Overview
Background
Zephanie is a Senior Research Fellow and occupational therapist based at the Child Health Research Centre, and a member of the management team of the Centre for Children’s Burns and Trauma Research, Brisbane. She has a clinical background specialising in paediatrics and burn care. She has worked clinically and in management positions at Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, in private practice and in research capacity building positions in hospitals and health services.
Since 2013 Zephanie’s research has focussed on developing and validating patient-reported outcome measures, as well as using these measures therapeutically for clinical decision making. She led the development of four versions of the Brisbane Burn Scar Impact Profile which have been translated into Czech and are undergoing cross-cultural validation for Brazilian Portuguese. She has a vision of providing all children and their caregivers with an opportunity to communicate their needs and priorities during treatment in a paediatric hospital or health service.
Her current program of work includes collaborative work with children, their caregivers and health professionals to co-design and test the effectiveness and implementation of technology-based interventions in clinical settings to improve quality of life. These interventions include a web-based intervention for paediatric health professionals to support the psychosocial health of families with a child who has experienced physical trauma, and an electronic intervention for children with skin conditions and their caregivers that provides feedback about the patient's health-related quality of life to health professionals. Zephanie also has a continued interest in investigating the effectiveness and implementation of novel interventions to prevent or improve the impact of skin conditions in children and their families. This includes the use of ablative fractional CO2 laser, medical needling, pressure garment and silicone therapy, medical hypnosis and interventions to promote adherence and reduce the burden of treatment.
Availability
- Dr Zephanie Tyack is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Quality of life, wellbeing and mental health
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Paediatrics
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Chronic disease, multimorbidity and complexity
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Rehabilitation
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Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs)
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Adherence and engagement in treatment
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Skin conditions (including scars and burns)
Works
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2004
Journal Article
Measuring functional outcome in paediatric patients with burns: methodological considerations
Simons, M., Ziviani, J. and Tyack, Z. F. (2004). Measuring functional outcome in paediatric patients with burns: methodological considerations. Burns, 30 (5), 411-417. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.01.023
2003
Journal Article
What influences the functional outcomes of children at 6 months post-burn?
Tyack, Z. F. and Ziviani, J. (2003). What influences the functional outcomes of children at 6 months post-burn?. Burns, 29 (5), 433-444. doi: 10.1016/S0305-4179(03)00045-7
1999
Journal Article
The functional outcome of children after a burn injury: A pilot study
Tyack, Z. F., Ziviani, J. and Pegg, S. (1999). The functional outcome of children after a burn injury: A pilot study. Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation, 20 (5), 367-373. doi: 10.1097/00004630-199909000-00007
1997
Journal Article
Postburn dyspigmentation: its assessment, management, and relationship to scarring-a review of the literature
Tyack, Z. F., Pegg, S. and Ziviani, J. (1997). Postburn dyspigmentation: its assessment, management, and relationship to scarring-a review of the literature. Journal of Burn Care and Research, 18 (5), 435-440. doi: 10.1097/00004630-199709000-00012
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Zephanie Tyack is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Several projects available
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Microneedling and Ablative Fractional CO2 Laser for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Burns Scars in Children
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Roy Kimble
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Master Philosophy
A Study on Primary Biliary Atresia Outcomes
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Roy Kimble
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Doctor Philosophy
Respiratory Guidelines for the Management of Paediatric Neuromuscular Disease
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Sly
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Master Philosophy
Hypnotherapy for Procedural Pain and Distress in Children with Acute Burns
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Roy Kimble
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Supporting children with burns and their caregivers' use of non-invasive burn scar treatments
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Roy Kimble
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Silicone and pressure garment therapy for the prevention and management of post-burn scarring in children
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Roy Kimble
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
A multi-centre, randomised waitlist-control trial investigating a parent assisted social skills group program for adolescents with brain injuries: The Friends Project
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Leanne Sakzewski
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2016
Master Philosophy
Interim Pressure Garment Therapy: An investigation into the use of low level pressure therapy for burns donor site support and scar management
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Michael Muller
Media
Enquiries
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- burn rehabilitation
- children
- scarring
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