School of Nursing and Midwifery - Edith Cowan University

PhD Scholarship Opportunity | Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Survivorship

The Edith Cowan University (ECU) School of Nursing & Midwifery is offering an exciting PhD scholarship exploring how artificial intelligence can transform supportive care for cancer survivors.

Cancer survivors often experience ongoing physical and psychosocial challenges that impact their quality of life. This project aims to address these needs by developing and testing an AI-enhanced survivorship support model that provides evidence-based, accessible, personalised, and real-time support to strengthen survivorship care and improve long-term outcomes for cancer survivors.

Research focus includes:
• AI-driven supportive care innovations
• Personalised survivorship support systems
• Digital health and patient-centred care
• Improving quality of life for cancer survivors

Be part of shaping the future of healthcare through cutting-edge AI and compassionate, evidence-based nursing and midwifery research.

📩 Expressions of interest are encouraged from motivated candidates passionate about digital health, oncology care, and innovation in healthcare delivery: https://www.ecu.edu.au/scholarships/details/ecu-school-of-nursing-and-midwifery-phd-scholarship-artificial-intelligence-in-cancer-survivorship

Pregnant? Or know someone who is?

At Edith Cowan University (ECU), all midwifery students take part in our Mothers Adopting Midwifery Students (M**S) program — a unique opportunity to connect classroom learning with real-life experience.

Through M**S, expectant mothers are partnered with midwifery students who provide support throughout pregnancy, during birth, and into the early postnatal period, under the supervision of a trained maternity healthcare provider.

This program is free to participate in. If you’d like to learn more, visit: https://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/nursing-and-midwifery/engagement-activity/mothers-adopting-midwifery-students-mams-program

From summer research intern to published author and now PhD candidate ! Congratulations Brianne, we’re so proud of all you’ve achieved and can’t wait to see what’s next ✨🎓

Check out Brianne's research papers here 👇

📲Nursing student reflections on a research internship: A reflective discussion following the Gibbs' reflective cycle: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106481

📲Intrapartum hydration assessment and management: A cross-sectional survey of Australian and New Zealand maternity units: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2024.101865

Exciting new research collaboration 👏

The School's Professor Sara Bayes is partnering with the Midwifery Birth Centre at Bentley Health Service to explore opportunities and challenges facing midwives, maternity services and expectant mothers.

Over the next three years, Professor Bayes will work closely with midwives to support midwifery-led research focused on improving maternity care, maternal mental health, antenatal education and the experiences of women and families.

This partnership aims to drive innovation in midwifery training and care, while helping attract and retain more midwives across the sector.

Read more below 👇
https://www.ecu.edu.au/newsroom/articles/news/ecu-partnership-aims-to-strengthen-midwifery-care

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ECU partnership aims to strengthen midwifery care Edith Cowan University's Professor Sara Bayes is partnering with the Midwifery Birth Centre at Bentley Health Service.

Edith Cowan University (ECU) is proud to sponsor the 2026 WIRF Scientific Dialogue.

Focusing on abnormal menstrual bleeding and women’s reproductive health, the 2026 WIRF Scientific Dialogue will bring together leading investigators and emerging research talent for an engaging afternoon of research, discussion and debate.

📣 Registrations are now open! WIRF is pleased to present the annual WIRF Scientific Dialogue - Reframing ‘Irregular’: Not Rare, Not Insignificant, No Longer Overlooked 👉wirf.com.au/ScientificDialogue2026/

This premier scientific event showcases the latest research in pregnancy, women’s, and newborn health. With a focus on abnormal menstrual bleeding and women’s reproductive health, the 2026 Scientific Dialogue will bring together leading investigators and emerging research talent for an engaging afternoon of research, discussion, and debate.

🗓️ Date: Friday, 28 August 2026
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Venue: The University Club of Western Australia, UWA
💰 Cost: $149 | Students: $99

🎤 Keynote Speaker:
Dr Jacqueline Maybin, Reader and Honorary Consultant Gynaecologist, Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh & NHS Lothian.

Also featuring presentations from Dr Jacqueline Frayne, Dr Sara Morris, Dr Dane Cheasley, Professor Luke Haseler, and Dr Felicity Roux.

Other event highlights:
· The announcement of the 2026 Research Acceleration Award winners
· Presentations from our student researcher competition
· A consumer panel hosted by Joanne Beedie, CEO at helping little hands

🔗 Secure your spot today: wirf.com.au/ScientificDialogue2026/

Don’t miss this opportunity to be at the forefront of research shaping the future of women’s and newborn health!

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Come and visit us at the Perth Careers Expo on Thursday 14 May and Friday 15 May to experience our VR Simulation in action! ✨

For decades, Edith Cowan University has been preparing nurses and midwives for rewarding careers across Australia and around the world. If you’re considering a future in this challenging and fulfilling industry, be sure to stop by and chat with us about your study and career pathways.

📍 Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
🎟 FREE ENTRY - find out more at Careers Expo Perth

This National Palliative Care Week, we’re getting to the heart of it.🧡 Big Questions. Real Answers.

Every day in Australia, more than 450 people die from a life-limiting illness — and every one of them could benefit from compassionate, person-centred palliative care.

