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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Judy Lowthian was appointed the Principal Research Fellow at the RSL Care + Royal District Nursing Service Research Institute in late 2016, following the completion of her NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (Investigating rising demand for emergency health care with an ageing population).
She also holds a 0.2 EFT appointment as a Senior Research Fellow within the Pre-hospital, Emergency & Trauma Unit and an honorary appointment with Alfred Health.
Her research is underpinned by a clinical background in speech pathology rehabilitation and health service management in Australia and the UK. Her specific interest is health services research designed to improve the quality and safety of patient care.
Areas of published scholarship include: epidemiological and intervention studies in pre-hospital and emergency care, evaluation studies of primary care and acute hospital programs, and medication safety in older patients.
In the past five years, Dr Lowthian has been the recipient of numerous competitive grants and prizes/awards. One of her doctoral thesis manuscripts “The challenges of population ageing: accelerating demand for emergency ambulance services by older patients, 1995–2015”, was awarded the AMA (Vic) Sir Richard Stawell Memorial Prize, for an article “on a medical subject of clinical significance” published in the Medical Journal of Australia. She serves on national and international committees that focus on improving geriatric emergency care.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Principal Research Fellow, Royal District Nursing Service (Victoria)
Nov 2016 → …
Research area keywords
- Geriatrics
- Models of Care
- Health Services Research
- Emergency Management
Network
Projects
- 7 Finished
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Be Your Best: an innovative, co-designed approach to frailty and care transitions from hospital to home, in people aged 65 years or more.
Lowthian, J., Mills, A., Cyarto, L., Meyer, C., Dickins, M., Thurgood, L., Boyd, L., Walker, K., Rose, M., De Villiers Smit, P., Newnham, H. & Hutchinson, A. M.
Department of Health and Aged Care (Australia)
1/07/19 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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REDIRECT: Reducing older patients' avoidable presentations for emergency care treatment.
Mazza, D., Pearce, C., Lowthian, J., Browning, C., Shearer, M. & Brijnath, B.
Australian National University (ANU)
1/10/13 → 1/04/15
Project: Research
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A multi-centre RCT to prevent secondary falls in older people presenting to the emergency department with a fall
Barker, A., Cameron, P., Hill, K. D., Flicker, L., Haines, T., Lowthian, J., Waldron, N. G., Arendts, G., Redfern, J. & Forbes, A.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia), Department of Health (trading as WA Health) (Western Australia), Royal Perth Hospital (RPH)
1/04/13 → 31/03/17
Project: Research
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Social isolation, social support and loneliness as independent concepts, and their relationship with health-related quality of life among older women
Freak-Poli, R., Ryan, J., Tran, T., Owen, A., McHugh Power, J., Berk, M., Stocks, N., Gonzalez-Chica, D., Lowthian, J. A., Fisher, J. & Byles, J., 2022, In: Aging & Mental Health. 26, 7, p. 1335-1344 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
20 Citations (Scopus) -
The association between polypharmacy, frailty and disability-free survival in community-dwelling healthy older individuals
Ekram, A. R. M. S., Woods, R. L., Ryan, J., Espinoza, S. E., Gilmartin-Thomas, J. F. M., Shah, R. C., Mehta, R., Kochar, B., Lowthian, J. A., Lockery, J., Orchard, S., Nelson, M., Fravel, M. A., Liew, D. & Ernst, M. E., Jul 2022, In: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 101, 9 p., 104694.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Being your best: Protocol for a feasibility study of a codesigned approach to reduce symptoms of frailty in people aged 65 years or more after transition from hospital
Lowthian, J. A., Green, M., Meyer, C., Cyarto, E., Robinson, E., Mills, A., Sutherland, F., Hutchinson, A. M., Smit, D. V., Boyd, L., Walker, K., Newnham, H. & Rose, M., Mar 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 3, 6 p., e043223.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Displaying emergency patient estimated wait times: A multi-centre, qualitative study of patient, community, paramedic and health administrator perspectives
Walker, K., Stephenson, M., Loupis, A., Ben-Meir, M., Joe, K., Stephenson, M., Lowthian, J., Yip, B., Wu, E., Hansen, K., Rosler, R., Buntine, P. & Hutton, J., Jun 2021, In: EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia. 33, 3, p. 425-433 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of older people living alone: A mixed-methods systematic review of effectiveness and accessibility
Johnstone, G., Dickins, M., Lowthian, J., Renehan, E., Enticott, J., Mortimer, D. & Ogrin, R., Jul 2021, In: Ageing & Society. 41, 7, p. 1587-1636 50 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus)