Innovative models of care
for the rural setting

Strengthening the
rural workforce

Rural population of
community health

Organisational governance
and leadership

Dr Jaclyn Bishop

Email: jaclyn.bishop@eghs.net.au

Dr Jaclyn Bishop is the Director Development and Improvement at East Grampians Health Service, and a registered pharmacist. Jaclyn completed her PhD in 2022 with the University of Melbourne focusing on Antimicrobial Stewardship in rural hospitals. She has published over 20 papers with a focus on rural health and quality use of medicines. She is a member of the Society of Hospital Pharmacist of Australia (SHPA) Research Leadership Committee, and an Honorary Fellow with the Institute of Health Translation, Faculty of Health, Deakin University. Jaclyn takes the ‘real world’ perspective of a rurally based health service leader and applies this to her translational research. She has a strong focus on practice-based research that improves the outcomes for rural communities and enjoys mentoring new researchers with a similar passion.

Celina Day

Email: celina.day@eghs.net.au

Celina Day is a Research Assistant with East Grampians Health Service responsible for the Check-Back Study – the co-design review of a patient-focussed health literacy resource – and evaluating the aged care staff wellbeing program. Celina has over 15 years’ experience as a program and public policy manager in the not for profit, aged care, and health care sectors. Her areas of interest are consumer advocacy, human rights in health care, and qualitative research. She has previously worked for the national peak bodies for dementia and advance care planning. Celina was the project lead on an Australian guide to conducting meaningful consultation with people living with dementia, their families and carers, published by the Analysis and Policy Observatory (APO) in 2022.

Dr Priscilla Prestes

Email: priscilla.prestes@eghs.net.au

Dr Priscilla Prestes is Research Lead at East Grampians Health Service and a biomedical researcher specialising in cardiovascular health and hypertension. She completed her PhD in Cardiovascular Genomics at Federation University Australia in 2021 and has over 20 years’ research experience across healthcare and academia, with more than 40 publications. Her research focuses on translating evidence into practical, patient-centred approaches to prevent and manage cardiovascular disease, with a particular interest in reducing health inequities and improving outcomes in regional and rural communities. She brings together multidisciplinary research, community engagement and health service perspectives to support evidence-based approaches that improve access to care and quality of life. Priscilla is also passionate about mentoring emerging researchers, supporting their and helping them build meaningful and impactful research careers.