Associate Professor Michelle Giles has extensive experience as a registered nurse and midwife in acute and critical care environments. She has also had many years of experience in research related to health services redesign and development, implementation and evaluation of innovative models of care and inter-professional practice.
In her role as Nurse Manager Research and Director of the Hunter New England Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre (NMRC), Associate Professor Giles provided research leadership across the Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD) to help inform Nursing and Midwifery research strategies and evidence-based practice initiatives. She has recently retired from this role and now works as a Senior Research Fellow in the NMRC.

Associate Professor Giles has worked with and supported clinicians across disciplines on research projects aimed at improving health service delivery and consumer outcomes.  
In the past 19 years, her main area of focus has been on translational research, health services redesign and implementing practice change through research. Her role is highly collaborative with Nurses and Midwives and other health professions, across health sectors and across organisations. The NMRC has a strong partnership with the both universities (the University of Newcastle and University of New England) within the Hunter New England Local Health District’s jurisdiction.

Associate Professor Giles is a conjoint Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle. She has participated extensively in and led large implementation research project work and been responsible for all components of the research process. She has over 100 publications and has had sizeable success (over $3 million in the past 15 years) in applying for competitive funding).