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 internationally, 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 several 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, being on the Editorial Board of International Nursing Review (official Journal of International Council of Nurses), and as Editorial Advisor of Nursing & Health Sciences journal. She supervises higher degree research students, as well as providing mentorships to academics and clinicians. Jo has been the Leader of Research Clusters externallly and previously UniSC NURTURE Research Group.

Research Areas

1. self-efficacy, self-management
2. chronic diseases, cardiovascular disease, diabetes
3. telehealth, clinical research, health services
4. research mixed methods: eg RCT, interview
5. systematic/umbrella reviews

Professional Memberships

1. Editorial Board, International Nursing Review (Official Journal of International Council of Nurses, ICN)
2. Executive Committee member, Queensland Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (QCRA), Australia
3. Australia Cardiac Rehabilitation Association (ACRA)
4. Australia College of Nursing (ACN), formerly RCNA
5. Sigma Theta Tau International Society (STTI)

Teaching

1. Postgraduate and Honours program coordinator (SC742, SC546, SC514, SC423, SC420)
2. Higher Degree by Research (HDR) coordinator: Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine disciplines.