Doreen McCarthy Nursing Research Award 2024
This Award is named in honour of Professor Doreen McCarthy AM, former Director of Nursing at Royal Perth Hospital, who was a champion for nursing research and instigated many initiatives aimed at promoting nurses as researchers and research into nursing practice.
Doreen was the founding Dean of Nursing at The University of Notre Dame Australia's School of Nursing & Midwifery in Fremantle.
At the RPH Research Foundation we believe in the transformative power of nursing research. We are dedicated to fostering innovation and excellence in nursing practice within the East Metropolitan Health Service.
This award recognises nurses within EMHS who are conducting research to improve patient outcomes and enhance healthcare. The award is presented to the top-ranked nursing project submitted to the RPH Research Foundation’s 2024 Nursing and Allied Health Grant Program. With an additional $5,000 in funding awarded to the recipient, the recipient will receive a total of $20,000 for their nursing grant.
The 2024 Doreen McCarthy Nursing Research Award recipient is Ms Gabrielle Calleja.
Gabrielle was the top-ranked nursing project submitted to the Nursing and Allied Health Grant Program for her project “Exploring the patient’s experience when allocated to an isolation room to manage multi-resistant organism.”
