Dr Rebecca Feo

Dr Feo is a Senior Research Fellow in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Since beginning work in academia in 2015, Dr Feo has achieved national and international recognition for her research on the role of professional therapeutic relationships and communication in ensuring high-quality care delivery. She applies this research expertise in relation to fundamental care (the universal care required by everyone regardless of clinical condition or care setting) and help-seeking for familial and parenting issues.

In recognition of her substantial research expertise and impact, in 2023 Dr Feo was appointed the inaugural International Learning Collaborative (ILC) Erik Sorensen Foundation Fellow. The ILC is the foremost global organisation dedicated to transforming fundamental care. In her Fellowship role, Dr Feo harnesses her extensive expertise in fundamental care to create evidence-based products and resources to support the uptake and implementation of the Fundamentals of Care Framework in clinical practice and education globally. Since 2023, she has also served as a member of the ILC's Strategy and Policy Forum, providing advice on the organisation's strategic direction.

As further recognition of her expertise in fundamental care, in 2024, Dr Feo was appointed the College of Nursing and Health Science's inaugural Nexus Scholar. In this role, she will embed a focus on fundamental care into health sciences curricula. Also in 2024, Dr Feo was named as one of the top 2% of researchers globally in the Stanford/Elsevier rankings (based on citations).