Prof. Elizabeth Manias Monash University Clayton, Australia

Prof. Elizabeth Manias is a registered nurse, a registered pharmacist and a Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist. She is a health communication scientist in patient safety and quality, and healthcare improvement. Her research interests include healthcare communication, equity in service delivery outcomes, medication safety, equity in service delivery outcomes, patient and... read morefamily engagement in care, and healthcare quality. Prof. Manias leads multidisciplinary teams using diverse research designs, including observational cohort studies, clinical audits, mixed methods designs, intervention studies, and co-design approaches. She uses implementation science and communication theory to enhance quality, safety, and health system performance in diverse settings. Prof. Manias conducts interdisciplinary research, partnering with health services, professional organisations and policy agencies to improve equity in healthcare. Her work focuses on individuals with complex needs and priority populations, which include people of cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, older people with multiple co-morbidities, and people living in rural and remote areas.