Associate Professor Lisa Whop
BMedSc, MAppEpid, PhD (Epidemiology)
Senior Fellow
ANU College of Health and Medicine
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02 6127 0074
Areas of expertise
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Health And Wellbeing 4504
- Epidemiology 4202
- Oncology And Carcinogenesis 3211
- Preventative Health Care 420605
- Health Surveillance 420310
Research interests
- Equity focused research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
- Record linkage.
- Cervical cancer prevention.
- Cancer screening.
- Vaccination
Biography
Associate Professor Whop is a Torres Strait Islander NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow and epidemiologist. She is Australia’s leading authority on cervical cancer control in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Her research program focuses on cervical cancer control (screening and vaccination) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. She is Chief investigator on the Centre for Research Excellence on Targeted Approaches To Improve Cancer Services (TACTICS) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians where so co-leads the Prevention and Screening stream and Principle Investigator on an ARC Discovery Indigenous grant focused on understanding the modifiable factors that influence uptake and completion of HPV vaccination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents. She brings research experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, creating meaning ways of engagement and community empowerment within an Indigenist research approach to direct her program. She has special interests in achieving equity by process and outcomes in epidemiology, vaccine preventable disease and translation of research into policy and practice.
Publications
- Whop, L, Butler, T, Lee, N et al. 2022, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women's views of cervical screening by self-collection: a qualitative study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 161-169.
- Lynch, K, Brian, G, Ahwang, T et al. 2022, 'Discord between presence of follicular conjunctivitis and Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a single Torres Strait Island community: a cross-sectional survey', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 155-160.
- Marshall, H, Andreawerra, P, Ward, J et al. 2022, 'An Observational Study to Assess the Effectiveness of 4CMenB against Meningococcal Disease and Carriage and Gonorrhea in Adolescents in the Northern Territory, Australia—Study Protocol', Vaccines, vol. 10, no. 2.
- Dasgupta, P, Aitken, J, Condon, J et al. 2021, 'Temporal and area-level variation in prevalence of high-grade histologically confirmed cervical abnormalities among Indigenous and non-Indigenous women, Queensland, Australia, 2008-2017', Journal of Medical Screening, vol. 28, no. 3.
- Vujovich-Dunn, C, Skinner, S, Brotherton, J et al. 2021, 'School-level variation in coverage of co-administered dTpa and HPV dose 1 in three Australian States', Vaccines, vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 1-14.
- Dasgupta, P, Condon, J, Whop, L et al. 2021, 'Access to Aboriginal Community-Controlled Primary Health Organizations Can Explain Some of the Higher Pap Test Participation Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women in North Queensland, Australia', Frontiers in Oncology, vol. 11.
- Kearns, T, Diaz, A, Whop, L et al. 2021, 'Investigating inequities in cardiovascular care and outcomes for Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: protocol for a Hospital-Based Retrospective Cohort Data Linkage Project.', BMJ Open, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 1-9.
- Garvey, G, Anderson, K, Gall, A et al. 2021, 'The Fabric of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing: A Conceptual Model', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 15.
- Brotherton, J, Dorothy, M, Smith, M et al. 2021, 2021 Cervical Cancer Elimination Progress Report: Australia’s progress towards the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem.
- Jaenke, R, Butler, T, Condon, J et al. 2021, 'Health care provider perspectives on cervical screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: a qualitative study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 150-157.
- Garvey, G, Anderson, K, Gall, A et al. 2021, 'What matters 2 adults (Wm2adults): Understanding the foundations of aboriginal and torres strait islander wellbeing', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 12.
- Whop, L, Butler , T, Brotherton, J et al. 2021, 'Study protocol: Yarning about HPV Vaccination: A qualitative study of factors influencing HPV vaccination among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents in Australia', BMJ Open, vol. 11, no. 8.
- Watego, C, Whop, L, Singh, D et al. 2021, 'Black to the future: Making the case for indigenist health humanities', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 16.
- Dodd, R, Whop, L & Smith, M 2021, 'Facilitating uptake of cervical screening among Indigenous women to achieve equitable and timely elimination of cervical cancer', The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, vol. 13.
- Whop, L, Smith, M, Butler , T et al. 2021, 'Achieving cervical cancer elimination among Indigenous women', Preventive Medicine, vol. 144.
- Sisnowski, J, Vujovich-Dunn, C, Gidding, H et al. 2021, 'Differences in school factors associated with adolescent HPV vaccination initiation and completion coverage in three Australian states', Vaccine, vol. 39, pp. 6117-6126.
- Butler, T, Anderson, K, Condon, J et al. 2020, 'Indigenous Australian women's experiences of participation in cervical screening', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1-18.
- Bond, C, Whop, L, Singh, D et al. 2020, '"Now we say Black Lives Matter but ... the fact of the matter is, we just Black matter to them"', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 213, no. 6, pp. 248-250.
- Dasgupta, P, Aitken, J, Condon, J et al. 2020, 'Spatial and temporal variations in cervical cancer screening participation among indigenous and non-indigenous women, Queensland, Australia, 2008-2017', Cancer Epidemiology, vol. 69, no. -, pp. 1-8.
