
qualifications: MSocPlanDev
position: Lecturer
Australia
I am a Lecturer in Nursing at Queensland University of Technology and a Thoracic Nurse Consultant in Private Practice with visiting rights to most private hospitals in Brisbane Australia. My research interests include asthma, models of care, patient centred education, advance practice and quality in care. I am an active member of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and am a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Australia. My masters was in Social Planning and Development and the thesis examined aspects of compulsory tuberculosis screening in Queensland 1950-1977. My Phd (public health) is focused on asthma education in the emergency department.

qualifications: MNurs
position: Senior Research Assistant
Australia
Kathleen Finlayson works as a research project manager at the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Rural healthcare providers’ attitudes on climate change in NW USA
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Health research priorities: what matters most to people living in rural Australia?
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Improving surgical care in rural South Africa
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2026 Aeromed Conference, 28–30 October 2026, Darwin, Australia
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Rural Mental Health Conference 2026, 4–6 November 2026, Gold Coast, Australia
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16th National Rural & Remote Allied Health Conference (SARRAH), 9–11 November 2026, Coffs Harbour, Australia
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Rural GP Association Scotland (RGPAS) Annual Conference 2026, 20–22 November 2026, Inverness
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IAHA Indigenous Allied Health Australia National Conference, 30 November–2 December 2026, Boorloo (Perth), Australia
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BC Rural Health Conference, 28–30 May 2027, Victoria, BC, Canada
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5th International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, 8–10 June 2027, Larrakia Country, Garramilla (Darwin), Australia
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Regional, Rural and Remote Emergency Medicine Conference 2027 (ACEM RRR EM27), 18–20 July 2027, Lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia
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