansom-Daly UM; Baenziger J; McGill B; Wakefield CE, 2019, 'Impact of physical appearance changes reported by adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: A qualitative analysis', European Journal of Cancer Care, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13052

Sansom-Daly UM; Wakefield CE; Hetherington K; Evans HE; Ellis SJ; McGill BC; Cohn RJ, 2019, 'Author reply', Internal Medicine Journal, 49, pp. 808 - 809, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.14320

Kelada L; Wakefield CE; Carlson L; Hetherington K; McGill BC; McCarthy MC; Miles G; Cohn RJ; Sansom-Daly UM, 2019, 'How Parents of Childhood Cancer Survivors Perceive Support From Their Extended Families', Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28, pp. 1537 - 1547, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01394-9

Vetsch J; Wakefield CE; Doolan EL; Signorelli C; McGill BM; Moore L; Techakesari P; Pieters R; Patenaude AF; McCarthy M; Cohn RJ; Wakefield C; Cohn R; Girgis A; McLoone J; Fardell J, 2019, '‘Why us?’ Causal attributions of childhood cancer survivors, survivors’ parents and community comparisons - a mixed methods analysis', Acta Oncologica, 58, pp. 209 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0284186X.2018.1532600

McGill BC; Wakefield CE; Vetsch J; Barlow-Stewart K; Kasparian NA; Patenaude AF; Young MA; Cohn RJ; Tucker KM, 2019, 'Children and young people's understanding of inherited conditions and their attitudes towards genetic testing: A systematic review', Clinical Genetics, 95, pp. 10 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cge.13253

Vetsch J; Wakefield CE; Duve E; McGill BC; Warby M; Tucker KM; Malkin D; Lau L; Ziegler DS, 2019, 'Parents', health care professionals', and scientists' experiences of a precision medicine pilot trial for patients with high-risk childhood cancer: A qualitative study', JCO Precision Oncology, 3, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/PO.19.00235

Sansom-Daly UM; Wakefield CE; Robertson EG; McGill BC; Wilson HL; Bryant RA, 2018, 'Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors' memory and future thinking processes place them at risk for poor mental health', Psycho Oncology, 27, pp. 2709 - 2716, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.4856

Sansom-Daly UM; Wakefield CE; Bryant RA; Patterson P; Anazodo A; Butow P; Sawyer SM; McGill BC; Evans HE; Cohn RJ; Robertson E, 2018, 'Feasibility, acceptability, and safety of the Recapture Life videoconferencing intervention for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors', Psycho-Oncology, 28, pp. 284 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.4938

Vetsch J; McGill BC; Sansom-Daly UM; Hetherington K; Ellis SJ; Marshall KH; Wakefield CE, 2018, 'Comorbidity of distress experienced by parents of childhood cancer survivors points to the importance of understanding transdiagnostic cognitive-affective mechanisms.', Acta Oncologica, 58, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0284186X.2018.1512157

Vetsch J; Wakefield CE; Warby M; Tucker K; Patterson P; McGill BC; Metcalfe A; Cohn RJ; Fardell JE, 2018, 'Cancer-Related Genetic Testing and Personalized Medicine for Adolescents: A Narrative Review of Impact and Understanding', Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 7, pp. 259 - 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2017.0102

Samtani S; McEvoy PM; Mahoney AEJ; Werner-Seidler A; Li SSY; McGill BC; Tockar J; Moulds ML, 2018, 'Examining a transdiagnostic measure of repetitive thinking in depressed, formerly depressed and never-depressed individuals', Journal of Affective Disorders, 229, pp. 515 - 522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.12.081

Vetsch J; Wakefield CE; McGill BC; Cohn RJ; Ellis SJ; Stefanic N; Sawyer SM; Zebrack B; Sansom-Daly UM, 2018, 'Educational and vocational goal disruption in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors', Psycho Oncology, 27, pp. 532 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.4525

Lim Q; McGill BC; Quinn VF; Tucker KM; Mizrahi D; Patenaude AF; Warby M; Cohn RJ; Wakefield CE, 2017, 'Parents’ attitudes toward genetic testing of children for health conditions: A systematic review', Clinical Genetics, 92, pp. 569 - 578, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cge.12989

McGill BC; Sansom-Daly UM; Wakefield CE; Ellis SJ; Robertson EG; Cohn RJ, 2017, 'Therapeutic Alliance and Group Cohesion in an Online Support Program for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Lessons from "recapture Life"', Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 6, pp. 568 - 572, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2017.0001

Sansom-Daly UM; Evans HE; Ellis SJ; McGill BC; Hetherington K; Wakefield CE, 2017, 'Something's got to give: time–cost trade-offs in site-specific research approval can negatively impact patient recruitment in multi-institutional studies', Internal Medicine Journal, 47, pp. 1088 - 1089, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.13535

May E; mcgill B; Anazodo A; wakefield C; Sansom-Daly U; Robertson E, 2017, 'Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors’ Experiences of the Healthcare System: A Qualitative Study.', Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 7, pp. 88 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2017.0015

Lin M; Sansom-Daly UM; Wakefield CE; McGill BC; Cohn RJ, 2017, 'Health Literacy in Adolescents and Young Adults: Perspectives from Australian Cancer Survivors', Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 6, pp. 150 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2016.0024

Georgiou G; Wakefield CE; McGill BC; Fardell JE; Signorelli C; Hanlon L; Tucker K; Patenaude AF; Cohn RJ, 2016, 'Genetic testing for the risk of developing late effects among survivors of childhood cancer: Consumer understanding, acceptance, and willingness to pay', Cancer, 122, pp. 2876 - 2885, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.30119

Robertson EG; Sansom-Daly UM; Wakefield CE; Ellis SJ; Mcgill BC; Doolan EL; Cohn RJ, 2016, 'Sexual and romantic relationships: Experiences of adolescent and young adult cancer survivors', Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 5, pp. 286 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2015.0061

Sansom-Daly UM; McGill BC; Anazodo AC; Plaster M; Maguire F; O'Dwyer C; Ellis SJ; Robertson EG; Cohn RJ; Wakefield CE, 2016, 'The Reality of Relapse: Impact of Cancer Relapse on Survivorship Interventions and Patient-Reported Outcomes Data', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 63, pp. 1492 - 1493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.26001

Wakefield CE; Sansom-Daly UM; McGill BC; Ellis SJ; Doolan EL; Robertson EG; Mathur S; Cohn RJ, 2016, 'Acceptability and feasibility of an e-mental health intervention for parents of childhood cancer survivors: “Cascade”', Supportive Care in Cancer, 24, pp. 2685 - 2694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-016-3077-6

Sansom-Daly UM; Lin M; Robertson EG; Wakefield CE; McGill BC; Girgis A; Cohn RJ, 2016, 'Health Literacy in Adolescents and Young Adults: An Updated Review', Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 5, pp. 106 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2015.0059

Sansom-Daly UM; Wakefield CE; McGill BC; Wilson HL; Patterson P, 2016, 'Consensus among international ethical guidelines for the provision of videoconferencing-based mental health treatments', Jmir Mental Health, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/mental.5481

Sansom-Daly UM; Wakefield CE; McGill BC; Patterson P, 2015, 'Ethical and Clinical Challenges Delivering Group-based Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy to Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer Using Videoconferencing Technology', Australian Psychologist, 50, pp. 271 - 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ap.12112

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