Prof. Wendy Moyle

Prof Wendy Moyle is a registered nurse and Program Director of Healthcare Practice and Survivorship, a Research Program with four research groups in the Menzies Health Institute, Queensland at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. Her research expertise is in the areas of ageing and innovative therapies and in particular dementia, depression and delirium, and managing the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). She has a keen interest in technologies and works with national and international teams to develop and evaluate assistive technologies and social robotics, and to examine their efficacy in reducing BPSD and improving quality of life of older people, people with dementia and their family carers. She recently led the largest and most rigorous trial in the field of social robots. Her research spans community, residential aged care and acute care. She has a well-established publication and research grant record, and has achieved several awards in recognition of her teaching, supervision of higher degree students, and research, as well as two International Women’s Day Awards and an International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame (Sigma) for her research (2019), and two international awards from Robohub (2019) and Analytics Insight (2020). Her research features widely in the media.