Barbara Elliott in Australia

Dr Narbara Elliott

Dr Barbara Elliott visited Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, Australia where she is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer.  She met Professor Linda Shields and Associate Professor Rachel Rossiter from the School of Nursing, Midwifery & Indigenous Health to discuss future collaborative working and research opportunities.

Dr Barbara Elliott

Barbara Elliott graduated with her PhD this week at the University of Hull.  Her thesis was titled: From bench to bedside: the development of a location indicating nasogastric tube and she was  supervised by Dr Peter Draper from the faculty and Professor John Greenman, Head of School Biological, Biomedical and Environmental Sciences.  Here she is with Peter:

Stop Press - Barbara Elliott wins prize in Australia

Barbara Elliott presenting

Barbara Elliott was awarded the prize for best oral presentation at the 2014 Australian Capital Territory Health Research Conference in Nursing and Midwifery in Canberra Australia today.  Barbara presented her work on the development of a positioning device for nasogastric tubes.

The team at Hull who worked
on the device

The device was invented at the University of Hull and the work, of which Barbara's PhD forms a part, has been in progress for over nine years and began when Professor Linda Shields - presently at James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia - was in the Faculty of Health and Social Care.

The lengthy process of
patenting the device

The University of Hull was well represented at this excellent conference; Professor Roger Watson delivered the opening keynote on 'The Path to Publication' and Professor Julie Jomeen was also present at the conference which had a strong midwifery theme.