Associate Professor Chantal Ski is a psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne. Prior to this she held collaborative academic, clinical and government posts. With over a decade of experience in health services research, Chantal has contributed to policy documents for government bodies (e.g. Palliative Care Consultancy Teams and funding allocation recommendations) and worked with departments such as the Victorian Department of Human Services on research-related initiatives. Chantal’s work has extended across the majority of Victoria’s public and private hospitals.
As a psychologist she has extensive clinical and research experience in the psychosocial aspects of cardiovascular disease and in developing and validating patient-reported outcome measures. Chantal’s major interests lie in the development and evaluation of brief novel psychosocial interventions for patients and their carers. She also has expertise in evaluation of health service models of care for patients with cardiovascular disease inclusive of government consultation. Chantal has been awarded over $16M in competitive research funding and is widely published including a number of review papers examining non-pharmacological interventions in a range of cardiac populations in journals such as Nature Rev Cardiol, PLoS ONE, Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs, JBI Database of Systematic Reviews, and Heart Lung.
Experience
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2017–presentAssociate Professor, University of Melbourne / St Vincent's Mental Health
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2011–2016Associate Professor, Australian Catholic University
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2006–2008Research Fellow, Melbourne University/ St Vincent's Centre for Palliative Care / Department of Human Services
Education
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2001Deakin University, PhD (psychology)
Publications
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2017Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs, Preference-based care and research
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2017Palliat Med, Implantable cardioverter defibrillator knowledge and end-of-life device deactivation: A cross-sectional survey
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2017Soc Sci Med, A. Social and emotional wellbeing assessment tools in Indigenous Australians: A critical review
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2017Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs, Depression screening and referral in cardiac wards: a 12-month patient trajectory
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2017Biol Res Nurs, Depression and pain in heart transplant recipients: an observational study
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2017J Clin Nurs, Dyadic incongruence in chronic heart failure: implications for patient and carer psychosocial health and self-care
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2017J Adv Nurs, Randomized controlled trial of family-based education for patients with heart failure and their carers
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2017Front Psychol, Psychosocial Interventions for Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Individuals with Chronic Kidney Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Grants and Contracts
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2017An Online Workplace Psychosocial CVD Prevention Program for Men at Midlife
- Role:
- AI
- Funding Source:
- Heart Foundation
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2016Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions of implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) Deactivation and EOL Issues Among ICD Recipients
- Role:
- CI
- Funding Source:
- Department of Education
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2015“You've got mail" - testing an SMS-based intervention to increase adherence amongst heart failure patients
- Role:
- AI
- Funding Source:
- Mediabnk
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2015Achieving optimal health across chronic conditions in patients and carers via TRIPOD
- Role:
- CI
- Funding Source:
- Department of Education
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2015Cardiovascular Health and well-being
- Role:
- CI
- Funding Source:
- Department of Education
Professional Memberships
- Australian Psychological Society
- Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association
- European Society of Cardiology
- Victorian Psycho-Cardiology Network
Research Areas
- Cardiology (Incl. Cardiovascular Diseases) (110201)
- Nursing (1110)
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