Dr Gursharan Singh
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Biography
Dr Gursharan Singh BMedSc(Hons), PhD is a Research Fellow in Palliative Care within the Cancer and Palliative Care Outcomes Centre at the School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Gursharan's research interests include optimising palliative care delivery, heart failure, models of care and using linked administrative data in her research.Gursharan has a track record of contributing to the field through her published research in the area of chronic heart failure and palliative care in peer-reviewed journals, both quantitative and qualitative in nature. She has presented her research at national and international conferences and has been successful in securing funding from the Centre for Healthcare Transformation, Queensland Health and Palliative Care Australia.
Gursharan regularly contributes to peer review for Journal of Clinical Nursing, BMC Palliative Care and Palliative Medicine. Notably, her research has garnered international recognition, and was cited in The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) guidelines. Her expertise extends to influencing clinical practice as she played a role in contributing to Queensland Health Guidelines on Heart Failure: End-Stage Management. Gursharan's dedication to advancing palliative care has been acknowledged as recently, she was a finalist for the Emerging Researcher Award as part of Palliative Care Australia's 2023 National Palliative Care Awards.
Personal details
Positions
- Research Fellow in Palliative Care
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Keywords
palliative care, heart failure, qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods
Research field
Cardiovascular medicine and haematology, Health services and systems, Nursing
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Western Sydney University)
- Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) (University of Tech., Sydney)
Professional memberships and associations
Professional memberships
○ Queensland Cardiovascular Research Network
○ Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
Review panel membership
○ Journal of Clinical Nursing
○ BMC Palliative Care
○ Scientific Reports
○ European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
○ Palliative Medicine
○ Progress in Palliative Care
Teaching
Dr Gursharan Singh has taught in the following units:
Postgraduate
- Dissertation Preparation, Queensland University of Technology
- Dissertation, Queensland University of Technology
Undergraduate
- Medical Devices and Diagnostics, University of Technology Sydney
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Gursharan, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Supervision
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Current supervisions
- Enabling home-based supportive care for people with heart failure and their carers
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Distinguished Professor Patsy Yates, Professor Will Parsonage