Personal profile
Research Biography
Professor Gillian (Gill) Harvey is Matthew Flinders Professor of Health Services and Implementation Research in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences and Deputy Director ofthe Caring Futures Institute with lead responsibility for Knowledge Translation. She is an Adjunct Professor of Implementation Science at Queensland University of Technology andan Affiliated Researcher at Dalarna University in Sweden.
Previously Professor Harvey has held academic positions in Alliance Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester and most recently in Adelaide Nursing School, University of Adelaide. Prior to working in academia, she was Director of the UK Royal College of Nursing’s Quality Improvement Program and Director of the National Institute for Care Excellence (NICE) National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care. During her career, Professor Harvey has produced five books and over 160 academic outputs. She has been a Chief Investigator on over 20 research grants in the last 5 years, including grants awarded by the NHMRC, MRFF and overseas funders such as the Canadian Institutes for Health Research.
Qualifications
PhD Nursing, London South Bank University, UK
B Nursing, University of Manchester, UK
Research impact
Professor Harvey is one of the developers of the widely used implementation science frameworks, PARIHS and i-PARIHS. The original Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARIHS) framework, published in 1998, has over 1000 citations in Scopus. In 2015, the PARIHS framework was revised to produce the integrated or i-PARIHS framework, described in the 2015 book ‘Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Healthcare’.
Research interest
- Implementation science
- Evidence-based practice
- Quality Improvement
- Improving care across systems
Honours, awards and grants
- Recognised as a highly cited researcher in the Social Sciences Category of the 2014 Thomson-Reuters high citation list
- Stanford University top 2% scientist, 2022
- NHMRC Assigners Academy Member (2017, 2018)
- Visiting Fellow, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester (2018 – 2021)
- Florence Nightingale Foundation ‘Edith Cavell Travel Scholarship’ (2000)
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Nursing Quality: An evaluation of key factors in the implementation process, London South Bank University
Award Date: 1 Dec 1993
Bachelor, Bachelor of Nursing, University of Manchester
Award Date: 1 Jun 1985
External positions
Affiliated Researcher, Dalarna University
26 Oct 2020 → …
Adjunct Professor of Implementation Science, Queensland University of Technology
1 Jan 2017 → …
Supervision
- Registered
Research Areas
- Knowledge translation and implementation science
- Nursing
Supervisory Interests
- Evidence based implementation
- Evidence based practice
- Healthcare, quality improvement
- Knowledge translation
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Implementing a bundle of interventions to support older adults transitioning from hospital to residential aged care: a protocol for the process evaluation of the OPTIMAL stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial
Fernando, R. L., Crotty, M., Inacio, M. C., Batta, I., Bourke, A., Forward, J., Furst, C., Whitehead, C., Shaw, S., Shepperd, L. & Harvey, G., Feb 2026, In: BMJ Open. 16, 2, 10 p., e106443.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The impact of primary health care services, continuity of care and patterns of care on mortality and hospitalisation-related outcomes in residents of long-term care facilities: a comprehensive national evaluation
Inacio, M. C., Schwabe, J., Crotty, M., Williams, H., Wesselingh, S. L., Kellie, A., Roder, D., Nixon, K. L., Harvey, G., Sluggett, J. K., Cations, M., Gill, T. K., Khadka, J., Corlis, M., Dawkins, C., Von Thien, M. & Caughey, G. E., Feb 2026, In: Age and Ageing. 55, 2, 12 p., afag026.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A cost-consequence analysis of a nudge intervention to improve hospital care of older people at the end of life: results from a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial
Carter, H. E., Donovan, T., White, N. M., Lee, X. J., Brown, C., Graves, N., McPhail, S., Cardona, M., White, B. P., Willmott, L., Harvey, G., Callaway, L., Hillman, K. & Barnett, A. G., Oct 2025, In: Age and Ageing. 54, 10, 8 p., afaf280.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Do process evaluations open up the ‘black box’ of implementation interventions in health care? A scoping review
Bracci, E. L., Collyer, S., Oster, C., Lynch, E., Olasunkanmi-Alimi, T., Bulto, L. N. & Harvey, G., 24 Dec 2025, In: Implementation Science. 20, 1, 28 p., 55.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Evaluations of clinical practice guidelines, protocols, and pathways used in rural and remote Australia, Canada, and Aotearoa New Zealand: A scoping review protocol
Arkapaw, L., Hines, S., Brand, A., Black, O., Byrne, M., Harvey, G. & Smith, J. A., Jul 2025, In: JBI evidence synthesis. 23, 7, p. 1485-1492 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Safewards: Enhancing Safety and Wellbeing in Aged Care
Dawson, S. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Harvey, G. (Chief Investigator) & Oster, C. (Chief Investigator)
Project: Research
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Screen, Clean, Hydrate – towards better outcomes in acute stroke
Murray, J. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Doeltgen, S. (Chief Investigator), George, S. (Chief Investigator) & Harvey, G. (Chief Investigator)
21/03/22 → 30/11/23
Project: Research
Activities
- 1 Other
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Primary Care Utilisation Before and After Entry into Permanent Residential Aged Care
Caughey, G. (Participant), Bartholomaeus, J. D. (Participant), Collier, L. R. (Participant), Crotty, M. (Participant), Williams, H. (Participant), Harvey, G. (Participant), Sluggett, J. (Participant), Gill, T. (Participant), Kadkha, J. (Participant), Roder, D. (Participant), Wesselingh, S. (Participant) & Inacio, M. C. (Participant)
10 Sept 2021 → 12 Sept 2021Activity: Other activity types › Other