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Sally Wheelwright is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom and specializes in the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Oncology. Their research encompasses various subfields including General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery, and Economics and Econometrics. The primary areas of research involve cancer survivorship and care, patient-provider communication in healthcare, and global cancer incidence and screening.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as palliative care and end-of-life issues, health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life, as well as nutrition and health in aging and the quality of life among childhood cancer survivors.

Wheelwright's recent papers include:

  • "The role of health literacy in cancer care: A mixed studies systematic review" (2021), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Content validity of the EORTC quality of life questionnaire QLQ-C30 for use in cancer" (2022), published in European Journal of Cancer
  • "Health-related quality of life issues, including symptoms, in patients with active COVID-19 or post COVID-19; a systematic literature review" (2021), published in Quality of Life Research
  • "Single-modality endocrine therapy versus radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery in women aged 70 years and older with luminal A-like early breast cancer (EUROPA): a preplanned interim analysis of a phase 3, non-inferiority, randomised trial" (2024), published in The Lancet Oncology
  • "Activity and safety of enobosarm, a novel, oral, selective androgen receptor modulator, in androgen receptor-positive, oestrogen receptor-positive, and HER2-negative advanced breast cancer (Study G200802): a randomised, open-label, multicentre, multinational, parallel design, phase 2 trial" (2024), published in The Lancet Oncology

Frequent collaborators in their work include Claire Foster, Andrew Bottomley, Dagmara Kuliś, Madeline Pe, and Claire Piccinin.

Wheelwright often publishes in journals such as Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, PLoS ONE, Colorectal Disease, European Journal of Cancer, and Quality of Life Research. These venues have featured some of their most frequent and impactful contributions.

Best Publications

  • The autism-spectrum quotient (AQ): evidence from Asperger syndrome/high-functioning autism, males and females, scientists and mathematicians.

    Simon Baron-Cohen;Sally Wheelwright;Richard Skinner;Joanne Martin

  • The ''Reading the Mind in the Eyes'' Test Revised Version: A Study with Normal Adults, and Adults with Asperger Syndrome or High-functioning Autism

    Simon Baron-Cohen;Sally Wheelwright;Jacqueline Hill;Yogini Raste

  • The empathy quotient: an investigation of adults with Asperger syndrome or high functioning autism, and normal sex differences.

    Simon Baron-Cohen;Sally Wheelwright

  • Social intelligence in the normal and autistic brain: an fMRI study.

    Simon Baron‐Cohen;Howard A. Ring;Sally Wheelwright;Edward T. Bullmore;Edward T. Bullmore

  • The amygdala theory of autism.

    S Baron-Cohen;H A Ring;E T Bullmore;S Wheelwright

  • A Screening Instrument for Autism at 18 Months of Age: A 6-Year Follow-up Study

    Gillian Baird;Tony Charman;Simon Baron-Cohen;Antony Cox

  • Is There a "Language of the Eyes"? Evidence from Normal Adults, and Adults with Autism or Asperger Syndrome

    Simon Baron-Cohen;Sally Wheelwright;Therese Jolliffe

  • The systemizing quotient: an investigation of adults with Asperger syndrome or high–functioning autism, and normal sex differences

    Simon Baron-Cohen;Jennifer Richler;Dheraj Bisarya;Nhishanth Gurunathan

  • Screening adults for Asperger Syndrome using the AQ: a preliminary study of its diagnostic validity in clinical practice.

    M. R. Woodbury-Smith;J. Robinson;S. Wheelwright;S. Baron-Cohen

  • A Behavioral Comparison of Male and Female Adults with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Conditions

    Meng-Chuan Lai;Michael V. Lombardo;Greg Pasco;Amber N. V. Ruigrok

  • The Autism Spectrum Quotient: Children’s Version (AQ-Child)

    Bonnie Auyeung;Simon Baron-Cohen;Sally Wheelwright;Carrie Allison

  • Genetic Heterogeneity Between the Three Components of the Autism Spectrum: A Twin Study

    Angelica Ronald;Francesca Happé;Patrick Bolton;Lee M. Butcher

  • The Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ)—Adolescent Version

    Simon Baron-Cohen;Rosa A. Hoekstra;Rebecca Knickmeyer;Sally Wheelwright

  • Autism spectrum disorders at 20 and 42 months of age: stability of clinical and ADI-R diagnosis.

    Antony Cox;Kate Klein;Tony Charman;Gillian Baird

  • Sex differences in human neonatal social perception

    Jennifer Connellan;Simon Baron-Cohen;Sally Wheelwright;Anna Batki

  • Self-referential cognition and empathy in autism.

    Michael V. Lombardo;Jennifer L. Barnes;Sally J. Wheelwright;Simon Baron-Cohen

  • Predicting Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) from the Systemizing Quotient-Revised (SQ-R) and Empathy Quotient (EQ).

    S. Wheelwright;S. Baron-Cohen;Nigel D Goldenfeld;J. Delaney

  • Reading the mind in the voice: a study with normal adults and adults with Asperger syndrome and high functioning autism.

    M. D. Rutherford;Simon Baron-Cohen;Sally Wheelwright

  • Differential activation of the amygdala and the 'social brain' during fearful face-processing in Asperger Syndrome.

    Chris Ashwin;Simon Baron-Cohen;Sally Wheelwright;Michelle O’Riordan

  • The Construction and Validation of an Abridged Version of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ-Short)

    Rosa A. Hoekstra;Rosa A. Hoekstra;Anna A. E. Vinkhuyzen;Sally Wheelwright;Meike Bartels

  • Are intuitive physics and intuitive psychology independent? A test with children with Asperger Syndrome.

    Simon Baron-Cohen;Sally Wheelwright;Amanda Spong;Victoria Scahill

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Baron-Cohen
Simon Baron-Cohen University of Cambridge
Bhismadev Chakrabarti
Bhismadev Chakrabarti University of Reading
Michael V. Lombardo
Michael V. Lombardo Italian Institute of Technology
Meng-Chuan Lai
Meng-Chuan Lai Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Chris Ashwin
Chris Ashwin University of Bath
Carrie Allison
Carrie Allison University of Cambridge
Tony Charman
Tony Charman King's College London
Howard Ring
Howard Ring University of Cambridge
Rosa A. Hoekstra
Rosa A. Hoekstra King's College London
Bonnie Auyeung
Bonnie Auyeung University of Edinburgh

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