DrCharu Abeysinghe Mudiyanselage
Lecturer
Curtin School of Nursing
BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH IMPACT
Dr Charu Abeysinghe Mudiyanselage is a Lecturer in the Curtin School of Nursing and a member of the EnAble Institute at Curtin University. She completed her PhD in 2026, “Exploring the experience of informal carers of people with dementia undertaking an online mindfulness programme: An interpretive descriptive study”. With more than 20 years of nursing experience across Sri Lanka and Australia, Charu has worked in midwifery, perioperative nursing, aged care, clinical leadership, nurse education, and workforce development. Her research focuses on dementia care, family caregiving, digital health interventions, co-design, and translational research. Charu is passionate about improving the well-being of family carers of people living with dementia through accessible, evidence-based, and person-centred interventions that support sustainable dementia care in Australia and internationally
LANGUAGES
- Sinhala; SinhaleseCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
ROLE
- Staff
SUPERVISOR LEVEL
- Level 2 (Co-Supervisor): Provides supporting supervision and subject-matter expertise alongside the primary supervisor.
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
- 4203 - Health services and systems
- 4205 - Nursing
- 5201 - Applied and developmental psychology
- 5203 - Clinical and health psychology
- 5205 - Social and personality psychology
DEPARTMENT
- Curtin School of Nursing