Australian Investigators
Left to right: Cathy Turner, Fiona Bogossian, Anthony Tuckett
Professor Catherine Turner RN, BA, Grad Dip Ed, MN, PhD is the project leader of the Nurses & Midwives e-cohort study, which is funded by the Australian Research Council and a range of industry partners, in addition to leading the establishment of the Graduate e-cohort study. In 2006 Cathy received a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to spend several months as an Honorary Research Fellow at Harvard University [Medical School] learning about longitudinal study methods from the Nurses' Health Study research group. Cathy was awarded an NHMRC Career Development Award [2007-2011] for her research on the e-cohort study. In 2008 Cathy commenced as Head of the University of Queensland's School of Nursing and Midwifery, was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award from Flinders University and became a member of the Board of Directors of the Mater Health Services Board. Cathy has published 70 peer reviewed journal publications and conference presentations and attracted over $3 million in competitive ARC and NHMRC research grant funding within the last 5 years as the lead investigator. Click here for more information about Professor Catherine Turner.
Associate Professor Fiona Bogossian: RN, Midwife, DipAppSci (NEd) QUT, BAppSci (with Distinction) QUT, MPH Griffith, PhD UQ is currently Acting Director of Research at The University of Queensland. She has extensive clinical and educational experience in midwifery and nursing. She joined The University of Queensland in 2005 and pioneered the establishment of the first contemporary Bachelor of Midwifery program in Queensland. Fiona was appointed to the Ministerial Maternity Services Review Steering Committee in 2005. In 2007 she commenced as the Chair of the Midwifery Peer Review Panel and as a member of the Education Committee of the Queensland Nursing Council. She received a Churchill Fellowship in 2006 for Improving the Health of All Australians. Fiona's PhD addressed maternal morbidity after childbirth. Her current research focuses on the epidemiology of birth and motherhood, the evaluation of maternity services and the scholarship & innovation in teaching and learning. Fiona is the Principal Midwifery Investigator in the Nurses and Midwives e-cohort study. Click here for more information about Associate Professor Fiona Bogossian.
Dr Anthony G Tuckett RN, Dip App Sc (Nautical) (AMC), BN (ACU), Post Grad Dip Phil (UQ), MA (Research) (QUT), PhD (QUT) is the: Deputy Director of The University of Queensland/Blue Care Research and Practice Development Centre; Deputy Director of the Australian Centre for Evidence Based Community Care (ACEBCC), a collaborating centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute; inaugural Year 3 Courses Coordinator UQ Bachelor of Nursing (Princess Alexandra Hospital) 2006-2009; and inaugural International Coordinator (Academic). He has 18 years experience in the tertiary education of, and curriculum development for nurses. Anthony is currently working on or has completed research funded to in excess of $3.5 million in the areas of residential aged care, nursing workforce and workplace and open disclosure. He is currently the internal evaluator for the nearly $1.4 million funded Encouraging Best Practice in Residential Aged Care project. He is author of 34 peer reviewed publications, 5 research reports and has presented at 30 national and international conferences. Anthony established the School’s first international undergraduate student nurse exchange with the University of Auckland, University of Pennsylvania and the University of Virginia and is an active school representative at the annual Universitas 21 meetings. He is responsible for the School’s first Cambodia Community Health Placement completed in 2010. He is the 2001 Doctoral Fellow, Centaur Memorial Fund for Nurses. Since 2003, Anthony has been a member of the Expert Panel, Queensland Nursing Council, conducting oral examination of Registered Nurses as a condition of re-registration following disciplinary action by Council. Click here for more information about Dr Anthony Tuckett.
