Amy-Louise Byrne is a passionate nurse researcher with CQUniversity, holding the positions of Senior Lecturer and Postgraduate Research Coordinator (PRC).  Amy has a background in emergency nursing, rural and remote health, management and workforce development.  Amy’s time in a remote community in Southwest Queensland drove home the disparity of health access, wellness and outcomes, leading to a profound interest in the challenges faced by those living in remote locations.

Amy holds a Doctor of Philosophy, obtaining the degree in June 2022. Her PhD was on the concept of Person-centred care within the nurse-led nurse navigator service. Amy’s research aim is to innovate models of care and health systems to reduce health inequity in rural/remote and regional populations. Amy’s interests include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s health wellbeing and equity, workforce development, resilience, critical discourse analysis, nurse-led models of care and rural and remote nursing.