Acute and Complex Care

Dr Leanne Hunt

Dr Leanne Hunt is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing and Deputy Director, Clinical Education (Nursing), in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Western Sydney University. Leanne began nursing in 1992 as an RN progressing to CNC (trauma) and NUM 1. Leanne worked in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Paediatric cardiothoracic intensive care for 2 years. Leanne has 11 years of education and research experience and is the current chair of the Critical Care Research in Collaboration & Evidence Translation (CCRICET) research group. Leanne is an affiliate member of the Centre for Applied Nursing Research (CANR), Centre for Oral Health Outcomes & Research Translation (COHORT) and the Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research. Leanne is a qualitative and mixed methods researcher focusing on critical care practice/patient outcomes, workforce development and clinical practice experience. Leanne’s work is collaborative and multidisciplinary and has impacts on critical care patients, families, student nurses, the future nursing workforce and the profession of nursing.

Leanne's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Critical care
• Workforce development
• Undergraduate clinical placement

Leanne's main methodolgical expertise includes:

• Qualitative
• Mixed methods

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 2 PhD

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 1 BNHons

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 4570 1676

Email: l.hunt@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Fiona McDermid

Dr Fiona McDermid is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Dr Fiona McDermid completed her PhD in 2017 on the transition of clinical nurses to academia under a framework of liminality. Following on from her doctoral work, Fiona is further exploring the concepts of resilience and transition within workforce and communities. She is currently involved in a project centered on emergency departments highlighting the concept of resilience and retention and was successful in obtaining an Early Career Research grant for this study. She is also involved in the Women's Health stream of research and is currently undertaking work on women's experiences of menopause. She has published and presented research both nationally and internationally.

Fiona's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Women's Health
• Emergency Workforce Resilience

Fiona's main methodological expertise includes:

• Qualitative studies and analysis

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 2 BNHons
• 1 PhD

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• Nil

Contact details

Mobile:  +61 408 675 169

Email: f.mcdermid@wsternsydney.edu.au

Twitter:  @fiona_McDermid

Dr Stephen McNally

Stephen is proud to say that he has gained a vast amount of experience in academia over the last 30 years and currently holds a senior leadership position in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Stephen gained his PhD in 2007, titled “Triage Education: From Experience to Practice Standards”. He continues to remain actively engaged in research, publishing in peer reviewed journals and presenting at national and international conferences. During his tenure he has retained his clinical expertise in all areas of critical care, particularly emergency.  Stephen continues to successfully supervise Higher Research Degree students and Stephen would welcome the opportunity to discuss research interests and a plan with any potential higher degree research students.Stephen possesses extensive clinical, teaching and research experience with background in Qualitative/quantitative research, mixed methods design and systematic reviews.

Stephen's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Critical care
• Patient safety
• Nurse education
• Men's health (developing area of interest)

Stephen's main methodological expertise includes:

• Quantitative research
• Quantitative research
• Mixed methods design
• Systematic Reviews

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 1 BNHons
• 1 MRes
• 1 PhD

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 6 BNHons
• 1 MRes

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 9685 9508

Email: s.mcnally@westernsydney.edu.au

Twitter:  @smcnally33

Dr Gift Mutsonziwa

Gift is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Western Sydney University with various teaching roles and coordinating Foundations for nursing practice (Summer school) and Clinical leadership. He has more than 15years of clinical and education experience in Emergency and Intensive care settings as a clinical nurse consultant (CNC). Gift has presented research topics at three national round table conferences and several conferences at the district level. His academic qualifications are Dip GN; BNurse, M.Hons Nursing  (1st class), M.Emerg Nursing, and PhD.

Gift's main research expertise includes:

• The lived experiences
• Emergency care nursing
• Intensive care nursing
• Nursing education
• Infection control
• Learning through simulation
• Consumer participation in care
• Healthcare worker's experiences

Gift's main methodological expertise includes:

• Qualitative and mixed methods
• Phenomenology
• Interpretive phenomenology
• Narrative analysis
• Thematic analysis
• Content analysis
• Surveys

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• Nil

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• Nil

Contact details

Phone: +61 410 292 360

Email: g.mutsonziwa@westernsydney.edu.au

Professor Kath Peters

Professor Kath Peters RN BN (Hons) PhD is an academic in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University.  Kath has extensive clinical nursing and research experience with a strong background in health research and qualitative methodologies.  Kath is actively engaged in research and regularly disseminates research outcomes in peer reviewed journals and at national and international conferences.

