MacHSR Future Leaders Fellowship program projects

These front-line clinicians are using Health Services Research (HSR) to solve practical care-delivery problems impacting their health services.

Throughout the program each Fellow upskills in HSR and is released from clinical duties for one day per week to apply this knowledge to their research project. Current and past MacHSR Fellows include clinicians from a range of disciplines across MACH-affiliated health services.

MacHSR program details

Explore the current and completed MacHSR projects in the table below

OrganisationNameRoleProject titleFellowship statusDownload final report (completed fellowships only)
Austin HealthElena GerstmanAllied Health Interdisciplinary PractitionerUsing data to identify complex patientsCompletePDF
Austin HealthPatrick HilleyClinical PharmacistInvestigating the use of novel virtual biologic clinics to help achieve values-based healthcare in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)CompletePDF
Austin HealthCharissa ZagaSenior Speech PathologistPrioritising patient communication to support equitable access to healthcareCurrent
Mercy HealthUmesh BaskaranSenior Occupational Therapist and Advanced Hand Therapy PractitionerImproving patient flow through fracture clinicsCompletePDF
Mercy HealthDr Anne HarrisonPhysiotherapy Manager, Werribee Mercy HospitalIncreasing engagement with the patient/carer-activated escalation pathwayCompletePDF
Mercy HealthDr Amber KennedyObstetrician, Gynaecologist and Fertility SpecialistOptimising future fertility and pregnancy outcomes after caesarean section at the Mercy Hospital Women – Can a uterine niche be avoided?Current
Northern HealthEleanor JohnsonResearch Midwife and Lactation ConsultantPartnering with consumers to co-design comprehensive abortion care in Melbourne’s NorthCompletePDF
Northern HealthKellie LeEarly Supported Discharge CoordinatorAn Evaluation of the Victorian Virtual Specialist Consults (VVSC) at Northern HealthCurrent
Northern HealthDr Sanjeevan MuruganandanRespiratory PhysicianTransforming malignant pleural effusion management: Innovative, digitally enabled models moving care from hospital to homeCompletePDF
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreA/Prof Belinda CampbellDeputy Director of Radiation OncologyImproving equity of care across Australia for patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL)CompletePDF
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreDr Priscilla GatesNurse and Research FellowWeb-based screening and intervening for cancer-related cognitive impairment following chemotherapy for aggressive lymphoma: a randomised pilot trialCurrent
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreA/Prof Anita SkandarajahBreast and Endocrine SurgeonRoutine Patient Reported Outcome Measures for women undergoing breast cancer surgery: setting up a PROMS platform to encompass patient-centred care, health service quality improvement and researchCompletePDF
Royal Children's HospitalJen CordaSenior Respiratory PhysiotherapistCystic Fibrosis (CF) virtual care – remote monitoring and automated treatment plansCompletePDF
Royal Children's HospitalKathe HolmesClinical Nurse ConsultantExploring stakeholder perspectives in implementing patient-reported outcome measures in paediatric liver and heart transplant servicesCompletePDF
Royal Children's HospitalDr Karen McLeanPaediatrician and ResearcherImproving Pathway to Good Health clinical practices through clinician and consumer perspectivesCurrent
Royal Melbourne HospitalDr Megan AllenStaff Specialist AnaesthetistPatient experience of discharge after surgery with opioids from Royal Melbourne HospitalCompletePDF
Royal Melbourne HospitalDr Elyssia BourkeEmergency Physician and Clinician ResearcherDe-implementing unnecessary pelvic x-rays during the initial trauma assessment in the emergency departmentCurrent
Royal Melbourne HospitalDr Timothy ChittleboroughColorectal, General and Trauma SurgeonTackling the post-COVID waitlist headache at RMHCompletePDF
Royal Women's HospitalRochelle LesterSenior Neonatal PhysiotherapistCoordinated follow up of infants exposed antenatally to alcohol and other drugsCompletePDF
Royal Women's HospitalOlivia ManosClinical Nurse ConsultantConversion of uncomplicated Major Benign Gynaecology overnight surgery to same-day-surgeryCurrent
Royal Women's HospitalClare McDonaldSocial WorkerUnderstanding access to advanced gestation abortion servicesCompletePDF
St Vincent's HospitalJake McMahonCancer Nurse and Trial CoordinatorExploring the uptake of evidence-based strategies to manage and prevent pressure injuries in the cancer settingCompletePDF
St Vincent's HospitalLauren NicholsSenior Occupational TherapistSMOOTH: Systematic Measurement of Outcomes in Occupational Therapy Health Services – A co-design study for sustainable implementationCurrent
St Vincent's HospitalDr Christina TrambasChemical PathologistDefining the burden of artefactual troponin elevation on hospital resource management in the EDCompletePDF
University of Melbourne Department of General Practice and Primary CareDr Matthew SuenAcademic General PractitionerBuilding research capacity in general practice: Identifying strategies to integrate research into routine practiceCompletePDF
University of Melbourne Department of General Practice and Primary CareDr Anneliese WillemsGeneral Practitioner and Medical EducatorClinical practice patterns and learning behaviours of post-Fellowship vocationally registered Australian General Practitioners (GPs) in primary care dermatologyCurrent
Western HealthKylie FeelyICU Equipment NurseReducing financial and environmental costs in the ICU to accelerate Western Health towards a more sustainable health serviceCurrent
Western HealthJulia GhellerPhysiotherapistDe-implementation of gRip sOcks in-hosPital – The DROP studyCompletePDF
Western HealthCatherine GrantOperations Manager, Chronic and Complex Care DivisionCo-design of a pathway to integrate primary and hospital care for chronic and complex disease patientsCompletePDF

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