Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Darshini Ayton is a public health/health services researcher and an NHMRC emerging leader fellow (2021-2025). Dr Ayton has strong expertise in qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research, longitudinal cohort datasets, randomised controlled trials and clinical quality registry projects. She has led the design and analysis of innovative qualitative projects in chronic diseases (dementia, Parkinson’s disease, cardiovascular disease, cancer, depression, and infectious diseases), antimicrobial stewardship, health services project planning, implementation and evaluation, patient reported outcomes, intervention acceptability in trials, and patient experiences of health care and disease. Her extensive collaborations with clinicians, multidisciplinary researchers and patients is reflected in her 63 publications and 7.5 million in CI funding. Dr Ayton’s implementation skills have been demonstrated by adopting co-design approaches and mixed methods data collection and analysis to develop, implement and evaluate complex health service interventions.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, MONASH UNIVERSITY
Award Date: 24 Sep 2013
Master of Public Health, MONASH UNIVERSITY
Award Date: 21 Dec 2009
Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Hons), MONASH UNIVERSITY
Award Date: 1 Dec 2005
Research area keywords
- Dementia
- Chronic disease
- Health services
- Patient experience
- Consumer and Community Involvement
- Implementation Science
- Program planning and evaluation
Network
Projects
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BetterBrains: Person-Centred, Multi-domain, primary prevention strategies to delay memory decline
Lim, Y. Y., Barker, A., Pase, M., Maruff, P. T., Yassi, N., Ayton, D., Churilov, L., Sinnott, R. & Buckley, R. F.
4/05/20 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
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Contemporary disability practice: horizon scanning program
Morgan, P., Callaway, E., Fossey, E., Barclay, L., Ayton, D., Warren, N., Barker, S., Hill, K. & Bould, E.
1/04/20 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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BroSupPort - Pilot of a patient facing prostate cancer quality of life predictor tool
Evans, S., Millar, J., Ayton, D., Tsiamis, E., Opie, J., Smith, T., Lewis, K. L., Pomery, A., McLaughlin, G. & Way, A.
31/03/20 → 30/03/23
Project: Research
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Exercise Right for Active Ageing
Ekegren, C., Ayton, D., Soh, S. & Skouteris, H.
Exercise and Sports Science Australia
30/08/19 → 30/08/22
Project: Research
Research output
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“Why have you done it that way?” Educator perceptions of student-initiated conversations about perceived deviations from evidence-based clinical practice
Sevenhuysen, S. L., Kent, F., Wright, C., Williams, C., Bowles, K. A., Matthews, K., Ayton, D. & Maloney, S., Mar 2021, In : Nurse Education Today. 98, 6 p., 104768.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Antibiotic prescribing in surgery: a clinically and socially complex problem in Australia
Ierano, C., Rajkhowa, A., Peel, T., Marshall, C. L., Ayton, D. R. & Thursky, K. A., 19 May 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Infection, Disease and Health. 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Arthritis-related work outcomes experienced by younger to middle-aged adults: a systematic review
Berkovic, D. E., Briggs, A. M., Ayton, D., Parker, C. & Ackerman, I., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Barriers and enablers to intervention uptake and health reporting in a water intervention trial in rural India: A qualitative explanatory study
McGuinness, S. L., O'Toole, J., Ayton, D., Giriyan, A., Gaonkar, C. A., Vhaval, R., Cheng, A. C. & Leder, K., Jan 2020, In : The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 102, 3, p. 507-517 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Biopsychosocial factors associated with poor health-related quality of life after minor to moderate transport-related injuries: Insights into the Victorian compensable population
Samoborec, S., Simpson, P., Ruseckaite, R., Ayton, D. & Evans, S. M., 7 Feb 2020, In : Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 52, 2, 7 p., jrm00018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Prizes
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School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Teaching Excellence Award – Lecturer of the Year
Ayton, Darshini (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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The Sir Richard Peto Prize for Best Conference Abstract - International Health Congress, Oxford, United Kingdom
Ayton, Darshini (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)