Kath's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Nursing Workforce
• Women's and Family Health
• Vulnerable Populations

Kath's main methodological expertise includes:

• Qualitative Research
• Feminist Research

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 8 PhD
• 8 BN (Hons)

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 4620 3567

Email: k.peters@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Rita Chang

Dr. Chang is an accomplished researcher and clinician with more than 20 years of experience in the field of aged care and dementia. She completed her PhD from the University of Sydney in 2009 and has held various leadership positions within nursing schools, where she has excelled in teaching and research. Dr. Chang has received numerous awards for her contributions to teaching, including the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning in 2010, 2011, and 2012, as well as the Award for Excellence in Job Management of the Year as Head of School in 2010. She has also been recognized for her research, receiving the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research Supervision in 2022.

Dr. Chang has established and maintained partnerships with national and international institutions, collaborating on interdisciplinary research and supervising higher research degree students. She has secured funding from industry partnerships and government tenders for clinical research on feeding difficulties, dementia and driving, and delirium care, as well as a WHO iSupport project. Additionally, Dr. Chang serves on the Grants Committee of the Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) Research Trust since 2021, Board of Directors, of Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra (MCCI), founding President of Taiwanese Scholar Australia Association (TSAA), nursing home accreditation advisor, member of the committee of dementia and age-friendly city promotion, member of the committee of long-term care development panel and accreditation appraiser of residential aged care facility, by government invitation, to the Department of Health and Aging.

Rita's main research interests and expertise includes:

Dr. Chang's research interests include carer support in the aged and dementia care, cross-cultural dementia care, dementia education for health professionals and carers, and other forms of dementia care, as well as workforce development in a variety of aged care settings, including community, residential, and hospital. She is well-versed in the effects of increased cultural, linguistic, and religious diversity in consumers and the workforce on care models, communication, and care quality in aged and dementia care. Her most recent study focused on the knowledge translation of healthcare practitioners who work with the seniors and their families.

Rita's main methodological expertise includes:

• Qualitative studies (phenomenological study, focus group interview, Observational studies)
• Quantitative studies (cross-sectional study, randomised controlled trial, non-randomised or quasi-experimental trials, longitudinal study)

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 5 PhD (Co supervisor)
• 1 PhD

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 3 PhD
• 1 MPhil

2021 Benjamin Mu-Hsing Ho (PhD) (Primary supervisor)-Strategies to Improve the Knowledge and Clinical Skills for Recognition and Management of Delirium of Critical Care Nurses
2023 Zhenyu ZHANG (PhD) (Co-supervisor)-A Machine-Understandable Ontology for Representing the Domain Knowledge Specific to Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
2023 Alera Bowden (PhD) (Co-supervisor)-Exploring the impact of ageing simulation education on acute care nurses' older people
2014 Yun Yan Chen (MPhil) (Primary supervisor)-Effectiveness of Reminiscence therapy for people living with dementia in nursing home setting

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 9685 9034
Mobile:  +61 450 162 006

Email: r.chang2@westernsydney.edu.au

Twitter:   @RitaCha78298491

Dr Antoinette Cotton

Dr Antoinette Cotton is Senior Lecturer and the Academic Course Advisor for the Bachelor of Nursing (Honours), and Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced) programs in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University. She has extensive experience in participating and leading curriculum development at program and unit level, and at undergraduate, honours and postgraduate level. She is a registered nurse and registered midwife and has had a wide variety of clinical experience. She is a nurse academic experienced in qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods. She has supervised and co-supervised BN (Honours) students to completion and is currently co-supervising Master of Nursing (Honours), Master of Research and PhD candidates, and undertaking the role of principal supervisor for a doctoral candidate. She has a background in research, scholarship and publishing in the areas that include critical reflective practices, clinical supervision, health research in cyberspace, palliative care, workforce issues, women’s health, aged care and health issues related to vulnerable populations.

