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Theme:Chronic conditions and lifestyle
School of Nursing
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
Building 41 Room 108
University of Wollongong
+61 2 4221 3784
Research focus
An international award-winning nurse academic, Liz has a strong interest in Primary Health Care nursing. Her PHC research expertise relates to the nursing workforce in primary care, chronic and complex disease and lifestyle risk factor reduction. Additionally, Liz has undertaken research around the nursing academic workforce and teaching and learning in nursing.
In 2018, Liz was inducted in to the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame in recognition of the significant and sustained national / international recognition of her work and its positive impact on the profession and the community. At the University of Wollongong, Liz plays a leadership role developing PHC nursing research, as well as engaging multidisciplinary academics within Primary Health Care to address the growing challenges in providing health care within the community.
Publications and funding
Memberships
- Australasian Association of Academic Primary Care NSW Representative
- Fellow, Australian College of Nursing
- Xi Omicron Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International
- Member, Editorial Board, Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association “Primary Times”
- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Australian Primary Health Care
Other roles
- Editor, Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research
- Associate Editor, BMC Family Practice
- NSW Representative, Association of Academic Primary Care
IHMRI research team
PhD candidates
Kaara Calma (co-supervised with Dr Susan McInnes)
Understanding students' perceptions of careers in PHC
Catherine Stephen (co-supervised with Dr Susan McInnes)
Impress: An RCT of a nurse-led hypertension intervention in Australian general practice
Sarah Smith
Experiences of nurses in small rural hospitals
Grant Kinghorn
Transitions to forensic mental health nursing
Sharon James (co-supervised with Dr Susan McInnes)
How do registered nurses in Australian primary care deliver and perceive lifestyle risk communication
Cristina Thompson
Social Isolation in older people
Wa'ed Shiyab
Social media and lifestyle risk
Masters students
Rebekah Carter
Feed-forward: Using annotated exemplars to promote student engagement and satisfaction (FASTEN) project