Professor Raymond Chan
Director
Cares about solutions that will optimise outcomes for cancer survivors and the health system.
Ray is an internationally recognised leader in cancer supportive care, cancer survivorship, and nurse-led and nurse-enabled models of care. Ray has published over 180 peer-reviewed articles and 3 book chapters. He has attracted >$35 million AUD of research funding as CI (>$19 Million AUD as CIA), including 5 NHMRC Project Grants, 2 NHMRC Partnership Grants, 1 NHMRC Health Professional Fellowship, 1 NHMRC Investigator Grant, and government contracts. He is a sought-after expert in cancer survivorship.
In 2014, he was awarded Outstanding Young Alumnus of the Year by the Queensland University of Technology and the Premier’s Award for Excellence in Leadership by the Queensland Government. In June 2021, he was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. He currently serves on the NHMRC Research Committee (Triennium 2022-2025). He believes caring solutions using a people-centred, integrated and interprofessional approach is the most effective and sustainable way to solve today’s and tomorrow’s health problems.
Cares about generating and getting new knowledge from research into the hands of people who make decisions about resources, run organisations and who deliver and receive care.
Alison is an internationally recognised leader in nursing and knowledge translation research. Alison has research colleagues across the globe who collaborate on the frontiers of health care research and its translation into practice and policy. She is the inaugural Vice President and Executive Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University. Alison has more than 300 publications and is a sought-after expert in the techniques and methodologies for effective knowledge translation. Alison has been acknowledged in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Thomas Reuters) list of high cite world researchers for her work on knowledge translation. Alison is passionate about recognising the impact care has on individual and population health and wellbeing. Her mission is to change the way society thinks about and invests in care and caring solutions. She believes this can be done through innovative and collaborative approaches based on research evidence and in partnership with decision makers and users of care services.
Professor Rebecca Golley
Deputy Director
Lead, Better Lives Theme
Lead, Healthy Start to Life Area of Focus
Cares about ensuring the places people live, learn, work, eat and play support health, development and wellbeing.
Rebecca is a nationally recognised expert in childhood obesity prevention and nutrition promotion. She has undertaken postdoctoral research in the UK and with Australian agencies such as the CSIRO funded by the NHMRC and National Heart Foundation.
Rebecca leads a program of public health nutrition research at Flinders University. Rebecca is Chief Investigator on major research projects into children’s nutrition, health and development and obesity prevention worth over $5.8M. With over 100 publications and a H index of 25, Rebecca’s research impacts include citations in guidelines, scale up of evidence-informed programs, commissioned reports, tools and resources. Rebecca develops strong partnerships with government and industry that shapes her research program and facilitates translation into practice.
She was a Founding Member of the National Nutrition Network for Early Childhood Education and Care, and is the Chair of the Dietetic and Nutrition Research Leaders Network, and Member, Council of Deans in Nutrition and Dietetics.
Dr Nina Sivertsen
Co-lead, Better Communities
Cares about improving healthcare and health outcomes for all First Nations people.
Nina is an Arctic Indigenous Sámi woman living and working on Kaurna Country. She is a Senior Nursing Lecturer in Flinders University, and Associate Professor, Arctic University of Norway.
Nina’s research focuses on community and health systems research in partnership with First Peoples and contributes to restorative policy and practice, especially around women’s health in a socio-political context of assimilation and colonisation. Her work concentrates on building capacity for Nurses and Midwives in mainstream health to incorporate culturally responsive care. As a researcher she works with colleagues in inter-Indigenous settings to validate and centre community and First Nations knowledge and experiences. Nina’s work at the nexus of Indigenous women’s health, culture, and education was awarded the 2021 Women in Innovation Award.
Associate Professor Yvonne Parry
Co-lead, Better Communities
Cares about children having the best start in life and the best chance of reaching their full potential.
Yvonne’s work exists at the important intersection between nursing, primary health, public health, and community health services for vulnerable children and populations. She was recognised nationally by the National Association for Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect in the 2017 NAPCAN: Play Your Part Awards.
