PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CATHETER MANAGEMENT
With
Dr Grace Xu,
Nurse Practitioner
Emergency Department,
QEII Hospital, Brisbane &
Emergency & Trauma Centre,
Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital,
Brisbane, Australia
RESEARCHER PROFILE
Filmed in Brisbane, Australia | May 2026
Dr Grace Xu is a clinician-researcher, senior nurse practitioner, and emerging implementation scientist with more than 16 years of emergency nursing experience. She is a Fellow of the College of Emergency Nurses Australasia and a Centaur Fellow. She also leads the Early Career Researcher/Clinician Researcher portfolio within the Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research group.
As Chief Investigator, Dr Xu has secured over $3 million in competitive grant funding and co-authored more than 40 publications, including eight ranked among the top 10% most cited globally in her field. Her international research standing is reflected in Scopus rankings, placing her in the top 99th percentile for mindfulness research and the top 93rd percentile for catheter infection. During the COVID-19 pandemic, her wellness research informed local and state wellness activity planning and was featured by major media outlets such as 10 News (2020 & 2021).
Her achievements have been recognised through numerous awards, including the Early Career Researcher Award (2024), Early Career Academic of the Year (2024), Research Implementation Award (2024), Clinician Researcher Award (2023), Outstanding Achievement in Nursing/Midwifery Leader Award (2022), and multiple teaching excellence awards.
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Thanks to: Emergency Medicine Foundation
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3421-4176
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New models of care and value in General Practice
Dr Michael Wright is a GP, health economist and health services researcher. Dr Wright currently works as a portfolio GP, combining clinical practice with strategic appointments (most recently with RACGP, Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network, Avant Mutual the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) and academic research analysing the effects of current health policy on the quality and performance of primary care.
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Cellular mechanisms of traumatic brain injury & concussion
Professor Melinda Fitzgerald is Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research at Curtin University, John Curtin Distinguished Professor and CEO of Connectivity Traumatic Brain Injury Australia.
She has published over 135 papers; recent highlights include Lancet Neurology, J Neuroscience, Nature Nano, ACS Nano, Biomaterials. Currently held grants/Projects total $10.1 million; CIA for $5.2 million of these; $18.5 million total research and equipment funding, $9.9 million as CIA; continuous category 1 grant funding as CIA since 2009.
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Patient reported outcomes in the diagnosis and treatment of lymphoma
Dr. Elizabeth Goodall (BMedSci Hons, MBBS Hons, FRACP, FRCPA) is a PhD student and early career researcher with La Trobe University and the Olivia Newton John Cancer Research Institute (ONJCRI), and Haematologist at Austin Health and Monash Health, Melbourne.
Her specific interest in how patients experience their illness and treatment forms the basis for her research in improving patient outcomes. This research comes at a pivotal time in modern lymphoma management with an ever-increasing number of treatment options available and renewed focus on each patient’s journey.
