Image shows an instagram screenshot from “The Trauma-informed Leader.” Text reads “how can we develop good workplace mental health policy if we don’t understand what mental health actually is? The trauma-informed leader”

Mental health is so often misunderstood leading to poor, ineffective workplace policies that can even cause harm.

Let’s start by understanding that mental health is not lone spectrum, it’s two and we need to address both.

Read more in my latest Substack article

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What do clinicians, consumers and healthcare leaders believe are the critical principles for a virtual hospital?

We worked with a broad range of participants to co-design principles for establishing private virtual hospitals

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy World Mental Health Day

It's time to move beyond cupcakes and start implementing authentic trauma-informed leadership

My newsletter has evidence-based tips and resources to help
droliviafisher.substack.com

Image shows a man in pants and a button up shirt with his head in his hands. Text reads: when was the last time you looked forward to Monday Morning?

Maybe we can help.

Let’s talk about how trauma-informed leadership coaching can help you to create a work environment that feels comfortable and safe, both for your team members and for you.
#traumainformed #leadershipdevelopment #coaching

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Research shows psychological safety is strongly related to job satisfaction, performance & employee wellbeing.
Trauma-informed leaders build the safety of their teams, enabling creativity and innovation. We can provide you with tools & insight to develop your trauma-informed leadership style.

This is what drives me.

We know all workplaces need trauma-informed leadership. Unfortunately, resources and supports are hard to find, and most are poor quality. This shouldn't be a niche area. We aim to provide high-quality evidence-based supports, and build the evidence base
🧪 #traumainformed

Image shows the Reflexa Consulting logo and photos of Dr Olivia Fisher and Caitlin Donahoo. Text reads "Introducing our Partners."

Our partners have a combined four decades of experience in the health sector.

Together they are passionate about improving quality of life and health outcomes through better designed systems and trauma-informed leadership.

I feel incredibly lucky to be able to combine trauma-informed leadership support, implementation science and co-design all in one role

We need evidence-based approaches that view trauma as the norm, not something that happens to an unlucky few. Using universal measures tailored to an organisation's individual context benefits everyone, and means that people who have experienced trauma are not singled out. #traumainformed

Ping @cait-13.bsky.social - implementation science starter pack to get you going :)

This research was led by our Partner @oliviafisher.bsky.social and published earlier this year. It attracted so much media and social media attention it now has an attention (Altmetrics) score in the global top 0.2% of all time! 🧪 #impsci

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Image reads: Healthcare and health services research. Our researchers have extensive experience in quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods health services research. We specialise in cutting-edge implementation science and authentic co-design research.

Implementation science and co-design are the future of health services research. Our partners @oliviafisher.bsky.social and Caitlin Donahoo have extensive experience partnering with health providers, schools, police, not-for-profit orgs, universities & policymakers on high-quality research #impsci 🧪

Let me know if you need evaluation support or implementation science input on your next project

#impsci

Since 2020 I’ve had hundreds of conversations with leaders about a growing need for trauma-informed organisations.
I am thrilled to share that Caitlin Donahoo and I established @reflexaconsulting.bsky.social to address this huge unmet need, and to provide #healthservicesresearch and evaluation

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Well said, Sesame Street
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
#lgbtqia #pride

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This is Bodie. He’s here to celebrate the start of Pride Month. Been working on this pose for weeks. 14/10 the parade starts right behind him 🌈🐾 (IG: hellobodie)

Very pleased to report HSRAANZ met with NHMRC leadership last Thursday to discuss critical HSR funding concerns. They acknowledged our concerns, committed to review processes, provide data and meet again in June. Encouraging start but structural reforms still urgently needed
#HealthServicesResearch

Micro-nanoplastic induced cardiovascular disease and dysfunction: a scoping review - Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology - Micro-nanoplastic induced cardiovascular disease and dysfunction: a scoping review

Concerning new nanoplastics research by my @wesleyresearch.org.au colleague Adrian Goldsworthy 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@carolinegroganphd.bsky.social @kellymcgrath.bsky.social @wesleyresearch.org.au

It is astonishing to see this research being shared so widely. So far it has been picked up by 62 news outlets in Australia and around the world, and has started an important conversation about what standard of healthcare we should expect in rural and remote communities.
#healthsystems #impsci

We need innovative, high-quality healthcare solutions to improve health outcomes in life expectancy for rural/remote residents.

@oliviafisher.bsky.social @carolinegroganphd.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Using implementation science to navigate the complexity of integrating #genomics into #healthcare.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
#ImplementationScience #MedEd

Our research on the potential of virtual healthcare in metropolitan versus rural areas has certainly struck a chord with readers

We need to build rural and remote health services to the highest standards
@carolinegroganphd.bsky.social @kellymac4.bsky.social

@carolinegroganphd.bsky.social here's the starter pack link for implementation scientists :)

🚨Paper alert 🔉Published in Nature’s new npj Health Systems, WRI researchers highlight the stark healthcare inequities faced by rural & remote Australians, where life expectancy trails metropolitan areas by up to 16 years.
Read study www.nature.com/articles/s44...

#ruralhealth #healthcare #research

Ping @natureportfolio.nature.com media article out today on our paper published in npj Health Systems

This bias has the potential to reinforce the existing discrepancy in health outcomes and life expectancy between people living in major cities and rural and remote areas. We have an obligation to recognise and address this.
@wesleyresearch.org.au @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social 🧪

Read the research here 🧪
@charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

‘Better than nothing’: clinicians and hospital heads accept lower standards of care outside metro hospitals Clinicians and health service heads are willing to accept a lower standard of care for people outside of major cities because they consider it ‘better than nothing’.

It's time to raise our expectations above better than nothing for people in rural and remote areas

Our article in @theconversation.com shows health leaders are willing to accept a lower standard of care to improve access for rural/remote
@wesleyresearch.org.au

theconversation.com/better-than-...

Sick of pie charts for your uni, school or work projects? Here are 5 other options Data literacy helps you plot and present complex data in a way that’s easy to digest. Choosing the right chart is a great start.

Great article by @nicolewhite.bsky.social with practical dos and don'ts for visualising data 🧪

theconversation.com/sick-of-pie-...