Our team
Led by Professor Kate Curtis, Professor of Trauma and Emergency Nursing, and project managed by PhD candidate Belinda Kennedy, the HIRAID® team has an impressive track record of implementing widespread change to improve patient and health service outcomes and have worked productively together in the field for over 10 years.
- Professor Kate Curtis
Lead Investigator, University of Sydney
- Professor Margaret Fry
Chief Investigator, UTS - Professor Julie Considine
Chief Investigator, Deakin University and Principal Investigator Eastern Health - Professor Ramon Shaban
Chief Investigator, University of Sydney and Principal Investigator WSLHD - Dr Hatem Alkhouri
Chief Investigator - Professor Steven McPhail
Chief Investigator, QUT - Clinical Associate Professor Michael Dinh
Chief Investigator, University of Sydney
- Associate Professor Christina Aggar
Chief Investigator, SCU and Principal Investigator, NNSWLHD - Dr James Hughes
Chief Investigator, QUT and Principal Investigator, Metro North Health Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital - Dr Margaret Murphy
Chief Investigator and Principal Investigator, WSLHD
- Professor Donna Waters
- Dr Sarah Kourouche
- Dr Mary Lam
- Adjunct Associate Professor Alfa D’Amato, NSW Health
- Dr Heather Buchan, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
- Alison McMillan, Commonwealth Department of Health
- Marghie Murgho, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
- Adjunct Professor (Practice) Alison McMillan
Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Commonwealth Department of Health - Associate Professor Christina Aggar
Nursing Research Academic, Northern NSW LHD - Professor Donna Waters
Professor of Nursing, University of Sydney - George Reid
Philanthropist, Thyne Reid Foundation - Dr Hatem Alkhouri
Research Fellow, Emergency Care Institute - Dr Heather Buchan
Senior Medical Advisor, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care - Dr James Hughes
Lecturer, QUT School of Nursing - Associate Professor Julia Morphet
President, College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA) - Professor Julie Considine
Chair in Nursing Eastern Health - Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward
Chief Executive Officer, Australian College of Nursing (ACN) - Professor Margaret Fry
Director Research and Practice Development Nursing and Midwifery Directorate, Northern Sydney Local Health District - Dr Margaret Murphy
Clinical Nurse Consultant and Researcher, Western Sydney LHD - Marghie Murgho
Senior Nursing Advisor, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care - Clinical Associate Professor Michael Dinh
Clinical Director, NSW Institute of Trauma and Injury Services - Professor Ramon Shaban
Clinical Chair of Infection Prevention and Disease Control, Western Sydney LHD - Professor Steven McPhail
Director of the Australia Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology - Dr Trevor Chan
Clinical Director, Emergency Care Institute
To effectively influence practice and policy, we've built partnerships with health care policymakers including:
- NSW Emergency Care Institute (ECI)
- Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Health Care (ACSQHC)
- Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer of Australia
- Australian Council of Deans of Nursing and Midwifery
- Australian College of Nursing
- College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA)
- Thyne Reid Foundation - philanthropy partner
HIRAID® works also with health districts of Northern NSW, Southern NSW, Western Sydney and Eastern Health Victoria.
As part of the research program, HIRAID® has been implemented across Illawarra Shoalhaven. Southern NSW, Northern NSW , Western Sydney Local health District and Eastern Health Victoria.
Other sites who have formally implemented HIRAID® are Nepean Blue Mountains and Sydney LHDs, Northern Beaches Hospital, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney. Central Adelaide Local Health Network commence implementation early 2024.