Hello my name is: After name badges for interns and residents were introduced at my hospital I realised not many people were wearing them. I ran a small quality improvement project to learn why and how to incentivise name badge wearing.

How do GPs feel about diagnosing anxiety and depression in people with cancer? This work will survey GPs to determine their confidence in detecting and diagnosing anxiety and depression in adult patients with cancer. 

Depression in people living with cancer: This research was conducted as part of my honours component of my medical degree. A systematic review of depression research in adults living with cancer looked for patterns and research trends to determine which cancer types are over- and under-represented. Paper belo

Oncology curriculum review: I was part of a team reviewing medical school teaching and medical student understanding of oncology and radiation oncology. This project was overseen by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists. Papers below.

Wildlife in China: I've collaborated on a range of research projects looking at deer behaviour, avian extinction and giant panda conservation. Papers below.

Animal behaviour and sexual selection: For the honours program during my science degree I observed and experimented on wild satin bowerbirds inhabiting Queensland rainforest. Papers below.

Scientific Publications

Bravery B, Stojkov J, Brown J (2020). Supporting effective doctor–patient communication: doctors’ name badges. Medical Journal of Australia 213 (11). doi: 10.5694/mja2.50792 [Read}

Bravery B, Loughnan S, Murphy M (2020). Depression treatment research in people with cancer does not reflect cancer prevalence: findings from a systematic review. Evidence-Based Mental Health 11 August 2020. doi: 10.1136/ebmental-2020-300145. [Read]

Chelvarajah R, Windsor A, Nicholls L, Bravery B, Shi K, Turner S, Tieu MT (2019). Junior Doctor Evaluation of Radiation Oncology Education and Training in Medical Schools and Prevocational Training in Australia. Journal of Cancer Education ePub 23 December 2019. [Read]

Bravery, B.D., Shi, K., Nicholls, L. et al. (2019). Oncology and Radiation Oncology Awareness in Final Year Medical Students in Australia and New Zealand. Journal of Cancer Education ePub 25 July 2019. [Read]

Nicholls L, Bravery B, Chelvarajah R, Shi K, Tieu MT, Turner S, Windsor A (2018). The status of radiation oncology teaching in Australian and New Zealand medical schools. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology. ePub 3 August 2018. [Read]

Bravery BD (2018). Why patients should be part of medical school training from day one. Medical Journal of Australia 208(11): 480–481. [Read]

Bravery B, Richardson T, Murphy M (2018). Is anxiety and depression research in adults with cancer dominated by a single cancer type? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 52(S1): 89-89. [Read]

Bravery BD (2018). Oncology teaching in Australian medical schools: opportunities for patient-centred change. Australian Medical Student Journal 8(2): 56–69. [Read] [Download]

Bravery BD (2017). Book review: What patients say, what doctors hear. BMJ Blogs - Medical Humanities 25 July 2017. [Read]

Pan D, Song YL, Zeng ZG, Bravery BD (2014). Habitat Selection by Eld’s Deer following relocation to a patchy landscape. PLoS ONE 9(3): e91158. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091158. [Read]

Chouteau P, Jiang Z, Bravery BD, Cai J, Li Z, et al. (2012) Local Extinction in the bird assemblage in the greater Beijing area from 1877 to 2006. PLoS One 7(6): e39859. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039859. [Read]

Ding JH, Liu ZT, Song YL, Zeng ZG, Zhang Q, Bravery BD (2012). Rut-induced changes in the activity budgets of male tropical ungulates: Eld’s deer from Hainan Island. Current Zoology 58(4): 536–540. [Read]

Duo P, Teng L, Cui F, Zeng Z, Bravery BD, Zhang Q, Song YL (2011). Eld’s Deer Translocated to Human-Inhabited Areas Become Nocturnal. Ambio 40(1): 60–67. [Read]

Wei F, Bravery BD, Xie Y (2009). Wildlife research in the developing world. Integrative Zoology 4(2): 1-2. [Read]

Jing C, Jiang Z, Zeng Y, Li CW, Bravery BD (2008). Factors affecting crop damage by wild boar and methods of mitigation in a giant panda reserve. European Journal of Wildlife Research 54: 723–728. [Read]

Bravery BD, Goldizen AW (2007). Experimentally induced compensatory enhancement of a multi-component sexual display. Naturwissenschaften 94(6): 473-476. [Read]

Bravery BD, Nicholls JA, Goldizen AW (2006). Do male satin bowerbirds paint to communicate with females: aspects of emitter and receiver assessment. Journal of Avian Biology 37(1): 77-83. [Read]