Professor Rebekah Laidsaar-Powell is a Senior Lecturer and Cancer Institute NSW Early Career Research Fellow within the School of Psychology. She is dedicated to developing and conducting clinically relevant and impactful research which improves the clinical care and psychosocial well-being of individuals living with chronic physical and/or mental health conditions, and their family carers. She has over 15 years' experience in conducting both qualitative and quantitative research in the healthcare setting. Since 2012, Rebekah has published more than 50 articles in international scientific journals and has been a Chief Investigator on grants totalling over $2.5 million in research funding.

Professor Laidsaar-Powell is internationally recognised for her research in the involvement of carers in the medical system and developed the first published clinical strategies for health professionals to manage and enhance communication with carers in oncology. She has lived experience as a family carer, and a deep understanding of the challenges and rewards of supporting a loved one with a chronic illness.

Rebekah is also an experienced and dedicated educator within the School of Psychology, as a Unit of Study Coordinator and Lecturer across the areas of health psychology and mental health conditions. In addition, she feels fortunate to educate and mentor the next generation of researchers as an Honours, Masters, and PhD student supervisor.