Meiser has built a nationally and internationally recognised research program that assesses the psychosocial impact of genetic counselling and testing for hereditary disease; psychological adjustment of individuals at risk for hereditary disease; and the design and evaluation of interventions in the cancer genetic counselling setting, in particular decision aids as an innovative means of patient education.
[4] Her specific fields of research include cancer genetics, health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology and Psychiatry (incl.
[3] Meiser was lead on a project, which developed a website with UNSW, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and collaborators at other universities to address a gap in treatment of psychiatric treatment that is currently not available to people concerned about their own or family members’ vulnerability to depression.
[5] “There aren’t really any specialised genetic counsellors who cover psychiatric illnesses in Australia”, she said in an interview, in 2019.
So we identified a gap and for that reason we set up this website to cater for what we believe is a sizeable group of people.”[5] Meiser has been awarded the following NHMRC grants: Her scientific standing is demonstrated by her contributions to the following scientific boards, ethics and research committees: Meiser was interviewed about her work on fears of depression due to genes,[7] based on her work published in the journal BMC Psychiatry.