PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CATHETER MANAGEMENT
With
Dr Grace Xu,
Nurse Practitioner
Emergency Department,
QEII Hospital, Brisbane &
Emergency & Trauma Centre,
Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital,
Brisbane, Australia
RESEARCHER PROFILE
Filmed in Brisbane, Australia | May 2026
Dr Grace Xu is a clinician-researcher, senior nurse practitioner, and emerging implementation scientist with more than 16 years of emergency nursing experience. She is a Fellow of the College of Emergency Nurses Australasia and a Centaur Fellow. She also leads the Early Career Researcher/Clinician Researcher portfolio within the Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research group.
As Chief Investigator, Dr Xu has secured over $3 million in competitive grant funding and co-authored more than 40 publications, including eight ranked among the top 10% most cited globally in her field. Her international research standing is reflected in Scopus rankings, placing her in the top 99th percentile for mindfulness research and the top 93rd percentile for catheter infection. During the COVID-19 pandemic, her wellness research informed local and state wellness activity planning and was featured by major media outlets such as 10 News (2020 & 2021).
Her achievements have been recognised through numerous awards, including the Early Career Researcher Award (2024), Early Career Academic of the Year (2024), Research Implementation Award (2024), Clinician Researcher Award (2023), Outstanding Achievement in Nursing/Midwifery Leader Award (2022), and multiple teaching excellence awards.
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Thanks to: Emergency Medicine Foundation
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Elite athlete physical and mental health impact performance
Understanding the interaction between genes and lifestyle factors in response to stress can lead to potential therapeutic interventions for stress-related disorders. This research is crucial for promoting health and well-being.
Professor Divya Mehta works as a Principal Research Fellow at the Stress Genomics Laboratory, in Queensland University of Technology in Australia, specialising in stress genomics and mental health. Her education started in the UK with undergraduate and Masters, followed by her PhD in Germany. 11 years ago Professor Mehta moved to Australia.
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Genetics of the choroid and impact on eye health
Professor Daniel Fatovich is a senior emergency physician and clinical researcher at Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Department (ED), with over 30 years’ experience in the design and conduct of clinical research in Emergency Medicine. He is also Head of the Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine (CCREM) within the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.
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Relationship between language-literacy skills and mental health
In an innovative move towards enhancing mental health services, Associate Professor Amanda Neil and team, supported by the RHH Research Foundation, are undertaking a crucial study on language-literacy skills of patients within mental health care settings. This year-long project, which commenced in April 2024, seeks to unravel to what extent, where and for whom language-literacy skills are being considered in Tasmanian mental health service provision.
