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Researcher Revealed

Researcher Revealed

By: Dr Rosalynn Austin
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Research informs so much of our lives, the food we eat, the car we drive, and the way we manage our health. But what is it like to be a researcher? Why do they do what they do? What are lessons they have learned along the way?


This podcast aims to reveal the answers to all of those questions and more.


Hosted by Dr Rosalynn Austin (a nurse researcher) episodes will be split into three categories:

1) Dr Rosalyn Austin in conversation with other researchers to explore their thoughts and experiences as researchers in their own fields

2) Research Methods Masterclass

3) Dr Rosalynn Austin sharing her own personal research journey and selected presenations she has given

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  • Researcher Revealed Podcast Episode 40

    Researcher Revealed Podcast Episode 40
    Dec 11 2025
    You are not as alone as you think you are! On this episode of Researcher Revealed I speak with Dr Nicola Straiton, whose success (wining over 13.5 million AUD in grant funding) is inspirational! She revealed that like here in the UK there is still a long way to go before Nurse Researchers are supported through their career pathway. She shares the challenges and the successes that she has faced.Top 3 Takeaways1) The upside down way of becoming a nurse researcher, there is no one way to be a researcher2) The post doc era is challenging period, urgent improved support is needed3) Build a sense of FOMO (fear of missing out) around nurse research to change the brandBio: Dr Nicola Straiton is a nurse and Senior Research Fellow in Implementation Science at the Nursing Research Institute, a collaboration between St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, and Australian Catholic University. Her research focuses on cardiovascular disease, frailty, implementation science, and digital health. In the two years since completing her PhD, Dr Straiton has secured over $34.5 million in competitive research funding across 13 grants, including five as Chief Investigator. She has published 30 papers—60% in the top 10% of their field—with over 320 citations and an h-index of 8. She has delivered 19 invited national and international presentations and received five awards recognising research excellence and leadership. Dr Straiton is committed to advancing evidence translation into clinical practice and building research capacity among clinician researchers.Find Nicola online:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-nicola-straiton-9086a7111X: NicStraitonWebsite: https://www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/institutes-academies-and-centres/nursing-research-institute Nicola’s Research:· Straiton N, et al. A Descriptive Qualitative Study of Patient and Carer Perspectives on the Acceptability of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jan.70180· Straiton N, et al. The validity and reliability of consumer-grade activity trackers in older, community-dwelling adults: A systematic review. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378512218301828· Weight C, Straiton N, et al. Reported use of implementation science theories, models, and frameworks in 151 implementation trials: secondary analysis of a systematic review targeting nursing practice, https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibaf043· Johnson M, Straiton N, et al. Pre-implementation context and implementation approach for a nursing and midwifery clinician researcher career pathway: A qualitative study. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jan.16307Nicola is reading: The Power by Naomi AldermanResources:1) Clinical Academic Roadmap (AUS) https://www.thesphere.com.au/resources/nursing-and-midwifery-early-to-mid-career-researcher-emcr-advocacy-roadmap/.2) Miro data visualisation platform good for mind maps https://www.miro.comFind Dr Rosalynn AustinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-rosalynn-austin-147b3980/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosalynnaustin/Twitter: https://twitter.com/RosalynnAustinExperience the adventures Dr Rosalynn Austin takes while travelling on @tea-riffictravelsThe podcast content is the personal opinions and experiences of the researchers (Dr Rosalynn Austin and Dr Nicola Straiton) and not that of any of their affiliated institutions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Researcher Revealed Podcast Episode 39

    Researcher Revealed Podcast Episode 39
    Nov 13 2025

    Another first for Researcher Revealed, this week’s episode I host a Women’s Health Research Midwife! Susara Blunden tells a tale of two halves: from gorgeous handbags working in Hedge funds in London to wearing scrubs and working on developing her career as a researcher. Her passion is inspiring, and I was loved hearing thie similarities and differences there were between a midwife’s and nurse’s career pathway as a researcher.


    Top 3 Takeaways

    1) Pathways into a research career are diverse

    2) More support is needed for those in research delivery to advance their research career aspirations

    3) Is research embedded in your clinical practice?