Antoinette's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Ethical Leadership
• Clinical Leadership
• Mentorship
• Clinical supervision
• Aged Care
• Women’s Health
• Cancer screening
• Disability Community
• Palliative Care
• Ethical and methodological issues in Online Research
• Education and workforce
• Curriculum design for undergraduate, honours and postgraduate programs
• Educational preparation for professional practice
• Critical reflective practices for the professions
• Experiences of students in nursing programs

Antoinette's main methodological expertise includes:

• Qualitative Research Methods
• Mixed Methods Designs
• Co-design Methodologies
• Translational Research

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 2 PhD
• 1 MHons
• 1 MRES

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 1 PhD
• 4 MRES
• 2 BNHons
• 4 BAppsSc(Hons)

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 6985 9501

Email: a.cotton@westernsydney.edu.au

Professor Jane Frost

Professor Jane Frost is a Professor of Nursing. She is a Principal fellow of the Higher Education Academy and certified Lego® Serious Play® facilitator. Jane received an AAUT citation in 2021 for her work in nurse education. She is an experienced educator, clinician, and academic, and a TEDx Speaker. In 2017, Jane was the first person in Australian to be conferred as a Doctor of Nurse Practitioner. Jane has had an extensive clinical career and is passionate about education and work integrated learning. Jane enjoys teaching and employs innovative techniques to prepare students for the realities of clinical practice. To create authentic learning experiences, and enhance epistemic fluency, Jane uses simulation techniques such as Mask-Ed™, HoloLens (mixed reality headsets), 360-degree video, AI and virtual reality. Jane is internationally recognized for her work using technology in nurse and interprofessional education.

Janes's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Learning and Teaching
• Simulation
• Technology-enhanced learning and caring
• Aged care
• Dementia
• VR
• Extended reality
• Interprofessional education

Janes's main methodological expertise includes:

• Qualitative
• Mixed Methods
• Phenomenology

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 5 PhD

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 1 PhD

1. 2019 Louise Nicholson (Professional Doctorate of Nurse Practitioner(research)) (primary supervisor) Barriers and enablers for the Australian oncology nurse practitioner to engage in research in and on practice: A descriptive phenomenological study.

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 4620 3322

Email: j.frost3@westernsydney.edu.au

Twitter: @JaneFrostWSU

Dr Leanne Hunt

Dr Leanne Hunt is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing and Deputy Director, Clinical Education (Nursing), in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Western Sydney University. Leanne began nursing in 1992 as an RN progressing to CNC (trauma) and NUM 1. Leanne worked in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Paediatric cardiothoracic intensive care for 2 years. Leanne has 11 years of education and research experience and is the current chair of the Critical Care Research in Collaboration & Evidence Translation (CCRICET) research group. Leanne is an affiliate member of the Centre for Applied Nursing Research (CANR), Centre for Oral Health Outcomes & Research Translation (COHORT) and the Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research. Leanne is a qualitative and mixed methods researcher focusing on critical care practice/patient outcomes, workforce development and clinical practice experience. Leanne’s work is collaborative and multidisciplinary and has impacts on critical care patients, families, student nurses, the future nursing workforce and the profession of nursing.

Leanne's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Critical care
• Workforce development
• Undergraduate clinical placement

Leanne's main methodolgical expertise includes:

• Qualitative
• Mixed methods

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 2 PhD

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 1 BNHons

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 4570 1676

Email: l.hunt@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Stephen McNally

Stephen is proud to say that he has gained a vast amount of experience in academia over the last 30 years and currently holds a senior leadership position in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Stephen gained his PhD in 2007, titled “Triage Education: From Experience to Practice Standards”. He continues to remain actively engaged in research, publishing in peer reviewed journals and presenting at national and international conferences. During his tenure he has retained his clinical expertise in all areas of critical care, particularly emergency.  Stephen continues to successfully supervise Higher Research Degree students and Stephen would welcome the opportunity to discuss research interests and a plan with any potential higher degree research students.Stephen possesses extensive clinical, teaching and research experience with background in Qualitative/quantitative research, mixed methods design and systematic reviews.

