Dr Zephanie Tyack

Biography

Dr Zephanie Tyack is a health services researcher and implementation scientist at the Australian Institute of Health Services Research (AusHSI), School of Public Health and Social Work, and Centre for Healthcare Transformation, Faculty of Health, QUT where she is a Senior Research Fellow. She has expertise evaluating the effectiveness of innovative treatments and models of care in burns, trauma and rehabilitation settings using clinical trials. She also evaluates the implementation of evidence in real world settings to fast track use in clinical practice. Dr Tyack is a member of the management committee of AusHSI.

Dr Tyack has a background as a clinical occupational therapist and has worked in research-related positions in hospital and health services as well as in universities.  She has over 50 peer-reviewed publications the majority in Quartile 1 journals as first or senior author. She is the co-chair elect for the child health special interest group, International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) and member of the patient engagement committees of ISOQOL and the Australian New Zealand Burn Association research committee. She also chairs an implementation science special interest group in child health and is an editorial board member of BMC Pediatrics.

Dr Tyack’s current program of research focuses on patient engagement, and the evaluation of novel health interventions to improve patient care, mental health, health-related quality of life and clinical decision making.  These interventions include patient-reported outcome measures, burn scar treatments, medical hypnosis, information and communication technologies, laser treatments, and care navigators in combination with telehealth.  Dr Tyack currently works with children with life-altering skin conditions, cancer, long-term neurodevelopmental conditions as well as with people who experience care that is less than optimal to conduct her research.