Two recent publications by Dr Hamilton have been awarded the Menzies Health Institute Queensland Excellence in Publication Award

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The Menzies Health Institute Queensland Excellence in Publication Awards are awarded to publications published in the top 5 journals by impact factor based on the Web of Science Journal Citation Reports and achieving a normalised citation impact in the top 5% of articles published in that year. The publications which received these awards can be read below:

Hamilton, K., Cleary, C., White, K. M., & Hawkes, A. (2016). Keeping kids sun safe: exploring parents’ beliefs about their young child’s sun-protective behaviours. Psycho-Oncology, 25, 158-163. doi:10.1002/pon.3888

Hamilton, K., Kirkpatrick, A., Rebar, A., White, K.M. & Hagger, M. S. (2017). Protecting young children against skin cancer: Parental beliefs, roles, and regret. Psycho-Oncology, 26, 2135-2141. doi:10.1002/pon.4434

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Dr. Kyra Hamilton is Professor in health psychology and behavioural medicine in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University, Australia. She has both psychology and nursing qualifications and over 30 years’ experience in the health field. She has particular research interests in health behaviour motivation, self-regulation, and change. Dr. Hamilton has won national and international awards for her research and is Chief Investigator on national and international competitive and industry grant funded projects. She is Co-Editor-in Chief Psychology & Health. Dr. Hamilton is Fellow Australian Psychological Society and European Health Psychology Society.