Our Leadership

Professor Frances Lin

Director and Dean of Research  

Cares about optimising the quality and safety of patient care and service delivery in acute and critical care settings. 

Frances aspires to make a significant and lasting impact as a leading expert in applied discovery research and the strategic translation of research findings into clinical practice. To achieve this, Frances leads large, multi-disciplinary, and multi-professional teams, collaborating with a wide range of health stakeholders to co-design solutions for complex clinical challenges.

In addition to maintaining strong relationships locally, nationally, and internationally, Frances is dedicated to fostering a collaborative research culture, building high-performing teams, and developing researchers at all levels. As a strategic leader, an effective research supervisor, and a dedicated mentor, Frances is committed to nurturing the next generation of healthcare researchers.

Professor Gillian (Gill) Harvey

Deputy Director (Knowledge Translation)

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). Gill has 214 publications on Google Scholar with an H-index 50, being cited over 19,200 times.

Professor Diane Chamberlain

Co-Deputy Director (Workforce Transformation and Research Capacity Building)

Cares about leading innovation at the intersection of research, industry, and policy, creating lasting change in global healthcare.

An esteemed critical care nurse and clinical epidemiologist, Diane’s research in workforce and sepsis care models has shaped evidence-based clinical interventions and policy advancements. With 110+ peer-reviewed publications, Scopus h-index of 31, and $4.5 million in research funding, her work improves patient outcomes and health system efficiency.

Her global influence extends to Sepsis Australia, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare, the World Federation of Critical Care Nurses, and the Global Sepsis Alliance. She pioneers technical and workforce innovations, advancing best practices in critical care and clinician wellbeing.

A Fellow and Life Member of the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses and the Australian College of Nursing, Diane’s impact is honoured through ACCCN’s “Diane Chamberlain Research Grants.”

Associate Professor Ranjay Chakraborty

Co-Deputy Director (Workforce Transformation and Research Capacity Building)

Cares about research that is industry-engaged, technology-driven, and focused on real-world clinical translation to create a meaningful impact on people's lives.

Ranjay is a distinguished optometrist and researcher specialising in visual development and myopia (short-sightedness) in children. He leads the Myopia and Visual Development Lab, where his pioneering research investigates the biological and visual mechanisms underlying the development of childhood myopia. Ranjay earned his PhD in Optometry from Queensland University of Technology in 2014, receiving the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the prestigious Emory University, USA.

His research is supported by leading national and international ophthalmic industries. In 2021, Ranjay was awarded the Bernard Gilmartin Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics Award, and in 2024, he was named in Stanford University-Elsevier’s list of the World’s Top 2% Scientists. He has over 2,300 citations on Google Scholar (h-index 23).

Xing Lee

Research Partnerships Development Director

Cares about progressive collaborative and impactful research in the field of healthcare

Xing joined the Caring Futures Institute as our Research Partnership Development Director in 2022. Xing comes from a legal background and has worked closely with senior executives in the tertiary and healthcare sectors for over eight years. Previously, Xing managed QUT’s Centre for Healthcare Transformation, one of the largest health services research centres in Queensland, and led development work for key university infrastructure. He has also secured key partnerships to support Category 1-4 research and implemented university-wide research policies to streamline grant processes. 

Anthea Schubert

Institute Manager

Cares about supporting the conduct, dissemination and implementation of quality research that improves health and wellbeing for all.

Anthea joined Flinders University in 2021 as the Institute Manager of the Caring Futures Institute. She has a Master’s in Business Administration and brings over a decade of experience working with the Joanna Briggs Institute and its international network of collaborating centres.

Anthea is responsible for the overall strategic, operational, financial, professional staff and research management of the Caring Futures Institute. She works with the Institute executive team, researchers and other stakeholders to support the growth, development and promotion of the Institute nationally and globally.