Dr Emilee Gilbert

• Biography
• Areas of Expertise
• Grants / Current Projects
• Publications
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Biography

I have expertise in a range of qualitative methodologies, public health policies and practices, and the application of post-structural theory to the analysis of issues surrounding gender, health, and sexuality. My research focuses on young women's experiences of cigarette smoking, and issues surrounding sexuality and fertility in the context of cancer. I have contributed to the field of gender and health through the publication of research and theory papers examining sexual subjectivity in relation to health issues, and the examination of women's health in the context of health promotion. More broadly, I lecture in qualitative research methods for the social sciences, and in psychology and health. I have presented papers nationally and internationally which address areas including: cancer caring, cancer and sexuality, cigarette smoking as a gendered practice; maternal smoking, and young women's resistance to anti-smoking campaigns. I have been significantly involved in media discussions and interviews, and professional service in the area of gender and health and public health policies.

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Areas of  Expertise

Gender, sexuality, cigarette smoking, health policy and practice, post-structualism.

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Grants / Current Projects

Ussher, J, M., Perz, J., Gilbert, E (2011-2014) The construction and experience of fertility in the context of cancer: Patient, partner and health professional perspectives. ARC Linkage (with NSWCC, NBCF, CanTeen, Family Planning & Westmead and Nepean Hospitals).

Ussher, JM, Perz, J, Gilbert, E, Sundquist K, Batt, G, Wain, G (2008-2011). Multiple perspectives on sexuality and intimacy post-cancer, leading to the development and evaluation of supportive interventions. ARC Linkage (with NSWCC, NBCF, Westmead and Nepean Hospitals).

Ussher, J, M., Perz, J., Gilbert, E (2010-2011) Sexual Wellbeing and breast cancer. Breast Cancer Network Australia.

Ussher J, Perz J, Gilbert E, Wong T, Narchal R, Nicholson Perry K , (2010); Rae M, Wiesberg E, Newman P. Pilot project examining the sexual and reproductive health needs of CALD populations (Family Planning, NSW) School of Psychology, UWS.

Gilbert, E. (2008-2009). What smoking means to me: The construction and experience of cigarette smoking, performative gender identity, and social identity practices for young women smokers. School of Psychology, UWS.

Perz, J, Chessor, D, Gilbert, E, Ussher, J, M (2007-2008). Local answers: a pilot study examining the effects and impact of a school community program. Penrith Panthers

Ussher, J., Butow, P., Batt, G., Sundquist, K., & Wain, G (2005-2008). An evaluation of concerns, self-perceived needs, and supportive interventions, for informal cancer carers: A comparative study of female & male carers.

Gilbert, E (2006). Cancer caring, sexuality, and negotiating a sense of self in intimate relationships: An examination of the subjective experiences of gender practices and sexuality for cancer carers in couple relationships.

 
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Selected Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Gilbert, E., Ussher, J.M. & Perz, J. Sexuality after Gynaecological cancer: A review of the material, intrapsychic, and discursive aspects of treatment on women’s sexual-wellbeing. Maturitas. 70. 42-57

Ussher, JM, Perz, J. & Gilbert, E. Changes to sexual wellbeing and intimacy after breast cancer. Cancer Nursing (in press, accepted September 2011)

Gilbert, E., Ussher, J., Perz, J., Hobbs, K., & Kirsten, K. (2010) Positive and negative interactions with health professionals: A qualitative investigation of the experiences of informal cancer carers. Cancer Nursing: An International Journal for Cancer Care. 33(6), E1-9.

Gilbert, E., Ussher, J.M. & Perz, J. (2010). Renegotiating sexuality and intimacy in the context of cancer: The experiences of carers. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 39(4), 998-1009.

Gilbert, E., Ussher, J., & Perz, J. (2010). Sexuality after Breast Cancer: A Review. Maturitas. 66(4), 397-407.

Gilbert, E., Chessor, D., Perz, J., & Ussher, J.M. (2010). “The Classroom Project”: An Australian intervention programme working with students “at risk” of school disengagement. The International Journal of Learning, 17(4), 283-296.

Aslam, H., Kemp, L., Harris, E., & Gilbert, E. (2009). Socio-cultural perceptions of sudden infant death syndrome among migrant Indian mothers. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 45(11), 670-675.

