R & D Services - Research & Development Services

Jackie Ross
BA Grad Dip Cont Ed Grad Dip Human Nut
Senior Project Manager
jross@med.usyd.edu.au

Room 217, Mackie Building (K01)
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9351 8799
Fax: +61 2 9351 6646

Jackie Ross is Senior Project Manager, leading CIPHER’s project management stream and responsible for managing major commercial projects and for project management support across CIPHER’s project portfolio.

Jackie has extensive experience in project management and policy development in the higher education sector. She brings a high level of expertise to the management of professional health education projects within CIPHER. Jackie recently managed a national project to scope and analyse CPD for cancer care professionals. Her portfolio also includes oversight of the Sydney Professional Master of Medicine Program (SPMMP), a major new initiative for the Faculty of Medicine with streams across a range of medical disciplines. In 2004 she coordinated the project to develop the National Patient Safety Education Framework for the Australian Council for Quality in Health Care.

Stewart Barnet
BA Dip Teach Grad Dip Ed Tech
Manager, Educational Design
stewartb@med.usyd.edu.au

Room 215, Mackie Building (K01)
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9351 5677
Fax: +61 2 9351 6646

Stewart Barnet is the Manager of Educational Development in CIPHER. Stewart brings over 30 years experience in the educational sector, including 20 years as a practicing instructional designer in both the VET and Tertiary sectors. He was originally the instructional designer for the University of Sydney Medical Program and more recently responsible for educational design consultancy to major commercial projects undertaken by CIPHER.

The role of Manager, Educational Development is to ensure that all CIPHER projects and ongoing programs receive appropriate support in terms of educational design and delivery and that the work of the Educational Development stream contributes to the overall innovation and research output of CIPHER.

Katrina Glebatsas
BAppSc GradDip IT (e-Commerce)
Project Manager
katrinag@med.usyd.edu.au

Room 212, Mackie Building (K01)
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9351 4650
Fax: +61 2 9351 6646

Katrina Glebatsas is a Project Manager within CIPHER, specialising in managing education projects. She has worked in both the private and pubic sector with roles ranging from project management, marketing, website management and other website related roles. Recently in CIPHER Katrina has successfully completed a range of projects including, JMO Blood Transfusion Products, VQC Safety and Quality Education Program and WRAD - Catching The Dragon.

With her industry experience and education qualifications Katrina is skilled to project manage the development of education and eLearning projects whilst providing both business and technical advice.

Gemma Connolly
BA MA (International Relations)
Project Officer
gemmac@med.usyd.edu.au

Room 220, Mackie Building (K01)
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9351 3888
Fax: +61 2 9351 6646

Gemma Connolly is a Project Officer with CIPHER, working largely on a Commonwealth project reviewing CPD for cancer care professionals. Prior to joining CIPHER, Gemma worked in Sri Lanka as a Program Manager in the area of disabilities and disaster relief. She has a background in the not-for-profit sector and has experience in program development, project management, proposal writing and general administration.

Gemma’s key job functions within CIPHER involve administrative and project support to the cancer project, coordinating the development of reports, maintaining project research activities and recruiting casual project related staff.

Koshila Kumar
MA (Hons)
Research Offficer



Room 208, Mackie Building (K01)
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

Phone: +61 2 9351 3130
Fax: +61 2 9351 6646

Koshila Kumar is a Research Officer at CIPHER at the University of Sydney. She holds a MA (Hons) in Education from the University of Auckland, and has worked in educational research for a number of years. She has extensive expertise in research planning and development, and in the coordination and management of research projects including the preparation of grant and ethics applications, research design, literature review, data collection, management and analysis, and contribution to research reports and publications. Koshila is recently enrolled PhD candidate and her research examines the development and role of professionalism in team contexts and the process by which teams negotiate a shared understanding of their professionalism values and responsibilities.

Michelle Kempnich
Educational Officer
michellek@med.usyd.edu.au

Room 220, Mackie Building (K01)
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

Phone: +61 2 9036 9406
Fax: +61 2 9351 6646

Christine du Fresne
Research Assistant


Room 207B, Mackie Building (K01)
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

Phone: +61 2 9351 4542
Fax: +61 2 9351 6646

Christine is a Research Assistant working primarily with Associate Professor Merrilyn Walton. She has an education and research background, has been a film maker, professional writer and artist, and currently teaches Yoga part time. She has a Post Graduate Diploma in Professional Art Studies and a strong interest in innovative and ethical practice in the field of health education and training.

Within CIPHER Christine is responsible for researching PPD themes, analysing and synthesising material from literature searches, and researching and writing material for various CIPHER projects.

Samantha Van Staalduinen
BSc (Integrated Science), MMedEd (in progress)
Project Officer


Room 207A, Mackie Building (K01)
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

Phone: +61 2 9351 3687
Fax: +61 2 9351 6646

Samantha Van Staalduinen joins CIPHER after a number of years at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where she was actively involved in research, curriculum development and community outreach in the areas of doctor-patient and cross-cultural communication. She developed a flexible module-based program on cross-cultural communication that has been incorporated into the curricula of several health science faculties and was a founding task force member of the international conference /Where's the Patient's Voice in Health Professional Education?/. She also served as program manager for the university's CPD health and human services portfolio.

Samantha currently coordinates a project investigating the education, training and support of NSW's prevocational doctors and international medical graduates. Her ever-expanding interests are in community involvement in medical education, communications training and interprofessionalism.

Joanne Newsome
Project Assistant


Room 222, Mackie Building (K01)
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

Phone: +61 2 9351 7317
Fax: +61 2 9351 6646

Joanne is a Project Assistant with CIPHER, working on a Commonwealth project reviewing CPD for cancer care professionals. She is also the Executive Assistant to Associate Professor Tim Shaw.