    Bio: Susara Blunden is a Women's Health Research Midwife in the NHS and a master’s in research student at Bournemouth University on the NIHR funded INSIGHT programme. She currently investigating the secondary care endometriosis diagnostic pathways in the NHS and other high-income countries. After graduating with a BSc in Midwifery from Bournemouth University in 2014, she worked clinically for a few years before moving into NHS research delivery. She has extensive experience in research, from setting up research in clinical environments, recruiting participants, to collecting data for a wide range of studies and trials. She was key in delivering projects which explored topics such as obstetric anaesthesia, hypertensive disorders; pregnancy and non-pregnancy related, smoking cessation, preterm birth prevention, stillbirth and miscarriage reduction. She was a Principal Investigator on several of these projects. She is a member of the NIHR Reproductive Health and Childbirth National Research Champions Group helping to maintain and build research capacity regionally and nationally.


    Find Susara online:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/susara-blunden-6a0a74138/


    Susara’s Research:

    Coming soon!


    Susara is reading:

    Whale Bone Theatre by Joanna Quinn


    Resources:

    1) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

    2) Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life, Patterns, Proteins and Peace: A Life in Science by Georgina Ferry

    3) NIHR Principal Investigator training programs:

    - Associate PI Scheme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at5PM61X0Yw

    - PIPP: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/career-development/clinical-research-courses-and-support/principal-investigator-pipeline-programme

    4) Being a PI as a nurse on medication trials (CTIMPS) https://youtu.be/JRZT_p3fHfk


    Find Dr Rosalynn Austin

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-rosalynn-austin-147b3980/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosalynnaustin/

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/RosalynnAustin


    Experience the adventures Dr Rosalynn Austin takes while travelling on @tea-riffictravels


    The podcast content is the personal opinions and experiences of the researchers (Dr Rosalynn Austin and Susara Blunden) and not that of any of their affiliated institutions.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Researcher Revealed Podcast Episode 38

    Researcher Revealed Podcast Episode 38
    Oct 16 2025

    Award winning heart failure advanced clinical practitioner Stephanie “Steph” Kirkland joins me to share her research journey. She tends to “fall” into things from nursing to research in her own words she accidently ended up a nurse who has award winning research. Listen for great tips and inspiration as to how you as a clinical practitioner can strengthen your research pillar.


    Top 3 Takeaways

    1) Take your clinical data one step further

    2) Increase your clinical impact by sharing your practice

    3) Balancing collecting the data you need for publication with the data that will serve your population is tricky


    Bio: Stephanie Kirkland is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Heart Failure at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. She has over 26 years of experience as a registered nurse, her career has spanned both acute and community settings, giving her a broad perspective on managing complex heart failure conditions.

    Stephanie led the NHS England initiative Managing Heart Failure @Home, where she developed an innovative palliative heart failure care model integrating telehealth. The project achieved international recognition in May 2025, where she was awarded first place in the Nurse and Allied Healthcare Professional category at the Heart Failure Congress in Belgrade. She also presented her work at the British Cardiovascular Society 2025 conference, sharing insights into the symptom burden, quality of life, and healthcare utilization of 72 patients with advanced heart failure. She is deeply committed to advancing palliative and end-of-life care for people living with advanced heart failure. Her passion lies in improving access to high-quality, compassionate care for this vulnerable patient group.


    Find Stephanie online:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-kirkland-43b6a037b/


    https://www.linkedin.com/company/nhsuhcw/posts/?feedView=all

    https://www.linkedin.com/company/coventry-university-research-innovation/posts/?feedView=all


    Stephanie’s Research:

    https://heart.bmj.com/content/111/Suppl_3/A107

    https://esc365.escardio.org/presentation/299154

    Stephanie is reading:

    The Bible

    The Greatest Story Ever Told by Bear Grylls


    Find Dr Rosalynn Austin

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-rosalynn-austin-147b3980/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosalynnaustin/

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/RosalynnAustin


    Experience the adventures Dr Rosalynn Austin takes while travelling on @tea-riffictravels


    The podcast content is the personal opinions and experiences of the researchers (Dr Rosalynn Austin and Stephanie Kirkland) and not that of any of their affiliated institutions.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 10 mins
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