Meet Our Department of Nursing Team
Clicking on a researcher will take you to their Find an Expert profile where you can explore their research interests and availability for supervision.
Professor Marie Gerdtz
Professor and Head of Department | Research areas include emergency and critical care nursing
gerdtzmf@unimelb.edu.au
Professor Denise Harrison
Professor | Research areas include infant and child health, implementation science, families as partners in care
deniseh@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Naomi Brockenshire
Lecturer | Research areas include humour in healthcare; therapeutic clowning; student and nurse wellbeing; and understanding the hospital experience of patients and families
naomi.brockenshire@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Dianne Crellin
Course Coordinator Master of Advanced Nursing Practice, Nurse Practitioner | Research areas include infant, child and adolescent health, emergency and critical care nursing and diagnostic and assessment tool evaluation
dcrellin@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Cathy Daniel
Program Coordinator of Specialty Nursing Courses | Research areas include mental health nursing, management of acute behavioural disturbance, substance use, and reducing the use of restrictive interventions while providing safe care
daniel.c@unimelb.edu.au
Ms Polly Dufton
Lecturer, Course Coordinator Graduate Certificate in Cancer Nursing | Research areas include health services research, emergency department utilisation, cancer nursing
polly.dufton@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Rebecca Jarden
Lecturer | Research areas include nurse wellbeing and critical care
rebecca.jarden@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Sophie Jones
Lecturer | Research areas include infant, child and adolescent health, thrombosis and anticoagulation in children
sophie.jones@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Suzanne Kapp
Senior Lecturer | Research areas include skin integrity, chronic wounds, patient engagement and self-treatment
suzanne.kapp@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Snezana Kusljic
Senior Lecturer, Senior Academic Adviser | Research areas include pharmacology, medication safety and quality use of medicines, psychopharmacology
skusljic@unimelb.edu.au
Philippa Marriott
Clinical Placement Coordinator, Clinical Lab Manager
philippa.marriott@unimelb.edu.au
Ms Jo Martin
Entry to Practice Degree Coordinator | MNSc Course Coordinator
jo.martin@unimelb.edu.au
Mr John Thompson
Nurse Practioner, Lecturer | Scholarship of learning and teaching
john.thompson@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Celene Yap
Research Fellow | Research areas include behavioral disturbance management, drug and alcohol related emergency department presentation, evaluation new model of care in the acute care setting
yen.yap@unimelb.edu.au
Associate Professor Bridget Hamilton
Director of the Centre for Mental Health Nursing
bh@unimelb.edu.au