This year’s theme encourages open conversations about palliative care, helping make care easier to understand through honest questions and real, human answers. It’s about supporting people to live well, their way, recognising that conversation changes everything, and ensuring care feels personal, safe and respectful for individuals and families.

Our researchers are contributing to this important conversation through new research exploring the nurse’s role in transitions to palliative care for people with advanced cancer. The study introduces a new mid-range nursing theory, Orchestrating Transitions, highlighting both the visible and often unseen work nurses perform — as advocates, communicators, hope instillers, protectors of cultural obligations, and emotional supports for patients and families.

This research helps make the invisible visible, shining a light on the compassionate and often under-recognised role nurses play at the heart of palliative care.

Read more: https://rebrand.ly/6460db

Western Australia has taken a landmark step in strengthening its healthcare workforce, launching the state’s first Registered Nurse (RN) prescribing course on International Nurses’ Day.

Edith Cowan University (ECU) will deliver the fully online, one‑year program, designed to equip experienced registered nurses with the skills and knowledge to prescribe or renew medications in partnership with authorised independent prescribers such as doctors and nurse practitioners: https://www.ecu.edu.au/degrees/courses/graduate-certificate-in-registered-nurse-prescribing

The Graduate Certificate in Designated Registered Nurse Prescribing is the first course of its kind in WA, and only the fifth nationally.

https://anmj.org.au/western-australia-launches-first-rn-prescribing-course/

Western Australia launches first RN prescribing course - ANMJ Western Australia has taken a landmark step in strengthening its healthcare workforce, launching the state’s first Registered Nurse (RN) prescribing course on International Nurses’ Day. Edith Cowan University (ECU) will deliver the fully online, one‑year program, designed to equip experienced ...

Edith Cowan University (ECU) is proud to launch the Graduate Certificate in Designated Registered Nurse Prescribing — a Western Australian first: https://www.ecu.edu.au/newsroom/articles/news/ecu-upskilling-more-nurses-to-address-healthcare-gap-in-wa-first-program

The fully online program will equip experienced registered nurses with the skills and knowledge to safely prescribe medications and renew prescriptions in collaboration with authorised prescribers:
https://www.ecu.edu.au/degrees/courses/graduate-certificate-in-registered-nurse-prescribing

Launching on International Nurses Day 2026, the course aims to strengthen the nursing workforce and improve access to healthcare, particularly in regional and community settings.

Supported by the WA Government through 80 scholarships over the next two years, the initiative highlights the power of collaboration between universities and government to deliver innovative, patient-centred healthcare solutions.

ECU upskilling more nurses to address healthcare gap in WA-first program Edith Cowan University will be introducing a new course to upskill nurses, launching the Graduate Certificate in Designated Registered Nurse Prescribing.

Edith Cowan University (ECU) is proud to celebrate staff and alumni recognised at the 2026 WA Nursing & Midwifery Excellence Awards (WANMEA).

This year’s Awards honoured Western Australia’s outstanding nurses and midwives working across public, private and non-government health services throughout the State. Across 16 award categories, the event recognised excellence, leadership, research and dedication to patient care.

We’re especially delighted to acknowledge the achievements of five alumni from the ECU School of Nursing and Midwifery among this year’s winners:

• Jodee Hollingsworth – 2026 Midwife of the Year & Excellence in Aboriginal Health
• Graeme Boardley – Lifetime Achievement Honour Award
• Catherine Stoddart – Lifetime Achievement Honour Award
• Naomi Louise Hallsworth – Excellence in Leadership – Emerging
• Elizabeth Hull – Consumer Appreciation Award

Special congratulations also to ECU School of Nursing and Midwifery finalists Dr Katherine Buchanan (Excellence in Research) and Dr Nilufeur McKay (Excellence in Leadership – Established).

Congratulations to all nominees, finalists and award recipients on this incredible recognition.

ECU is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of the Awards, with 2026 marking our 16th year of partnership supporting and celebrating nursing and midwifery excellence in Western Australia.

ECU students are helping tackle one of Australia’s most common chronic childhood conditions — early childhood tooth decay. 🦷✨

Nearly half of Australian preschool-aged children experience tooth decay, but two final-year Edith Cowan University (ECU) students are working to change that through education and community engagement.

Louise Miller and Caitlin Goddard, who are both studying a Bachelor of Health Science majoring in Nutrition Bioscience at Edith Cowan University (ECU), recently hosted an oral health workshop for migrant mothers at Stirling Leisure Centre in partnership with ISHAR Multicultural Women’s Health Services.

Supported by supervisors Dr Lesley Andrew (ECU’s School of Nursing and Midwifery) and Dr Ruth Wallace, the workshop provided practical, hands-on advice to help parents support healthy teeth and prevent early childhood tooth decay.

Families also received helpful resources including the children’s book Little Aussie Bugs, toothbrushes and toothpaste, with plenty of opportunity to ask questions in a relaxed and welcoming environment.

Well done Louise and Caitlin on making a meaningful impact in the community through health education and prevention. 💙

https://www.ecu.edu.au/newsroom/articles/campus-and-community/ecu-students-share-expertise-to-help-fight-chronic-condition-in-early-childhood

ECU students share expertise to help fight chronic condition in early childhood Two Edith Cowan University students held a recent workshop to equip parents with practical, hands-on information to combat early childhood tooth decay.