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Dr Suzanne McDonald

@suzannemcdonald.bsky.social
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Expertise in N-of-1 study design & analysis | Co-Chair of the International Collaborative Network for N-of-1 Trials & Single-Case Designs (www.nof1sced.org) | Director at N-of-1 Hub | Clinical Researcher at University of Queensland | Chartered Psychologist

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Deadline approaching - 21st March. Join the International Collaborative Network for N-of-1 Trials and Single-Case Designs (ICN) Team! – Multiple volunteer opportunities available. More info here www.nof1sced.org/vacancies #nof1
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Pleased to see this paper just published. We explore the need for personalised research methods (including #Nof1 methods) in psychology. Traditional methods often fall short because they assume what works for the ‘average’ person works for everyone -rarely true! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Personality psychology is getting personal: Advancing the field through personalisation.
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Just read this thought-provoking paper published in EJPP that explores the evolving debate between nomothetic & idiographic approaches in personality research. Was happy to see N-of-1 studies highlighted for their role in generating person-specific insights journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... #nof1
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Beyond nomothetics and idiographics: Towards a systematization of personality research approaches - Le Vy Phan, Nick Modersitzki, Niclas Kuper, Nadin Beckmann, Malgosia Fajkowska, Mario Gollwitzer, Ka...
Psychology is concerned with both general laws of psychological functioning and with the individual person. The debate surrounding nomothetics and idiographics ...
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 26/07/2024
At the recent @ARCSAustralia conference in Sydney, it was inspiring to see how far we've come in developing innovative clinical trial designs/approaches such as the SKYHOOK model for rare disease trials and pooled N-of-1 trials. Read more:...
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
At the end of last year our team received funding from Metro South Health @MetSthHealth for an N-of-1 project using the ‘StudyU’ app to personalise non-pharmacological management of chronic pain. #nof1 #SCED #digitalhealth
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 22/08/2023
Acceptability and optimisation of resources to support antidepressant cessation: A qualitative think-aloud study with patients bjgp.org/content/early/2023/08/21/B… @WallisKatharine @markhoro @UQMedicine @BJGPjournal
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Acceptability and optimisation of resources to support an...
Background Stopping long-term (>12 months) antidepressant...
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 06/12/2021
Looking forward to talking about N-of-1 trials and their benefits and challenges at the Australian Trials Methodology conference 2021 (@austrim_cre) today #nof1 #atmc21
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 03/12/2021
1 year today I was awarded a Distinguished Talent Visa from @ausgov for my contributions to academia & research. Thanks Prof David Paterson (@davidantibiotic), Prof Stuart Biddle (@stuart_biddle), A/Prof Jane Nikles, Prof James McGree & Prof Martin White for letters of support!
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 21/08/2021
Patient-centred N-of-1 designs may offer a flexible yet scientifically robust method for exploring symptom patterns and triggers in ME/CFS at the individual level Protocol for a feasibility and acceptability study: rdcu.be/ctSbc @PatientJournal #pwme #mecfs #nof1
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 09/08/2021
N-of-1 protocol just published: Exploring Symptom Fluctuations and Triggers in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Using Novel Patient-Centred N-of-1 Observational Designs: A Protocol for a Feasibility and Acceptability...
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 04/08/2021
Just published! Read about the vision & mission of the International Collaborative Network for N-of-1 Trials and Single-Case Designs (@nof1SCED). Proud to co-chair this network with @JaneNikles with support from N-of-1/SCD experts across the world. Pls RT! bit.ly/37fYqDn
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 09/06/2021
Great to see this study published, which explored primary healthcare professionals’ views on a new QoL tool for overweight and obese young people Implementing a weight-specific quality-of-life tool for young people in primary healthcare...
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 09/04/2021
We’re delighted to complete the Frontiers Research Topic on ‘Creating Evidence using Real World Digital Data’. To date, it’s received over 43,000 views. Our editorial has recently been published to complete the collection of articles in the topic:...
