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 -

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