Research

While a PhD Candidate at the ANU, I was doing research into the way the health system responded to the emergence of contested illnesses in Australia (and this was before COVID). Specifically inspired by the abhorrent treatment of people who present with Lyme-like illness in Australia as evidenced by the Senate Inquiry into the matter.

Before that I did an Honours research project looking into the effect of superfoods on people’s health behaviors (didn’t find anything exciting/shocking), research into how to increase vaccine uptake (free and convenient, though this was before COVID) and how portrayals of doctors in TV affected people’s expectations in their own healthcare (mixed). I also briefly dabbled in a prior life in some Astronomy research projects (one looking at how we define/differentiate different object categories in our solar system and another looking to find evidence of intergalactic ‘star bridges’) before quickly realizing Astronomy/Astrophysics is not for me.

I’ve also done various research projects through the Consumers Health Forum of Australia as the Research and Policy Officer. Most notably the Australian Health Consumer Sentiment Survey in partnership with the NHMRC Partnership Centre for Health System Sustainability in 2018 and again in 2021, over a dozen Australia’s Health Panel research surveys conducted since 2018 and a project looking at the effects of Patient Activation on health outcomes/experiences for people with chronic illness. Also did some work with the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance researching and developing a consumer involvement toolkit for clinical trials researchers in Australia.

I’m almost certainly forgetting something here…

Anyway, here is a up-to-date-in-2022 publications list for those into the academic sort of thing:

RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • Principal investigator, An investigation into the response to the potential emergence of new diseases in Australia, The Australian National University (2016-2022)
  • Principal investigator, Superfoods: you’ll believe that food can fly!, The Australian National University (2015)
  • Principal investigator, Getting the point across: a study into the effects of vaccination interventions on vaccine uptake, The Australian National University (2014)
  • Co-investigator, The Consumer Sentiment Survey, The Consumers Health Forum of Australia (2018-present)
  • Co-investigator, STARDIT- Standardised Data on Initiatives, The Consumers Health Forum of Australia (2019-present)
  • Co-investigator, Patient Activation in Australians with chronic illness , The Consumers Health Forum of Australia (2019)
  • Co-investigator, Doctor in the House: the effect of fictional portrayls of doctors on patients expectations , The Australian National University (2012-2014)

PUBLICATIONS

JOURNALS

  • Ellis, L., Pomare, C., Gillespie, J., Root, J., Ansell, J. et al (2021), Changes in public perceptions and experiences of the Australian health‐care system: A decade of change. Health Expect; 24: 95– 110. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13154
  • Straiton, N., McKenzie, A., Bowden, J., Nichol, A., Murphy,. R., Snelling,. Zalcberg, J., Clements, J., Subbs, J., Ecnomides, A., Kent, D., Andell, J., Symons, T. (2020), “Facing the Ethical Challenges: Consumer Involvement in COVID-19 Pandemic Research”. Bioethical Inquiry 17, 743–748, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-020-10060-5
  • Ellis, L., Pomare, C., Gillespie, J., Root, J., Ansell, J. et al (in press), Accessible and affordable healthcare? Views of Australians with and without chronic conditions.” Internal Medicine Journal.
  • Ansell, J., Spennermann R., Simmons, K., Pham, L., Huttner-Koros, A., Cheah, S., Tacey, M (in press) “Doctor in the House: Factors affecting young people’s preference of doctors and the patient-doctor relationship”, Medical Student Journal of Australia (MSJA)

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  • Ansell, J. and Wells, L. (2019, May) “Using the Patient Activation Measure to improve health outcomes for Australians with chronic illness”, 3rd Choosing Wisely Australia National Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, 30th May 2019
  • Ansell, J. (2018, April) “A systematic review of vaccination communications: can we reduce vaccine hesitancy and increase vaccination rates?”, 15th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST 2018), Dunedin, New Zealand, 3-6 April 2018
  • Ansell, J. (2018, April) “A systematic review of vaccination communications: can we reduce vaccine hesitancy and increase vaccination rates?”(Poster), 15th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST 2018), Dunedin, New Zealand, 3-6 April 2018
  • Ansell, J. (2018, April) “Idea in progress:-Treating patients with an illness that may not exist: using ‘Lyme’ or ‘Lyme-like illness’ in Australia as a case study for developing patient centric communication strategies and policy guidelines for interacting with complex and controversial illnesses”, 15th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST 2018), Dunedin, New Zealand, 3-6 April 2018