ProfessorBrendan McCormack
Head of School and Dean, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Medicine and Health
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- Head of School and Dean, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and MidwiferyFaculty of Medicine and Health
Research projects & supervision summary
ACTIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS
- [CIA] McCormack, B. and Tyagi, V (2025) The PRIDE Project – Co-designing Person-centred, Resilient and Inclusive Healthcare Design with Gay Men in NSW $90, 000
- [CIF] Chapman, N., Jones, D., Hawke, C., Schutte, AE., McCormack, B. et al (2025) Implementing the evidence-based cardiovascular risk-reduction package ‘HEARTS’ in regional and remote Australia. $5,000, 000
- [CIA] McCormack, B., Guillick, J., Patterson, P. (2025) Improving community and health care navigation for culturally and linguistically diverse refugee and migrant women in South-Western Sydney experiencing mental health concerns $798,275.00
- [CIB] Hooker, C., McCormack, B. and Anderson, M. (2025) Harnessing Arts and Cultural Practices to transform Australia’s Health and Care Ecosystem [The HaArts of Care Node]. Sydney Policy Lab $5, 000 (seed fund)
- [CIA] Research and Policy Impact Award. (2024) Sydney Policy Lab, University of Sydney. $35, 000
- [CIE] Dunsmore, M., Watharaw, A., Schneider, J., Kecman, E., McCormack, B. and Tang, D., (2024) Developing integrated care models for older adults with dual sensory impairment (DSI) and their family carers. The Hal Kending Grant, Australian Association of Gerontology. $25,000.00
- [CID] Shaban RZ, Curtis K, Fry M, McCormack B, Parker D, Macbeth D, Mitchell B, Russo P, Friedman D, Bennett N, Viengkham C, Considine J, Henderson B, Dempsey K, Squillacioti G, Dalton J, Thompson L, Ashby M. (2024) Establishing Standards for the Governance, Program Elements and Practice of Infection Prevention and Control in Residential Aged Care in Australia – Project GoPPRACH. 2023 TCR – Improving Infection Prevention and Control in Residential Aged Care Homes. Application 2034723. $745,287.20
- [CIE] Makeham, M. et al (2024) The General Practice and Residential Aged Care Study of Virtual Care Models (The Grace-VC Study): Implementing safe, person-centred virtual care for residents. $1,468,436.37
- [CID] (2023) Medical Research Futures Fund - Clinician Researchers – Nurse, Midwives and Allied Health [MRFF] Nurse-Led Improvements to the Quality and Safety of Residential Aged Care – Project HIRAID Aged Care. $3,386,969. Application 2023190.
- 2022/1-2026/1 Vax4Health: A research project to co-design immunisation services with students with disability CIA: Carter A
- CI: Young A, Guy R, Danchin M, Skinner R, Davies C, Vujovich-Dunn C, Newman C, Klinner C, Bateson D, Wong H, Cumming T, Brown S, Hepburn LA, McCormack B NSW Health, Prevention Research Support Program $426,719
RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONExplore the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of Reiki as a supportive intervention for aged care staff, enhancing resilience, reducing burnout and promoting person-centered care
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONUniverstanding the current state and future trajectory of the International Mad movement(s) from the stories of lived experience activists resisters and leaders.
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONVoices from the Margins: A Phenomenological Case Study of Interest Holder Experiences with a Hospital Avoidance Intervention