ProfessorAndrea Driscoll

Deakin Distinguished Professor and Chair in Nursing, Monash Health Partnership

Faculty of Health/School of Nursing & Midwifery/Institute for Health Transformation

  • Deakin Distinguished Professor and Chair in Nursing, Monash Health Partnership
    Faculty of Health/School of Nursing & Midwifery/Institute for Health Transformation
  • +61 3 925 17212 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Andrea has an established program of research focusing on heart failure, acute
and chronic cardiovascular disease, nurse practitioner, workforce, critical
care and chronic disease management.

Knowledge Areas
Quantitative research methods in the area of heart failure, acute and chronic
cardiovascular disease, nurse practitioner, workforce, critical care and
chronic disease management.

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    HeartPath+: Targeting self-efficacy and health literacy through patient education to prevent recurrent heart events in Australians with heart disease
    1 Nov 2023 - 31 Oct 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cartledge S,
    • Beauchamp A,
    • Driscoll A,
    • O'Neil A,
    • Redfern J
    MRFF Consumer-Led Research - MRF2022907 - $36,693.00
  • GRANT
    Optimising engagement in cardiac secondary prevention: A health literacy approach
    27 Feb 2023 - 26 Feb 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Beauchamp A,
    • Driscoll A
    NHMRC - Investigator Grant - GNT1198006 - $53,676.00
  • GRANT
    SAFE-HF: tranSlating heArt Failure guidElineS inTo practice: an RCT of a Nurse Practitioner primary care service.
    1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    MRFF (NHMRC) Clinician Researchers - Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Grant - MRF2023188 - $1,488,730.44
  • GRANT
    Regional heart health: Keeping Australians out of hospital
    1 Jul 2022 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    HCF Research Foundation Translational Research Grants Scheme - 21TRG7 - $318,786.00
  • GRANT
    RURAL-HEART: Implementation of HEART failure guidelines in RURAL AusTralia
    30 Jun 2022 - 1 Oct 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    2-1 Primary Care Rural Innovative Multidisciplinary Models (PRIMM) - F6RS4WG - $363,634.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Improving outcomes for people with cardiovascular disease.
    28 May 2022 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Driscoll A,
    • Maddison R
    Department of Health and Human Services - Victoria - $98,000.00
  • GRANT
    I-HEART - Implementation of HEArt failure guidelines in Regional AusTralia
    1 Jan 2022 - 30 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    NHF Partnership Engagement Grant - National Heart Foundation of Australia - $150,000.00
  • GRANT
    I-HEART - Implementation of HEArt failure guidelines in Regional AusTralia
    1 Aug 2021 - 31 Jul 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Partnership Project - GNT2005589 - $1,266,172.55
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Improving outcomes for people with cardiovascular disease.
    31 May 2021 - 30 May 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Andrea Driscoll
    Department of Health and Human Services - Victoria - $48,091.00
  • GRANT
    I-HEART - Implementation of HEArt failure guidelines in Regional AusTralia
    1 Apr 2021 - 30 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Western Alliance - $20,000.00
  • GRANT
    I-HEART - Implementation of HEArt failure guidelines in Regional AusTralia
    1 Apr 2021 - 30 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Castlemaine Health - $4,000.00
  • GRANT
    I-HEART - Implementation of HEArt failure guidelines in Regional AusTralia
    1 Apr 2021 - 30 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Novartis Australia Pty Ltd - $19,500.00
  • GRANT
    I-HEART - Implementation of HEArt failure guidelines in Regional AusTralia
    1 Apr 2021 - 30 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Swan Hill District Health - $2,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Evaluation of the expansion of telehealth through primary care in Australia.
    1 Jun 2020 - 1 Jun 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    Western Alliance - $48,500.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Exploring the diversity in models of care of Victorian Nurse Practitioners
    1 Apr 2017 - 31 Mar 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lowe G,
    • Driscoll A
    Department of Health and Human Services - Victoria - $72,000.00
  • GRANT
    Development and validation of the FAST tool
    1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Driscoll A,
    • Tonkin A,
    • Cullen L,
    • Albert N
    HF Vanguard Grant - Heart Foundation of Australia - 101352 - $72,283.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    System of care for heart failure
    11 Sep 2015 - 31 Dec 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Andrea Driscoll
    National Heart Foundation Victoria - $49,848.00
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Burden and disparities in heart failure: THE GAP project
    1 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Andrea Driscoll
    HF Future Leader Fellowship - Heart Foundation of Australia - 100472 - $520,810.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Improving primary prevention of heart disease in rural & regional populations: A nurse-led cardiovascular primary prevention general practice-based clinic.
    1 May 2014 - 30 Jun 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    DH VIC - Grants Department of Health Victoria - $43,000.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Improving medication compliance in heart failure patients using a Health literacy framework
    28 Nov 2013 - 31 Aug 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    DH VIC - Grants Department of Health Victoria - $95,683.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Improving outcomes for heart failure patients: Implementaion of a heart failure nurse practitioner role; phase 2 - Building capacity to reduce heart failure readmissions
    28 Nov 2013 - 31 Dec 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • Andrea Driscoll
    DH VIC - Grants Department of Health Victoria - $267,616.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Health literacy and the 'My Heart My Life' patient resource
    31 Dec 2012 - 31 Dec 2013
    People funded by this grant:
    National Heart Foundation Victoria - $22,000.00
  • GRANT
    Does a nurse-led high intensity transitional care program improve outcomes?
    30 Jul 2012 - 30 Jul 2013
    People funded by this grant:
    • Driscoll A,
    • Hare D,
    • Krum H,
    • Srivastava P
    Nurses Board of VIC Grant - Mona Menzies Postdoctoral - $46,000.00
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Epidemiological modelling of heart failure
    9 Jul 2012 - 30 Jun 2013
    People funded by this grant:
    • Andrea Driscoll
    NHMRC - Training PD Award - Public Health Fellowships - 546250 - $74,111.67
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Monash Health Partnership (previously Southern Health) Deakin joint nursing appointment
    1 Jul 2005 - 30 Oct 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    SH Nursing - Joint Appointment - Southern Health - $2,178,294.86