Overview
Background
Fiona Bogossian is currently Professor of Practice Education in Health at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
Fiona is a Registered Nurse and Midwife with clinical, policy, education and research experience in midwifery and neonatal nursing. She has professional qualifications in education, public health and epidemiology, and a strong track record in teaching and research academic mentorship. Fiona is a Churchill Fellow, a Fellow of the Australian College of Midwives and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
As a foundation academic in the UQ School of Nursing & Midwifery (2005-2018), Fiona held leadership roles including Program Director, Director of Research and Director of Research Higher Degrees. Teaching highlights include implementation of the ground-breaking UQ Bachelor of Nursing curriculum, pioneering the first Bachelor of Midwifery program in Queensland and design and implementation of UQ's first practice based electronic portfolio system. Fiona held strategic responsibility for the School research direction, training and performance contributing to Above World Class Ranking of 5 for the field of research ‘nursing’ in 2012 and 2015.
Fiona’s research addresses better perinatal health outcomes and workforce education & development. She has expertise in clinical, health services and education research in particular epidemiology, longitudinal cohort studies, randomised trials, qualitative approaches and mixed methods. She has been Chief and Associate Investigator on $2.9 million of Cat 1 and Cat 4 grants since 2009, and has over 90 peer reviewed publications.
Fiona’s disciplinary research and education leadership is demonstrated at local, state, national and international levels through a long history of ministerial appointments, membership of research foundation grants committees, chairing program accreditation panels, as Sub-Editor for Women & Birth, and more recently as a panel member for the ERA Impact and Engagement Pilot (2107), and the discipline representative on the Universitas 21 Health Sciences Group Executive (2013-2016).
Availability
- Dr Fiona Bogossian is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Postgraduate Diploma, Queensland University of Technology
- Bachelor of Applied Science, Queensland University of Technology
- Masters (Coursework) of Public Health, Griffith University
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2012
Conference Publication
Managing supervision
Bogossian, Fiona E. (2012). Managing supervision. U21 Health Sciences Group Annual Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand, 3-7 September 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
Evaluating progressive levels of simulation in the development of woman centred clinical assessment in midwifery students
Brady, Susannah, Bogossian, Fiona, Barlow, Mel, Bonney, Donna, Gibbons, Kristen, Jackson, Anne, Lyon, Pauline and Wells, Andrew (2012). Evaluating progressive levels of simulation in the development of woman centred clinical assessment in midwifery students. 3rd Conference on Leadership and Practice Development in Health: Quality and Safety through Workplace Learning, Hobart , Australia, 29-30 November 2012.
2012
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Changing nCPAP practice from the NPT to short binasal prongs has positively affected clinical outcomes in very low birth weight infants
Hovey, D. P., Pritchard, Margo Anne, Davies, Mark, Cartwright, D. and Bogossian, Fiona E. (2012). Changing nCPAP practice from the NPT to short binasal prongs has positively affected clinical outcomes in very low birth weight infants. 17th Congress of the Federation of Asian and Oceania Perinatal Societies (FAOPS) & the 16th Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ), Sydney, NSW Australia, 18-21 March 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
The Globesity Epidemic: A Threat to the Future of Maternity Care
Bogossian, F., Benefer, C., Long and Johnson (2012). The Globesity Epidemic: A Threat to the Future of Maternity Care. Breathing New Life into Maternity Care, Melbourne, Australia, 24-26 May 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
The effectiveness and effciency of a Parent-Report Assessment Measure in identifying developmental-behavioural diagnosis in children born very pre-term
Pritchard, M., Cartwright, D., Beller, E., Bogossian, F., Johnston, Li and Glascoe, F. (2012). The effectiveness and effciency of a Parent-Report Assessment Measure in identifying developmental-behavioural diagnosis in children born very pre-term. The Society for Developmental and Behavioural Paediatrics Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 7-10 September 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
Report on nursing doctoral student forum and discussion
Bogossian, Fiona E. (2012). Report on nursing doctoral student forum and discussion. U21 Health Sciences Group Annual Meeting, Auckland New Zealand, 3-7 September 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
The great debate - what is the most important organ in the body?
