The Institute of Health Transformation (IHT) at Deakin University is proud to congratulate Alfred Deakin Professor Anna Peeters, Professor Julie Considine, and IHT Advisory Board member Robyn Batten on their recognition in the Kings’ Birthday honours.
Director of IHT Professor Anna Peeters has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her significant service to community health, particularly obesity research.
Professor Peeters is Lead Investigator for the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in food retail environments (RE-FRESH) and DELIVER, a $9 million research project funded through the Australian Commonwealth Government Medical Research Future Fund, led by IHT and the Western Alliance Academic Health Science Centre.
DELIVER brings together, for the first time, healthcare consumers, regional and rural health services, peak bodies, universities and primary healthcare providers across western Victoria to achieve better healthcare closer to home.
Learn more about Anna’s work on the Deakin website.
Professor Julie Considine is Chair in Nursing, Eastern Health at Deakin’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, and a member of IHT’s Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research. Julie has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her distinguished service to medicine in the field of emergency nursing, to tertiary education and to professional associations.
Professor Considine’s research is aimed at improving the quality and safety of patient care by optimising clinical decision-making, use of research evidence in practice, and ensuring effective models of service delivery.
She is a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing and Life Fellow at the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia, Senior Editor of the Australasian Emergency Care journal, and represents the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia on the Australian Resuscitation Council.
Learn more about Julie’s work on the Deakin website.
IHT Advisory Board member Robyn Batten has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her service to the not-for-profit, health and aged care sectors. Robyn has made significant contributions to national policy development during the last decade and is currently the Board Chair at Western Health, one of IHT’s many valued partners. Robyn is a founding board member of IHT and we thank Robyn for her contributions to our development over the past 3 years.