Stephen's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Critical care
• Patient safety
• Nurse education
• Men's health (developing area of interest)

Stephen's main methodological expertise includes:

• Quantitative research
• Quantitative research
• Mixed methods design
• Systematic Reviews

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 1 BNHons
• 1 MRes
• 1 PhD

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 6 BNHons
• 1 MRes

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 9685 9508

Email: s.mcnally@westernsydney.edu.au

Twitter:  @smcnally33

Dr Tiffany Northall

Tiffany Northall completed the Bachelor of Nursing, Master of Nursing with distinction and her PhD at Western Sydney University. She also completed a Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education. Tiffany has been a lecturer at Western Sydney University in undergraduate and post graduate nursing. Throughout her nursing career she worked in a variety of positions including primary health care, palliative care, emergency department and was a clinical nurse specialist in discharge planning. Tiffany’s research focuses on the care of older people in hospital, nursing homes and in the community with a specific interest in transfers of care. She also has an interest in the transition, retention and success of enrolled nurses who enter the Bachelor of Nursing degree. Tiffany has applied a variety of research methodologies including phenomenology and mixed methods.

Tiffany's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Aged Care
• Undergraduate nursing student retention
• Success Health professionals decision making
• Critical reflective practices for the professions

Tiffany's main methodological expertise includes:

• Phenomenology Qualitative Methods

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 1 PhD
• 1 MRES

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)2 BNHons

• 1 BNHons

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 4620 3368

Email: t.northall@westernsydney.edu.au

Twitter:  @TiffanyNorthall

Dr Shyama Ratnayake

Shyama Ratnayake is a registered nurse and an Associate Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. She has over 10 years of experience in teaching in tertiary institutions in Australia. Shyama has been employed at WSU since 2010 and has over 5 years of university teaching experience.

Shyama currently coordinates an undergraduate first year clinical unit and is the Deputy First Year Experience Coordinator.

Her research areas include aged care, nutrition, curriculum development and nursing education. She has contributed to a text book dedicated to caring for older people. She has extensive clinical, research and teaching experience in aged care. Her MAppSc work determined the effect of cooking methods and post-processing storage temperatures of polished and unpolished rice.  Her PhD work explored the experiences of undergraduate nursing students regarding the nutrition of older people within the current curriculum practices used by the Australian undergraduate nursing degree.

Shyama's main research expertise includes:

• Aged care
• Nutrition
• Curriculum development
• Nursing education

Shyama's main methodological expertise includes:

• Mixed methods designs
• Qualitative designs
• Survey construction

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• Nil

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• Nil

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 9685 9568

Email: S.Ratnayake@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Laynie Hall Pullin

Dr Laynie Hall Pullin is a Registered Nurse and lecturer with a background in rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury and working with people with disabilities. She has a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Community Nursing, Master of Nursing (Hons 1st Class) and was awarded her PhD in 2015 for a qualitative grounded theory study which explored the experiences of long-term family carers of people with spinal cord injury in Australia. Laynie has extensive experience in undergraduate and post-graduate nursing education and is an active member of the Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses Association (ARNA). She has been past Vice-President of the NSW/ACT Chapter and a recipient of a national ARNA research grant. In 2014, Laynie was awarded the Medal 43 from the Fellow43 group (incorporating the Spinal Injury Nurses Association) for services to spinal nursing research. She is a peer reviewer for several international journals and is a member of the Translational Health Research Institute (THRI) at Western Sydney University.

Laynie's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Spinal cord injury and long-term conditions
• Rehabilitation
• Disability
• Family care giving
• Nursing education

Laynie's main methodological expertise includes:

• Qualitative methods
• Grounded theory methods

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• Nil

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• Nil

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 4570 1670

Email: l.hall@westernsydney.edu.au

Twitter:  @familycarers

Dr Peter Lewis

Peter Lewis is a registered nurse with more than 20 years' clinical experience in paediatrics in Australia and the UK. He has held positions on acute care inpatient wards, in critical care areas, and as a clinical nurse consultant with services providing holistic care for children and young people with chronic respiratory illnesses. His recent appointment to the academic staff of Western Sydney University enables him to combine his extensive clinical and research experience with a developing interest in undergraduate nurse education to provide him with a well-rounded academic career. His current teaching focus is on nursing leadership and professional communication.

