Dr Brooke Nickel (BSc Hons, MIPH, PhD) is a Senior Research Fellow in The University of Sydney School of Public Health. Her research focuses on evidence-based healthcare communication and decision making, with a particular focus on cancer screening; the psychosocial impact of cancer diagnosis and treatment; and overdiagnosis.

The work she has led (first/senior author) has been published in high impact international medical journals in the field including The BMJ, The MJA, JAMA and Lancet series and featured in prestigious international media including The New York Times, The Guardian, The Conversation, the BBC and the ABC. She won the 2025 NSW Young Tall Poppy Science Award and the 2025 NSW Premier's Outstanding Early Career Cancer Researcher Award.