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Dr Suzanne Dyer serves as a Senior Research Fellow within the College of Medicine and Public Health at Flinders University and is a Full Member of the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute. With over 25 years of specialized expertise in Health Technology Assessment (HTA), systematic reviews, and clinical guideline development, her work focuses on critical geriatric health challenges including dementia care, aged care systems, and fall prevention strategies.
Her research interests center on evidence-based approaches to complex healthcare challenges, particularly:
- Methodological rigor in systematic reviews of observational studies
- Development and implementation of clinical practice guidelines
- Health economics of diagnostic and screening technologies
- Residential aged care models for dementia patients
- Intervention component analysis for fall prevention programs
Dr Dyer's publication portfolio demonstrates consistent scholarly output with 89 research contributions, including high-impact systematic reviews published in Age and Ageing and The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Her work shows increasing emphasis on intervention component analysis methodologies applied to aged care settings, with recent publications (2024-2025) examining deprescribing protocols, exercise interventions, and system typologies.
Key projects include:
- NHMRC Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre INSPIRED cross-sectional study on residential aged care models
- Research reports for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
- NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence – Prevention of Falls Injuries
Her ORCID profile (0000-0003-2748-8547) documents 24 h-index with 3,409 citations, reflecting significant scholarly impact in geriatric healthcare research.
