Cathy Segan

Dr Cathy Segan is Innovation Fellow at Quit Victoria. She is interested in tailoring Quitline services to meet the needs of people living with mental illness, e.g. by introducing monitoring of nicotine withdrawal symptoms to help allay concerns that quitting might worsen mental health. Cathy is CI on a NHMRC trial examining the effectiveness of peer worker brief intervention plus referral to an enhanced Quitline service for people with severe mental illness. Previously she led a beyondblue project demonstrating the value of Quitline-doctor co-management of smoking cessation and depression. Cathy also co-supervised a PhD on quitting success stories among people with severe mental illness.