Associate ProfessorHeather Shepherd
Principal Research Fellow - Health Literacy Lab
Faculty of Medicine and Health
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- Principal Research Fellow - Health Literacy LabFaculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Health services research
Implementation science
Shared decision making
Health literacy
Health professional/patient communication
Patient/Consumer engagment
Safety and quality in healthcare
Implementation into practice of resources to improve patient care and health professional experience.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTSupporting shared decision making in practice: implementation and evaluation of the Finding Your Way model for MobNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jul 2025People funded by this grant:
- Cawley M,
- Shepherd H,
- Paulson C,
- Dickson M,
- Follent D
- GRANTA Centre of Research Excellence in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD-CRE): Promoting prevention and improving health outcomesNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2025People funded by this grant:
- GRANTCreating and maintaining links for people in opioid dependence treatment programs with general practice care through LINK: A co-designed integrated care modelDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Mar 2024 - 31 Aug 2028
- GRANTShared decision making about colonoscopy with Aboriginal people in NSWCancer Institute NSW1 Jan 2024People funded by this grant:
- Shepherd H
- GRANTRES - Agency for Clinical Innovation - Cultural adaptation of a Shared Decision Making measure (SDM Q9) - Heather Shepherd - RA0002766Agency for Clinical Innovation (NSW)1 Jan 2023People funded by this grant:
- Shepherd H
- GRANTRamsay ADAPT: Implementation and pilot evaluation of sustainable and supported clinical pathway for managing anxiety and depression in cancer patientsRamsay Hospital Research Foundation1 Jul 2021People funded by this grant:
- Shaw J,
- Shepherd H
- GRANTParenting Improving health and service-use outcomes through health literacy training for new parents: an effectiveness-implementation hybrid trialNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2025People funded by this grant:
- Wen LM,
- Cvejic E,
- Shepherd H,
- McCaffery K,
- Hayes A
- GRANTSHeLL editor: An online real-time editor to improve the health-literate design of written materialsLifespan Research Network1 Jan 2020People funded by this grant:
- Ayre J,
- McCaffery K,
- Bonner C,
- Aslani P,
- Jansen J
- GRANTDeveloping and evaluating a revised Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale for use with Culturally and Linguistic Diverse and lower literacy patients with cancerSchool of Psychology1 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- Shepherd H
- GRANTSUCCESS: supporting culturally-diverse adults with CKD to engage in shared decision making successfully (Phase iib)Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- McCaffery K,
- Shepherd H,
- Webster A,
- Muscat D
- GRANTSUCCESS: Supporting culturally-diverse adults with CKD to engage in shared decision making successfully (Phase II)Kidney Health Australia1 Aug 2018People funded by this grant:
- Muscat D,
- Shepherd H,
- Webster A,
- McCaffery K,
- O'Lone E
- GRANTSUCCESS: Supporting culturally-diverse adults with CKD to engage in shared decision making successfully (Phase II)Department of Health (Federal)1 Jan 2018People funded by this grant:
- Shepherd H,
- McCaffery K,
- Webster A,
- Muscat D,
- O'Lone E
- GRANTDevelopment and evaluation of an Australian adult health literacy program for socially disadvantaged adults attending TAFEAustralian Research Council (ARC)9 May 2014 - 31 Dec 2016People funded by this grant:
- Nutbeam D,
- Dhillon H,
- Hayen A,
- Luxford K,
- Wright C
- GRANTDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2020People funded by this grant:
- Scholl I,
- Elwyn G,
- Frosch D,
- Shepherd H,
- Härter MC
- GRANTDevelopment and feasibility testing of a consumer questions program to increase consumer participation in decisions about their healthFoundation for Informed Medical Decision Making1 Jan 2010People funded by this grant:
- Bateson D,
- Del Mar C,
- Shepherd H,
- Barratt A,
- Del Mar C
- GRANTFUSION - Investigating the doctor-patient-family triad to gain an understanding of shared decision makingFoundation for Informed Medical Decision Making1 Jan 2010People funded by this grant:
- Lam W,
- Shepherd H,
- Juraskova I,
- Jansen J,
- Charles C
- GRANTEvaluation of 2 FIMDM Programs in AustraliaFoundation for Informed Medical Decision Making1 Jul 2009People funded by this grant:
- Shepherd H,
- Barratt A,
- McCaffery K
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2011People funded by this grant:
- Shepherd H
