Author in the Room  

Dr. Rosalie Power 

Research Fellow, Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), Western Sydney University

Dr Power’s research focuses on marginalised population health, specialising in sexual health, disability and LGBTQ health and using arts-based, mixed-methods, and co-creation approaches. Dr Power served as a Research Associate on the Australian Research Council Linkage funded research project, The Out with Cancer Study, a four- year endeavour examining LGBTIQ+ peoples experiences of cancer. She is an Associate Editor of the journal Women’s Reproductive Health and a board member for the Australian Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Society for Menstrual Cycle Research.

Facilitator 

Dr. Kate Wislang 

Medical Oncologist and Acting Medical Lead Cancer Servies (Rural Support Service), South Australia 

Dr Wislang is a medical oncologist and acting medical lead in cancer services for the rural support service, working with the Flinders and Upper North Local Health Network.

Additional Resources 

Other publications from the Out with Cancer Study: 

1. Sperring, S., Ussher, J.M., Power, R., Hawkey, A. (2025) Sexual Embodiment and Sexual Renegotiation Post-Cancer for LGBTQ People with a Cervix. Archives of Sexual Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03090-w

    

2. Power, R., Ussher, J. M., Allison, K., Hawkey, A., & Perz, J. and The Out with Cancer Study Team (2024). “A sweating moment”: impact of disclosure in cancer care on LGBTQI patient satisfaction. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-024-01677-1

    

3. Denes, A., Ussher, J. M., Power, R., Perz, J., Ryan, S., Hawkey, A. J., Dowsett, G. W., & Parton, C. (2024). LGBTQI Sexual Well-Being and Embodiment After Cancer: A Mixed-Methods Study. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2024.2378884

    

4. Ussher, J., Carpenter, M., Power, R., Ryan, S., Allison, K. A., Hart, B., Hawkey, A. J., & Perz, J. (2024). “I’ve had Constant Fears that I’ll Get Cancer”: The Construction and Experience of Medical Regulation of Intersex Bodies to Reduce Cancer Risk. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2024.2356924

    

5. Allison, K. A., Power, R., Ussher, J., Perz, J. and the Out with Cancer Study Team. “Queer people are excellent caregivers, but we’re stretched so very thin”. Psychosocial wellbeing and impacts of caregiving among LGBTQI cancer carers. BMC Cancer, 24 (1), 1-18.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-023-11732-2

    

6. Ussher, J. M., Allison, K., Power, R., Ryan, S., Perz, J., Hawkey, A., Parton, C., Davies, C., Watson, L., McDonald, F. E. J., Anazodo, A., Hickey, M., Robinson, K. H., Boydell, K., Bruce, J., Rae, J., Gilmore, T., & The Out with Cancer Study, T. (2023). Disrupted identities, invisibility and precarious support: a mixed methods study of LGBTQI adolescents and young adults with cancer. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 1837. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16739-9

    

7. Ussher, J. M., Ryan, S., Power, R., & Perz, J. and the Out with Cancer Study Team (2023). Almost invisible: A review of inclusion of LGBTQI people with cancer in online patient information resources. Patient Education and Counseling, 114, 107846. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.107846

    

8. Ussher, J., Power, R., Allison, K. A., Sperring, S., Parton, C., Perz, J., Davies, C., Hawkey, A. J., Robinson, K. H., Hickey, M., Anazodo, A., Ellis, C., & Cook, C. (2022). Reinforcing or Disrupting Gender Affirmation:  The Impact of Cancer on Transgender Embodiment and Identity. Archives of Sexual Behavior, online ahead of press. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02530-9

    

9. Ussher, JM.,* Allison, K.,*, Perz, J., Power. R., & The Out with Cancer Study Team. LGBTQI Cancer Patients’ Quality of Life and Distress: A Comparison by Gender, Sexuality, Age and Cancer Type and Geographical Remoteness. Frontiers in Oncology. 2022; 12:873642 https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.873642 *Joint first authorship.

    

10. Power, R.,* Ussher, JM.,* Perz, J., Allison, K., Hawkey, AJ. "Surviving Discrimination by Pulling Together": LGBTQI Cancer Patient and Carer Experiences of Minority Stress and Social Support. Frontiers in Oncology. 2022;12:918016. Epub 2022/07/12. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.918016. PubMed PMID: 35814403; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC9263127. *Joint first authorship.

     

11. Ussher, JM.,* Power, R.,* Perz, J., Hawkey, AJ., Allison, K. LGBTQI Inclusive Cancer Care: A Discourse Analytic Study of Health Care Professional, Patient and Carer Perspectives. Frontiers in Oncology. 2022;12:832657. Epub 2022/05/28. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.832657. PubMed PMID: 35619900; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPMC9127408. *Joint first authorship.

     

12. Ussher, JM., Perz, J., Allison, K., Power, R., Hawkey, A., Dowsett, GW., Hickey, M., Parton, C., McDonald, F., Davis, I., Quinn, G., Boydell, K., Robinson, K., Chambers, S., Anazodo, A. Attitudes, knowledge and practice behaviours of oncology health care professionals towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) patients and their carers: A mixed-methods study. Patient Education and Counselling. 2022;105(7):2512-23. Epub 2022/01/10. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.12.008. PubMed PMID: 34998663.