DrDarren Haywood

Dr Haywood's key research interest areas are in cancer survivorship, psychopathology, cognitive dysfunction, and health services research.

Key grants and fellowships that have supported my research are;

• Funder: Cancer Institute NSW Award: Early Career Fellowship. Amount: $599,473.96 (2026-2029). Role: Sole Investigator
• Funder: University of Technology Sydney Award: Chancellor’s Research Fellowship. Amount: $875,428.94 (2026-2030). Role: Sole Investigator
• Funder: MRFF Award: Childhood Mental Health Research (CATEGORY 1 GRANT). Amount: $996,286 (2025-2027). Role: CI-E
• Funder: MASCC. Award: Cognition Fellowship. Amount: $7,000 (2023-2025). Role: Sole CI
• Funder: SPHERE. Award: Big Ideas Health Services Research Grant. Amount: $154,805 (2024-2026). Role: CI-H
• Funder: Mazda Foundation. Award: Community Research Grant. Amount: $26,039 (2022-2025). Role: Sole Investigator
• Funder: St. Vincent's Health Australia. Award: Inclusive Health Grant. Amount: $104,000 (2022-2025). Role: CI-B.

Collaborations:  

In these areas of interest, he has established strong collaborations with leading institutions and individuals (which have results in numerous successful outputs and/or grants) including: Yale University (i.e., Prof Lustburg), Harvard University (i.e., Prof Nekhlyudov), the University of California (i.e, Prof. Chan), the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (Guidance Committee Member), the International Society of Psycho-Oncology (ECPP Committees Chair), the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (Survivorship Executive Member), the Psycho-Oncology Research Group (Scientific Committee Member), and Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group (Scientific Committee Member)