Dr Tegan Stettaford
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology - Science; University of Newcastle, 2026
Bachelor of Psychology (Honours); University of Newcastle, 2020
Tegan is a Lecturer in Health Behaviour Change - Exercise and Sport Psychology in the School of Health Sciences at the University of New South Wales, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Her research interests are in Health Behaviour Change particularly for mental health populations, as well as tertiary education development and student experience (especially well-being).
Tegan's PhD involved a Cluster RCT to improve lifestyle risk factors (tobacco smoking, poor nutrition, alcohol overconsumption, physical inactivity, and overweight/obesity) amongst community mental health service clients via the implementation of a specialist preventive care clinician model.
Tegan is an Honorary Associate Lecturer at the University of Newcastle, where she completed her Undergraduate and PhD studies in Psychology.
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2023 Dean鈥檚 Excellence award 鈥� Graduate Research,听University of Newcastle
2023 Teaching award 鈥� LDTI, University of Newcastle
Publications
- Truong, L., Stettaford, T., Watt, K., Ghafournia, N., Anetko, P., Shin, J., ... & Martin, J. H. (2026). PAtient-Centric epilepsy clinical trIal model For Improved health outcomes using Cannabidiol (PACIFIC study)鈥攁 methodology for developing patient-centred clinical trials in rare epilepsy syndromes.听BMC Medical Research Methodology.听丑迟迟辫蝉://诲辞颈.辞谤驳/10.1186/蝉12874-025-02757-1听
- Jazayeri, D., Banfield, M., Tapp, C., Tjung, C., Stettaford, T., Stewart, V., ... & Palmer, V. J. (2025). Capacity-building strategy for next-generation mental health research: embedding a national network infrastructure to grow mental health researcher capabilities and mental health lived-experience research leaders.听BMJ mental health,听28(1).
- Stettaford, T., Fehily, F., Campbell, E., Barker, D., Oldmeadow, C., McKeon, E., Love, S., Lawn, S., Castle, D., & Bowman, J. (2024). Risk prevalence, readiness and confidence to change lifestyle risk factors among clients of community mental health services. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.
- Taheri, M., Harding, N., Stettaford, T., Fitzpatrick, S., & McCormack, L. (2024). Female-specific refugee trauma impacting psychological wellbeing post-settlement: A scoping review of research.听Journal of Loss and Trauma, 1-30.
- Fehily, C., Jackson, B., Hansen, V., Stettaford, T., Bartlem, K., Clancy, R., & Bowman, J. (2023). Increasing chronic disease preventive care in community mental health services: clinician-generated strategies.听BMC psychiatry,听23(1), 933.
- Fehily, C.; McKeon, E.; Stettaford, T.; Campbell, E.; Lodge, S.; Dray, J.; Bartlem, K.; Reeves, P.; Oldmeadow, C.; Castle, D.; Lawn, S.; Bowman, J. The Effectiveness and Cost of an Intervention to Increase the Provision of Preventive Care in Community Mental Health Services: Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.听Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health听2022,听19, 3119.
My Teaching
Course Convenor for HLTH3000 & EXPT3220听
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