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PhD (University of Queensland), MSocSc (University of Queensland), BA (University of Queensland), DipAppSc (Queensland Inst. of Technology)
Background
Distinguished Professor Patsy Yates, AM, PhD, RN, FACN, FAAN is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Patsy is a Registered Nurse with extensive experience as a leader in education and research in the health sector. Prior to her appointment as Executive Dean in 2020, Patsy was Professor and Head of the School of Nursing at QUT. Patsy is also a Co-Director for QUT’s Centre for Healthcare Transformation. She 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. She holds visiting appointments as Lead Researcher for the Cancer Nursing Professorial Precinct at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Director for Queensland Health’s statewide Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education, and Visiting Fellow at Princess Alexandra Hospital. She is also a Senior Fellow of the Centre for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania. Patsy is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Australian College of Nursing. She has been inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame of Sigma Theta Tau International Honour Society of Nursing and was awarded the prestigious USA Oncology Nursing Society Distinguished Researcher Award in 2018. She has also received a Citation from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. Patsy is the immediate past-President of the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care and a past-President of Palliative Care Australia. Industry Research Activities
2020-2023: End of Life Direction for Aged Care. Australian Government, Department of Health.
2020-2023: Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC). Australian Government, Department of Health.
2020-2023: Palliative Care Education and Training Collaborative (PEPA and PCC4U). Australian Government, Department of Health.
Projects (Chief investigator)
- Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Clinical Trial (CIPN)
- Enablers, barriers and usability of the eSPICT tool in a community setting: an exploratory study
- Evaluation of a National Prostate Cancer Specialist Nursing Program
- Evaluation of the Case Management Model of Support for Ovarian Cancer Care
- Palliative Care Services Review
- Scoping of Palliative Care Services in Queensland Project
- Survivorship and Palliative Care in Child and Adolescent Brain Cancer (CASPER)
- Telehealth Cancer Related Fatigue (T-CRF)
- The 'So Many Questions' Project: Developing a question prompt list for paediatric palliative care
- The IBIS-Survivorship Study
- The MOSES Trial
- TrueNTH solutions: an integrated multi-component intervention to improve the lives of men with prostate cancer in Australia
Projects
- Strategies for promoting interorganisational linkages between aged, primary and palliative care: a systematic literature review
- The FiPro study
- The general public’s perceptions (awareness, attitudes, experiences, and expectations) of advance care planning (ACP) in the Asia-Pacific: a systematic review
- The Ginger-MAP study
- The POLAR Project
- Work Participation after Prostate Cancer
Additional information
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2020
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- Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2018
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- The Association of Queensland Nursing and Midwifery Leaders 2018 Outstanding Achievement in Nursing/Midwifery Award
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2018
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- Awarded the 2018 Oncology Nursing Society's Distinguished Researcher Award at the ONS 43rd Annual Congress in the US on 17th May 2018
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2017
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- Awarded a QuARRIES Award for Best Consumer Focused Project - DEM Avoidance Project - Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
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- Inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Awarded Premier's Award for Excellence in Leadership. Taking nursing professionalism to the next level: the Cancer Nursing Professorial Precinct Initiative. Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Awarded a QuARRIES Award for Leadership and Management for Cancer Nursing Professorial Precinct, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2013
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- Awarded fellowship of the American Academy of Nursing
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2009
- Details
- Tom Reeve Oration Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cancer Care
- Yates, P., Carter, R., Cockerell, R., Cowan, D., Dixon, C., Lal, A., Newton, R., Hart, N., Galvão, D., Baguley, B., Denniston, N., Skinner, T., Couper, J., Emery, J., Frydenberg, M. & Liu, W. (2022). Evaluating a multicomponent survivorship programme for men with prostate cancer in Australia: a single cohort study. BMJ Open, 12(2). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227908
- McHugh, M., Aiken, L., Sloane, D., Windsor, C., Douglas, C. & Yates, P. (2021). Effects of nurse-to-patient ratio legislation on nurse staffing and patient mortality, readmissions, and length of stay: a prospective study in a panel of hospitals. The Lancet, 397(10288), 1905–1913. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/209905
- Willmott, L., White, B., Sellars, M. & Yates, P. (2021). Participating doctors’ perspectives on the regulation of voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: a qualitative study. Medical Journal Of Australia, 215(3), 125–129. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211721
- Yates, P., Hardy, J., Clavarino, A., Fong, K., Mitchell, G., Skerman, H., Brunelli, V. & Zhao, I. (2020). A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Non-pharmacological Intervention for Cancer-Related Dyspnea. Frontiers in Oncology, 10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207224
- Hardy, J., Skerman, H., Glare, P., Philip, J., Hudson, P., Mitchell, G., Martin, P., Spruyt, O., Currow, D. & Yates, P. (2018). A randomized open-label study of guideline-driven antiemetic therapy versus single agent antiemetic therapy in patients with advanced cancer and nausea not related to anticancer treatment. BMC Cancer, 18, 1–9. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121256
