Mrs Pam Adelson

Pam Adelson is an inaugural Research Fellow in the Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre and a member of the Mothers, Babies and Families Health Research Group.

The Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre is a partnership between the University of South Australia and the Rosemary Bryant Foundation, which aims to strengthen the nursing & midwifery workforce across the health system through the support and development of evidence-based healthcare. The RBRC has developed a comprehensive research program focused on advancing the discipline of nursing & midwifery and patient care related to population and public health, workforce reform, safety and quality, clinical practice, patient outcomes, and integration into education. Its objective is to enhance innovative partnerships for healthcare research, to inform strategies for: 1) Extending the capacity and capabilities of nurses and midwives to build a resilient, sustainable and collaborative workforce, 2) health system planning, evaluation and resourcing, 3) clinical care outcomes, and 4) translation of evidence into practice. Pam’s role is to lead research activities around key nursing and midwifery research priorities identified by the Centre including; translational research to improve health care delivery, research and evaluation around advanced practice roles and  issues impacting upon health workforce.   

Pam’s career started in the clinical arena where she was a Registered Nurse in the USA, completing her BSc (Nursing) from the University of Hawaii and a further post-graduate program in critical care nursing. Her clinical and lead administrative nursing experience includes 10 years of nursing in ICU, cardiac telemetry, emergency and hyperbaric diving medicine. After completing her Masters of Public Health degree (University of Sydney), she worked in epidemiology and public health policy for the NSW Health Department (Ministry of Health). While in the Department she oversaw the state-wide perinatal data collection and birth defects registry and served on numerous committees in perinatal and cancer epidemiology and policy. Her recent research roles include work on a large prospective pregnancy study, management and analysis of a multi-centred service delivery trial, and research in cancer epidemiology and guideline recommended care. Pam’s research interests include the analysis of population based data to inform evidence-based care and health systems direction. 

Qualifications

• Master of Public Health The University of Sydney

• Bachelor of Science The University of Hawaii