Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales; Australia

Dr Kathy Eljiz: I am a Senior Lecturer with the School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales. Over 18 years, my teaching expertise and research interests have been in the field of health system improvement. Specifically, my skills and experience are in knowledge translation, organisational development, change and culture. My main interest is working to close the theory-practice gap and improve the organisation and management of healthcare systems. The translational research approach I have focuses on working to achieve academic rigour and industry outcomes, leading to improvement strategies and recommendations. I have overseen over 340 Masters translational research projects, and directly supervised 160 projects across a range of categories, including change management, organisational behaviour, operations management, health system improvement, and leadership. I contribute to the wider academic community by peer reviewing national and international journals in business and health fields and am an Associate Editor for BMJ Open Quality (2019-present).