STAFF AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
School of Nursing and Midwifery
 Professor Paul Morrison
Paul is the Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery and Professor of Nursing and Health Studies. He has experience in various health care and university settings in Ireland, the UK and Australia spanning three decades.
He worked as a mental health nurse and general nurse before completing tertiary studies in psychology (BA, PhD), education (PGCE) and counselling (GradDip). He has a long-standing interest in and commitment to the mental health area and the education of health professionals. A major focus of his research over the years has been the evaluation of services for consumers.
Paul is an experienced teacher, researcher and writer – some of his books have been translated into German, Norwegian and Indonesian. Up until his move to Mandurah to take up his current position he also ran a successful private psychology practise on a part-time basis. He is a Member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS), a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS).
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 Associate Professor Heather Gluyas
Heather has had a varied career in nursing with a strong clinical background in Critical Care and Aged Care. Heather has also been involved in senior management within the public health sector of Western Australia. She joined academia five years ago and is enjoying her new role as Deputy Dean of the School. Heather has completed Doctoral studies in Clinical Governance and is passionate about research in the area of patient safety.
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 Prue Andrus
Prue Andrus is a registered nurse who completed her Bachelor of Science at Curtin University. She joined the academic team at Murdoch University School of Nursing and Midwifery in 2006 and coordinates units across the undergraduate curriculum and is Undergraduate Academic Chair. Prue has an extensive clinical background in occupational health, accident and emergency and operating theatres. Prue is undertaking Master’s studies which focus on quality, leadership and management within nursing education.
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 Dr Anthony Armson
Anthony works to link science with Nursing, making science relevant to nurses. Anthony is also an active researcher with interests in parasitology where he examines chemotherapeutic approaches to treating parasites including Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Malaria and Trypanosomiasis. He also has an interest in the virus host interactions in individuals infected with Ross River virus.
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 Laura Davidson
Currently teaching in post graduate education. Interests include enhancing the first year university educational experience and the educational experience of international students as well as ethics, philosophy and education. Clinical experience includes paediatrics, child health and general medical nursing particularly chronic illness and oncology.
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 Dr Cathy Fetherston
Cathy initially joined Murdoch University School of Nursing and Midwifery in 2007 as a Research Fellow at Peel Health Campus where she was responsible for fostering research and evidence based practice in the clinical setting. In this role she was involved in a variety of clinical research including the National Handover Initiative, exercise in renal dialysis patients, autologous retransfusions, and post operative pain management in total knee arthroplasty patients. Cathy’s personal research interests are in the area of lactation physiology and mastitis.
Cathy has been a registered nurse since 1978 and has worked and taught in the clinical areas of cardiothoracic ICU, cardiology and general surgery. Since becoming a midwife and lactation consultant in 1992 she has since developed research interests in breastfeeding and lactation, completing a PhD on the pathophysiology of the lactating breast in 2003. She now lectures in midwifery and research methods and supervises postgraduate students conducting research into a wide range of nursing and midwifery related areas. She also conducts a clinic at a private community hospital one morning a week, for women experiencing breastfeeding problems.
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 Martin Hopkins
Martin is a lecturer in nursing and has been a registered nurse and lecturer in the UK where he has completed both undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Martins’ clinical background is predominantly emergency care and he has practices extensively within emergency departments in both the UK and Australia. His postgraduate studies are within emergency care and he has completed an MSc in Advanced Nursing Practice in 2006. Martin was a senior lecturer in a university in the UK prior to his arrival and subsequent employment at Murdoch University.
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 Irene Ikafa
Irene is a Registered Nurse and a Registered Mental Health Nurse and has worked as a clinical teacher and Staff Development Nurse in WA. Currently she is a lecturer in mental health and aged care. Irene has been involved in tutoring and teaching various undergraduate units since commencing work at the Peel campus in July 2008.
Her research includes: The effect of mental health clinical experience on clinical confidence of undergraduate students and a Co-Researcher in the study examining the effect of length of stay for older persons in acute and sub-acute settings. Irene is currently undertaking PhD studies at Murdoch University. The title of her thesis is Changing words: the impact of resettlement experience on the mental health of African migrants to Western Australia and an evaluation of current support services.
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Robert Laing
Robert has been a registered nurse for 10 years and has worked in South Africa, the UK and Australia as a mental health nurse mostly within prisons. Robert has been a lecturer in mental health nursing since 2006 initially at the University of South Australia and now Murdoch University.
Robert is currently completing a PhD investigating how people learn from catastrophic events.
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 Kristina Medigovich
Kristina has worked at the School of Nursing and Midwifery since 2004, initially as a clinical educator and project manager. Prior to this, Kristina practiced as a registered nurse in Western Australia, Victoria and the UK, predominantly in the area of acute care nursing of adults. Her roles during this time have been varied, including positions such as Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nurse Researcher and Nurse Manager. Kristina states that she feels privileged to be a registered nurse and to have met so many wonderful people who have shared their journey about health and illness, and she has learnt much from them.
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Eric Miles
After completing his Bachelor of Applied Science (Health Sciences) degree, Eric pursued a career marketing ‘high tech’ medical and surgical instrumentation and equipment. Eventually, he returned to university to pursue a Master’s qualification in human biology and was ultimately appointed as an examiner in WA’s TEE human biology for 2007 and 2008. Eric has been a tutor and lecturer in human biology, anatomy and physiology since 1995.
Eric’s principle area of research focus is the X-linked muscular dystrophies, in particular, developing and utilising physiological measures to determine the efficacy of experimental treatments on affected skeletal muscle. He also has related research interests in skeletal muscle regeneration, neuromuscular disorders and connective tissue injuries and repair. His past employment has also involved him in research projects related to GP continence education, breast cancer screening and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
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Caroline Nilson
Caroline is the 1st year undergraduate nursing coordinator. She teaches 1st year and 3rd year units. Her teaching philosophy is based on the caring relationship. She places a high value on the subjectivity and inter-subjectivity of relationships. She considers that ‘caring for’ others begins with ‘caring about’ others and believes that nurses need to base their care on a relationship-centred and holistic model.
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 Martinique Sandy
Martinique is a Registered Nurse with specialties in emergency nursing, leadership and management.
Her role as Study Manager of the Peel Child Health Study encompasses the operational management of the study, planning recruitment and ongoing monitoring of study processes. The study is looking at how biological, social, environmental and emotional factors affect child health and development.
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Peel Child Health Study
Would you like to be a part of a research study to see how newborns born to families in the Peel Region respond to their environment and grow into healthy children? We are speaking with hundreds of families in the Peel Region to help us understand how health, education and other community services can do the best job possible in supporting children’s health and development.
We know that early development from conception to age 5 establishes the foundation for learning, behaviour and health throughout life but there is a lot more we can learn about the influence that family and community has on children. The Peel Child Health Study will answer questions surrounding everyday life and the different stressors involved and how that can impact upon child health and development. The study will focus on the community, environment, biological, social and emotional factors of families living in the peel region.
www.peelchildhealthstudy.com.au
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