Translating great research into better patient outcomes
Paul is a registered paramedic and Associate Professor of Paramedicine at Western Sydney University. His research expertise is broad, spanning quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, and evidence-synthesis methodologies. His areas of interest are diverse, including pain management, research capacity building, paramedicine academic workforce sustainability, palliative care, bibliometrics, and ‘journalology’.
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Dr Saunders is a Biripi scholar and Research Fellow within the School of Medicine. His research focusses on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, including culturally appropriate models of healthcare.
Penny is an academic general practitioner and the Chair of General Practice at Western Sydney University. She has career long teaching, research, clinical and professional interests in high quality accessible primary care, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, the health of justice involved people and health equity.
Philippa Collin is the Co-Director of Young and Resilient Research Centre and Principal Research Fellow at Institute for Culture and Society. A social scientist, Philippa researches the role of the digital in the social, cultural and political lives of young people, with a focus on the implications for the promotion of mental health, wellbeing and citizenship.
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Professor Hay is an academic psychiatrist who is recognised internationally for her expertise in reducing the personal and public health burden of eating disorders and obesity. She has over 200 peer reviewed publications, written and co-edited several books, and has won several awards, notably the 2015 Australian and New Zealand Academy Lifetime Achievement award.
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Dr Lau is Senior Lecturer and Research Lead at the
Department of General Practice, Western Sydney University. She has extensive
experience in Indigenous health research, communication, interprofessional
collaboration, chronic disease management and service delivery research for the
purpose of informing primary health care policy reform, particularly related to
culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) and disadvantaged population
groups.
Pranee Liamputtong is a medical anthropologist and an Adjunct Professor at THRI, Western Sydney University. She has a particular interest in issues relating to cultural and social influences on childbearing, childrearing, motherhood, reproductive health, sexuality and sexual health.
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Dr Prathyusha Sanagavarapu specialises in early childhood education. She has been teaching in the areas of developmental and educational psychology, covering topics on children’s play, development and learning and prosocial guidance of young children. She has completed a few inter-disciplinary projects, intersecting education with wellbeing and published papers on these topics in reputable journals.
Dr Quang Vinh Nguyen is an associate professor in Visual Analytics whose main research areas are Visual Analytics and Information Visualization particularly for genomic, flow cytometry and biomedical data, network and application based data. He is also interested in the areas of Human Computer Interaction, Virtual and Mixed Reality and related research areas.
Rakime Elmir is a registered midwife and lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Her research explores birth trauma, perinatal mental health, women’s health, nursing education and midwifery education.