Yvonne actively promotes the inclusion of children’s and parent's experiences in research activities. Her significant work with community partners and community-based services aims to improve the health outcomes and service provision for children. She has developed innovative responses to health provision for at polymarginalised children and families. Yvonne’s research is underpinned by the principles of social justice, child centred practice, and social equity of health access for vulnerable children.
Professor Robyn Clark
Lead, Better Care Theme
Lead, Cardiac Care Area of Focus
Cares about improving heart health through innovative technologies.
Robyn is a Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA), Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Australia (FRCNA), and Life Member of the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN).
Robyn has won over $13M research grants in her career and authored 210 peer reviewed publications (114 past 10 years). Robyn’s research focus is developing effective health management of Australia’s most disadvantaged populations and increasing access to evidence-based health and social care for underserviced and disadvantaged populations.
Professor Gillian Harvey
Lead, Better Systems Theme
Cares about implementing research evidence to improve systems and processes of health and care delivery.
She has a professional background in nursing and undertakes research in the areas of implementation science and facilitating evidence-based practice in health care.
Gill has a strong career background in the UK in previous roles including working as the Director of the Royal College of Nursing’s Quality Improvement Programme, Director of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care and Professor of Health Management at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.
In 2014, she was named as a Thomson-Reuters highly cited researcher, particularly for her work with colleagues on developing and testing a widely used conceptual framework for implementation, known as PARIHS (Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services).
Professor Joanne Arciuli
Lead, Methodological Innovation Enabling Theme
Dean of Research
Cares about innovating in research methodologies to improve care.
Jo has been funded continuously by the Australian Research Council since 2006 including a prestigious Future Fellowship.
Joanne is passionate about an interdisciplinary approach to research. Her research on child development and disability focuses on human communication in its many forms and across a variety of languages and cultures.
Jo has published over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles, co-edited a book on communication in autism (Arciuli & Brock), and has published numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed papers in conference proceedings. She has a strong network of international collaborators (UK, Norway, US, Italy, China, Singapore, Israel) and sits on national and international Boards (Luke Priddis Foundation, Society for Scientific Studies of Reading, and the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia). Jo has held visiting scholarships/fellowships at The University of Padova (Italy), Durham University (UK), and Pennsylvania State University (US).
Professor Julie Ratcliffe
Lead, Health and Social Care Economics Enabling Theme
Lead, Quality Aged Care Area of Focus
Cares about enhanced health and quality of life throughout the lifecourse by measuring and valuing costs and outcomes.
Julie is one of Australia’s most experienced health economist and internationally recognised leader in economic evaluation for health and social care sectors. She is a Matthew Flinders Fellow and has published more than 200 papers and has been a chief investigator for over 50 multi-disciplinary research grants. Julie has appointments at the University of Glasgow and University of Sheffield.
Julie’s research interests include the measurement and valuation of health and quality of life outcomes, patient and consumer preferences and economic evaluation of interventions across health and social care sectors.
Julie and her team have developed a consumer-focused quality of life instrument for quality assessment and economic evaluation in aged care. Julie has written commissioned reports for the Aged Care Royal Commission.
Associate Professor Belinda Lange
Lead, Technology Enabling Theme
Cares about developing and implementing technology that helps improve people's lives.
Belinda has nearly 20 years of experience in the co-design, development and evaluation of digital health technologies in clinical and community settings across military and civilian populations. She is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health, Deputy Chair of the Southern Adelaide Clinical Human Research Ethics Committee, and an international expert on game-based virtual reality exercise and rehabilitation.
Belinda has published 75 peer-reviewed papers and seven book chapters. She has been the Chief Investigator on over $1.9 million in external funding for projects that developed and clinically evaluated virtual reality tools for healthy aging and neurological rehabilitation. Her work has been recognised in international media appearances and through Best Paper awards at international conferences. As a physiotherapist and an expert in digital health, Belinda is passionate about partnering with clinicians and consumers to explore how technology can enhance outcomes of training, wellness and rehabilitation.
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