Honours recognise service and leadership

Professor Margaret Fry AM

Professor of Emergency and Critical Care in the UTS Faculty of Health Margaret Fry has been made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for “significant service to the nursing profession, and to tertiary education.”

Dean of the Faculty of Health Professor Debra Anderson said Professor Fry was a nationally and internationally recognised researcher, clinician, supervisor and teacher.

“Margaret was appointed to a newly created professorial position in 2015 which was a joint appointment between the Northern Sydney Local Health District and UTS,” Professor Anderson said. 

“She has an extensive track record in implementing and enabling changes in policy and practice throughout New South Wales and other jurisdictions, attracting significant research grant funding, in fields including advanced nursing practice, extended nursing roles, pain management and new models of care.

“The focus of her applied research, with more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, is on improving the quality and safety of nursing care and patient outcomes.

“Margaret is an authorised Nurse Practitioner and her theoretical knowledge extends to the development and implementation of nurse practitioner models of service. 

“As such she is viewed as a clinical leader with the NSW Emergency Care Institute and the Ministry of Health Nursing and Midwifery Office and is the Senior Editor of the Australasian Emergency Care Journal.

“She has also been instrumental in the development and delivery of a researcher education program, which is highly acclaimed throughout the industry and attended by multidisciplinary teams, demonstrating the level of respect garnered by the program over the years it has been running.”

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