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Professor Davina Porock is a leading academic at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Edith Cowan University, where she holds a Vice Chancellor’s Professorial Research Fellowship. Her research program focuses on living and dying well in residential aged care, with specific emphasis on person-centred practice and recognition of dying. She has extensive teaching experience in end-of-life care, physiology of dying, and dementia care.
- Education: PhD in Nursing from Edith Cowan University (1999)
- Leadership Roles: Former Associate Dean at Sheffield Hallam University (2017-2019), Vice Provost at Lehman College, CUNY (2015-2017), and Associate Dean at SUNY Buffalo (2010-2015)
Her research spans person-centred care in long-term care, end-of-life decision-making, and dementia care innovations. She has led large-scale projects analyzing emergency department transfers from aged care, palliative prognostic tools, and sleep patterns in residential facilities. Current research includes 3D-printed texture-modified foods and advance care planning in home care settings.
Recent scientific awards include:
- Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (2015)
- Edna Stilwell Writing Award (2015)
- Distinguished Australian Alumni Award (2014)
- Teaching Apple Award (multiple years)
Professor Porock supervises PhD students in topics such as transcendent moments in birthing/dying, homeless palliative care, and workstation-on-wheels for home care. She has secured over $1.2 million in research grants from organizations like the National Health and Medical Research Council.
