Dr Kate Hetherington is a Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist based at the Behavioural Sciences Unit (BSU), School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW, Australia, and the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick.

Kate leads the Behavioural Science Unit’s Precision Medicine and Genomics Team, as well as the Luminesce Alliance Psychosocial Enabling Platform, a funding initiative aimed at ensuring the equitable, inclusive, and psychologically safe delivery of paediatric precision medicine. Kate leads several large-scale projects focused on understanding patients’, families’, and health professionals’ experiences of precision medicine and genetic testing for childhood cancer. Her research aims to ensure that the promise of new and emerging treatments is realised, and that patients and professionals have access to the resources and support they need.