Peter's main methodological expertise includes:

Peter maintains research interests in paediatric, adolescent, and young adult patient populations. He has expertise in conducting research into experiences of chronic illness, experiences of hospitalisation, and in health care service evaluation. He is currently engaged in an evaluation of the Chronic Illness Peer Support program at the Children's Hospital at Westmead. Peter has extensive experience in using both traditional and innovative qualitative methodologies. His study of young people's experiences of transition from adolescence to young adulthood with a cancer diagnosis combined interviews with the production of digital self-portraits to explore the experiences of Growing up with Cancer.

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• Nil

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 4570 1352

Email: p.lewis@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Kate O'Reilly

Kate O’Reilly is a Lecturer with the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University and teaches into both the undergraduate and post graduate programs. Kate is the Director of International (Programs and Engagement), in this role she collaborates closely with Hong Kong Baptist University through the offering of the Master of Nursing (Clinical Leadership). Kate has recently completed her PhD and is awaiting conferral. She has contributed to over 20 peer reviewed publications and is a contributing author to book chapters and research reports. Kate has presented at over 20 conference both nationally and internationally. She has received best presenter awards within the School of Nursing and Midwifery and has represented the school on two occasions at the Western Sydney University 3 Minute Thesis competition finals.

Kate's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury
• Working with vulnerable populations
• Women's Health

Kates's main methodological expertise includes:

• Qualitative

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• Nil

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 1 BNHons

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 4620 3362

Email: kate.oreilly@westernsydney.edu.au

Twitter:  @kateoreilly20

Professor Kath Peters

Professor Kath Peters RN BN (Hons) PhD is an academic in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University.  Kath has extensive clinical nursing and research experience with a strong background in health research and qualitative methodologies.  Kath is actively engaged in research and regularly disseminates research outcomes in peer reviewed journals and at national and international conferences.

Kath's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Nursing Workforce
• Women's and Family Health
• Vulnerable Populations

Kath's main methodological expertise includes:

• Qualitative Research
• Feminist Research

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 8 PhD
• 8 BN (Hons)

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 4620 3567

Email: k.peters@westernsydney.edu.au

Professor Lucie Ramjan

Lucie Ramjan is an Professor and Director of Academic Workforce (Parramatta) in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University. She is also a core member of the Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), Young & Resilient Research Centre and an affiliate member of the Centre for Oral Health Outcomes & Research Translation (COHORT) and the Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research.

Lucie graduated with a Bachelor of Nursing (Honours – 1st Class) in 2003 and was awarded a PhD in 2007. Lucie is a qualitative and mixed methods researcher who is committed to education and workforce research, research with adolescents and young people and mental health research, particularly in the area of eating disorders. Her research scholarship is characterised by interdisciplinary and international collaborations culminating in research outputs and funding success. Most notably Lucie is proud to have secured research funding as first CI on a competitive grant from The Ian Potter Foundation Ltd to develop and pilot test a mentorship program for people with anorexia nervosa. This followed further Research Development Strategic Initiative Funding through Western Sydney University to extend and pilot to people with any type of eating disorder.

Lucie was also invited to contribute to a White Paper on eating disorders and obesity which also secured funding. Lucie is currently supervising 8 research higher degree students and has supervised 12 students to completion [5 PhD; 1 MN(Hons); 1 MPhil; 5 BN(Hons)]. Lucie’s teaching excellence is evidenced by the receipt of two prestigious teaching awards. In 2011, Lucie received the College of Health & Science Learning and Teaching Award and in 2012 Lucie received an Office for Learning & Teaching (OLT) National Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. Lucie continues to teach in both the undergraduate and postgraduate programs within the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University.

Other professional activities: Lucie is the Vice-President (WSU) of the Xi Omicron at-Large Chapter of Sigma and the Chair of the Adolescent & Young People Faculty of the Australian College of Nursing. She was previously the Associate Editor for Contemporary Nurse and is now a current Associate Editor for Nursing Open.

Prior to employment at Western Sydney University, Lucie was a clinician working with adolescents at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead (Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children) in roles as a Registered Nurse and Clinical Nurse Specialist.

