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Grant Recipient Profile

Here is a little more info about our fabulous grant recipients throughout the years.

Samantha Bates

An intensive care nurse since 1996, Samantha further specialised as an intensive care clinical research nurse and is currently the Critical Care Research Nurse Manager at Western Health. In working w…

Quyen Tu

Quyen’s career as a clinical pharmacist has spanned over 25 years with 18-years’ service in the paediatric intensive care unit. She is currently undertaking a PhD candidature looking at improving dru…

Deanne August

Dr August has two decades of Neonatal and Women’s clinical experience; including retrievals and operating settings. She is a uniquely specialised Neonatal Skin Integrity and Research Nurse; recognise…

Bianca Crichton (Tainui, Ngāti Awa)

Bianca Crichton (Tainui, Ngāti Awa) is employed by the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand (MRINZ) as a Māori Health Researcher.  She is a novice investigator with a background in public health…

Belinda Causby

Belinda is a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Team Leader in a quaternary Intensive Care Unit in Sydney. Belinda has extensive experience in nursing education and intensive care clinical practice, havin…

Emma Morgan

Emma has worked in various hospital specialities in Australia and New Zealand and found her passion over 10 years ago in intensive care nursing. She enjoys continuously growing and learning. Emma wor…

Hayley Holden

Hayley has worked in critical care for the last 11 years. Approximately two years ago she was offered an opportunity to become a nurse educator for critical care in response to the New Zealand ICU ex…

Simon Wong

Dr Wong was trained at St Vincent’s Hospital and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital before becoming the Simulation/Education Fellow at Westmead Hospital and a Clinical Teaching Fellow with USyd. He has hel…

Tamishta Hensman

Tamishta Hensman is an intensivist at Austin Health and the Victorian Heart Hospital in Melbourne.  She underwent intensive care training in Melbourne before completing ECMO fellowships at Guys and S…

Tracy Klap

Tracy is an experienced Registered Nurse with 17 years experience in the Critical Care field including eight years in senior education and managerial roles. Tracy is currently a Nurse Educator in Wel…

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