Dr. sc. Julia Bänziger
Postdoc (Prof. Dr. Gisela Michel)
T +41 41 229 56 29 • Room 1.B08 • julia.baenziger@unilu.ch
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Julia Bänziger completed her BSc in Psychology at the University of Fribourg (CH). Continuing her studies at the University of Lausanne (CH) and Macquarie University (Sydney, AUS), she obtained a MSc in Psychology specializing in Health Psychology and Psycho-Sociology. Her master’s thesis concerned the lived experience during pregnancy and motherhood of women with congenital heart disease, exploring difficulties, resources and coping strategies. Alongside her studies, Julia gained practical experience in assessment, coaching and counseling. In January 2016, she started her PhD concerning psychological long-term outcomes in parents of childhood cancer survivors at the Department of Health Sciences and Healthy Policy.
Research
Research interests:
- embodied-societo-psychological perspective
- living with illness (chronic and acute)
- qualitative and critical health psychology
Projects
Ongoing projects
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GROKids: Grandparents' involvement and psychosocial outcomes when a grandchild is diagnosed with cancer: acute and long-term consequences
2019–2023 -
Integrated psychological services in congenital heart disease
2020–2022 -
Psychological, quality of life and socio-economic outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–2021
Publications
Journal Article
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Baenziger, J., Roser, K., Mader, L., Harju, E., Ansari, M., Waespe, N., … Michel, G. (2020). Post-traumatic stress in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors compared to parents of the Swiss general population. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, 2 (3), 24 ff. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4134525
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Baenziger, J., Hetherington, K., Wakefield, C. E., Carlson, L., McGill, B. C., Cohn, R. J., … Sansom-Daly, U. M. (2020). Understanding parents’ communication experiences in childhood cancer: a qualitative exploration and model for future research. Supportive Care in Cancer, 28. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4153556
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Roser, K., Mader, L., Baenziger, J., Sommer, G., Kuehni, C. E., & Michel, G. (2019). Health-related quality of life in Switzerland: normative data for the SF-36v2 questionnaire. Quality of Life Research, 28 (7), 1963–1977. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2590118
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Brierly, M.-E. E., Sansom-Daly, U. M., Baenziger, J., McGill, B. C., & Wakefield, C. E. (2019). Impact of physical appearance changes among adolescents and young adults after a cancer experience. European Journal of Cancer Care; Eur J Cancer Care. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13052
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Mader, L., Roser, K., Baenziger, J., Vetsch, J., Falck Winther, J., Scheinemann, K., & Michel, G. (2019). Relationship status and quality of the partner relationship in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors: the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study - Parents. Psycho-Oncology, 28 (2), 309–316. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2203613
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Christen, S., Mader, L., Baenziger, J., Roser, K., Schindera, C., Tinner, E. M., & Michel, G. (2019). “I wish someone had once asked me how I’m doing”: Disadvantages and support needs faced by parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors. Pediatric Blood & Cancer; Pediatr Blood Cancer, 66 (8), 27767 ff. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3243515
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Roser, K., Baenziger, J., Mader, L., Christen, S., Dehler, S., & Michel, G. (2018). Attendance to Follow-Up Care in Survivors of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer: Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 7 (5), 584–591. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2384361
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Baenziger, J., Roser, K., Mader, L., Christen, S., Kuehni, C. E., Gumy-Pause, F., … Michel, G. (2018). Can the Theory of Planned Behavior help explain attendance to follow-up care of childhood cancer survivors? Psycho-Oncology, 27 (6), 1501–1508. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2385853
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Baenziger, J. (2018). “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist: CREATE workshop report. The European Health Psychologist, 20 (4). Retrieved from https://ehps.net/ehp/index.php/contents/issue/view/97/_36
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Mader, L., Vetsch, J., Christen, S., Baenziger, J., Roser, K., Dehler, S., & Michel, G. (2017). Education, employment and marriage in long-term survivors of teenage and young adult cancer compared with healthy controls. Swiss Medical Weekly, (147), 14419 ff. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2017.14419
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Baenziger, J. (2017). Fachbericht zu Schwangerschaft und Mutterschaft von Frauen mit angeborenem Herzfehler. Herzblatt - Zeitschrift von CUORE MATTO, (6), 11–13. Retrieved from https://www.cuorematto.ch/medien/herzblatt/
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Mader, L., Roser, K., Baenziger, J., Tinner, E. M., Scheinemann, K., Kuehni, C. E., & Michel, G. (2017). Household income and risk-of-poverty of parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors. Pediatric Blood & Cancer; Pediatr Blood Cancer, 64 (8), 26456 ff. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2528214
Thesis
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Baenziger, J. (2020). Childhood cancer survivors & their parents: Long-term implications for care (Dissertation). Universität Luzern, Switzerland.
