Research

Building evidence that changes bedsides, curricula and communities.

Research areas

Nursing Science & Practice

Advancing quality and safety of nursing care and preparing future nurse leaders.

Stroke Management & Rehabilitation

Secondary prevention, community awareness, and multidisciplinary rehabilitation.

Clinical Neurosciences

Migraine, stroke and neuro-rehabilitation research spanning trials and cohort studies.

Public & Global Health

Contributions to Global Burden of Disease collaborations and low- and middle-income country research.

Skin, Wound & Trauma

Pressure ulcer prevention and nurses' attitudes — research at RCSI's SWaT Centre.

Evidence-Based Practice

Training programmes, evidence summaries and translation into curricula.

Methodological expertise

◆Randomised Controlled Trials
◆Qualitative Research Methodology
◆Mixed Methods Research
◆Evidence Synthesis & Translation
◆Systematic & Scoping Reviews
◆Study Protocols & Reporting Guidelines

Editorial & scholarly service

Academic Editor · PLOS ONE
Public Library of Science (2021 – present)
Associate Editor · BMC Nursing
BioMed Central (2023 – present)
Associate Editor · Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (2022 – present)
Reviewer
Journal of Advanced Nursing · Journal of Nursing Scholarship · BMC Public Health · Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
Member
Cochrane Nursing Care Field

Selected projects & trials

SPRINT INDIA

Secondary Prevention by Structured Semi-Interactive Stroke Prevention Package — multicentre RCT, published in The Lancet Global Health (2023).

RESTORE

Ayurvedic Treatment in the Rehabilitation of Ischemic Stroke Patients in India — randomised controlled trial protocol (Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2023).

Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Updated systematic review of nurses' attitudes towards pressure ulcer prevention (Journal of Wound Care, 2023).

Nurse-led Stroke Navigation

Systematic review of nurse-led patient navigation programmes and clinical outcomes (International Journal of Stroke, 2023).

EBP Training for Nurse Educators

Cluster-randomised controlled trial (Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 2021).

Multicomponent Migraine Intervention

RCT protocol and pilot on quality of life outcomes (Journal of Advanced Nursing).