PhD candidate Rachel Buckley

PhD candidate

Qualifications:

Doctor of Philosophy – PhD Candidate – Charles Darwin University; Graduate of the Company Directors Course - Australian Institute of Company Directors Master of Public Health – Charles Darwin University; Post Graduate Certificate Adolescent health and wellbeing – University of Melbourne; Bachelor of Science (Hons), Nursing (Child) – University of Leeds

Location:

Darwin - Royal Darwin Hospital

Biography:

Rachel Buckley is a Paediatric clinical nurse, PhD candidate and researcher with a passion for social justice and health system reform to meet the needs of disadvantaged young people and their families. She is currently a chief investigator on the adolescent project under StreamlinED. This project is adapting and testing a patient navigation model for adolescents with complex health and psychosocial needs to reduce ED pressure at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH).
She works in partnership with health systems, community services and policy makers to increase accessibility, appropriateness and quality of health services. Rachel has clinical experience in adolescent health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples youth health, mental health and paediatric oncology and haematology. She has led health reform in youth services and has a passion for addressing social determinants in clinical care to improve outcomes.Rachel has research experience in partnership with youth through co-design to design models of health care.
 

PhD candidate Rachel Buckley
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Research Themes
  • Global and tropical health 
  • StreamlinED. 
Current Projects:
  • StreamlinED – Adolescent project 
  1. Buckley, R., Tipunwuti-Edwards, S., McCrory, K., Friel, J., Thomas, H., Bryett, I. 2024. The Fifteen Steps Challenge: Royal Darwin Hospital, Emergency Department, a young persons perspective. Menzies School of Health Research. 
  2. Schutz, K. L., Fancourt, N., Chang, A. B., Morris, P., Buckley, R., Biancardi, E., Roberts, K., Cush, J., Heraganahally, S., & McCallum, G. B. (2023). Transition of pediatric patients with bronchiectasis to adult medical care in the Northern Territory: A retrospective chart audit. Frontiers in pediatrics, 11, 1184303. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1184303
  3. Buckley, R 2019, Improving hospital care for Indigenous adolescents: Experiences from the Top End. Journal of Paediatric and Child Health. Doi; https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.14578
  4. Kirkham, R., Clifford, S., Freeman, N., Spargo, J., Merlino, A., Rohit, A., Buckley, R., McDonald, T., Gilbert, E., Hefler, M., Rung, S., Gunther, A., MacFarland, B., Azzopardi, P., Povey, J. (2019). The Northern Territory Youth Health Summit. Darwin: Menzies School of Health Research