Dr Amy Jarvis
Research fellow
School of Nursing and Midwifery
College of Health
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr Amy Jarvis is a Research Fellow at Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre. Her research focuses on preventative healthcare and consumer engagement, with an empahsis on patient-reported measures and community-based interventions. Her current projects include developing a patient-reported experience measure (PREM) to inform improvements to the cultural safety of the National Cervical Screening Project and gathering consumer feedback from cancer patients on a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) to monitor symptom severity. She is also contributing to the place-based evaluation of a community initiative designed to enhance social connection and prevent loneliness. Dr Jarvis is available to supervise honours students.
The Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre is a partnership between the University of South Australia and the Rosemary Bryant Foundation, which aims to strengthen the nursing & midwifery workforce across the health system through the support and development of evidence-based healthcare, fostering partnerships and building research capacity. The RBRC has developed a comprehensive research program focused on advancing the discipline of nursing & midwifery and patient care related to population and public health, workforce reform, safety and quality, clinical practice, patient outcomes, and integration into education. Its objective is to enhance innovative partnerships for healthcare research, to inform strategies for: 1) Extending the capacity and capabilities of nurses and midwives to build a resilient, sustainable and collaborative workforce, 2) health system planning, evaluation and resourcing, 3) clinical care outcomes, and 4) translation of evidence into practice.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | Research Fellow | University of South Australia |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Achievement | Emerging Leaders Fellowship Program 2025 | Women's Research Translation and Impact Network | Australia | - |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | University of South Australia | Australia | Doctor of Philosophy |
| 2019 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) |
| 2018 | University of Canberra | Australia | Bachelor of Science in Psychology |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning | Clear Horizon Academy | Australia |
| — | CSIRO ON Prime 2025 Alumni | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | Australia |
| — | Early Career Researcher Academy 2024 alumni | University of South Australia | Australia |
Courses I teach
- BEHL 4057 Psychology Honours Research Project 2 (2024)
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Merin Lisa Kuriakose |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | Member | Psycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group | - |
| Date | Title | Engagement Type | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - ongoing | Student Representative on the Organising Committee for the 2023 Australasian Society for Social and Affective Neuroscience Conference | Scientific Community Engagement | Monash University | - |
| Date | Topic | Presented at | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - ongoing | Emotional Empathy across adulthood: A meta-analytic review | Australasian Society for Social and Affective Neurosciences Conference | Monash University | - |
| 2019 - ongoing | Multiple object tracking ability, working memory capacity and individual differences as predictors of complex task performance | Defence Human Sciences Symposium | Defence Science and Technology Group | - |