Professor of Nursing, University of the Sunshine Coast
PhD Syd., Grad.Cert.HigherEd.Griff., BSc(Hons) Surrey, RN, FACN

Professor Marianne Wallis commenced in USC’s School of Nursing and Midwifery in March 2013. She is the current Research Portfolio Leader for the School, the Leader of the NURTURE Research Cluster and has a Visiting Research Fellowship with Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service.

Prior to arriving at USC Marianne was the Foundation Professor in Clinical Nursing Research at Griffith University and Gold Coast Health Services District. Currently she is a Board Member of the Australian Vascular Access Society and a Member of the Queensland Emergency Medicine Research Foundation Scientific Advisory Committee.

Marianne is a passionate clinical researcher and has been a Chief Investigator in numerous large projects that have aimed at improving the nursing care of hospitalised patients. Marianne was a Chief Investigator in the first NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence focused on Nursing (which is located at Griffith University) and is a member of the Australian Vascular Access Training and Research Group (AVATAR). The main focus of Marianne’s research is nursing interventions related to wounds, pressure injuries and intravascular access devices. She also has a research track record related to chronic illness management and health services research, especially in the emergency department.

Marianne has written over 120 scientific publications and reviews for six major research funding bodies in Australia and overseas and for more than ten Australian and international peer reviewed journals. Since 2000, Marianne and her colleagues have attracted over $8m in research funds for projects that involved collaboration with a range of industry partners.