Professor Jane Currie

Biography

Jane Currie is Professor of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology. As a veteran, nurse practitioner and mixed methods researcher, Jane's research program focuses on access to healthcare for priority populations. Her work has attracted >$1.5MIL total research income. Jane has led 21 research projects, through productive collaborations with research organisations, government, British and Australian Army, industry, NGO's and the professions. An example of Jane's research with people experiencing homelessness includes her evaluation of the St Vincent's Hospital Sydney COVID-19 vaccination hub that led to development of a model of care blueprint document that was used by three health services in Brisbane and Melbourne to improve access to vaccination for those homeless.

Jane's research is published across a range of journals (BMJ Open, JAN, IJNS) with a field weighted citation index in nursing of 2.48 (2018-2024, Scival). Jane's research on nurse-led services and access to care has been published in two World Health Organisation reports. Jane's doctoral research (2018) on nurse practitioners and access to care  has informed the government's 2023 ground breaking budget promise to remove the 2010 nurse practitioner Collaborative Arrangement legislation, and the government's decision to increase the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) rebate for nurse practitioners by 30% - these are the first legislative and policy changes since 2010 when nurse practitioners were granted eligibility to provide subsidised services through the MBS. Jane is recipient of a Vice Chancellor's Award for Early Career Outstanding Contribution to Teaching (Univ. Sydney) and Learning and a National Australian Award for University Teaching  Citation.

Jane practices clinically as a homeless health nurse practitioner.