Associate Professor Fiona Bogossian

Associate Professor Fiona Bogossian
Associate Professor Fiona Bogossian

RN, Midwife, DipAppSci –NEd (QUT), BAppSci- N with Distinction (QUT), MPH (Griffith), PhD (UQ), FACM

Director of Research

Profile and Research Interests

Fiona has clinical experience in midwifery and neonatal nursing and, over the last 20 years has been involved with the tertiary education of nurse and midwives.Fiona joined the University of Queensland in 2005 as Bachelor of Nursing (BN) Program Director and pioneered the establishment of the first contemporary Bachelor of Midwifery (BMid) program in Queensland. In 2007 she commenced as Postgraduate Research Coordinator and is currently the Director of Research. 

Fiona was invited to be on the Expert Advisory Panel for the Review of Maternity Services in Queensland and following the release of Rebirthing (Hirst 2005) was subsequently appointed as a Midwifery Academic for the Ministerial Maternity Services Review Steering Committee. From 2007 - 2010 she was the Chair of the Midwifery Peer Review Panel and as a member of the Education Committee of the Queensland Nursing Council.
 
Fiona received a Churchill Fellowship in 2006 for Improving the Health of All Australians http://www.churchilltrust.com.au/res/File/Fellow_Reports and was a visiting scholar to the California Quality Maternity Care Collaborative Stanford University USA in 2009.
 
In 2007 Fiona was awarded a Faculty of Health Sciences Teaching and Learning Fellowship and in 2008 lead a Faculty of Health Sciences team which has been awarded a UQ Teaching and Learning Large Strategic Grant to continue work in the development of e-portfolios.
 
Fiona completed her PhD in epidemiology specifically addressing maternal morbidity after childbirth. Her current research focuses on three areas namely the epidemiology of birth and motherhood, enhancing the quality of maternity services and, scholarship & innovation in teaching and learning. She is the Principal Midwifery Investigator in the Nurses and Midwives eCohort study, the Graduate eCohort study, a researcher for the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) Centre for Excellence for research in building quality, governance, performance and sustainability in primary health care, an investigator on an ALTC grant for using simulation to enhance management of the deteriorating patient. Fiona lead a national team of researchers in the Health Workforce Australia National Simulation Midwifery Curriculum Project.

Publications

Publications by Associate Professor Fiona Bogossian

Research Projects

Research Projects by Associate Professor Fiona Bogossian 

Research Students

Current Candidates Degree Scholarship Commenced
Jacqui Jauncey-Cooke PhD UQRS scholarship 2007
Maryanne Long PhD UQIRTA + DVC (Academic) Scholarship 2009
Angela Ratsch PhD OHMR Health Research Fellowship 2009
Ann Peacock PhD APA Scholarship 2011
Susan Kellett PhD APA Scholarship 2010
Mingshuang Ding PhD UQRS Scholarship 2011
Stephanie Power PhD APA Scholarship 2012
Catherine Kilgour PhD APA Scholarship 2011
Sara Mayfield PhD   2011
Leanne McCracken BPhy (Hons)   2011
Cassia Drever-Smith B Mid (Hons)   2011


 

Completed Candidates Degree Scholarship Completed
Karen New                                            PhD                UQRS Scholarship 2012
Isabella Zhao PhD APA Scholarship 2012
Joanne Lim PhD   2011
Ann Peacock BMid (Hons) Golden Casket Midwifery Research Scholarship (2009) 2010
Anoopa Mathew BN (Hons)   2011
Helen Branagan BN (Hons)   2009
Donna Hovey BN (Hons)   2010
Karen New BN (Hons) RBWH Research Scholarship 2008
Zara Hart M Mid   2004
Linda Crowe M Mid   2002

Contact details

School of Nursing & Midwifery
Faculty of Health Sciences
The University of Queensland

T:  (+61) 7 3346 4853
E: f.bogossian@nursing.uq.edu.au


 

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