Our experts focus on optimising equitable access to healthcare, care of the older person and innovations in wound management.
Research spans prevention, treatment and care domains and is aimed at improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations, older adults and their care partners across home and community, acute and long term care and in care transitions.
Research Areas
Research Team
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Associate Professor Christina Parker
Associate Professor Parker is a passionate experienced researcher with a wealth of clinical skills in hospital, aged and community settings, having been a Registered Nurse for thirty years, including fifteen years working clinically across hospital and community settings. -
Associate Professor Margaret MacAndrew
Associate Professor MacAndrew is an RN with experience across many clinical settings, including emergency nursing, care of children with special needs, dental surgery and most recently aged and dementia care. -
Dr Ut Bui
Dr Ut Bui is a registered nurse, researcher and lecturer with the QUT School of Nursing, Faculty of Health. Her research, teaching, learning and service work have been very much focusing on finding and translating the best innovative research evidence into nursing education and nursing practice. -
Professor Jane Currie
Jane Currie is a Professor of Nursing at the Queensland University of Technology. As a veteran, nurse practitioner and mixed methods researcher, Jane's research program focuses on access to healthcare for priority populations. -
Professor Amanda Fox
Dr Amanda Fox is an academic with extensive clinical nursing experience across acute and community settings. She values strong industry connections and is passionate about the opportunity to contribute to the development of future generations of nurses and the nursing profession. -
Associate Professor Sandra Johnston
Sandra Johnston is the Director of Clinical Partnerships in QUT’s School of Nursing. In this role, she works with health care partners, clinical unit coordinators, facilitators, the Work Integrated Learning Support Team, and students to ensure high-quality clinical learning experiences for nursing students. -
Dr Barabara Zangerl
The combination of research and clinical experience, together with a strong commitment to advancing medicine, places Dr Barbara Zangerl in an ideal position to understand all aspects of healthcare research, encompassing both molecular investigations and clinical trials evaluating medical devices and pharmaceutical therapies. -
PhD Student Nancy Wang
Nancy’s PhD examines wound care for people with dementia in community settings. It identifies challenges for clinicians and informal carers and co-designs evidence-based recommendations to improve home-care quality and safety, fostering a more compassionate, responsive community care system.