Dr Jane Sims

Dr Jane Sims is a Senior Research Fellow in the Healthy Ageing Research Unit at the School of Primary Health Care and at the Monash Institute of Health Services Research, Monash University and Honorary Senior Fellow at the Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne. She has extensive experience in primary health care research, nursing and medical education and interprofessional education programs. She has published widely in international journals, with over 40 refereed articles and reviews, 7 book chapters and an edited book on Primary Health Care Sciences. She has contributed to over 20 reports that have influenced primary care health policy and delivery and to evidence-based guidelines on palliative aged care. She has given  invited talks and workshops at both national and international conferences. She has secured around $1 million in competitive funding as a Chief Investigator. She is currently  Honorary Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Australian Association of Gerontology (Victoria) and a member of the General Practice Liaison Unit Steering Committee, Bundoora Extended Care; Kinect Australia’s Physical Activity Expert Advisory Committee and the Public Health Association’s Primary Care Special Interest Group.

Dr Jane Sims is Senior Research Fellow at Monash University and Honorary Senior Fellow, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne. Dr Sims has a long-standing research interest in older persons’ health, particularly interventions to promote physical activity in older people, and falls prevention.

Dr Jane Sims publications 2002-2007

Contact details:

Phone: 03 9501 2436
Fax: 03 8575 2233
Email: Jane.Sims@med.monash.edu.au