Elizabeth Halcomb Email & Phone Number

Liz Halcomb was appointed inaugural Professor of Primary Care Nursing at the University of Wollongong, School in 2013. Prior to this she was employed in the School of Nursing & Midwifery at the University of Western Sydney. Before commencing her academic career she worked in a range of acute care settings and clinical research units. Liz was awarded a PhD in 2006 for a mixed method project exploring the general practice nurse role in heart failure. Since that time her teaching and research interests have focussed on general practice nursing, nursing workforce, chronic disease, nurse education and mixed methods research.Liz has a strong track record of publication, with over 210 peer reviewed papers (h-index 19) and 15 book chapters. She has also co-edited Special Editions of both Advances in Contemporary Nursing and the International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches. Liz has co-edited the text “Mixed methods research for nursing and the health sciences”. Liz is also an active peer reviewer for a number of Australian and International journal and both the NHMRC & ARC.Liz has experience in supervising both Bachelor of Nursing (Hons) and PhD students to completion. These students have conducted research in the areas of nursing workforce, chronic disease management, family health, models of care delivery and leadership.Specialties: Research InterestsNursing workforce; General practice nursing; Chronic disease; Cardiovascular disease; Mixed-methods research; Ageing; Evidence-Based Practice/Systematic ReviewsTeaching InterestsUndergraduate research training; Evidence-Based Practice; Post-graduate research supervision

Listed skills include Clinical Research, Healthcare, Nursing Education, Research, and 18 others.