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North Terrace Campus
Level 4, Hughes Building
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005
AUSTRALIA
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Telephone: +61 8 8303 5693
(Country and interstate callers toll free on 1800 061 459)
Facsimile: +61 8 8303 3770

Phil Tully

Room 245, Hughes Building

Phone

Fax +61 (08) 8303 3770

phillip.tully@adelaide.edu.au

Area of Research

Clinical psychology and health psychology.

Awards

Australian Postgraduate Award (2006).

Department of General Practice vocational research scholarship: The Discharge Planning Needs of Young Offenders (2005).

Faculty of Health Sciences vocational research scholarship: Needlestick Injury Among Hospital Staff (2004).

Psychology Research Interests

My research interests are generally in the areas of Health Psychology and Public Health Psychology. My particular interests include recovery from surgery, young offender health, exposure to blood borne pathogens among healthcare workers, and coping with illness.

Research Project

This study seeks to determine the relationship between self-reported psychosocial risk factors and post-surgical complications following coronary bypass surgery. Specifically, this study will explore the role of psychosocial variables in predicting re-hospitalisation, resource utilisation, mortality and morbidity. A secondary aim is to determine whether psychological interventions can reduce re-hospitalisation among patients.

Recent Key Publications

Tully, P. J., Baker, R. A., Kneebone, A. C. & Knight, J. L. (in press). Neuropsychological and quality of life outcomes following coronary artery bypass surgery with and without cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective randomized trial. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.

Tully, P. J., Baker, R. A. & Knight, J. L. (in press). Anxiety and depression as risk factors for mortality after coronary artery bypass surgery. Journal of Psychosomatic Research.

Bi, P., Tully, P. J., Boss, K. & Hiller, J. (in press). Sharps injury and body fluid exposure among healthcare workers in an Australian tertiary hospital. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health.

Bi, P., Tully, P. J., Pearce, S. & Hiller, J. (2006). Occupationally acquired blood and body fluid exposure in an Australian teaching hospital. Epidemiology and Infection, 134(3), 465-71.