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Baenziger, J. (2016). Etude exploratoire. Devenir mère en étant porteuse d’une cardiopathie congénitale : une perspective corporo-sociéto-psychologique de l’expérience vécue (Masterarbeit). Université de Lausanne, Switzerland. Retrieved from http://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_S_000000023241
Online Media: Blog, Forum, Newsgroup, Website
Achievements
Contribution/presentation at a scientific conference
- Perinatal Palliative Care Services and Needs of Caregivers in Swiss Perinatal Centres: A Survey. Lecture, online Forschungswebinar, Palliativ.ch, Zurich, 2020
- Health-related quality of life in Switzerland: normative data for the SF-36 questionnaire. Poster, Swiss Public Health Conference, Public Health Schweiz; SSPH+; Universität Luzern, Luzern (virtuelle Konferenz), 2020
- Post-traumatic growth and resilience in families of childhood cancer survivors - A systematic review. Lecture, Swiss Public Health Conference, University of Lucerne, Luzern, 2020
- Psychological distress in the Swiss general population. Poster, Swiss Public Health Conference, Public Health Switzerland and Seiss School of Public Health, Luzern, 2020
- Post-traumatic growth in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors and parents of the general population. Poster, 51st Annual Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), Lyon, 2019
- Psychological distress in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors. Poster, Annual Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), Lyon, 2019
- Health-related quality of life in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors: Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study – Parents. Lecture, 51st Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), Lyon, 2019
- Post-traumatic growth in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors compared to parents of the general population. Lecture, 33rd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, European Health Psychology Society, Croatian Psychological Association & its Division of Health Psychology, Dubrovnik, 2019
- "I grew the confidence" - The health-care and communication experience for parents of children with cancer. Poster, Swiss Public Health Conference, Public Health Schweiz; Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), Winterthur, 2019
- Post-traumatic growth in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors and parents of the general population. Lecture, 24th PanCare Meeting Basel, PanCare Network, Basel, 2019
- Grandparents’ involvement and psychosocial outcomes when a grand child is diagnosed with cancer: Acute and long-term outcomes. (Panel) contribution, 24th PanCare Meeting, PanCare Committee, Basel, 2019
- Response behaviour in a study on parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors and comparisons. Lecture, 24th PanCare Meeting, PanCare, Basel, 2019
- "I grew the confidence" - The health-care and communication experience for parents of children with cancer. Poster, Cancer Survivorship Conference, Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia, Sydney, 2019
- Post-traumatic growth in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors and parents of the general population. Lecture, Swiss Public Health Conference, Public Health Schweiz; Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), Winterthur, 2019
- "I grew the confidence" - The health-care and communication experience for parents of children with cancer. Lecture, 33rd Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, European Health Psychology Society (EHPS), Dubrovnik, 2019
- The doctor-patient communication experience for parents of children with cancer. Poster, Kids Cancer Alliance Early Career Workshop, Kids Cancer Alliance, Sydney, 2018
- Relationship status and quality of partner relationship among parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors. Lecture, International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), Kyoto, 2018
- Impact of physical appearance changes reported by adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: A qualitative analysis. Poster, Sydney Cancer Conference - Bridging research and practice, Sydney Cancer Conference, Sydney, 2018
- Post-traumatic stress symptoms in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors – Data from the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Poster, Australian and New Zealand Children's Haematology/Oncology Group (ANZCHOG) Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian and New Zealand Children's Haematology/Oncology Group (ANZCHOG), Sydney, 2018
- Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms in Parents of Long-term Childhood Cancer Survivors. Lecture, International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS), International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS), Hongkong, 2018
- Health-related quality of life in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors. Lecture, PanCare Meeting, PanCare, Lübeck, 2017
- Post-traumatic stress symptoms and predictors in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors. Lecture, PanCare Meeting, PanCare, Lübeck, 2017
- Can the theory of planned behaviour help explain follow-up attendance of childhood cancer survivors? Lecture, Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS), European Health Psychology Society (EHPS), Padova, 2017
- Can the theory of planned behaviour help explain follow-up attendance of childhood cancer survivors? Lecture, PanCare Meeting, PanCare, Lund, 2017
- Education, employment and marriage in survivors of teenage and young adult cancer. Poster, 48th Congress of the International Society of Paeditric Oncology (SIOP), International Society of Paeditric Oncology (SIOP), Dublin, 2016
- Follow-up care attendance in survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer: implementation of the Theory of Planned Behaviour. Lecture, 48th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), Dublin, 2016
- Can the Theory of Planned Behavior help explain follow-up attendance of childhood cancer survivors? Lecture, 48th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), Dublin, 2016
- Follow-up care attendance in survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer: implementation of the Theory of Planned Behaviour. Poster, 5th European Symposium on Late Complications after Childhood Cancer (ESLCCC), European Symposium on Late Complications after Childhood Cancer (ESLCCC), Kopenhagen, 2016
- Can the Theory of Planned Behavior help explain follow-up attendance of childhood cancer survivors? Poster, 5th European Symposium on Late Complications after Childhood Cancer (ESLCCC), European Symposium on Late Complications after Childhood Cancer (ESLCCC), Kopenhagen, 2016
- Being different and becoming normal: Pregnancy and motherhood of women with congenital heart disease. Poster, 30th Conference of the European Health Psychologist Society, EHPS, Aberdeen, 2016
- Can the Theory of Planned Behavior help explain follow-up attendance of childhood cancer survivors? Lecture, Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group (SPOG) Scientific Meeting, Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group (SPOG), Bern, 2016
- Being different and becoming normal: Pregnancy and motherhood of women with congenital heart disease. Lecture, Scientific Meeting “Psycho-Social Care from Fetus to Adult”, Association for European and Pediatric Congenital Cardiology, Rotterdam, 2016
Event organisation
Single lecture, talk, presentation at invitation
Awards, honours, prizes and scholarships/grants
- LORY-Preis, Universität Luzern, 2020
- Integrated psychological services in congenital heart disease: A Delphi study to develop a conceptual framework for health policy and practice change, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2020
- CREATE Career Development workshop grant, European Health Psychology Society, 2018
- Improving psychosocial care for parents of childhood cancer survivors: evaluating an e-mental health intervention using mixed methods, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2017
(Peer reviewing) for journals/books/book chapters
- Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 2020
- Health Psychology, 2020
- Health Psychology, 2020
- Psycho-Oncology, 2020
- Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 2019
- Psycho-Oncology, 2019
- Psycho-Oncology, 2019
- Journal of Psychosocial Oncology: Research & Practice, 2019
- Health Psychology, 2018
- Cancer Reports, 2018
- Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 2018