Amy Woods

Dr Amy Woods is a research fellow at JBI Global where she works with international experts to connect the best available research to those at the point of care. Currently, her work in the Transfer Science Division is used across 60 countries world wide through her contributions to JBI's Evidence Based Practice Database. Amy is passionate about building bridges between high-quality evidence and clinical teams in order to promote the use of evidence based practice and improve patient outcomes. Her focus areas are working within multidiscipline clinical teams that support mental health, and more recently in ear/nose/throat and oral/dental health medical disciplines.

As someone passionate in public health, she has worked both on a vary of projects in both academic and community settings. Amy has contributed to projects in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth suicide prevention, men’s health and prostate cancer, rural health and primary care. More recently, she worked for almost 7 years in a pediatric disability clinic working alongside allied health professionals. At the clinic, she coordinated a large metropolitan multisite occupational therapy and early government education project, co-ran sleep workshops and assisted the executive team with NDIS accreditation. Furthermore, she was engaged with the clinical leadership team and supported evidence based practice information to support clinical decision making. Amy has also taught and designed the curriculum of a core topic of the Advanced Bachelor of Health Science degree in the research project section for the Clinical Skill and Simulation team. She completed her undergraduate degrees in psychological science and health sciences (honours in public health) at the University of Adelaide. Her PhD, based at South Australia Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) was exploring how prostate cancer survivors use online health promotion material to support healthy lifestyles post-treatment which received Dean’s Commendation for Thesis Excellence.