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Associate 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 expertise is in creating health systems that can function effectively in the presence of complexity and uncertainty. 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 24, i10-index of 40 and over 2400 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 >$4.5M in grant funding as a Chief Investigator over 27 grants, including ARC and MRFF Category 1 Grants, and a prestigious NSW Health Early-Mid Career Fellowship in health service and systems design, and was nominated as an Associate Investigator on competitive funding and government grants winning over $15M. She has been the recipient of nine research awards as a health services researcher, including four 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
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Creating a culture of safety and respect: a controlled, mixed-methods study of the effectiveness of a behavioural accountability intervention to reduce unprofessional behaviours
Westbrook, J., Braithwaite, J., Day, R., Middleton, S., Scott, D., Rapport, F., Mitchell, R., Baysari, M., Li, L., Ayliff, N., Hughes, C., McInnes, E., Goodier, G., Maddern, G., Cartmill, J., Churruca, K., Fletcher, M., Sunderland, N., Hibbert, P., Clay-Williams, R., Pavithra, A. & Crick, S.
1/12/17 → …
Project: Research
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Patient-centred eHealth approach to improving outcomes for gout sufferers
Westbrook, J., Day, R., Zwar, N. A., Reath, J., Lau, A., Baysari, M., Laba, T., McLachlan, A., Runciman, W., Coiera, E., Braithwaite, J. & Clay-Williams, R.
1/04/15 → …
Project: Research
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DP200100883: Support or sales? Medical device representatives in Australian hospitals
Johnson, J., Rogers, W., Richards, B., Hutchison, K., Clay-Williams, R., Maddern, G. J. & Grundy, Q.
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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A systems approach to implementing ethics in a COVID-19 AI application: a qualitative study
Goirand, M., Austin, E. & Clay-Williams, R., 2023, Accelerating strategic changes for digital transformation in the healthcare industry. Ordónez de Pablos, P. & Zhang, X. (eds.). London: Elsevier Academic Press, Vol. 2. p. 201-218 18 p. (Information Technologies in Healthcare Industry; vol. 2).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Birang Daruganora: a protocol for a qualitative study to elicit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community views about cultural needs and experiences for a new Australian health facility
Carrigan, A., Austin, E., Clay-Williams, R., Hibbert, P. D., Maka, K., Holden, N., Grigg, S., Loy, G. & Braithwaite, J., 6 Apr 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 4, p. 1-6 6 p., e069951.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Engaging stakeholders in a substantive and transparent way when implementing ethics in medical AI: a qualitative study
Goirand, M., Austin, E. & Clay-Williams, R., 22 Jun 2023, Context sensitive health informatics and the pandemic boost: All systems go!. Bamgboje-Ayodele, A., Prgomet, M., Kuziemsky, C., Elkin, P. & Nohr, C. (eds.). Amsterdam: IOS Press, p. 101-102 2 p. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; vol. 304).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › 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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Groundhog Day in the emergency department: a systematic review of 20 years of news coverage in Australia
Austin, E. E., Lanos, N., Hutchinson, K., Barnes, S., Pulido, D. F., Ruane, C. & Clay-Williams, R., 2 May 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 5 May, p. 1-18 18 p., e0285207.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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Designing for good health: principles and practice. Invited presentation
Robyn Clay-Williams (Speaker)
28 Feb 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Working together: using human factors methods to improve Emergency Department performance, and patient outcomes and experience for five complex consumer cohorts. Invited presentation
Robyn Clay-Williams (Speaker)
19 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Innovative models of care to meet consumer and provider needs for new Australian Hospital.
Ann Carrigan (Speaker), Natalie Roberts (Speaker), Chiara Pomare (Speaker), Zeyad Mahmoud (Speaker), Robyn Clay-Williams (Speaker), Peter Hibbert (Speaker) & Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker)
2 Feb 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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The next step in growing resilient health care research methods: Validating the Work Domain Analysis model for use in Emergency Departments
Elizabeth Austin (Speaker), Paul Salmon (Speaker), Jeffrey Braithwaite (Speaker) & Robyn Clay-Williams (Speaker)
15 Aug 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