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Andrea is a Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI), faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Macquarie University. She works within AIHI’s Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science (CHRIS), where the focus is on investigating the myriad, dynamic interactions between interconnected webs of clinical professionals, their patients, healthcare technologies, communication systems and equipment.
She completed her undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology at the University of Leicester in the UK after which she worked as a resarch assistant at the University of Edinburgh before going on to complete a post-grad diploma in publishing. She then worked in health and science publishing, including journal publishing and healthcare communications and consultancy, in both the UK and Australia for more than 10 years. In 2010 she completed a Masters in Public Health at the University of Sydney before undertaking a PhD at the University of Sydney with Professor Simon Chapman and Professor Stacy Carter. Her PhD looked at how and why Australian smokers quit without using pharmacotherapy or behavioural support. While at the University of Sydney she also worked with Cancer Council NSW and Cancer Institute NSW on a number of tobacco control projects, including retail regulation of tobacco and utilisation of the online iCanQuit forum.
Before starting her current post-doctoral position at Macquarie University, Andrea was a lecturer and unit coordinator teaching both core and elective qualitative research methods units of study into the Masters of Public Health program at the University of Sydney.
Her current research involves working with the NHMRC-funded Melanoma Centre of Research Excellence looking at how the Melanoma CRE’s evidence-based interventions can be aptly implemented into clinical practice and state and nation-wide health policies. This involves looking at important attributes of the interventions such as equity, affordability, implementation feasibility, acceptability, sustainability and scalability.
Education/Academic qualification
BSc(Hons) Molecular Biology (First Class), The University of Leicester
MPH, University of Sydney
PhD, University of Sydney
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MQ EPS: Evaluating the value, role and responsibilities of the metastatic breast care nurse
Smith, A., Rapport, F., Braithwaite, J. & Lewis, S.
9/09/20 → 8/09/21
Project: Research
Research Outputs
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Planning for implementation: why who and how
Smith, A. & Hutchinson, K., 2022, Implementation science : the key concepts. Rapport, F., Clay-Williams, R. & Braithwaite, J. (eds.). London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 130-135 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Systematic development of quality indicators for skin cancer management in primary care: a mixed-methods study protocol
Laginha, B. I., Rapport, F., Smith, A., Wilkinson, D., Cust, A. E. & Braithwaite, J., 20 Jun 2022, In: BMJ Open. 12, 6, p. 1-7 7 p., e059829.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role and value of metastatic breast care nurses: supporting women and their families to live well with metastatic breast cancer
Franklin, M., Townsend, J., Lewis, S., Boyle, F., Warren, M., Ernst, K., Gibson, A., Rapport, F., Braithwaite, J., Gerbert, R. & Smith, A., 2022, Australia: Macquarie University. 54 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review
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Australian dermatologists’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about the changing role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma management
Smith, A. L., Watts, C., Robinson, S., Marr, V., Australian Melanoma Centre of Research Excellence Study Group & Cust, A., 15 Apr 2021, In: Australasian Journal of Dermatology. 62, S1, p. 119 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review
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Diagnostic tools used for melanoma: a survey of Australian general practitioners and dermatologists
Nguyen, J., Ting, S., Paul, E., Smith, A. L., Watts, C. G., Kelly, J., Cust, A. E. & Mar, V., Aug 2021, In: Australasian Journal of Dermatology. 62, 3, p. 300-309 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Australian Institute of Health Innovation (Organisational unit)
Karen Hutchinson (Chair), Yvonne Zurynski (Member), Andrea Smith (Member) & Stephanie Best (Member)
2021 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Evidence and Implementation Summit March 2021
Stephanie Best (Participant), Tayhla Ryder (Participant), Karen Hutchinson (Participant), Andrea Smith (Participant), Hossai Gul (Participant), Peter Hibbert (Participant) & Frances Rapport (Participant)
20 Mar 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop or event series
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Providing quality melanoma care in primary practice: Australian general practitioners’ knowledge and attitudes towards sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for patients with invasive melanoma
Andrea Smith (Speaker), Caroline G. Watts (Speaker), Frances Rapport (Speaker) & Anne Cust (Speaker)
Jul 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Does implementation science have an implementation problem?
Stephanie Best (Speaker), Karen Hutchinson (Speaker), Hossai Gul (Speaker), Tayhla Ryder (Speaker), Frances Rapport (Speaker), Peter Hibbert (Speaker) & Andrea Smith (Speaker)
31 Mar 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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The future of sentinel lymph node biopsy in the management of invasive melanoma in Australia: a mixed-methods study using a determinants of practice implementation science framework
Andrea Smith (Speaker), C Watts (Speaker), Frances Rapport (Speaker) & Anne Cust (Speaker)
13 Nov 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation