Catherine Paterson

Professor Catherine Paterson is a Nurse Practitioner, clinician researcher and Professor of Cancer Nursing. She is Co-Director of the Flinders LiveWell Cancer Research Centre. Her applied research addresses the unmet supportive care needs of people affected by cancer across the lifespan. She translates that evidence into nurse-led models of care, clinical guidelines and service redesign. She has developed and implemented innovative nurse-led cancer services that have been recognised for clinical excellence.

Professor Paterson has been ranked in the Stanford–Elsevier Top 2% of scientists every year from 2022 to 2026 in Nursing, Oncology and Public Health. She has more than 160 publications and leads 64% of them as first, senior or sole author. Since 2021, 41% of her papers have been senior-authored works led by students and early-career researchers she mentors. In addition, 64.9% of her publications involve international collaboration. She has attracted more than $11.5 million in competitive grant funding. She has delivered more than 100 invited lectures and presented widely at national and international conferences.

Professor Paterson holds PRINCE2® project management certification and has completed the Women in Executive Leadership program. She serves on state, national and international advisory committees that support healthcare delivery. She was Editor-in-Chief of Seminars in Oncology Nursing until December 2023. Under her leadership, the journal rose from Q4 to Q1, and its impact factor increased from 1.2 to 3.6. It became the top-performing oncology nursing journal and ranked in the top ten of 128 nursing journals worldwide.