Dr Ya-Ling Huang
| Name | Dr Ya-Ling Huang |
|---|---|
| Email Address | ya-ling.huang@unisq.edu.au |
| Job Title | Senior Lecturer (Nursing) |
| Qualifications | BNurs Fooyin, MNurs QUT, PhD QUT |
| Department | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Affiliations | Centre for Health Research |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6156-4721 |
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Biography
Dr. Ya-Ling Huang has her Masters and PhD in Nursing, and is a registered nurse in Australia and overseas. She is a teaching and research academic in School of Nursing and Midwifery at University of Southern Queensland. She is currently a visiting research fellow at the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service(GCHHS), an adjunct research fellow at the Griffith University and an adjunct senior lecturer at Southern Cross University.
Previously, She has worked in various clinical settings (acute and subacute care areas) and clinical research in tertiary hospitals. She has also worked at different universities for undergraduate and postgraduate education. She has engaged in a number of services. This includes but not limited to multicultural network, GCHHS; emerging research alliance, GCHHS; reviewer for peer-review journals; nursing and midwifery professional recognition program (NMPRP) portfolio reviewer and advisory group, GCHHS; Gold Coast Health Research Week Committee; mid-career research representative in faculty of health research committee and executive committee of health services, clinical & community research group at Southern Cross University.
Employment
| Position | Organisation | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Lecturer | University of Southern Queensland | 2024 |
Expertise
Her research focus is in clinical research, nursing education and evidence-based practice. Specifically, the clinical research is relevant to vulnerable populations (older people; people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds), cultural and social influences, palliative care, end-of-life care, chronic conditions in acute care settings and emergency department.
She has previously worked as a research coordinator and clinical nurse researcher (emergency department) at the Gold Coast Health and has successfully mentored clinicians and nursing students in clinical research and published in peer-review journals. She is qualified as a Principal Supervisor for Higher Degree Research Candidates. She has supervised Master of Osteopathic Medicine Students towards completion of their research projects. She is currently supervising Higher Degree Research Students.
Teaching
Undergraduate Courses
NUR3398 Complex Care B
NUR3300 Clinical Inquiry and Evidence Based Practice
Postgraduate course
ANP6011 Clinical Leadership in Contemporary Health Care Practice
HSC6060 Research Project Design
Fields of Research
- 420316. Palliative care
- 420501. Acute care
- 420506. Sub-acute care
- 420599. Nursing not elsewhere classified
- 420602. Health equity
- 470212. Multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studies
BNurs
Fooyin
2003
MNurs
QUT
2007
PhD
QUT
2014
Current Supervisions
| Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| The physical health nurse consultant role: a consumer, carer and health professional perspective | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
| Exploring the impact of a co-designed delirium toolkit on the management of older people at risk of delirium presenting to the emergency department | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2023 |
Completed Supervisions
| Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online and face-to-face learning for health students: a comparison of staff and student experiences to optimise university teaching and learning | Principal | Masters | 2022 |
| Osteopathic healthcare in older populations: preparing pre-registration students for employment in residential aged care facilities | Principal | Masters | 2022 |
| Project title | Details | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-present | Understanding of palliative care decision-making process for chronic ill patients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Murdoch Strategic Research Grant, St John of God Murdoch Hospital | |
| 2024-present | Challenges and opportunities for social inclusion among childbearing immigrant women of non-English CALD background in Northern NSW Newcastle. Permanent Charitable Foundation | |
| 2023-present | TOGETHER: Families matter. Gold Coast Health Collaborative Research Grant Scheme | |
| 2022-present | Exploring Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the Emergency Department (CALD ED) study: Phase 2 Qualitative Study. Emergency Medicine Foundation. Awarded January 2022 | |
| 2022-present | Exploring Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the Emergency Department (CALD ED) study: Phase 1 Quantitative Study. Gold Coast Health Collaborative Research Grant Scheme | |
| 2021-present | The COVERED COVID study. Emergency Medicine Foundation | |
| 2020-2023 | Understanding and informing end-of-life care for older people presenting to the emergency department. Emergency Medicine Foundation | |
| 2020 | Models of care for frail older persons who present to the emergency department: a scoping review. Gold Coast Health Education and Research Trust Account | |
| 2019 | End-of-life care for older people in emergency department: a scoping review. Gold Coast Health Education and Research Trust Account | |
| 2009-2014 | Social ecological influences on preferences for care provided at the EOL amongst Taiwanese city-dwelling adults. QUT Postgraduate Research Award |
| Date | Name | Awarding organisation | Underpinning research |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Awards for Research Excellence: Inspiring Researcher | Southern Cross University | |
| 2023 | Scholarship Award, National Multicultural Health and Wellbeing Conference | National Multicultural Health and Wellbeing Conference | |
| 2022 | Best full research presentation award | Gold Coast Health Research Showcase | |
| 2019 | Award of Registered Nurse Expert Level, Nursing and Midwifery Professional Recognition Program (NMPRP) | Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service | |
| 2018 | Certificate in recognition of putting the community first | Gold Coast University Hospital | |
| 2016 | Certificate of achievement award in recognition of valuable contribution to respiratory ward | Gold Coast University Hospital | |
| 2015 | Excellence in supporting learning recognition award: recognition of outstanding contribution to undergraduate nursing student learning | QEII Jubilee Hospital | |
| 2021 | Visiting Research Fellow | Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service | |
| 2021 | Adjunct Research Fellow | School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University | |
| 2023 | Executive Committee,Health Services, Clinical & Community Research Group, Faculty of Health | Southern Cross University | |
| 2023 | Mid-career research representative, Faculty of Health Research Committee | Southern Cross University |