Researcher Profile

Dr Ching Shan (Angela) Wan

Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Research Institute

Areas of expertise: mixed-methods research; implementation science; multidisciplinary care; culturally appropriate care; healthcare improvement
HDR Supervisor accreditation status: Provisional
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3871-1118
Email: chingshan.wan@acu.edu.au
Location: ACU Melbourne Campus

Dr. Ching Shan (Angela) Wan is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and early career researcher appointed as Research Fellow for the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Wiser Wound Care. She has also been appointed an Adjunct Research Fellow position at the Menzies Health Institute Queensland in Griffith University.
She is an implementation science researcher focusing on de-implementing low-value care in hospitals. She has been actively involved in hospital translation research projects aimed at improving evidence-based healthcare delivery since 2014. Previously, she led and coordinated multiple programs of hospital-based research to reduce hospital-acquired complications and readmissions and improve cultural appropriateness and patient safety. Her involvement in research projects has directly impacted clinical practice, demonstrated by developing a SecondEars app for cancer patients whose English was their second language, and using a condition-specific approach to individuals with complex health needs in preventing hospital readmissions. In her current position at Australian Catholic University, she is undertaking studies focused on improving evidence-based healthcare delivery related to wound care and nutrition. She has designed an implementation science research program to inform a pilot and feasibility intervention trial to de-implement low-value pressure injury care relating to nutrition and support surface allocation in hospitals.
She has expertise in designing and overseeing multi-site hospital-based clinical research and has developed skills in coordinating and conducting systematic reviews, clinical trials, mixed-methods, and cost-effectiveness studies. Her research track record is strongly focused on enhancing evidence-based healthcare delivery, the cost-effectiveness of care and collaborating with international researchers, with most of her first-author peer-reviewed papers published in Q1 journals. She has a track record as a presenter at national and international conferences in the areas of patient care enhancement and nutrition. She has been the recipient of several competitive grants/awards including the St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Research Endowment Fund, the Research Award for Women Academic Staff from Australian Catholic University, the Faculty of Health Sciences Research Project Grant from Australian Catholic University, and the Postgraduate Publications Award from Monash University.

Select publications

• Chaboyer, W., Coyer, F., Harbeck, E., Thalib, L., Latimer, S., Wan, C.S., Tobiano, G., Griffin, B. R., Campbell, J. L., Walker, R., Carlini, J. J., Lockwood, I., Clark, J. & Gillespie, B. M. (2021). Sub-epidermal moisture for predicting incidence of pressure injuries in adults in any care setting: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 128: 104189.
• Wan, C. S., Xu, J., Ktoris, K., Reijnierse, E. M., & Maier, A. B. (2022). Sarcopenia Is Associated with Mortality in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Gerontology, 68: 361-376.
• You, E., Lautenschlager, N. T., Wan, C. S., Goh, A. M. Y., Curran, E., Chong, T. W. H., Anstey K. J., Hanna, F., & Ellis, K. A. (2021). Ethnic Differences in Barriers and Enablers to Physical Activity Among Older Adults. Frontiers in Public Health, 9: 691851
• Xu, J., Reijnierse, E. M., Pacifico, J., Wan, C. S., & Maier, A. B.(2021) Sarcopenia is associated with 3-month and 1-year mortality in geriatric rehabilitation inpatients: RESORT. Age and Aging, afab134.
• Wan, C. S., Reijnierse, E. M., & Maier, A. B. (2021). Risk factors of readmissions in geriatric rehabilitation patients: RESORT. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 102(8), 1524-1532.
• Wan, C. S., Mitchell, J., & Maier, A. B. (2020). A multidisciplinary, community-based program to reduce unplanned hospital admissions. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 22(6), 1331.e1-e9.
• Wan, C. S., Teede, H., Nankervis, A., & Aroni, R. (2020). Ethnic differences in dietary management of gestational diabetes mellitus: A mixed methods study comparing ethnic Chinese immigrants and Australian women. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 120(1), 86-102.
• Wan, C. S., Nankervis, A., Teede, H., & Aroni, R. (2019). Dietary intervention strategies for ethnic Chinese women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Nutrition & Dietetics, 76(2), 211-232.
• Wan, C. S., Abell, S., Aroni, R., Nankervis, A., Boyle, J., & Teede, H. (2019). Ethnic differences in prevalence, risk factors, and perinatal outcomes of gestational diabetes mellitus: a comparison between immigrant ethnic Chinese women and Australian‐born Caucasian women in Australia. Journal of Diabetes, 11(10), 809-817.
• Teede, H., Misso, M., Costello, M.,…Wan, A,… International PCOS Network. (2018). Recommendations from the international evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome. Human Reproduction, 33(9), 1602–1618.
• Wan, C. S., Ward, L. C., Halim, J., Gow, M. L., Ho, M., Briody, J. N., Leung, K., Cowell, C. T., & Garnett, S. P. (2014). Bioelectrical impedance analysis to estimate body composition, and change in adiposity, in overweight and obese adolescents: comparison with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. BMC Pediatrics, 14(1), 1-10.

Projects

Funded projects

• Wan, C.S., & McInnes, E. Identifying priority barriers for an intervention to improve evidence-based pressure injury care from the perspective of clinical and consumer end-users: A qualitative study. Australian Catholic University Research Awards for Women Academic Staff 2022. Total funds awarded: $12,498.
• Wan, C.S., McInnes, E., Gillespie, B., Tobiano, G., Seitz, Z. & Whitley, A.. Clinical guidelines for nutritional and support surface interventions to prevent and treat pressure injuries: A qualitative study of clinician views and priorities. St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Research Endowment Fund 2022. Total funds awarded: $19,444.
• Wan, C.S. & McInnes, E.. Clinicians’ and patients’ views on the prevention and management of hospital-acquired wounds: A mixed-methods systematic review. Australian Catholic University Research Project Grant Scheme 2021. Total funds awarded: $7,853.

Not funded ongoing projects

• Cochrane systematic review update on nutritional interventions for preventing and treating pressure ulcers
• The effects of lifestyle and behavioural modifications on cancer recurrence, survival and quality of life in breast cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Barriers and facilitators of lifestyle change among adult South Asian Migrants with chronic diseases: A systematic review
• Understanding the impact of dietary beliefs, knowledge and eating patterns on type 2 diabetes mellitus management among Australian Indian migrants

Accolades and awards

• Monash University Postgraduate Publications Award, 2019.
• Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society Annual Scientific Meeting Travel Grant, 2019.
• Australian Postgraduate Award, 2015-2019.

Appointments and affiliations

• Research Fellow, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Wiser Wound Care, Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne & Australian Catholic University, 2021-2024
• Adjunct Research Fellow, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Wiser Wound Care, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, 2021-2025
• Accredited Practising Dietitian, Member of Dietitians Australia

International journal review panel

• Practice-based Evidence in Nutrition, Dietitians of Canada, with Dietitians Australia and the British Dietetics Association
• Implementation Science Communications
• Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews
• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
• European Medical Journal