Jo Wu

Biography

"Associate Professor Jo Wu has made a significant contribution to promoting self-management for patients with coronary heart disease and diabetes. Her contributions have been recognised by the award of a Bronze Medal from the European Society for Person Centred Healthcare in 2015 for work in telehealth self-management of patients with comorbidities of cardiac disease and diabetes. Jo is currently collaborating with clinicians as well as national and international researchers toward further studies on promoting self-management. Planned projects include refinement of the cardiac-diabetes self-management program, incorporating telephone, text-messaging and peer supporters in the delivery of the program, evaluating these delivery modes for transitional care and undertaking the intervention in different cultural contexts. Jo has been awarded a number of research grants, has published papers in refereed journals and has presented at several international and national conferences. She has been an expert panel reviewer, is a reviewer of peer-reviewed journals, textbook chapters and national/international competitive research grant applications, as well as being on the Editorial Board of International Nursing Review (official Journal of International Council of Nurses). She supervises higher degree research students, as well as providing mentorships to academics and clinicians. Jo is the Academic lead at USC Fraser Coast campus."

Research Interest

Self-management, self-efficacy, chronic diseases: cardiovascular disease, diabetes, telehealth, clinical research, quantitative, e.g. RCT; systematic reviews; interviews