Frances is a registered nurse with a PhD in Organisational Behaviour and nearly 30 years’ experience working in management. With a passion for creating great workplace cultures and developing leadership capability, Frances has worked in many segments of the health care industry including acute hospitals, community services and aged care. Her entrepreneurial spirit has been channelled into creating a startup in-home care service. Frances believes that life is an adventure to be enjoyed: be brave and have fun.

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Distinguished Professor Patsy Yates, PhD, RN, FACN, FAAN is jointly appointed as Head, School of Nursing at Queensland University of Technology and Director for Queensland Health’s Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education (CPCRE). Distinguished Professor Yates leads a large competitively funded research program focused on developing workforce capacity in palliative care, and strengthening the nexus between research, policy and practice in palliative care.

Patsy is the immediate Past-President of Palliative Care Australia and is President-Elect of the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care.  She is a Fellow of both the Australian College of Nursing and the American Academy of Nursing.

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Lee joined the Cabrini Executive as Executive Director of Nursing and Cabrini Institute in 2014. She has a clinical background in critical care and was appointed as Director of Education and Staff Development at Cabrini in 2012. She has over 20 years experience in health professional education and research. Previously, she worked at Monash University as Director of Academic Programs (Middle East) and Head of Department Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice.

Lee holds post graduate qualifications in Education and Critical Care from Monash University and a Masters in Tertiary Education Management from Melbourne University. Her PhD investigated health program evaluation models. She is currently studying a Masters in Business Administration and supervises six PhD students. Lee is keen to facilitate a learning and research culture within Cabrini with a focus on safety and high quality care.

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Qualifications: RN, MEd, PhD, Graduate Certificates: Obstetrics, Infant Welfare, Paediatrics, Family Planning, Aromatherapy, Relaxation Massage. Graduate Diplomas: Health Education, Professional Writing.

Trisha is Chair in Nursing and Director Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research Barwon Health Partnership, Deakin University, Geelong. She is a credentialed diabetes educator, a Distinguished Life Fellow of ACN and a Life Member of the Australian Diabetes Educators Association. Her research focus is older people with diabetes and diabetes palliative and end of life care. She has made a long standing professional contribution on local, national and international committees. She is widely published in books and peer-reviewed and other journals and writes short stories and poetry in her spare time.

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