Professor Diane Chamberlain

Professor

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

place Sturt West (N222)
GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Professor Diane Chamberlain (RN, BSc (Psych), BNurs, MNSc (Critical Care), MPH (Epi), PhD, FACN, FACCCN, GAICD) is Professor of Critical Care Nursing and Health Workforce, Flinders University.

Professor Chamberlain is available for PhD Supervsion.

Professor Chamberlain’s research program focuses on (1) optimising models of patient care and clinical health services in sepsis and stroke and (2) guidelines and interventions for both organisations and individuals for workforce wellbeing in the health workforce. She is a clinical epidemiologist and a past clinical intensive care nursing director. Prof Chamberlain has published > 110 peer-reviewed articles and 6 book chapters. In total, she has attracted >$4.5 million dollars in funding as Chief Investigator (>$2 Million AUD as first named Chief Investigator).

In 2016, her contribution to critical care nursing practice, education, and research was recognised with the appointment as Fellow and Life Member of the Australian College of Critical Care Nursing and the Royal College of Nursing Australia. She is Past President of the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN) during 2013-2019, the peak professional body for Critical Care Nursing in Australia. Currently, Professor Chamberlain is an advisor to Sepsis Australia – and the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare. She is an Executive Board Member for the Global Sepsis Alliance, the European Intensive Care Society, and the Council for Graduate Research.

Qualifications

RN BNg BSc (Psychology/Molecular Biology), MNSc (Critical Care), MPH (Epi), GC Health Ec, PhD

Australian Institute of Company Directors Course

Honours, awards and grants

Australian Learning and Teaching Council of Australia Postgraduate Program Award 2012 for the Flinders University Critical Care Program

Vice-Chancellors Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning 2015

Vice-chancellors Award for HDR Supervision - Nominated 2021.

SA Health Nursing Excellence Awards Winner - Registered Nurse Clinical Practice 2003

Honorary Life Membership Australian College of Critical Care Nurses

Fellow Australian College of Critical Care Nurses

Fellow Australian College of Nursing

Key responsibilities

Professor of Critical Care Nursing and Health Workforce continuing

Dean of Graduate Research (Interim) 2021- 2023

Higher Degree by Research Coordinator 2018- 2021

Theme lead Intensive Care Research Caring Futures Institute - Wellbeing and Burnout in Critical Care Health Professionals; Sepsis,

Coordinator and Educational Designer of Postgraduate Acute Care and Critical Care topics,
Supervision and Coordinator of Critical Care Research, workforce and specialist practice policy and standards.

Teaching interests

I lead the curriculum development of Graduate Researcher Education and Graduate Skills Development at Flinders University

Supervisory interests
Critical care health policy and care processes
Delphi technique
Severe sepsis and infection
Workforce development
Workforce recruitment and retention
Higher degree by research supervision
Current
Principal supervisor: Education theory (1), Critical Care Workforce Wellbeing (2), Presenteeism nursing (1), Vulnerable younger person Tanzania (1), Resuscitation Family Presence (1)
Associate supervisor: Stroke Transition (2)
Higher degree by research student achievements
Dwi Prihatiningsih

PhD - DEC 2013

Sowha Jeong

Master - SEP 2017

Sarah Doherty

Master - FEB 2017

Zakyah Basri

Master - SEP 2015

Salizar Binti Mohamed Ludin

PhD - APR 2011

Lourenco Camanas

PhD - NOV 2019

Shuanglan Lin

PhD - AUG 2020

Mette Adams

PhD (May 2023) -

Clinton Fildes

Master (December 2022) -

Omar Smadi

PhD - APR 2022

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Critical care
Epidemiology
Health management, policy and ethics
Statistics
A PhD, Graduate Researchers, Higher Degree by Research
Critical Care Workforce Wellbeing
Intensive Care Clinical Issues
Severe Sepsis and infection
Specialist nursing practice
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