ProfessorRobyn Gallagher

AO, RN, BA(Psychology), MN, PhD

Robyn Gallagher is Professor of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney Nursing School based at the Charles Perkins Centre and an Honorary Professor at Edinburgh Napier University. Professor Gallagher's clinical and academic career focusses on understanding and supporting patients who have cardiovascular disease to engage in secondary prevention behaviours to reduce their risk of future cardiovascular events. SHe received an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service for this work in 2026. She leads intervention programs that use technology such as mobile apps and wearable trackers to support behaviour change in cardiac patients and has extensive experience in establishing multidisciplinary research teams. Her work with these teams has been internationally recognised, won awards and altered clinical practice leading to significant changes in policy. She is an experienced academic and research degree supervisor and has received the University of Sydney Vice Chancellor's Award for HDR Supervisor of the Year 2023 and the 2020 SUPRA Supervision Award. She was previously Director of Research Students at the University of Technology, Sydney, where she received the Postgraduate Supervision Award for Excellence. She haspublished 240+ papers,16 book chapters and has had continuing grant funding totalling $24mill.

She has contributed to a number of International advisory documents including the World Heart Federation Roadmap for Cardiac Rehabilitation and guidelines for secondary prevention and the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care National Labelling Recommendations and national position statements including the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand exercise and telehealth guidelines and COVID nursing care.

Professor Gallagher is immediate past Chair of the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation and member of the WHO World Rehabilitation Alliance, past President of the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association and past Chair of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Cardiovascular Nursing Council. Her distinguished career is recognised as Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and Fellow of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular Nursing Council and the European Society of Cardiology. She was inducted into the Sigma Nursing International Nursing Research Hall of Fame in 2024, received the Alan Goble Distinguished Service Award from the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association in 2024 and was the inaugural recipient of the Mary Chiarella Clinical Nursing and Midwifery Research Award from Northern Sydney Local Health District in 2024.