Associate Professor Micah Peters PhD is the Inaugural National Policy Research Adviser and Director of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Federal Office's National Research and Policy Unit based in the Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre (RBRC), UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences.
Micah works in partnership with Australia’s largest professional association and union and a range of academic and industry stakeholders, Micah leads a diverse program of policy research and industry-engaged projects that supports and empowers nurses, midwives, and carers to improve the health and well-being of all Australians safely and effectively. This work focusses on:
·        Delivery of safe, meaningful, high-quality care.
·        Personal and professional safety in the workplace.
·        Enhancing the awareness and impact of nursing, midwifery, and carers in research, policy, and practice.
Micah is recognised internationally as a leading expert in evidence synthesis methodology. He is actively involved in developing and updating evidence synthesis guidelines for scoping reviews and rapid reviews. He is ranked among Stanford/Elsevier's Top 2% of Scientists worldwide and is the sixth most highly ranked scientist publishing in the nursing field.
Micah is a respected policy adviser and researcher who has influenced local, national, and international clinical practice and workforce guidelines as well as Commonwealth Government legislation and policy in aged care, nursing workforce, and infection prevention and control for COVID-19.
Micah is passionate about collaborating with multidisciplinary researchers and clinicians to improve outcomes, experiences, and operations across the gamut of healthcare. Micah’s current research and supervision interests include:
·         Health and aged care workforce
·         Evidence-based healthcare
·         Transition to practice
·         Scoping reviews and systematic reviews
·         Supportive care in cancer
·         Gender and sexually diverse (LGBTIQ+) care
Micah has led and contributed to research projects funded by:
·        Commonwealth Government of Australia
·        Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)
·        Stillbirth Foundation Australia
·        United Kingdom Department for International Development
·        New South Wales Ministry of Health
·        Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
·        Cancer Institute NSW
·        Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Health Care
·        HCF Research Foundation
·        Cancer Australia
On behalf of the ANMF, Micah has led and contributed to submissions to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the Senate Select Committee Inquiry into COVID-19, and the Productivity Commission's Mental Health Inquiry. Micah's work has been influential in the Federal Government's 2022 election commitments for aged care reform, national aged care workforce policy and legislation, establishment of the ANMF’s National Nursing and Midwifery Health Service, and planning regarding the establishment of the Australian Centre for Disease Control.
Selected roles:
Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Evidence Synthesis, Recommendations, and Impact (HESRI), School of Public Health, University of AdelaideAdjunct Senior Lecturer, Adelaide School of Nursing, University of AdelaideCore Staff Member, The Danish Centre of Systematic Reviews: a Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg UniversityEditor-in-Chief, Australian Journal of Advanced NursingAssociate Editor, International Journal of Nursing Studies·         Chair, ANMF National Research Committee
·         Professional Team Leader of the Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre (RBRC) Publications Working Group
·         Coordinator, RBRC Summer Research Scholars Program
·         Member of the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) Membership Committee, Clinical Guidelines Working Group, and LGBTIQ+ Cancer Care Working Group
·         Member, the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work Advisory Committee
·         Member, Steering Committee of the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability & Research
·         Member, UniSA Ally Network
·         RBRC Health Safety and Wellbeing Representative
·         Member, CHS Staff Engagement Forum and Non-Traditional Research Outputs Advisory Group
·         Member, the Australian GRADE Centre
About The Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre
The Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre is a partnership between the University of South Australia and the Rosemary Bryant Foundation. The Centre aims to strengthen the nursing and midwifery workforce across the health and aged care system through the support and development of evidence-based healthcare.
The Centre has a comprehensive research program focused on advancing nursing and midwifery clinical practice and education, patient care and outcomes, population and public health, workforce reform, and safety and quality. The Centre’s objective is to enhance; innovative partnerships for healthcare research; inform strategies for extending the capacity and capabilities of nurses and midwives to build a resilient, sustainable, and collaborative workforce; health system planning, evaluation and resourcing; clinical care outcomes, and; translation of evidence into practice.