Our Unit
Staff
Professor Trisha Dunning
AM, RN, Cred entialled Diabetes Educator, MEd, PhD
Chair in Nursing – Barwon Health and Deakin University, Executive Director and member of the Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research (QPS) Barwon Health Partnership. Principal Investigator for the Q-Med Study, McKellar Guidelines Project and the Improving Clinician and Older People with Diabetes Communication and Decisions about Integrating Palliative and End of Life Care into Usual Diabetes Care study . Professor Dunning is an internationally recognised expert in diabetes care, author of numerous books, papers and chapters, and member of key local, national and international bodies.
Dr Sally Savage
BA (Hons), DipEd, PhD. Research Fellow
Investigator, Q-Med Study and Discharge Planning project. Dr. Savage resigned her position from the Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research (QPS) Barwon Health Partnership in October 2016.
Ms Susan Streat
RN, BA. Research Assistant
Involved in many aspects of the Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research (QPS) Barwon Health Partnership research projects and other activities, including the Research and Writing Workshops.
Ms Nicole Duggan
RN, Grad Cert Diabetes Ed, M Nursing Practice
Chief Investigator for the Diabetes-Specific Discharge Planning for Older People with diabetes project and Project Leader (VIC) for the Q-Med Study. Ms. Duggan completed her project work at the Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research (QPS) Barwon Health Partnership in November 2016.
Ms Clare Bennett
RN, Volunteer Research Assistant
Completed research assistance with the Q-Med project in November 2016.
Ms Bernadette Unmack
RN, Grad Cert Diabetes ED
Completed project work with the Diabetes-Specific Discharge Planning for Older People with diabetes project in 2016.
Mrs Jo-Ann Stafford
RN
Casual Research Assistant. Completed project work for the Q-Med project in November 2016 and the Quantifying the risk of unplanned transfer from subacute to acute care: using a horizon scan and prospective nested cohort study to develop a predictive model, project in January 2017.
Postgraduate
Roslyn Gillies
Deakin UNiversity, Sydney University
Supervisors: Professor Suzie Groves and Professor Trisha Dunning
PhD entitled, Measuring medicine doses; learned or invented: nurses’ strategies for calculating and measuring medicine doses was awarded in 2017.
Lisa-Jane Moody
Deakin University
Supervisors: Professor Trisha Dunning and Dr Sally Savage
PhD entitled, The Impact of Hearing Loss on Quality and Safety in Hospital was awarded in 2017.
Trish Mant
Deakin University
Supervisors: Professor Trisha Dunning and Adjunct Professor Lucy Cuddihy
PhD entitled, Implementing a falls prevention strategy using the knowledge to action framework – an evaluation.
Sharyn Milnes
Deakin University
Supervisors: Professor Trisha Dunning and Professor Frances Quirk
PhD entitled, How do health professionals consider and practice patient-centred care?
Giuliana Murfett
Deakin University
Supervisors: Professor Trisha Dunning and Dr Joan Ostaszkiewicz
PhD entitled, A competency based approach to Expanding the Diabetes Care Workforce.
Confirmation of PhD in May 2017
Geir-Tore Stensvik
Norwegian University of Technology and Science
Supervisors: Professor Sigrid Nakrem, Associate Professor Gørill Haugan, Aslak Steinsbekk and Dr Joan Ostaszkiewicz.
PhD entitled, The effect of and experience with case conferences on the prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with cognitive impairment and the quality of care at the nursing home level. A cluster randomized controlled trial and a qualitative study.
Janne Myhre
Norwegian University of Technology and Science
Supervisors: Professor Sigrid Nakrem, Associate Professor Susan Saga, Associate Professor Wenche Karin Malmedal and Dr Joan Ostaszkiewicz
PhD entitled, Elder abuse in residential care settings. – A multi-method study on abuse and neglect of older patients in Norwegian nursing homes.
Stephanie Blackwell
Deakin University
Supervisors: Professor Trisha Dunning and Dr Sally Savage
Honours thesis entitled, Older people with diabetes perceptions of diabetes management in the Emergency Department.
Fiona McNeil
Deakin University
Supervisor: Professor Trisha Dunning
Honours thesis entitled, Understanding people with mental illness; understanding of the importance of metabolic assessment.