Humphreyes-Reid, Lindy and Bogossian, Fiona E. (2012). The great debate - what is the most important organ in the body?. UQ Young Scholars Program 2012, St Lucia, QLD, Australia, 25-29 November 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
High flow nasal cannula therapy in a paediatric ward setting: safety and quality
Mayfield, Sara Anne, Schibler, Andreas and Bogossian, Fiona E. (2012). High flow nasal cannula therapy in a paediatric ward setting: safety and quality. 3rd Early Career Reseracher Symposium, St Lucia, QLD, Australia, 28-30 November 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
Workplace innovation: The contribution of personal and cultural variations in nurses' daily stress and coping
Lim, Joanne, Ahern, Kathy and Bogossian, Fiona (2012). Workplace innovation: The contribution of personal and cultural variations in nurses' daily stress and coping. 2nd International Nursing Research Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 9-10 February 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
Screening developmental domains in pre-term children: Diagnostic validity of "Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status: Developmental Milestones" (PEDS:DM) Assessment Level
Pritchard, Margo, de Dassal, Therese, Johnston, Linda, Beller, Elaine, Bogossian, Fiona, Callan, Susan, Crothers, Caroline, Hovey, Donna, Russo, Santa and Cartwright, David (2012). Screening developmental domains in pre-term children: Diagnostic validity of "Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status: Developmental Milestones" (PEDS:DM) Assessment Level. 4th Congress of the European Academy of Paediatric Societies EAPS, Istanbul, Turkey, 5-9 October 2012.
2012
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Simulation pedagogy and research in the disciplines of nursing and midwifery - lessons for other practice based disciplines
Bogossian, Fiona E. and Brady, Susannah (2012). Simulation pedagogy and research in the disciplines of nursing and midwifery - lessons for other practice based disciplines. Teaching Learning Week 2012, St Lucia, QLD, Australia, 29 October - 2 November 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
Stress, depression and reflective functioning in mothers of preterm infants in NICU 7-21 days after birth
Heron-Delaney, Michelle, Sidhu, Raychelle, Pritchard, Margo, Bogossian, Fiona, Cartwright, David, Flint, Anndrea, Kenardy, Justin and Newman, Louise (2012). Stress, depression and reflective functioning in mothers of preterm infants in NICU 7-21 days after birth. XVIII Biennial International Conference on Infancy Studies, Minneapolis, USA, 7-9 June 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
Maternity care following birth: Communication between primary and secondary health care settings for women who have a pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). A role of the patient controlled electronic health record?
Kilgour, Catherine, Bogossian, Fiona, Callaway, Leonie, Gallois, Cindy and Jackson, Claire (2012). Maternity care following birth: Communication between primary and secondary health care settings for women who have a pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). A role of the patient controlled electronic health record?. 17th Annual Congress of the Federation of Asian and Oceania Perinatal Societies (FOPS) and the 16th Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ), Sydney, Australia, 18 - 21 March 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
Lung recruitment by manipulating peep following endotracheal suction improves end expiratory lung volume and oxygenation
Jauncey-Cooke, J., Pham, T., Grant, C., Bogossian, F., East, C. and Schibler, A. (2012). Lung recruitment by manipulating peep following endotracheal suction improves end expiratory lung volume and oxygenation. 36th Australian and New Zealand Scientific Meeting on Intensive Care and 17th Annual Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 13 - 15 October 2011. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2011.12.018
2012
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Collaborative Scholarship
Saewyc, Elizabeth and Bogossian, Fiona E. (2012). Collaborative Scholarship. U21 Health Sciences Group Annual Meeting, Auckland New Zealand, 3-7 September 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
A practical strategy for embedding evidence-based practice into undergraduate nursing and midwifery education
Kain, Victoria, Rosenberg, John and Bogossian, Fiona E. (2012). A practical strategy for embedding evidence-based practice into undergraduate nursing and midwifery education. National Australian Conference on Evidence-Based Clinical Leadership, Adelaide, Australia, 13-14 August 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
High flow nasal cannula therapy in a paediatric ward setting
Mayfield, Sara A., Bogossian, Fiona E. and Schibler, Andreas (2012). High flow nasal cannula therapy in a paediatric ward setting. Paediatric Intensive Care Mini Conference, Brisbane, Australia, November 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
The effectiveness and efficiency of a parent-report assessment measure in identifying developmental-behavioural diagnoses in children born very pre-term
