Miss Amber Bidner
Research Assistant
School of Allied Health and Human Performance
College of Health
I have a passion for clinical work, education and science which has motivated me to challenge myself in diverse roles. I worked clinically as both a Registered Nurse and Nuclear Medicine Scientist for over 15 years. In 2016, I moved into tertiary teaching and research at the University of South Australia (UniSA) where I coordinate and deliver courses and lectures to Medical Radiation Science students. In 2019 I became an associate fellow of the Higher Education Academy/Advance HE. I am the Research Project Manager for UniSA’s Healthy Newborn Project (HNP). Generously funded by The Hospital Research Foundation, the HNP provided four weekend Point-of-Care Antenatal Ultrasound training workshops delivered to 50 rural/remote General Practitioners and Registered Midwives. I am simultaneously undertaking a masters of research and oversaw the implementation and deployment of a nation-wide survey to analyse rural antenatal ultrasound practices.
Research project manager for the Healthy Newborn Project (HNP) - A/Professor Nayana Parange & Professor Eva Bezak
The HNP is an exciting practical research project commensed in 2018 and funded by the Hospital Research Foundation. It included workshop training in Point-of-Care Antenatal Ultrasound for Doctors and midwives servicing women from rural and remote Australian communities who have limited or no access to ultrasound services. In addition to the face-to-face training, a national needs analysis survey of utrasound accessability, utilisaton and training was conducted in 2019.