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Biography
Professor Robyn Clay-Williams is an internationally regarded health services researcher and a leading exponent of Resilient Health Care. At the Australian Institute of Health and Innovation, Robyn leads a research stream in the field of human factors and resilience in health care. Her research program has significantly advanced understanding internationally about how health systems function in complexity and how to improve them. Her research bridges the gap between theory and practice, by developing and products and processes that are usable and ready for implementation.
Robyn has published extensively, with an h-index of 28, i10-index of 66 and over 3745 citations. Outputs include total of over 200 peer-reviewed academic outputs in academic books, book chapters, premiere medical journals for general medicine (BMJ, Medical Journal of Australia), high quality health services research journals (BMJ Quality & Safety, Implementation Science, BMJ Open) and conference proceedings. and over 70 technical and advisory reports for government organisations.
Robyn has accrued >$24.2M in grant funding as a Chief Investigator over 29 grants, including NHMRC Partnerships, NHMRC Synergy, ARC Discovery, EU Horizon and MRFF Project Category 1 Grants, and a prestigious NSW Health Early-Mid Career Fellowship in health service and systems design. She has been the recipient of 11 research awards as a health services researcher, including five international awards. Nationally, she was appointed by the Federal Minister of Health to the Therapeutic Goods Administration Advisory Committee on Medical Devices, and has served in this capacity since 2014.
In 2019, Robyn delivered a TEDx talk on her human factors work that was accepted onto the global TED.com platform. Prior to her academic career, Robyn was a military test pilot and electronics engineer. In Sep 2019, she appeared on the SBS Insight panel: Female Firsts, to celebrate her aviation career. In 2020, she was selected as one of 10 outstanding serving members over the RAAF 100 year history, celebrated via an Aust Mint coin (new 50 cents, released 4 Mar 2021).
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robyn_Clay-Williams
Education/Academic qualification
Public Health, PhD, Multidisciplinary teamwork in health care: attitude and behaviour change associated with a Crew Resource Management (CRM) intervention, The University of New South Wales
Award Date: 23 Feb 2011
Electronic Engineering, BEng, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)
Award Date: 2 May 1983
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Syn 23 (James Cook led): AAA-MEDICAL: integrating synergistic expertise for better treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm
Golledge, J., Shah, S., Oakhill, J., Paige, E., Clay-Williams, R., Mao, G., Tran, T., Loots, G., Tsao, P., Gasser, T., Jones, R. E., Jones, G. T., Norman, R., Arnott, C., Singh, T., Bown, M. J., Field, M. A., Vasa, R., Neale, R. E. & Moxon, J. V.
1/09/24 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
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Forensic medical examination (FME) spaces for Domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) victim survivors: design principles to address social inequities
Ransolin, N., Clay-Williams, R., Cheek, C., Saurin, T. A., Richardson, L., Cossul, D. & Wachs, P.
31/05/24 → 31/05/25
Project: Research
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EU Collab: Strengthening resilience and mental wellbeing through the Support4Resilience toolbox for leaders in elderly care
Ellis, L., Braithwaite, J., Clay-Williams, R., Gray, L., Bryant, R., Batterham, P., Wuthrich, V., Westbrook, J., Shand, F. L., Hibbert, P., Caputi, P., Reed, R., Churruca, K., McLellan, L., Ludlow, K., Spanos, S., Jaffray, L., Long, J., Newman, B. & Nguyen, A.
1/01/24 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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JCU led: Supervised Home Exercise for Peripheral Artery Disease
Golledge, J., Parmenter, B., Arnott, C., Neale, R. E., Burton, N. W., Heal, C., Drovandi, A., Moxon, J. V., Pinchbeck, J., Askew, C., Norman, R., Morris, D., Clay-Williams, R., Austin, E., Muller, J., Ogg, M., Bourke, B., Jackson, M., McLucas, M., White, V., Quigley, F., Bingley, J., Cadet-James, Y. & Oliver, L.
