Director and Deputy Director

Sandy Middleton

Sandy Middleton

Professor of Nursing and Director of the Nursing Research Institute.

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Professor Elizabeth McInnes

Elizabeth McInnes

Professor Elizabeth McInnes is Deputy Director of the Nursing Research Institute.

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Research team

NRI Sydney

Heilok Cheng

Heilok Cheng
Research Officer (Casual), St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Lauren Christie

Dr Lauren Christie
Allied Health Senior Research Fellow, Implementation Science Research, St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney

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Simeon Dale
Clinical Research Fellow and QASC Program Manager

Oyebola Fasugba

Dr Oyebola Fasugba
Senior Research Officer, QASC Australia Project Manager

Nicola Fearn

Nicola Fearn
Senior Research Officer - Allied Health Research Unit

Julie Gawthorne

Julie Gawthorne
Clinical Research Fellow, Maridulu Budyari Gumal Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise Implementation Science Research, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

 Mark Liu

Mark Liu
Research Officer

Benjamin McElduff

Benjamin McElduff
Research Officer / Statistician

Dr Nicola Straiton

Dr Nicola Straiton
Research Fellow (Implementation Science) [Maridulu Budyari Gumal Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE) Implementation Science Platform]

Sarah Walsh

Sarah Walsh
Research Officer

Susan Whittam

Ms Susan Whittam
ACCELERATE Plus Project Manager, Clinical Nurse Consultant – Implementation Research, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

NRI Melbourne

Angela Wan

Dr Angela Wan
Research Fellow, NHMRC CRE Wiser Wound Care

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Kelly Coughlan

Kelly Coughlan
Research Officer

Alysia Coventry

Alysia Coventry
Senior Research Officer

Jessica George

Jessica George
ACCELERATE Plus Site Lead, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne

Jake McMahon

Jake McMahon
ACCELERATE Plus Part-time Project Officer and PhD candidate

Mika Musgrave Takeda

Mika Musgrave-Takeda
Research Assistant (Casual)

Administration

Tara Doyle

Tara Doyle
Personal Assistant to Director of NRI

 

Joylynn Israel Joylynn Israel
Personal Assistant to the Director of NRI (Maternity leave)

Patty Zenonos

Patty Zenonos
Institute Manager (+612 8382 3791)

Clinician Researchers

St Vincent's Hospital Network Sydney

Nursing

Monica Bexton
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Renal Ambulatory Care, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Peritoneal dialysis patients' health and well-being and satisfaction with care

Associate Professor Amanda Jane Currie
Nurse Practitioner, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney and Queensland University of Technology
Optimising the Scope of Practice of Nurses Providing Healthcare to People Experiencing Homelessness

Julie Gawthorne
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Emergency Department, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Maridulu Budyari Gumal Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise Implementation Science Research Platform

Kirsty Page
Clinical Nurse Consultant, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
TEXAIS: Post-stroke hyperglycaemia - Treatment with Exenatide in Acute Ischaemic Stroke trial
AVERT-DOSE (Determining Optimal early rehabilitation after StrokE): A multi-arm covariate-adjusted, response-adaptive randomised controlled trial
ReCAPS: Recovery-focused Community support to Avoid readmissions and improve Participation after Stroke

Lisa Paquin
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Renal Ambulatory Care, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Peritoneal dialysis patients' health and well-being and satisfaction with care

Jane Rogers
ACU Clinical Fellow
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Wound Care, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence in Wiser Wound Care

Allied Health

Dr Paul Andrews
PhD, Social Work Educator, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
A clinical service evaluation of an integrated social work led model of care in responding to domestic and family violence

Vivien Cheung
Dietitian & Research Assistant, Eating Disorders Service, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Barriers and facilitators to the delivery of evidence based care for people with eating disorders in an acute care setting

Natasha Gillman
Stroke Unit Physiotherapist, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
AVERT-DOSE (Determining Optimal early rehabilitation after StrokE): A multi-arm covariate-adjusted, response-adaptive randomised controlled trial

