Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Adj Prof Karen Smith OAM is an experienced leader and health services researcher. Prof Smith has extensive experience in pre-hospital research, service optimisation. clinical quality registries, clinical trials, service transformation and innovation. Interests include digital health, AI, innovative models of care and improving community health and aged care through research and innovation.
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):
Research area keywords
- health services research
- aged care
- innovation
- Digital health
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Epidemiologiy
- Community Health
- clinical trials
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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EMBED: A stepped wedge cluster randomised trial of a tailored, integrated model of care to reduce symptoms of depression in home aged care
Davison, T. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Bhar, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wuthrich, V. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Almeida, O. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Schofield, P. E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Jeon, Y.-H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Numbers, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Barker, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Smith, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Williams, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Milte, R. K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nguyen, T. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Quinn, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Flicker, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Heiss, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Soh, S.-E. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/06/22 → 31/01/27
Project: Research
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Manual Pressure Augmentation in Defibrillation of Ventricular Arrhythmias: AUGMENT randomised controlled trial
Stub, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Nehme, Z. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Smith, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Voskoboinik, A. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/01/23 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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The FIrst Responder Shock Trial (FIRST): A cluster randomised controlled trial of smartphone-activated first responders with ultraportable defibrillators in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Nehme, Z. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Smith, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Stub, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Ademi Delaney, Z. (Chief Investigator (CI))
National Heart Foundation of Australia
1/01/23 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Better Environment, Healthier Ageing
Guo, Y. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Li, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Huxley, R. R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Dharmage, S. C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lim, Y. Y. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rawson, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Morawska, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McKenzie, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ryan, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cain, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ademi Delaney, Z. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Song, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Xu, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Jay, O. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McNeil, J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Capon, T. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Jalaludin, B. B. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Pearce, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Smith, K. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Greening, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Griffiths, D. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Collie, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Walker-Bone, K. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Levinger, P. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/06/22 → 31/05/24
Project: Research
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Pre-hospital point-of-care troponin and paramedic risk assessment in patients withchest pain without ST-elevation: A cluster randomized controlled trial
Stub, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Smith, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Nehme, Z. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/04/22 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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Costs and Benefits of the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit Compared with Standard Ambulance: Causal Analysis Using Observational Linked Data
Cadilhac, D. A., Birhanu, M. M., Churilov, L., Zhao, H., Coote, S., Campbell, B. C. V., Langenberg, F., Davis, S. M., Donnan, G. A., Smith, K. L. & Kim, J., Apr 2025, In: Stroke. 56, 4, p. 948-956 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Trends in paramedic-to-general practitioner referrals following the COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of a virtual emergency department: An interrupted time series analysis
Delardes, B. J., Nehme, Z., Bowles, K. A., Chakraborty, S., Mahony, E., Smith, K., Talevski, J., Sher, L. & Nehme, E., Jul 2025, In: Emergency Medicine Journal. 42, 7, p. 460-466 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Adaptive sleep behaviours and shift work tolerance during the transition to shift work
Harris, R., Drummond, S. P. A., Meadley, B., Rajaratnam, S. M. W., Williams, B., Smith, K., Bowles, K. A., Nguyen, E., Dobbie, M. L. & Wolkow, A. P., Dec 2024, In: Sleep Medicine. 124, p. 483-493 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Referred to a General Practitioner by Victorian Paramedics
Delardes, B., Nehme, E., Bowles, K. A., Chakraborty, S., Cox, S. & Smith, K., 2024, In: Prehospital Emergency Care. 28, 8, p. 1027–1036 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus) -
Developing a consensus-based definition of out-of-hospital clinical deterioration: A Delphi study
Bourke-Matas, E., Bosley, E., Smith, K., Meadley, B. & Bowles, K. A. (Leading Author), Mar 2024, In: Australian Critical Care. 37, 2, p. 318-325 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Trends in heroin and pharmaceutical-opioid related harms in Victoria, Australia up to 2018. Addiction. 115(2): 261-269 doi:10.1111/add.14784 [Q1, IF 6.851]
Lam, T. (Recipient), Kuhn, L. (Recipient), Hayman, J. (Recipient), Middleton, M. (Recipient), Wilson, J. (Recipient), Scott, D. (Recipient), Lubman, D. (Recipient), Smith, K. (Recipient) & Nielsen, S. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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Monash University report identifies occupations with greater risk of suicide
Bowles, K., Case, R. & Smith, K.
19/10/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Paramedic Health and Wellbeing Research Unit (PHAWRU)
Bowles, K., Meadley, B., Caldwell Odgers, J., Perraton, L., Bonham, M., Williams, B., Smith, K., Wilson Rajaratnam, S. & Wolkow, A.
21/02/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature