Dr Gursharan Singh

Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Biography
Dr Gursharan Singh is a Research Fellow in Palliative Care in the Cancer and Palliative Care Outcomes Centre at the School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She completed her PhD at Western Sydney University, on access and referral to palliative care for individuals with chronic heart failure. Gursharan has previously worked as a Research Officer, collecting patient reported outcome measures and had an Honorary Appointment as a Student Investigator at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, collecting data on heart failure symptoms and hospitalisations. She has also worked as a Teaching Associate at the University of Technology Sydney. Gursharan has experience in quantitative and qualitative methods and has published in the area of chronic heart failure and palliative care in peer-reviewed journals. She has also presented her research at national and international conferences and contributes to peer review for Journal of Clinical Nursing, Progress in Palliative Care, Contemporary Nurse and Palliative Medicine. Her research interests include optimising palliative care delivery, heart failure, models of care and linked data.Current work:
- Optimising outcomes and reducing health inequities for heart failure patients in their last year of life in Queensland. Centre for Healthcare Transformation Seed Grant (CIA)
- A needs analysis and gap-analysis in the delivery of Paediatric Palliative Care Across Australia. Palliative Care Australia (CIB)
Personal details
Positions
- Research Fellow in Palliative Care
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing- Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Health Projects - Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Keywords
palliative care, heart failure, qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods
Discipline
Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology, Public Health and Health Services, Nursing
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Western Sydney University)
- Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) (University of Tech., Sydney)
Professional memberships and associations
Professional memberships
- Queensland Cardiovascular Research Network
- Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Queensland Palliative Care
Review panel membership
- Journal of Clinical Nursing
- Palliative Medicine
- Progress in Palliative Care
- Contemporary Nurse
Teaching
- Supervisior - NSN508 Dissertation Preparation and HLN700 Dissertation, 2020, Queensland University of Technology
- Teaching Associate - 91705 Medical Devices and Diagnostics Spring Semester 2019, University of Technology Sydney
Selected publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Gursharan, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).