Judy Munday

Associate Professor Judy Munday leads research on perioperative patient safety, with a focus on implementation research for perioperative hypothermia. She is currently Chief Investigator (CIA) of the GLOW trial, a NHMRC funded Partnership Project to implement Guidelines for hypothermia prevention with Local adaptation to keep periOperative patients Warm. The GLOW trial is a multi-site stepped wedge cluster-randomised effectiveness-implementation trial, evaluating patient and health service outcomes of implementing perioperative hypothermia prevention guidance.

The GLOW trial builds on A/Prof Munday’s strong track record and body of collaborative clinical research, including observational studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, qualitative descriptive work, evaluation of devices; experimental studies, prevalence studies and piloting novel interventions. She has led development of nursing guidance for perioperative hypothermia prevention in Australia, as well as multidisciplinary work to establish consensus on perioperative hypothermia prevention.

With over two decades of experience in surgical care in Australia and the United Kingdom, A/Prof Munday’s work is highly translational and has impact on practice by answering clinically focused questions that directly relate to improving practice and patient outcomes.

A/Prof Munday has experience in building successful clinical-academic partnerships to strengthen capacity for interprofessional collaborative clinical research. She has developed national multi-partner health services research projects in collaboration with national and international multidisciplinary teams of clinicians and researchers.

A/Prof Munday supervises Higher Degree Research students and has a strong track record of mentoring registered nurses who are interested in developing their research skills. She is currently Higher Degree Research Coordinator in the School of Health for nursing, midwifery and paramedicine.