- Howard, K, Anderson, K, Cunningham, J et al. 2020, 'What Matters 2 Adults: a study protocol to develop a new preference-based wellbeing measure with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults (WM2Adults)', BMC Public Health, vol. 20, no. 1.
- Watego, C & Whop, L 2020, The answer to Indigenous vulnerability to coronavirus: a more equitable public health agenda. The Conversation, pp. 1-9.
- Whop, L, Drummond, A & Watego, C 2019, 'The Blackfulla Test: 11 reasons that Indigenous health research grant/publication should be rejected'.
- Whop, L 2019, 'When numbers and stories collide - the fight for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women'.
- Whop, L, Cunningham , J, Garvey, G et al. 2019, 'Towards global elimination of cervical cancer in all groups of women', The Lancet Oncology, vol. 20, no. 5, p. 238.
- Brotherton, J, Winch, K, Chappell, G et al. 2019, 'HPV vaccination coverage and course completion rates for Indigenous Australian adolescents, 2015', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 211, no. 1, pp. 31-36.
- Dasgupta, P, Whop, L, Diaz, A et al. 2019, 'Spatial variation in cervical cancer screening participation and outcomes among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in Queensland', Geographical Research, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 111-122.
- Diaz, A, Vo, B, Baade, P et al. 2019, 'Service Level Factors Associated with Cervical Screening in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Centres in Australia', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 16, no. 19, pp. 1-12.
- Marcusson-Rababi, B, Anderson, K, Whop, L et al. 2019, 'Does gynaecological cancer care meet the needs of Indigenous Australian women? Qualitative interviews with patients and care providers', BMC Health Services Research, vol. 19, pp. 1-14.
- Butler, T, Anderson, K, Garvey, G et al. 2019, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's domains of wellbeing: A comprehensive literature review', Social Science & Medicine, vol. 233, pp. 138-157.
- Griffiths, K, Coleman, C, Al-Yaman, F et al. 2019, 'The identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in official statistics and other data: Critical issues of international significance', Statistical Journal of the IAOS, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 91-106.
- Lawton, B, Heffernan, M, Wurtak, G et al. 2019, 'IPVS Policy Statement addressing the burden of HPV disease for Indigenous peoples.', Papillomavirus Research, vol. 9.
- Li, M, Roder, D, Whop, L et al. 2019, 'Aboriginal women have a higher risk of cervical abnormalities at screening; South Australia, 1993-2016', Journal of Medical Screening, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 104-112.
- Diaz, A, Baade, P, Valery, P et al. 2018, 'Comorbidity and cervical cancer survival of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian women: A semi-national registry-based cohort study (2003-2012)', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 13, no. 5.
- Whop, L, Diaz, A, Baade, P et al. 2016, 'Using probabilistic record linkage methods to identify Australian Indigenous women on the Queensland Pap Smear Register: the National Indigenous Cervical Screening Project', BMJ Open, vol. 6, no. 2, p. 10.
- Whop, L, Bernardes, C, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, S et al. 2016, 'Indigenous Australians with non-small cell lung cancer or cervical cancer receive suboptimal treatment', Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. e224-e231.
- Valery, P, Whop, L, Morseu-Diop, N et al. 2015, 'Carers' perspectives on an effective Indigenous health model for childhood asthma in the Torres Strait', The Australian Journal of Rural Health, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 170-175.
- Whop, L, Valery, P, Beesley, V et al 2012, 'Navigating the cancer journey: A review of patient navigator programs for Indigenous cancer patients', Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. e89-e96.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Identifying primary care opportunities to enhance HPV vaccination and cervical screening for priority population groups (Secondary Investigator)
- Preparation of a data scoping paper to support the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Strategic Plan and Implementation Plan 2021-2031 (Secondary Investigator)
- Tackling Indigenous Smoking - National Program Evaluation and Regional Grants Impact and Outcomes Assessment (Health 22-23/E22-83847) (Secondary Investigator)
- Embedding community driven models to increase cervical screening via HPV self-collection to improve cervical cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (Primary Investigator)
- Addressing racialised health inequities in cancer (Primary Investigator)
- Scoping of program tools, guidance, information and communications to support the early design of a potential lung cancer screening program (LCSP) in Australia (Secondary Investigator)
- Aboriginal Tobacco Scoping Project (Secondary Investigator)
- The PREVENT Project: Point of care utilising self-collection for HPV testing to prevent cervical cancer and same day follow-up testing. (Secondary Investigator)
- Stakeholder consultation and the development of a comprehensive implementation and engagement plan for the roll out of the proposed policy changes on self-collection under the National Cervical Screening Program (Secondary Investigator)
- Reducing disparities in cervical cancer incidence for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women through screening and vaccination (transferred from Menzies School of Health Research) (Primary Investigator)
- Yarning with our mob about HPV vaccination uptake (Primary Investigator)
- Targeted approaches to improve cancer services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians (Secondary Investigator)