Mallory Hall
PhD candidate, Honorary Dietitian, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
The impact of pre-operative nutrition support in heart and lung transplant patients: A feasibility study

Dr Susan Hart
PhD, Eating Disorders Co-ordinator, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Barriers and facilitators to the delivery of evidence based care for people with eating disorders in an acute care setting

Andrea Huang
Occupational Therapist & Blinded Assessor, Allied Health Research Unit, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
ReCITE: Remote Constraint Induced Therapy of the upper Extremity: An implementation study

Laura Lincoln
Speech Pathologist, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
The impact of speech pathology intervention pre 3-stage oesophagectomy on post-operative health outcomes

Kate Makroglou
Occupational Therapist & Blinded Assessor, Allied Health Research Unit, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
ReCITE: Remote Constraint Induced Therapy of the upper Extremity: An implementation study

Noah Mitchell
Physiotherapy Manager, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
AVERT-DOSE (Determining Optimal early rehabilitation after StrokE): A multi-arm covariate-adjusted, response-adaptive randomised controlled trial

Jaslyn Nash
Occupational Therapist & Blinded Assessor, Allied Health Research Unit, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
ReCITE: Remote Constraint Induced Therapy of the upper Extremity: An implementation study

Lauren Pinney
Occupational Therapist & Blinded Assessor, Allied Health Research Unit, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
ReCITE: Remote Constraint Induced Therapy of the upper Extremity: An implementation study

Meredith Rogers
Senior Occupational Therapist & Accredited Hand Therapist, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
AVERT-DOSE (Determining Optimal early rehabilitation after StrokE): A multi-arm covariate-adjusted, response-adaptive randomised controlled trial
Evaluation of patient satisfaction and outcomes associated with a hand therapy service in a metropolitan hospital

Adele Sheridan-Magro
Manager, Domestic and Family Violence Service, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
A clinical service evaluation of an integrated social work led model of care in responding to domestic and family violence

Dr Christine Shiner
PhD, Senior Research Officer, Department of Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
ReCITE: Remote Constraint Induced Therapy of the upper Extremity: An implementation study

Amelia Starkey
Speech Pathologist, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
The impact of speech pathology intervention pre 3-stage oesophagectomy on post-operative health outcomes

Trang Truong
Physiotherapist & Blinded Assessor, Allied Health Research Unit, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
ReCITE: Remote Constraint Induced Therapy of the upper Extremity: An implementation study

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

Nursing

John Forster
ACU Clinical Fellow
Mental Health Nurse Consultant, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

Optimising the response to mental health deterioration: nurses experiences of using a Mental Health Observation Response Chart

Katherine McBrearty
Practice Development Nurse - Projects
Understanding the short and longer-term impacts of a Registered Undergraduate Student of Nursing (RUSON) workforce

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) Research Interest Group Members
Kelly Coughlan (Co-Chair)
Research Officer, NRI
Alysia Coventry (Co-Chair)
Senior Research Officer, NRI
Professor Elizabeth McInnes
Deputy Director, NRI
Jayde Cuff
Research Coordinator
Katherine McBrearty
Practice Development Nurse
Jake McMahon
PhD candidate, ACU & NRI
Leslie Coo
CNS, Geriatric Evaluation and Management
Virginia Walker
Manager (Acting), Early Career Programs
John Forster
Mental Health Nurse Consultant
Dr Ching Shan Wan
Research Fellow, NRI
Shaoyun Guan
RN, Caritas Christi Hospice
Christal Guthrie
Coordinator- Undergraduate and PDY Program
Emma Reardon
RN, Emergency Department
Rachel Zordan
Senior Research Fellow, Education and Learning
Megan Carmichael
ANUM, Emergency Department
Danila Durante
Librarian
Marcella Register
Clinical Nurse Educator, Early Careers Coordinator
Kelly Mullins
Epicentre Research Nurse, Emergency Department

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