Our Team

PhD

Nicky is a Research Fellow in ARIIA’s Workforce Capability and Capacity team. Her role links research to practice for innovative projects, implementation and evaluation frameworks. With over 20 years’ clinical and management experience in Health and Aged Care, Nicky’s research interests are evidence-informed service delivery, inter-agency collaboration and co-design. Nicky is passionate about person centredness for living and ageing well.

PhD

Dr Clare Bradley is a Senior Research Fellow in the Workforce Capability and Capacity team, contributing to ARIIA’s Innovator Training Program and Innovator Network. With over 20 years’ expertise in health and aged care services research, Clare’s role is focused on developing collaborative research partnerships and highly practical research translation projects in the aged care sector to improve care.

PHD

Stephanie Champion is a Research Fellow and Facilitator for the Innovator Training Program (ITP). Her research interests involve finding digital solutions to improve health and wellness for older population, deliver personalised care and support healthy ageing for independently living older Australians. Currently, Stephanie is working to evaluate the impact of the ITP on Innovators and their organisations.

MA (Disability Studies), Combined BA (Hons) Gerontology and Health Studies

Andrea has over 25 years’ experience working in gerontology across the aged care, academic, local government, and not-for-profit sectors. Whether collecting and analysing data, leading multidisciplinary teams, developing strategies, policies, and procedures, or networking and developing partnerships, working with older adults and those who support them is her passion.

PhD

Janine is a Research Fellow in the Knowledge and Implementation Hub (KIH) and a research methodologist and health service researcher with extensive experience in evidence generation and synthesis, particularly in clinical guidelines and different types of reviews. She is applying these skills in producing evidence-based information for the aged-care sector.

Liana is the Program Manager, Aged Care Partnering Program with over 16 years’ experience across home care, community and residential services as a manager and Physiotherapist, leading teams within not for profit, government and private organisations across a range of government-funded and private services. Her aim is to improve the lives of older people and ensure the sustainability of the sector.

GCertEd., GDipSocSc, Dip TAE, Dip Pos Psych, BN

Julie is a Content Developer and Workshop Facilitator at ARIIA. Her role involves designing, developing and the delivery of learning programs to meet the capacity building and learning needs of the aged care workforce. Julie has extensive experience as an educator in Aged and Disability support, and has designed & developed learning resources for the vocational sector and aged care industry. She is passionate about developing capacity in all aged care staff to work innovatively to ensure high quality evidence-based care is delivered and evaluated.

As the Workstream Coordinator for the Workforce Capacity and Capability team I am responsible for coordinating the Innovator Training Program. She has over 10 years' experience in the Aged Care sector with a particular interest in Human Resources, Workforce Management and Person-Centred Care.

BA(WritCreatComm), AdvDip(GrDes)

As the Manager, Marketing & Communications, Olivia is responsible for managing communication of ARIIA’s exciting projects, activities, partnerships, events and success stories. With a decade of marketing experience and a background in graphic design and communications, Olivia works with ARIIA team members to collect, create and share ARIIA stories while building an engaged online community.

Paul is an Information Specialist within the Knowledge and Implementation Hub (KIH) and has professional skills in research, information and aged care, both in Australian and the UK. He is driven by the desire to enable individuals a voice in service delivery and has co-designed numerous programmes with older people. 

As the Administration Officer in Workforce Capability and Capacity, Jane brings over 10 years’ experience in administration within an Aged Care Home supported by experience in Home & Community Care and a Diploma of Community Services. Jane supports the Workforce Capability and Capacity team to deliver projects including the Innovator Training Program.

Irene is the Digital Content Officer for Ariia and brings over 20 years of experience in digital content management of websites and social media platforms from local and state government. She is also an accomplished photographer and artist.

In her role as Manager, Strategic Projects, Holly supports the Workforce Capability and Capacity workstream to deliver ARIIA’s Innovator Training Program and Innovator Network. Holly brings to her role extensive experience in administration, operations and human resource management, with a particular interest in optimising efficiencies, organisational engagement, and inclusivity.

GradCertHlth Admin, BAppSci (Physio)

Jo has extensive experience in aged care, having worked 25+ years in acute and primary care, veterans care, community, home, and residential aged care in both metropolitan and rural areas. Jo is an APA titled Gerontological Physiotherapist, holds a Graduate Certificate in Health Care Management, and has worked with aged care stakeholders to improve aged care as part of the National Aged Care Alliance. Jo has experience in research co-design, consulting and has been the Chair of the National Australian Physiotherapy Association Gerontology group, coordinating and presenting professional development programs.

BSCS, MSIT

As the IT Manager, Eric oversees activities related to the ongoing operation and development of ARIIA’s platforms and applications. With over 25 years of IT experience in the education, finance, and health sectors, Eric collaborates with stakeholders, external providers, and internal workstreams to support ARIIA’s initiatives across digital ecosystems.

Antonia is a Digital Content Officer specialising in content collection, creation, project management and systems coordination. She draws on her experience in the creative arts to build and manage teams of collaborators. In this way, consumers and stakeholders are delivered engaging and informative content.