Publications and Presentations

 ​​Books

• Christian, Katherine 2018 Keys to Running Successful Research Projects: All the Things They Never Teach You. Academic Press. USA. 2018.

 
Publications

• Christian K, Johnstone C, Larkins J, Wright W. Why have eight researcher women in STEMM left academic research, and where did they go? 2021 International Journal for Academic Development (In press; accepted April 2021)
• Christian K, Johnstone C, Larkins J, Wright W, Doran MR. A survey of early-career researchers in Australia. Rodgers P, Deathridge J, Lijek RS, Rolf H, Hussain T, editors. eLife. 2021 Jan 11;10:e60613 (extended version of BioRxiv pre-print below)
• Christian, K., Johnstone, C. Larkins, J., Wright, W and Doran, M .R (August 2020) What are https:questionable research practices as reported by ECRs in STEMM in Australia? //ahrecs.com/uncategorized/what-are-questionable-research-practices-as-reported-by-ecrs-in-stemm-in-australia/
• Christian, K., Johnstone, C. Larkins, J., Wright, W and Doran, M.R. (February 2020) Survey of Australian STEMM Early Career Researchers: job insecurity and questionable research practices are major structural concerns.

              https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.19.955328v2

• Christian, K., Johnstone, C. Larkins, J. and Wright, W. (17 September 2019) The need to seek institutional approval to survey staff –was this a misunderstanding of the purpose of Guideline 2.2.13 in the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research?. Research Ethics Monthly. Retrieved from: https://ahrecs.com/human-research-ethics/the-need-to-seek-institutional-approval-to-survey-staff-was-this-a-misunderstanding-of-the-purpose-of-guideline-2-2-13-in-the-national-statement-on-ethical-conduct-in-human-research
• Christian K, Scott CL (2019) Establishing the Cure Cancer Australia Mentoring Program (2017). Setting up a successful mentoring program might be easier than you think. J Intergenerational Relationships. 17(4)
• Sitas F, Yap S, Egger S, Christian K, Hodgkinson V, Barton M, O’Connell D, Nair-Shalliker V (2015) The Cancer, Lifestyle and Evaluation of Risk Study (CLEAR): Rationale and design of an unmatched “case-spouse control” study of over 10,000 participants in New South Wales, Australia. Cancer Epidemiology 39(3)

Published Blogs

• Christian K Part-time PhD at career end. Why did I do it to myself? Thriving Part time  https://thrivingparttime.wordpress.com/2021/02/08/part-time-phd-at-career-end-why-did-i-do-it-to-myself/
• Christian K Franklin Women Newsletter Stories from the Sector. February 2021. http://franklinwomen.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=9a1158154dfa42caddbd0694a4e9bdc8.67
• Christian K Why it’s Good to have a mentor – or two SciTech Connect June 2018 http://scitechconnect.elsevier.com/why-its-good-to-have-a-mentor-or-two/
• Christian K Gender inequality in the sciences: Why is it still with us? NatureJobs blog, April 9 2018 http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/2018/04/09/gender-inequality-in-the-sciences-why-is-it-still-with-us/
• Christian K NatureJobs blog, March 30 2018, Communicating your research: get it right, do it often http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/2018/03/30/communicating-your-research-get-it-right-do-it-often-it-really-matters/
• Christian K The extra bits of a grant application: a cheat sheet NatureJobs blog. Feb 2018.  http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/2018/02/21/the-extra-bits-of-a-grant-application-a-cheat-sheet/ 

Invited Speaker

• Christian K Research findings from “Challenges faced by early career researchers in the sciences in Australia St Vincents Medical Research Institute, Melbourne. Planned for May 2021
• Christian K Research findings from “Challenges faced by early career researchers in the sciences in Australia Science and Gender Equity Australia (SAGE). Planned for May 2021
• Christian K Research findings from “Challenges faced by early career researchers in the sciences in Australia at Deep Thinkers Early Mid Career Network Meeting, University of Adelaide Faculty of Medicine Adelaide October 2020
• Christian K Early learnings from the survey “Challenges faced by early career researchers in the sciences in Australia at Deep Thinkers Early Mid Career Network Meeting, University of Adelaide Faculty of Medicine Adelaide October 2019

 
Oral Presentations

• Christian K What are the motivations for early-career researchers leaving academic research in the sciences in Australia? University of NSW Postgraduate Student Conference September 2020
• Christian K Are less desirable characteristics of workplaces prevalent in the STEMM environment in spite of efforts to address needs for diversity? Australasian Research Management Society Adelaide October 2019
• Christian K What factors influence early career researchers to consider a change in their work? Federation University Australia HDR Conference July September 2019
• Christian K “Why the Book?” CREATE Symposium Gold Coast Convention Centre March 29, 2019
• Christian K Invest in Job Satisfaction Australasian Research Management Society Hobart September 2018
• Christian K Enhance your reputation with good communication Australasian Research Management Society Hobart September 2018
• Christian K Perils of interdisciplinary research Federation University Australia HDR Conference July 2018

 
Poster Presentations

• Christian K How do early career researchers in STEMM disciplines view the professional development opportunities available to them? Australasian Research Management Society Adelaide September 2019
• Christian K How do early career researchers in STEMM disciplines view the professional development opportunities available to them? Federation University Australia HDR Conference July 2019
• Christian K Teach them to Use the Guidelines to the Guidelines Australasian Research Management Society Hobart September 2018
• Christian K Keys to Running a Successful Research Project Australian Society for Medical Research 2017
• Christian K, Scott C.L. Advice to funding bodies – you can give more than just money Australian Society for Medical Research 2017
• Christian K, McGlynn E, Sitas F Join a Research Study Data Base Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA) Adelaide 2013
• Christian K, Hodgkinson V, Sitas F. Cancer Council NSW Biobank: A rich resource for researchers Australasian Biospecimens Network Association (ABNA) Perth 2011
• Hodgkinson V, Christian K, Sitas F. Cancer Council NSW Biobank: Improving blood collection protocols Australasian Biospecimens Network Association (ABNA) Perth 2011.
• Nguyen Q, Canfell K, O’Connell D, Delgado A, Christian K, Tanious M, Revius M, Christou C, Sara A, Sheldon A, S Tiwari, S Rajappan and F Sitas Biobanking for the NSW CLEAR Study using the NSW Clinical Cancer Registries Australasian Biospecimens Network Association (ABNA) Melbourne 2009

Third party Discussion of my Work - Blogs and Other Articles

• Chapleau, Marianne: Competitive funding and mismatched incentives in scientific research: The impact on early career researchers OHBM Student and Postdoc SIG  

https://www.ohbmtrainees.com/sig-blog/2021/2/18/competitive-funding-and-mismatched-incentives-in-scientific-research-the-impact-on-early-career-researchers-interview-with-katherine-christian-and-michael-r-doran

• Conroy, Gemma Here’s why so many young researchers want to quit – in five graphs Nature Index

https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/heres-why-so-many-young-researchers-want-to-quit-in-five-graphs

• Woolston, Chris Australian junior scientists report damaging lack of support at work Nature Careers 

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00687-0

• Singh Chalwa, Dalmeet:  Questionable research practices are hurting junior researchers Chemistry World 

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/questionable-research-practices-are-hurting-junior-researchers/4011250.article

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