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 10/12/2020
Great to be part of the 2020 Herston Health Precinct Symposium today and give a presentation on ‘The Power of N-of-1 Trials and Single-Case Designs in Clinical Research’ on behalf of the N-of-1 trials unit at UQ Centre for Clinical Research! @MetroNorthHHS #nof1 #SCED
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 07/07/2020
Excited to see our paper published in Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology. We used the Theoretical Domain Framework to explore influences on smoking behaviour & perceptions of dentist‐delivered smoking cessation advice onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10…
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 05/06/2020
Our paper has just been published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care: Breast cancer nursing interventions and clinical effectiveness: a systematic review Informing #BreastCancer #Nursing models of care @rayychan⁩ ⁦ ⁦@McGrathFdn⁩ ...
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 23/01/2020
Just out! Analysing N-of-1 observational data in health psychology and behavioural medicine: a 10-step SPSS tutorial for beginners. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.108… @RuteVVieira @AHPG_UoA @nof1SCED @EHPSociety @divhealthpsych #nof1
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 17/01/2020
Great to see 11 papers already published in our N-of-1 special issue in Healthcare (@Healthcare_MDPI). Take a look here 👀➡️ buff.ly/2x4LTAi Includes submissions from @PatrickOnghena @bengoldacre @iainchalmersTTi @jsamuel729 and more! #nof1 @JaneNikles @nof1SCED
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 18/12/2019
Can’t wait to share our newly accepted paper ‘Analysing N-of-1 observational data in health psychology and behavioural medicine: A 10-step SPSS tutorial for beginners’ in Health Psychology & Behavioural Medicine. Important paper for people new to analysing #nof1 data @nof1SCED
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 09/12/2019
Amazing to see this article has been viewed exactly 5000 times since publication on the main website alone. If you want to read about the state of the art and future opportunities for using #nof1 methods in health behaviour research click here:...
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 09/12/2019
Love working at the @Monash_SPHPM St Kilda Road campus, even on a 37 degrees Melbourne day ☀️😅 #summer
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 08/12/2019
Just out! Comparison of Aggregated N-of-1 Trials with Parallel and Crossover Randomized Controlled Trials Using Simulation Studies, in #nof1 special issue in @Healthcare_MDPI www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/7/4/137/htm @BlackstonWalker @j_mcgree @AndrewGChapple @JaneNikles...
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 08/12/2019
Excited to see 6 articles published in our N-of-1 special issue already, and more to come! www.mdpi.com/journal/healthcare/spe… @JaneNikles @Healthcare_MDPI @nof1SCED #nof1
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N-of-1 Trials in Healthcare
Special Issue in journal Healthcare: N-of-1 Trials in Hea...
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 23/10/2019
Just out! Patient views about individual and multiple behaviour change before surgery to reduce peri-operative risk. Surgery may represent a ‘teachable moment’ #prehab. @Anaes_Journal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10…
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 15/10/2019
We have received 17 abstracts for our N-of-1 special issue in @FrontiersIn ‘Creating evidence from real world patient digital data’. We would like to have 20 by the end of Oct. Please consider submitting an article! More here: ow.ly/JVZZ30pIY5C #nof1 #SCED pls RT!
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 18/09/2019
Deadline extended to 30th Nov for article submissions to our N-of-1 special issue 'Creating Evidence from Real World Patient Data' in Frontiers. See: www.frontiersin.org/research-topics… Pls RT @FrontPsychol...
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Frontiers | Creating Evidence from Real World Patient Dig...
N-of-1 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) provide an opp...
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 24/08/2019
Fantastic write up about N-of-1 trials in @TheScientistLLC, including some of the work happening at @UQMedicine led by the amazing @JaneNikles www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.the-scie…
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N-of-1 Trials Take on Challenges in Health Care
From personalizing clinical practice to aiding biomedical...