1/06/23 → 31/05/26
Project: Research
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2022 Partnership Projects PRC1: Improving the health system’s response when patients are harmed: a mixed-methods study
Hibbert, P., Braithwaite, J., Westbrook, J., Magrabi, F., Mumford, V., Clay-Williams, R., Lingam, R., Salmon, P., Middleton, S., Roberts, C. M., Arnolda, G., Arya, D., Bradd, P. & Sketcher, K.
1/04/23 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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A knowledge framework for the design of built environment supportive of resilient internal logistics in hospitals
Ransolin, N., Saurin, T. A., Clay-Williams, R., Formoso, C. T. & Rapport, F., Apr 2024, In: Applied Ergonomics. 116, p. 1-14 14 p., 104209.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Beyond the operating room: built environment design knowledge supportive of resilient surgical services
Ransolin, N., Saurin, T. A., Clay-Williams, R., Formoso, C. T., Rapport, F. & Cartmill, J., 12 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Birang Daruganora: what do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities need in a new hospital? A qualitative study
Austin, E. E., Carrigan, A., Holden, N., Grigg, S., Maka, K., Clay-Williams, R., Hibbert, P. D., Loy, G. & Braithwaite, J., 17 May 2024, In: BMJ Open. 14, 5, p. 1-11 11 p., e078658.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bringing clarity and transparency to the consultative process underpinning the implementation of an ethics framework for AI-based healthcare applications: a qualitative study
Goirand, M., Austin, E. & Clay-Williams, R., 3 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: AI and Ethics. 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Built environment design knowledge framework supportive of resilient healthcare
Ransolin, N., Saurin, T. A., Formoso, C. T., Clay-Williams, R. & Rapport, F., Jun 2024, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC32). Costa, D. B., Drevland, F. & Florez-Perez, L. (eds.). Auckland: International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC), p. 60-71 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
Prizes
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Best conference paper award
Clay-Williams, Robyn (Recipient) & Braithwaite, Jeffrey (Recipient), 2013
Prize
Activities
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Resilience Engineering and Safety II – Current State and How We Got Here
Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker), Robyn Clay-Williams (Speaker), Siri Wiig (Speaker), Kazue Nakajima (Speaker), Mary D. Patterson (Speaker) & Axel Ros (Speaker)
23 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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What have we heard and what have we learned
Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker) & Robyn Clay-Williams (Speaker)
25 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Overview of AIHI and our research
Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker), Robyn Clay-Williams (Speaker), Johanna Westbrook (Speaker) & Reema Harrison (Speaker)
29 Jun 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Co-design, evaluate and scale resilience, quality and safety in complex dynamic systems
Elizabeth Austin (Speaker), Paul Salmon (Speaker), Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker) & Robyn Clay-Williams (Speaker)
24 Aug 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Resilience in the face of complexity: An examination of the characteristics of resilience in the implementation of a large-scale community-based mental health intervention
Louise Ellis (Invited speaker), Yvonne Zurynski (Invited speaker), Robyn Clay-Williams (Invited speaker), Janet Long (Invited speaker), Mitchell Sarkies (Invited speaker), Kate Churruca (Invited speaker) & Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker)
12 Sept 2022 → 14 Sept 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Press/Media
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Ground Hog day in emergency departments
Elizabeth Austin, Nadia Lanos, Karen Hutchinson, Susan Barnes, Diana Fajardo-Pulido , Colin Ruane & Robyn Clay-Williams
5/05/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Emergency departments are clogged and patients are waiting for hours or giving up. What's going on?
Henry Cutler & Robyn Clay-Williams
5/06/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Emergency departments are clogged and patients are waiting for hours or giving up. What’s going on?
Henry Cutler & Robyn Clay-Williams
3/06/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Podcast The Health Advocate: A Nation Wide Study on Emergency Departments and Patient Experience
Robyn Clay-Williams & Natalie Ayliff
18/02/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other