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Dr

Rochelle Wynne

Chair In Nursing (Western Health)

Faculty of Health/School of Nursing & Midwifery

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  • Chair In Nursing (Western Health)
    Faculty of Health/School of Nursing & Midwifery
  • +61 468 596 502 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Professor Rochelle Wynne is the Chair of Nursing in the Western Health and Deakin University Partnership. She has been a Registered Nurse since 1991 and an active clinical researcher with a focus on health services research in the acute care context. Rochelle is on the Board of the Australian Cardiovascular Research Alliance (ACvA), a founding member of the Cardiac Surgery International Nursing and Allied Professional Research Network (CONNECT) and the Women in Cardiovascular Trials Group (WiCVT), the Secretary of the CSANZ Cardiovascular Nursing Council, Editor in Chief of Contemporary Nurse Journal, a member of the Melbourne Academic Centre for Health (MACH) Health Services Improvement and Implementation Committee, and a MACH Future Leader Fellowship Mentor.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Chair In Nursing (Western Health)
    Deakin University, School of Nursing and Midwifery

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Chair in Nursing
    Western Health, Nursing, Melbourne, Australia29 Jan 2024 - present
  • Clinical Nurse Consultant
    Royal Melbourne Hospital, Cardiac Services, Melbourne, Australia4 Apr 2022 - 26 Jan 2024
  • Director, Western Sydney Nursing & Midwifery Research Centre
    Western Sydney University & Western Sydney Local Health District, Research Education Network, Sydney, Australia22 Jul 2019 - 25 Mar 2022
  • Associate Professor in Nursing
    Deakin University, Melbourne, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Melbourne, Australia30 Jan 2017 - 28 Jun 2019
  • Editor In Chief
    Contemporary Nurse, Taylor & Francis Publishing, United Kingdom6 Jun 2022 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Board Director
    Australian Cardiovascular Research Alliance, Australia12 Nov 2023 - present
  • Secretary, Cardiovascular Nursing Council
    Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, Australia30 Aug 2022 - present
  • Member, Professional & Ethical Standards Committee
    Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, Australia10 Oct 2023 - present

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Deakin University
  • Graduate Certificate of Science (Applied Statistics)
    Swinburne Univ. of Technology

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Division 1 Registered Nursing Certificate
    Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia30 Jan 1991 - present
  • Division 2 Enrolled Nursing Certificate
    Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences, Melbourne, Australia30 Oct 1987 - present

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Nursing
  • Clinical sciences
  • Health services and systems
  • Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • School of Nursing & Midwifery

RESEARCH STRENGTHS