2025 MacHSR Future Leaders Cohort
We are thrilled to introduce the 2025 cohort of the MacHSR Future Leader Fellowship program. Ten frontline clinicians from across the MACH network have been selected for this prestigious program designed to drive evidence-based healthcare transformation through health services research (HSR).
Meet our 2025 MacHSR Fellows
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Jessica Batton
Senior Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, St Vincent’s Hospital
Project: The feasibility of operationalising meaningful outcomes (FOMO) using prioritisation processes for equitable high-value care and safe workloads
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Dr Harriet Beevor
Consultant Anaesthetist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Project: Remote monitoring for patients discharged home after cancer surgery at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
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A/Prof Nico Clark
Head of Addiction Medicine Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Project: Hospital-based opportunities to progress the elimination of hepatitis C (HOPE-C)
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Dr Annie Chiu
Palliative Care Physician, Werribee Mercy Hospital; Head of Unit, Mercy Palliative Care
Project: Optimising telemedicine use in home-based palliative care at Mercy Health: delivering sustainable, scalable and responsive care
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Mandy Dias
Nurse Unit Manager, Royal Women’s Hospital
Project: Optimising vaginal packing protocols in pelvic floor surgery
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Dr Rim Ghali
General Practitioner, University of Melbourne Department of General Practice and Primary Care
Project: Primary care response to domestic violence
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Dr Karen Kiang
Consultant Paediatrician, Northern Health
Project: Analysing the environmental impact of the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department
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Luke McDonald
Senior Physiotherapist and Clinical Educator, Austin Health
Project: Recognising advanced practice roles in allied health
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Tania Ramos
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Royal Children’s Hospital
Project: Improving preoperative fasting practices: A nursing initiative to reduce adverse outcomes in children undergoing surgery and anaesthesia
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Lisa Wang
Renal Nurse Practitioner, Western Health
Project: Impact of an integrated kidney supportive care service on health-related quality of life of individuals with advanced chronic kidney disease: a single centre prospective cohort study
