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Biography
RN, RM, Grad Cert Adv Learning & Leadership, Grad Dip Crit Care Nsg, Grad Dip Ed, PhD, FHEA
Wendy joined Monash in 2021 following a varied career path as an adult critical care nurse, midwife, consultant and academic. She has taught, researched and published extensively on topics related to maternal critical illness and severe maternal morbidity. She completed her PhD on ‘Critically ill pregnant and postnatal women in Victoria: characteristics, severity of illness and provision of acute health services’ in 2008, at The University of Melbourne.
Wendy is passionate about critical illness in pregnancy. She has spent the last 20 years working to improve recognition and monitoring of severe maternal morbidity, and improving the system of care for women who experience illness in pregnancy. This has included contributing as an investigator, to collaborative, multidisciplinary research teams, such as, the Australasian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System (AMOSS).
She has had more than 35 research papers published and has supervised several PhD and Masters students to completion.
Education/Academic qualification
Advanced Learning and Leadership, Graduate Certificate
Feb 2009 → Dec 2009
Award Date: 21 Dec 2009
Nursing, PhD, Critically ill pregnant and postnatal women in Victoria: characteristics, severity of illness and the provision of acute health services
Sept 2000 → Sept 2007
Award Date: 5 Apr 2008
Education, Graduate Diploma
Feb 1993 → Dec 1994
Award Date: 9 Dec 1994
Critical Care Nursing, Graduate Diploma
Feb 1992 → Dec 1992
Award Date: 22 Dec 1992
Research area keywords
- severe maternal morbidity
- Maternal health
- workforce retention
- Critical care
- Midwifery
- Quantitative methods
- Implementation science
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):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Review of the Midwife standards for practice
Gamble, J. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Beattie, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Innes, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Dix, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Pollock, W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Carr, B. (Project Manager), Jones, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Griffiths, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Morphet, J. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/06/26 → 12/04/27
Project: Research
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Exploring the clinical skills and capabilities of the in-charge nurse in Australian ICUs: A qualitative contextual enquiry
Clarke, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Pollock, W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wong, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Aspinall, C. (Chief Investigator (CI))
22/03/26 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Developing an Educational Framework to Support Intensive Care Nurses in Regional Health Services: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.
Wong, P. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Wilson, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Pollock, W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Clarke, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Ottosen, K. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Rienecker, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Adams, N. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Sivaprasad, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Stringer, K. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/01/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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The Australian and New Zealand ICU Workforce: A Point-Prevalence Survey
Pollock, W. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Pilcher, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ross, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Watterson, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Topple, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Jaspers, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Litton, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hodgson, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Crowe, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Freeman-Sanderson, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Avard, B. (Chief Investigator (CI))
3/04/24 → 3/04/26
Project: Research
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Nurses’ clinical oral care practices and prevention of hospital-associated pneumonia in non-ventilated patients in ICU: A qualitative study
Madhuvu, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Pollock, W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rienecker, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Andrews, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Prasad, A. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/02/23 → 1/02/24
Project: Research
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Conditional Probability of Postpartum Haemorrhage for Individual Women: A Case Study
Carr, B., Woodberry, O., Nicholson, A. & Pollock, W., Mar 2026, In: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 62, S1, p. 16 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
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Employer-provided wellbeing support for nurses working in intensive care units: A national cross-sectional study
Zhou, Y., Wong, P. (Leading Author), Clarke, A., Jarden, R. J. & Pollock, W. (Leading Author), May 2025, In: Australian Critical Care. 38, 3, 10 p., 101200.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Evaluation of the delivery of an intensive care nursing course during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A cross-sectional study
Wong, P. (Leading Author), Clarke, A., Njoku, M., Ottosen, K. L., Rienecker, C. & Pollock, W. E., Sept 2025, In: Australian Critical Care. 38, 5, 8 p., 101256.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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'Even if It's Something Confronting or Scary': Women Want to Know About Risk of Postpartum Haemorrhage
Carr, B. & Pollock, W. E., Mar 2025, In: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 61, S1, p. 8 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
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Mapping multilevel adaptation response to protect maternal and child health from climate change impacts: A scoping review
Bhandari, D. (Leading Author), Robinson, E., Pollock, W. E., Watterson, J. L., Su, T. & Lokmic-Tomkins, Z. (Leading Author), 21 Mar 2025, In: iScience. 28, 3, 17 p., 111914.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access8 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Life Membership of the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses
Pollock, W. (Recipient), 23 Nov 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Monash Nursing and Midwifery 2023 Excellence Award
Wong, P. (Recipient), Pollock, W. (Recipient), Clarke, A. (Recipient), Njoku, M. (Recipient), Ottosen, K. (Recipient) & Rienecker, C. (Recipient), 15 Dec 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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The Peter Hicks Fellowship Award 2023
Pollock, W. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Vice Chancellor's Education Excellence Award for Programs that Enhance Learning
Wong, P. (Recipient), Pollock, W. (Recipient), Clarke, A. (Recipient), Njoku, M. (Recipient), Ottosen, K. (Recipient) & Rienecker, C. (Recipient), 19 Nov 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Supervision - Honours student (Ms Grace Huang)
Wong, P. (Supervisor) & Pollock, W. (Supervisor)
2 Mar 2026Activity: Other Teaching Engagements and non-HDR Supervisions › Non-HDR Supervisions
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Supervision- Masters student (Ms Yu Liu)
Clarke, A. (Supervisor), Pollock, W. (Supervisor) & Garratt, S. (Supervisor)
27 Feb 2024 → 20 Oct 2025Activity: Other Teaching Engagements and non-HDR Supervisions › Non-HDR Supervisions
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Supervision - Masters student (Ms Yuzi Zhou)
Wong, P. (Supervisor), Pollock, W. (Supervisor) & Clarke, A. (Supervisor)
27 Feb 2023 → 20 Oct 2023Activity: Other Teaching Engagements and non-HDR Supervisions › Non-HDR Supervisions
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Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN) Annual Education Meeting 2023
Pollock, W. (Organiser)
19 Oct 2023 → 20 Oct 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Supervision - Honours student (Ms Yasmin Zisin)
Clarke, A. (Supervisor), Pollock, W. (Supervisor) & Kloester, J. (Supervisor)
27 Feb 2023 → 20 Oct 2024Activity: Other Teaching Engagements and non-HDR Supervisions › Non-HDR Supervisions