Gilbert, E., Ussher, J.M., & Hawkins, Y. (2009). Accounts of disruptions to sexuality following cancer: the perspective of informal carers who are the partners of a person with cancer. Health: An interdisciplinary journal for the social study of health, illness and medicine, 13(5), 523-541.

Hawkins, Y., Ussher, J.M., Gilbert, E., Perz, J., Sandoval, M., & Sundquist, K. (2009). Changes in sexuality and intimacy after the diagnosis and treatment of cancer: The experience of partners in a sexual relationship with a person with cancer. Cancer Nursing: An International Journal of Cancer Care. 32(4), 271-298.

Gilbert, E (2008) 'The Art of Governing Smoking: Anti-Smoking Campaigns and the New Public Health'. Social Theory & Health .Vol. 6. pp. 97-116.

Chessor, D., Gilbert., E., Perz, J & Ussher, J (2008) Celebrity Football Players as Teacher's Aides to Enhance the Learning of Children Displaying Challenging Behaviours. The International Journal of Learning. Vol. 15. No. 4. pp.285-292.

Gilbert, E (2007) 'Constructing "Fashionable" Youth Identities: Australian Young Women Cigarette Smokers' Journal of Youth Studies Vol. 10. No. 1. pp 1-17.

Gilbert, E (2007) 'Performing Femininity: Young Women's Gendered Practice of Cigarette Smoking' Journal of Gender Studies. Vol. 16. No 2. pp. 121-137.

Gilbert, E (2005) 'Contextualising the Medical Risks of Cigarette Smoking: Australian young women's perceptions of anti-smoking campaigns' Health, Risk and Society. Vol. 7. No. 3. pp. 227-245.

Gilbert, E (1999). 'The Scientific Construction of Females as Ill'. Exist. Journal of Creative Science. No. 2. pp. 19-26.

Reports

Ussher, J.M., Perz, J., Gilbert, E. (2011). Sexual Wellbeing and Breast Cancer in Australia. Experiences of people with cancer and health professionals. Report for Breast Cancer Network Australia, School of Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Ussher, J.M., Perz, J., Gilbert, E., Wong, W.K.T., Butow, P., Wain, G., Hobbs, K., Kirsten, L., & Sandoval, M. (2010). An evaluation of concerns, self-perceived needs and supportive interventions for informal cancer carers: A comparative study of female and male carers. Report of the findings of an ARC Linkage grant.

Gilbert, E., Chessor, D., Perz, J & Ussher, J, M (2008). The local answers initiative evaluation report 2008: An evaluation conducted for Panthers on the Prowl.

Gilbert, E (2002). 'Resistance to Public Health Campaigns: Problematising the construction of the anti-smoking discourse by reference of female smokers' responses to anti-smoking campaigns'. The Tobacco Education Clearinghouse of California (TECC). California Department of Health Services , Tobacco Control Section (TCS).

Books Edited

Gilbert, E (2003). New Perspectives in Sociology. Macquarie Lighthouse Press. Macquarie University. ISBN 1 86408 729 3

Book Chapters

Ussher, JM., Perz, J. & Gilbert, E. (2012) The Experience and Construction of Changes to Women’s Sexuality after Breast Cancer. In: D. Castaneda (ed) An Essential Handbook of Women's Sexuality, Praeger.

Ussher, JM, Perz, J., Gilbert, E., Hawkins, Y., Wong, W.K.T. (2012) Sexuality and intimacy in the context of cancer. In: Cancer treatment, In-Tech Publishers, ISBN 979-953-307-208-0. 

Gilbert, E (2003). 'Anti-Smoking Campaigns and the Biomedical Imperative of Health: An Analysis of Australian Anti-Smoking Public Health Practices' in Gilbert, E (ed) New Perspectives in Sociology: Papers from the 2001/2002 Postgraduate Sociology Colloquium. Macquarie Lighthouse Press. Macquarie University. ISBN 1 86408 729 3

Gilbert, E (2003) 'Public Health Campaigns and the Biomedical Imperative of Health: Discourse analysis of Australian anti-smoking campaigns' New Perspectives in Sociology. Macquarie Lighthouse Press.

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