UARC brings together expertise in health, science, economics, business, law, humanities, social sciences, design and engineering to research the aged care sector as well as the ageing society in relation to their impact on the Australian economy and society more broadly.

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Research Directors 

DEBORAH PARKER, Co-director
Professor of Nursing Aged Care (Dementia), School of Nursing and Midwifery, UTS Faculty of Health
DAVID BROWN, Co-director
Professor, Accounting Discipline Group, UTS Business School 

Theme Leads 

Business and strategy

NELSON MA, Co-lead
Associate Professor, Accounting Discipline Group, UTS Business School
NICOLE SUTTON, Co-lead  
Associate Professor, Accounting Discipline Group, UTS Business School

Health and wellbeing

ANNA WILLIAMS, Co-lead  
Professor of Nursing, Deputy Head of School (Research), School of Nursing and Midwifery 
DEBORAH DEBONO Co-lead  
Associate Professor, Health Services Management

Law, regulation and ethics

NOLA RIES, Co-lead  
Professor, UTS Faculty of Law
TERESA SOMES, Co-lead  
Lecturer, UTS Faculty of Law

Innovation and design

PHILLIPPA CARNEMOLLA, Co-lead  
Associate Professor, School of Built Environment, UTS Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
JACQUIE LORBER KASUNIC, Co-lead  
Associate Professor, School of design, UTS Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building

Emerging technologies

TUAN VAN NGUYEN, Lead  
Professor of Predictive Medicine, School of Biomedical Engineering, UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT

Advisors

PROFESSOR MIKE WOODS  
Professor, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, UTS Faculty of Health  
Policy Advisor
FANNY SALIGNAC  
Associate Professor, inaugural Director of CoLab, Collaboration and Co-creation, UTS Transdisciplinary School
SERENA STEWART  
Head of Strategic Partnerships Business & Law
LOUISE MALADY  
Policy Advisor, UARC

Researchers

JIN SUG YANG  
Research Analyst, Accounting Discipline Group, UTS Business School
RACHAEL LEWIS  
Senior Lecturer, UNSW Business School
OLIVIA RAWLINGS-WAY  
Research Assistant, Accounting Discipline Group, UTS Business School
JIALI YOLANDA LIN  
PhD student, Accounting Discipline Group, UTS Business School
SERRA IVYNIAN  
Postdoctoral Fellow, UTS Faculty of Health
EUGENIA TSIHLIS
Senior Research Assistant, UTS Faculty of Law
SASCHA CALLAGHAN
Researcher, UTS Faculty of Law
HOLLY MACK  
Senior Research Fellow, UTS Faculty of Health

PHOEBE BAILEY 
Associate Professor, Director of Studies (Psychology), UTS Graduate School of Health
LISA PONT
Professor, Deputy Head of Pharmacy Discipline Group, UTS Graduate School of Health
BRONWYN HEMSLEY
Professor, Head of Speech Pathology Discipline Group, UTS Graduate School of Health
EMMA POWER 
Associate Professor, Speech Pathology Discipline Group, UTS Graduate School of Health 
ANNIE HEPWORTH 
Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, PhD Candidate, IMPACCT 
PRIYA SARAVANAKUMAR 
Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, UTS Faculty of Health
JANELLE CRAIG 
Lecturer, Health Services Management
JON ADAMAS 
Distinguished Professor, Deputy Head of School (Research), UTS School of Public Health
FAYE MCMILAN 
Professor, Discipline head of Indigenous Health, UTS School of Public Health
MARGARET FRY
Professor, UTS School of Nursing and Midwifery
MICHELLE RUMSEY 
Professor, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre, UTS WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development
SUYIN HOR
Senior Lecturer, Health Services Management, UTS School of Public Health 
DAVID LIM  
Associate Professor, IMPACCT, UTS Faculty of Health
CAMERON TONKINWISE
Professor, School of Design
KATE SWEETAPPLE
Professor, Head of School, Design
ABBY MELLICK LOPES
Professor, School of Design
LEENA THOMAS
Professor, Head of School, Architecture
NIMISH BILORIA
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
POONAM MEHTA
Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Health, Discipline of Physiotherapy
SHANNON LIN
Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health
GILLIAN MCALLISTER
Senior Research Analyst, Centre for Business and Sustainable Development
JACQUI WEBSTER
Professor, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development