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Rebecca Mitchell is an Associate Professor with the Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science in the Australian Institute of Health Innovation at Macquarie University and leads the Health and Societal Outcomes research stream. She is a psychologist and injury epidemiologist and her research focuses on the conduct of large-scale epidemiological and mixed-methods research to guide improvements in health service delivery and health policy.
A/Prof Mitchell has established a research program examining health outcomes, particularly after injury, across the lifespan, often using record linkage techniques to conduct population-based health outcome studies. She has extensive experience in analysing linked data collections to investigate health outcomes, in conducting epidemiological and evaluation studies using mixed methods and in performing systematic reviews.
She is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia, an editorial board member of BMC Pediatrics, and is an expert member of the Research Advisory Committee and the Clinicians and Researchers Reference Group for the NSW Trauma Outcomes Registry and Quality Evaluation (TORQUE) for the NSW Institute of Trauma and Injury Management, and an expert member of the NSW Child and Young Person Injury Prevention Working Group, NSW Advocate for Children and Young People. She is a Steering Group member of the Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR), a committee member of the ANZHFR Research committee, and Chairs the ANZHFR Data Management committee. She is also a member of the Community of Practice for CanDLe: Enduring Cancer Data Linkage for health services research.
A/Prof Mitchell has a strong history of conducting research that has informed public health policy and health service practice, particularly in the areas of hip fracture among older people, paediatric trauma, patient safety, fall injury prevention, work-related injury, water safety, and road safety. She has published widely in the peer-review literature as well as producing reports for government agencies. A/Prof Mitchell supervises PACE, MD, Masters and PhD students interested in health and societal outcomes.
Education/Academic qualification
Group-based trajectory modeling for the medical & social sciences short course, Amherst College
Award Date: 14 Jun 2017
Advanced analysis of linked health data: Topics & technologies short course, The University of Western Australia
Award Date: 15 May 2012
PhD, The University of New South Wales
Award Date: 5 May 2009
International Public Health Policy short course, La Trobe University
Award Date: 29 Nov 2006
Social determinants of Indigenous health short course, Menzies School of Health Research
Award Date: 12 Mar 2004
Analysis of linked health data: Principles & hands-on applications short course, Australian National University
Award Date: 1 Jan 2003
Master of Occupational Health & Safety, University of Sydney
Award Date: 13 Apr 1998
Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology short course, University of Sydney
Award Date: 12 Aug 1997
Injury Epidemiology and Prevention short course, World Health Organization
Award Date: 1 Feb 1996
Master of Arts (Psychology), University of Sydney
Award Date: 25 Mar 1994
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Macquarie University
Award Date: 22 Apr 1993
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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ARCHS: Adult Recipients of Cochlear implants: Health and Social long-term outcomes
Mitchell, R., Lystad, R., Boisvert, I., McMaugh, A., Moore, R. & Walsan, R.
10/08/22 → 30/11/24
Project: Research
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ARCHS: Adult Recipients of Cochlear implants: Health and Social long-term outcomes
Mitchell, R., Okuba, T., Lystad, R., Boisvert, I., McMaugh, A., Moore, R. & Walsan, R.
10/08/22 → 30/11/24
Project: Research
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Parental and sibling health and social trajectories after death of an offspring/sibling
1/08/22 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
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A novel neuro-cardiac self-regulation therapy to improve autonomic and neural function after SCI: Clinical trials and translation to implementation
Craig, A., Middleton, J. W., Gopinath, B., Cameron, I., Davis, G. M., Tran, Y., Krassioukov, A., Braithwaite, J., Mitchell, R., Gustin, S. M., Pozzato, I., Arora, M. & Kifley, A.
5/05/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Exploring the impact of child and placement characteristics, carer resources and perceptions, and life stressors on caregiving
Mitchell, R., Ryder, T. & Zurynski, Y.
13/02/20 → …
Project: Research
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An integrative review of facilitators and barriers to resilience among informal unpaid caregivers
Halim, N. K., Comi, R. & Mitchell, R. J., 15 Jun 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Care and Caring. 48 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Clinician experience of providing diabetes care in NSW
Harrison, R., Walsan, R., Adams, C., Newman, B., Ellis, L. A., Mitchell, R., Manias, E. & Carrigan, A., Apr 2023, 36 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Cochlear implantation impact on health service utilisation and social outcomes: a systematic review
Bekele Okuba, T., Lystad, R. P., Boisvert, I., McMaugh, A., Moore, R. C., Walsan, R. & Mitchell, R. J., 30 Aug 2023, In: BMC Health Services Research. 23, 1, p. 1-23 23 p., 929.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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DAta Linkage to Enhance Cancer Care (DaLECC): protocol of a large Australian data linkage study
Edney, L. C., Roseleur, J., Bright, T., Watson, D. I., Arnolda, G., Braithwaite, J., Delaney, G. P., Liauw, W., Mitchell, R. & Karnon, J., 29 May 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 11, p. 1-16 16 p., 5987.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experience-based codesign approach to improve care in Australian emergency departments for complex consumer cohorts: the MyED project protocol, Stages 1.1-1.3
Cheek, C., Hayba, N., Richardson, L., Austin, E. E., Francis Auton, E., Safi, M., Ransolin, N., Vukasovic, M., De Los Santos, A., Murphy, M., Harrison, R., Churruca, K., Long, J. C., Hibbert, P. D., Carrigan, A., Newman, B., Hutchinson, K., Mitchell, R., Cutler, H., Holt, L., & 11 others , 5 Jul 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 7, p. 1-8 8 p., e072908.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Survival risk ratios for ICD-10-AM injury diagnosis classifications for children
Mitchell, R. (Owner) & Ting, H. P. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 1 Jul 2021
DOI: 10.25949/14852949.v1
Dataset
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Survival risk ratios for ICD-10-AM injury diagnosis classifications for all ages
Mitchell, R. (Owner) & Ting, H. P. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 1 Jul 2021
DOI: 10.25949/14852925.v1
Dataset
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The impact of chronic disease or injury onacademic performance among young people
Rebecca Mitchell (Speaker) & Anne McMaugh (Speaker)
21 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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A framework for the evaluation of geriatric outreach programs for acutely unwell older people residing in residential aged care facilities
Luke Testa (Speaker), Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker) & Rebecca Mitchell (Speaker)
30 Nov 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Operationalizing the WHO International Classification of Patient Safety Framework to identify incident characteristics and contributing factors for patient deaths in healthcare
Rebecca Mitchell (Speaker), Mona Faris (Speaker), Reidar Lystad (Speaker), Diana Fajardo Pulido (Speaker), D Norton (Speaker), Melissa Baysari (Speaker), Robyn Clay-Williams (Speaker), P. D. Hibbert (Speaker), Andrew Carson-Stevens (Speaker) & Cliff Hughes (Speaker)
3 Jul 2019 → 5 Jul 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
Press/Media
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Time in hospital sets back tens of thousands of children’s learning each year, but targeted support can help them catch up
Rebecca Mitchell & Anne McMaugh
16/06/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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New study shows how injuries, illnesses interrupt education and can lead to long-term consequences
22/10/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Asthma hospitalisation cuts high school completion rates
Rebecca Mitchell, Anne McMaugh, Nusrat Homaira, Reidar Lystad, Tim Badgery-Parker & Cate Cameron
13/10/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities