Marie Gerdtz

Professor Marie Gerdtz serves as Dean of Nursing and Midwifery at La Trobe University, a position she assumed on March 31, 2025. As a registered nurse with extensive expertise in emergency care, health education, evaluation, and research, she leads academic initiatives focused on optimizing clinical decision-making and healthcare safety through organizational strategy development.

Her research spans critical domains:

• Emergency and Acute Care Systems
• Safety and Quality Improvement Frameworks
• Clinical Decision-Making Processes
• Mixed Methods Evaluation Methodologies
• Behavioral Disturbance Management

Recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate concentrated activity in agitation management within critical care, emergency department operational protocols, wound care innovation, and paramedic service evolution. Key methodological approaches include scoping reviews, mixed methods evaluations, and implementation science frameworks addressing real-world healthcare challenges.

Professor Gerdtz maintains significant research leadership:

• Supervision: Guided 14 graduate research candidates to completion
• Funding: Secured Australian and Victorian Government support for hospital triage system innovations and acute behavioral disturbance management solutions
• Impact: Contributed to Australia's international leadership in emergency care policy development