Pritchard, Margo, De Dassel, Therese, Johnston, Linda, Beller, Elaine, Bogossian, Fiona, Callan, Susan, Crothers, Caroline, Hovey, Donna, Russo, Santa, Cartwright, David and Glascoe, Frances (2012). The effectiveness and efficiency of a parent-report assessment measure in identifying developmental-behavioural diagnoses in children born very pre-term. 21st Annual RBWH Healthcare Symposium, Brisbane Australia, 8-12 October 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
High flow nasal cannula therapy in a paediatric ward setting, safety and quality
Mayfield, Sara, Bogossian, Fiona and Schibler, Andreas (2012). High flow nasal cannula therapy in a paediatric ward setting, safety and quality. The 37th Australian and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting on Intensive Care and the 18th Annual Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Conference, Adelaide Australia, 25-27 October 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
The relationship between stress, depression and reflective functioning in mothers of preterm infants in NICU 7-14 days after birth
Heron-Delaney, M., Sidhu, R., Pritchard, Margo Anne, Bogossian, Fiona E., Cartwright, D., Flint, A., Kenardy, J. and Newman, L. (2012). The relationship between stress, depression and reflective functioning in mothers of preterm infants in NICU 7-14 days after birth. 21st Annual Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital Healthcare Symposium, Brisbane, Queensland, 8-12 October 2012.
Funding
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Measuring safe practice of undergraduate nursing students
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Lauren Kearney
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Doctor Philosophy
Sensory exposure of neonates in single room environments
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Davies
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Sound and Language Exposure of Neonates in Single-room Environments
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Davies
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Measuring and Defining Woman-Centred Care: A Mixed Methods Study
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kristen Gibbons
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Pituri Stories: A Multiple Methods Study of Pituri Use and Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes in the central Australian Aboriginal Population.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Kathryn Steadman, Professor Karen Moritz
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
"I am the worst pregnant woman ever": a mixed-method study of the nature of psychological distress during pregnancy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Alina Morawska
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
A Mixed methods Study of Interventions and Experiences to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus following Gestational Diabetes
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David McIntyre, Dr Shelley Wilkinson
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Evidence for the use of high flow nasal cannula therapy for respiratory management in paediatric units
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jacqueline Jauncey-Cooke
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Communication between Hospital Clinicians, General Practitioners and Women: Postpartum Follow-up of Mothers with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Leonie Callaway, Emeritus Professor David McIntyre
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Transfer of preterm infants from incubator to open cot: a review of contemporary practice, a randomised controlled trial and a systematic review.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Davies
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
'She goes home all aches and pains': an investigation of neck, shoulder, and upper back musculoskeletal symptoms in Australian midwives
Principal Advisor
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Comparative studies of stress and coping in nurses in Australia and Singapore
Principal Advisor
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
The Association between Shift Work, Body Mass Index and Low Back Pain in a Cohort of Nurses and Midwives
Joint Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Quantifying physiological vital sign differences in newborns from 34+0/7 weeks of gestation and establishment of vital sign reference ranges for the late preterm population.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Davies
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
An epidemiological study of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and ventilator-associated events (VAE) surveillance and preventative strategies in critically ill children
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jacqueline Jauncey-Cooke
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Australia's Martial Madonna: the army nurse's commemoration in stained glass windows (1919-1951)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Martin Crotty
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