Lucie's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Adolescent and Young People's Health
• Eating Disorders
• Education and Workforce

Lucie's main methodological expertise includes:

• Qualitative Research Methods

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 8 PhD
• 1 MPhil

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 5 PhD
• 1 MPhil
• 1 MHons
• 5 BNHons

1. 2014 - Chandra Poudel (Master of Nursing (Honours) (Co-supervisor) - Career Intention of Nursing Students in Nepal: The CARINA Study
2. 2016 - Rasmieh Al-Amer (PhD) (Co-supervisor) - Depression and Self-care In Jordanian Adults with Diabetes: The POISE study
3. 2016 - Christine Walker (BN (Hons) 1st Class) (Co-supervisor) - Unleashing the iPad’s potential: The lived experience of undergraduate nursing students when using the iPad for tertiary education
4. 2016 - Graham Sean Gough (BN (Hons) 1st Class) (Primary Supervisor) - Men in Nursing: Predictors and antecedents of retention in the first year undergraduate nursing program: The RETAIN Study
5. 2016 - Ghada El-Ayoubi (BN (Hons) 2nd Class, Div. 1) (Co-supervisor) - Beyond Hand Hygiene: Investigating Multi-resistant Organism Colonisation in the Intensive Care Unit: The BIOTIC Study
6. 2016 - Liz Flannery (BN (Hons) 1st Class) (Primary Supervisor) - End-of-Life Decisions in the Intensive Care Unit – Exploring the experiences of doctors and nurses
7. 2019 - Ibrahim Alananzeh (PhD) (Co-supervisor) - The unmet supportive care needs of Arab people affected by cancer (The SNAP study)
8. 2019 - Scott Brunero (PhD) (Co-supervisor) - A constructivist grounded theory of generalist health professionals and their mental health work
9. 2020 - Jacqueline Rojo (BN (Hons) 1st Class) (Co-supervisor) - CONerns During Clinical PlacemenT: The CONDUCT Project
10. 2021 - Gursharan Singh (PhD) (Co-supervisor) - Access and referral to palliative care for individuals with chronic heart failure
11. 2022 - Maricris Algoso (PhD) (Co-supervisor) - The value of undergraduate Assistant in Nursing (AIN) employment in the aged care setting: Developing transferable skills and increasing workforce readiness
12. 2022 - Rebekah Carter (MPhil) (Co-supervisor) - Feed-forward: Using annotated exemplars to promote student engagement and satisfaction

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 9685 9032

Email: l.ramjan@westernsyney.edu.au

Twitter:  @LucieRamjan

Professor Nathan Wilson

Professor Wilson's research interests are in applied research that enhances the health, wellbeing and social participation of people with long-term disabilities, in particular people with intellectual and developmental disability. Professor Wilson has expertise on the intersection of intellectual disability, social inclusion, the nursing workforce, men’s health and sexual health. With over 110 peer reviewed scientific papers, 2 books and multiple book chapters, Professor Wilson is an Australian disability nurse leader.

Professor Wilson is the President of the Professional Association of Nurses in Developmental Disabilities, Australia (PANDDA), and has led many campaigns to promote the specialty role of nurses who work with people with intellectual disability: http://www.pandda.net/

Professor Wilson presents regularly at national and international scientific meetings and has sustained and developing research collaborations with groups in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Norway, the UK, the USA and South Africa. His funded research projects cover a number of areas including: 1) reducing the use of pyschotropic medication for people with intellectual disability, 2) mentoring young unemployed adults with intellectual disability at Men's Sheds, 3) cross-modal community mobility of young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 4) place of death and people with intellectual disability, 5) disability nursing standards of practice, 6) toward the self-management of type 1 diabetes for people with intellectual disability, 7) increasing the capacity of mainstream nurses to work with people with intellectual disability and/or autism, and 8) oral health and intellectual and developmental disability.

Nathan's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Disability
• Health and Social Care
• Health and Wellbeing
• Social Inclusion
• Nursing Workforce

Nathan's main methodological expertise includes:

Nathan has experience in health and social interventions and mixed methods.

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 7 PhD

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 6 PhD
• 2 M
• 10 BNHons

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 4570 1926
Mobile:  0406 631 384 
Email: nathan.wilson@westernsydney.edu.au