Sherryl Gaston, an academic at the University of South Australia’s School of Nursing and Midwifery and a PhD candidate at JBI, University of Adelaide, with a focus on correctional nurses' education to care for prisoners with dementia. As a former correctional nurse, she recognized the challenges of supporting an ageing, vulnerable population in environments designed for younger individuals without chronic conditions like dementia. Her passion for primary health care drives her PhD research, leading to the development of a salutogenic framework to aid correctional nurses in addressing the needs of this overlooked and forgotten group. Sherryl’s work highlights critical health care gaps.

Tendayi Bruce Dziruni is a PhD candidate at Deakin University and a registered mental health nurse at Alfred Mental and Addiction Health in Melbourne, Australia. His research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of rapid response team model for managing mental state deterioration in acute hospital settings. Using a realist evaluation, a mixed-methods approach, he aims to uncover how and why this model work, offering practical insights for healthcare providers and policymakers. With extensive clinical experience and academic training, he brings a dual lens to her work ensuring it is both theoretically robust and grounded in real-world practice. His research is driven by a commitment to bridging the gap between evidence and implementation, improving patient outcomes, and strengthening mental health care systems.

Associate Professor Lauretta Luck is the Director of the Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Research, a conjoint position of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University and Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District. Lauretta supports and mentors Nurse Clinicians undertaking research focused on improving person centred care and enhancing evidenced based nursing practice. Lauretta has many years teaching in the tertiary sector both at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels and has experience in numerous governance and leadership roles. Lauretta supervises undergraduate and postgraduate research students including Bachelor of Nursing (Hons), Master of Research and PhD students. Lauretta’s research skills include case study design, mixed methods research and qualitative designs. Her areas of research include violence towards nurses, nursing workforce issues and nursing education. She has published in, and reviews, national and international journals and has presented a national and international conferences.

Professor Sharon Brownie is the Director of Health Strategy and Planning at the Swinburne University of Technology. She is a research active nurse educator and executive leader. Her experience includes health service management, education, economic development and employment, in New Zealand, the Middle East, Africa, and Australia. Her research interests focus on partnership-based translational research supporting nursing and health workforce development, interprofessional education, regional development and nursing research capacity building.