A leader in education and research in the health sector, QUT’s Distinguished Professor Patsy Yates was honoured with a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia.
QUT’s Faculty of Health Executive Dean, Professor Yates was recognised for her significant service to tertiary education, including in cancer and palliative care nursing and medical research.
Her passion and energy for her work is the culmination of a long career dedicated to health, as a registered nurse with extensive experience as a leader in education and research.
Prior to her appointment as Executive Dean, Professor Yates was Head of the School of Nursing at QUT. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of nursing and the Australian College of Nursing and is the current President of the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care and a past-president of Palliative care Australia.
She is also a co-director for QUT’s Centre for Healthcare Transformation and leads a large competitively-funded research program focused on developing workforce capacity in cancer, palliative and aged care, advancing the management of cancer-related symptoms and treatment side effects, and strengthening the nexus between research, policy and practice in cancer, palliative and aged care.
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