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DrRegan Preston

Adjunct Senior Fellow

Curtin School of Nursing

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  • Adjunct Senior Fellow
    Curtin School of Nursing

BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH IMPACT

Nurse Practitioner, Registered Pharmacist, and PhD, with extensive experience working in high-acuity and multidisciplinary healthcare environments. Recognised for strong clinical reasoning, systems thinking, and the ability to translate evidence into scalable nurse-led and pharmacy- enabled service innovations. Experienced in contributing to strategic and operational planning, clinical governance, workforce education, and quality
improvement across complex healthcare systems. Known as a collaborative, detail-oriented leader who works effectively with
multidisciplinary teams and senior stakeholders to improve patient outcomes. Committed to culturally safe, person-centred care and health system strengthening, particularly for priority populations experiencing mental health, substance use, and infectious disease-related healthinequities.

 

Key strengths:
Comprehensive health assessment and diagnostic reasoning in individuals with complex comorbidities.
Collaborative, person-centred care planning, including prescribing and titration of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments where
authorised.
Leadership in quality improvement, guideline implementation, and clinical governance.
Education, supervision, and mentoring of nursing and multidisciplinary staff.

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Curtin University, Perth, Australia
  • Master of Nurse Practitioner
    Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
  • Master of Pharmacy
    The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
  • Master of Nursing Science
    The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
  • Bachelor of Science
    Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

ROLE

  • Staff

DEPARTMENT

  • Curtin School of Nursing