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Professor Jyai Allen

Dr Jyai Allen is a part-time research-focused Midwifery Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Her research program is focused on health engagement and models of care for vulnerable groups and embedding midwifery innovations to optimise women's outcomes and experiences in maternity care.

Jyai's role will include:

  • leading research projects; including sharing research findings through publication and conference presentation
  • pursuing external collaboration and funding opportunities
  • supervising midwifery research student projects

Jyai plans to support ECU, and the Midwifery profession as a whole, through her various roles on relevant boards and committees whilst developing the capability of the midwifery research team as Chair of the Midwifery Research Group.

Background

Jyai is a direct-entry midwife who has worked in various clinical, policy, and academic roles through her >20-year midwifery career. She has worked primarily in midwifery models of care with vulnerable populations, as well as birth centres and a midwifery-led unit. Jyai has held previous academic positions at universities including Associate Professor of Translational Research and Senior Lecturer in Midwifery.

Jyai holds a concurrent 0.5 FTE role as Assistant Director of Midwifery in Queensland Health.

Professional Associations

  • Member, Australian College of Midwives
  • Associate Editor, Women and Birth Editorial Board (2017 – 2021)
  • Member, Low-Risk Ethics Committee
  • Member, Research & Research Training Committee
  • Chair, Midwifery Research Group

Research Areas and Interests

Jyai is committed to delivering impactful research, in collaboration maternity consumers and health service partners, to explore challenges, implement changes, and evaluate outcomes to optimise women’s outcomes and experiences.

Jyai has expertise in systematic reviews, randomised trials, cohort studies, mixed methods evaluation; and critical qualitative methodologies including Critical Ethnography and Participatory Action Research

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