- Mitchell, G., Senior, H., Johnson, C., Fallon-Ferguson, J., Williams, B., Monterosso, L., Rhee, J., McVey, P., Grant, M., Aubin, M., Nwachukwu, H. & Yates, P. (2018). Systematic review of general practice end-of-life symptom control. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 8(4), 411–420. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/123731
- Turner, J., Kelly, B., Clarke, D., Yates, P., Aranda, S., Jolley, D., Forbes, A., Chambers, S., Hargraves, M. & Mackenzie, L. (2017). A tiered multidisciplinary approach to the psychosocial care of adult cancer patients integrated into routine care: the PROMPT study (a cluster-randomised controlled trial). Supportive Care in Cancer, 25(1), 17–26. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/99576
- Molassiotis, A., Yates, P., Li, Q., So, W., Pongthavornkamol, K., Pittayapan, P., Komatsu, H., Thandar, M., Li, M., Titus Chacko, S., Lopez, V., Butcon, J., Wyld, D. & Chan, R. (2017). Mapping unmet supportive care needs, quality of life perceptions and current symptoms in cancer survivors across the Asia-Pacific region: Results from the international STEP study. Annals of Oncology, 28(10), 2552–2558. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/109459
- Ekstrom, M., Allingham, S., Eagar, K., Yates, P., Johnson, C. & Currow, D. (2016). Breathlessness during the last week of life in palliative care: an Australian prospective, longitudinal study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 51(5), 816–823. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/96095
- Yates, P., Miaskowski, C., Cataldo, J., Paul, S., Cooper, B., Alexander, K., Aouizerat, B., Dunn, L., Ritchie, C., McCarthy, A. & Skerman, H. (2015). Differences in composition of symptom clusters between older and younger oncology patients. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 49(6), 1025–1034. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/83692
- Title
- Medicinal Cannabis (MedCan 3) - Randomised, Multicentre, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Assess THC/CBD (1:20) to Relieve Symptom Burden in Patients with Cancer
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- MRF2006191
- Start year
- 2022
- Keywords
- palliative care; supportive care; cannabis; sleep; pharmacogenetics
- Title
- Optimising Palliative Care Services to Deliver Better Value Health Care for Older People
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 2009529
- Start year
- 2022
- Keywords
- palliative care; health services; outcomes research; aged care; nursing
- Title
- A Hybrid, Implementation-Effectiveness Trial of a Nurse-Enabled, Shared-Care MOdel Between Primary and Acute Care for proStatE Cancer Survivors (The MOSES Trial)
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- MRF2006113
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- shared care; general practice; prostate cancer; nursing; psycho-oncology
- Title
- Implementation of a Nurse-Enabled, Shared-Care Follow-Up Model for Early Breast Cancer SurvIvorS (The IBISSurvivorship Study)
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1170519
- Start year
- 2020
- Keywords
- survivorship; primary care; nursing practice; health services; general practice
- Title
- PRoCESS: Pancreatic cancer Relatives Counselling and Education Support Service trial. Assessing the Effect of Nurse-led Counselling on Participant-reported Outcomes and Use of Medical Services
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- MRFF1200326
- Start year
- 2020
- Keywords
- Title
- Empowering the Clinician-Patient-Carer TRIO: RCT of Novel Online Education Modules to Facilitate Effective Family Carer Involvement in Oncology
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- APP1146383
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Title
- Extraordinary Yet Mundane Talk: Children Navigating Palliative Care
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP180101941
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Title
- Clinical Trial: A sequential multiple assignment randomised trial (SMART) of nursing interventions to reduce pain associated with chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1129532
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Symptom Reduction; Supportive Care; Peripheral Neuropathy; Cancer Pain; Nursing Care
- Title
- A Pilot Study to assess the feasibility of an Integrated Survivorship Intervention to improve Patient and Service Level Outcomes for Men with Prostate Cancer
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- Cancer Survivorship; Men's Health; Prostate Cancer
- Title
- Centre for Research Excellence in End of Life Care
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1060254
- Start year
- 2013
- Keywords
- Palliative Care; Supportive Care; Health Services Research; Terminal Care; Access to Health Care; Chronic Diseases; Legal Issues; Consumers; Capacity Building; Policy Development
- Factors associated with symptom experience, Quality of Life (QOL) and clinical outcomes in people with metastatic bladder cancer
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Kim Alexander - TRAJECTORIES AND INFLUENCING FACTORS OF CARE NEEDS FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF PANCREATIC CANCER SURVIVORS: A PROSPECTIVE LONGITUDINAL STUDIES |
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Jane Phillips - Self-Initiated Comfort Strategies for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Kim Alexander - Reducing short-term muscle loss after gastrointestinal tumour surgery: a multi-phase study
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Wendy Liu - Improving access to palliative care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Brisbane, Queensland
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Jane Currie, Associate Professor Kim Alexander - Use of mobile applications to assists with continuity of care in people undergoing active cancer treatment
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Kim Alexander - Integrating Genomics into the Australian Healthcare System
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Kim Alexander
- Nursing Discernment and Response to Suffering at the End of Life in Acute Care: A Grounded Theory Study (2022)
- The Effects of an Educational Intervention on Exercise Advice Behaviours of Thai Oncology Nurses (2022)
- A Discursive Construction of Head and Neck Cancer (2021)
- Exploring Health Service and Supportive Care Needs of Women with Advanced Breast Cancer in Ghana (2021)
- A Model of Engagement to Enhance the Capacity of Specialist Cancer Nurses to Support People Living with Lung Cancer to Self-Manage (2020)
- Planning for Paediatric Palliative Care Services in Queensland: Characteristics, Demographics and Health Needs of Children and Young People with Life-Limiting Conditions (2020)