Rhonda Stuart

Rhonda Stuart is an Adjunct Clinical Professor in Medicine at Monash University, affiliated with the Monash Health Centre for Inflammatory Disease. She specializes in infectious diseases, antimicrobial stewardship, and healthcare-associated infection prevention. Her work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to good health and well-being (SDG 3) and sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11).

Education & Affiliations:

• Monash Health (Primary Affiliation)
• Centre for Inflammatory Disease

Research Interests:

• Infection control policies and implementation
• Optimizing antibiotic therapy durations
• Genomics and digital health applications in infectious diseases
• Mental health of healthcare workers
• Multifaceted interventions in aged care settings

Recent Research Trends: Her 2023-2024 publications focus on:

• Antimicrobial stewardship strategies in residential aged care
• Pharmacokinetic optimization of beta-lactams for endocarditis
• Longitudinal mental health studies of healthcare workers during pandemics
• Impact of policy changes on vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Grants & Projects (2018-2025):

• OPTICS: Infection prevention in aged care (2025-2029)
• SuperbugAi Flagship: Genomics/machine learning for antimicrobial resistance (2021-2024)
• BALANCE trial: Antibiotic duration optimization (2019-2024)

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with the Infection Control Unit at Monash Health and the SuperbugAi research consortium.