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 02/07/2019
Take home messages about prehabilitation in cancer @EBPOM @POETTSoc
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 02/07/2019
Looking forward to sharing the results from this multi-disciplinary project looking at patients’ views about multiple behaviour change prior to surgery today at @EBPOM @britishmuseum #prehab2019 #perioperativemedicine #prehabilitation
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 24/06/2019
Welcome to Glasgow... where the weather is broken, my suitcase is broken and I am broken 🤯🤣
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 21/06/2019
If you aren’t already following Dr Melanie Chalder (@UKSBM_Fellow), our fantastic @uksbm fellow, DO IT NOW! Melanie tweets about the latest behavioural medicine news, including important consultation calls! Go, go, go 😀 #FollowFriday #ff #uksbm
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 20/06/2019
We were lucky to have the incredible @PWGTennant at our first @UK_nof1 meeting who emphasised the role of #causalmethods and importance of taking a #causalinference perspective when analysing observational n-of-1 data! Read more here: buff.ly/2IXYmLW
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 20/06/2019
Exploring the Contributions of N-of-1 Methods to Health Psychology Research and Practice: www.researchgate.net/publication/33… #nof1
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 15/06/2019
So.. Today I was asked “why don’t you just get a lecturer job where you just have to turn up to give a few lectures, you get loads of holidays and it’s a permanent job”... Who wants to start? #HigherEd @PWGTennant
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 14/06/2019
Hot off the press! Our pilot RCT and process evaluation of e-cigs for smoking cessation in periodontitis patients (led by the brilliant @DrRichHolliday) showed that a definitive trial is feasible and that e-cigs may improve smoking quit rates:...
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 04/05/2019
New N-of-1 Special Issue in Frontiers 'Creating Evidence from Real World Patient Digital Data' Further info here: www.frontiersin.org/research-topics… Deadlines: Abstract: 30 June 2019 Full manuscript: 31...
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 26/03/2019
Quick London visit over. Always a pleasure to come here to teach #nof1 to @MSc_HealthPsy. #noneofthemfellasleep
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 22/03/2019
On my way to the UK to talk about n-of-1 methods with @methodsMcr @ManHealthPsych @MSc_HealthPsy @UoBrisSPS @StirUni_Psych. Half way there...
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 05/03/2019
Read our letter 'Finding Benefit in N-of-1 Trials' published today in JAMA Internal Medicine: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaintern… @JAMAInternalMed
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 26/10/2018
Single-case methodology in health research: A 2-day hands on, skills development workshop - 26-27th November 2018 @ The University of Queensland. Visit: recover.centre.uq.edu.au/event/745/… Pls share @QUT @RealHealthM @qut_ihbi @QUTHlthStudents @syd_health...
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 20/09/2018
Day 5 of 7: B&W photos from your life. No people/explanation/colour. Nominated by @ChrisK_UofM and now nominate @godfreybiomed
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 14/09/2018
We are using an old framework to resolve the most common contemporary health problems Lifestyle change as precision medicine @HarvardHealth buff.ly/2nmdeJw
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 06/09/2018
Prof Derek Johnston talks about the results from a survey of EHPS and DHP members about their views on using n of 1 methods at #dhpconf
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 06/09/2018
Interested in n-of-1 methods and ecological momentary assessment? Come to our symposium today at 9:00am in Hillgate at #dhpconf @divhealthpsych
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 05/09/2018
Interested in n-of-1 methods and ecological momentary assessment? Come to our symposium tomorrow at 9:00am in Hillgate at #dhpconf.
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 16/08/2018
Brilliant overview paper on how to develop effective, theory based and evaluable interventions by @FSniehotta @VeraAraujoSoare @JPresseau @DrAMRodrigues et al buff.ly/2MgWemS
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 23/07/2018
Completely in love with #Queensland 😍
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 06/02/2018
Read our new paper which uses n-of-1 methods to understand how physical activity changes during the retirement transition. Predictors of PA are not the same for all individuals - ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/1…
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 08/12/2017
Changes in physical activity during the retirement transition: a series of novel n-of-1 natural experiments ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/1…
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · 30/10/2017
Looking forward to seeing everyone who is attending our n-of-1 methods seminar today sponsored by @divhealthpsych at @NclUni_IHS
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