Professor Monika Janda is a Adjunct Professor within the School of Public Health, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology. Prof Janda’s research has two main aims: to improve the early detection of cancer and to provide best supportive care to patients with cancer to improve their quality of life.
Her work has a particular focus on getting people to protect their skin from the sun and to become familiar with their skin which will assist in the detection of early skin cancers. She is also working on improving information and care for patients with cancer, for example by establishing those groups of patients who are at greatest risk to experience detrimental effects of cancer treatment.
Projects
- Healthy Living after Cancer
- Healthy Mobile Check-Ins: using mobile locative media to map opportunities for lifestyle change in survivors of endometrial cancer
- Healthy Texts
- Outdoor worker sun protection project
- Pathways to health: a web-delivered physical activity program to assist women surviving breast cancer meet their activity goals
- Skin Awareness Study
- The LEGS trial (lymphoedema in gynaecological cancer study)
- UV Spot Indicators: How to know when your sunscreen is no longer protecting you from the sun