Dr Ebony Lewis | UNSW Research

Keywords

health services research

Fields of Research (FoR)

Geriatrics and gerontology, Public health, Health services and systems

SEO tags

Health Related to Ageing

Ageing and Older People

Public health not elsewhere classified

Biography

Ebony is an early career researcher and has a passion for improving the health and wellbeing of older adults. She has extensive experience in gerontology research and geriatric assessment in clinical practice.

Her research work has focused largely on a program of research aiming to reduce avoidable hospitalisations and unnecessary treatments to improve the end-of-life care experience for frail older adults, caregivers and clinicians. Ebony’s research has had an impact at both a national and international level. In 2021, Ebony and Associate Professor Magnolia Cardona jointly wrote, collected and collated a book which is a collection of real life stories from families, patients and clinicians encouraging and normalising end-of-life discussions (https://www.book2look.com/book/QWXA1Ke5xy). Ebony leads a program of research around frailty and ageing in older adult populations and has a strong interest around culturally appropriate approaches to the assessment of frailty and frailty management strategies to support health and wellbeing in later life. She uses mixed methods to aid in the translation of research into practice.

Ebony is a Scientia lecturer in the School of Population Health. She is the Master of Public Health Stream Convenor of the Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Specialisation and convenes the postgraduate course PHCM9630. Ebony delivers regular guest lectures in the School of Population Health and undergraduate Medical Program. Ebony completed her PhD through the Faculty of Medicine & Health at UNSW in 2024. She has also completed a Masters of International Public Health (2013) and a Bachelor of Nursing (2010).

My Grants

*Rhee J, Poulos C, Poulos R, Montague A, Lewis E, Pearson R. Models of general practice care in people living in residential care homes. RACGP Foundation/HCF Research Foundation. 2022. $60,000

*Lewis E, Radford K, Peters R, Cardona M, Howie A, Withall A, Rockwood K. An exploration of frailty in older Aboriginal peoples in New South Wales. UNSW Ageing Futures Institute -Seed Research Grant. 2021. $26,000

*Radford K, Withall A, Ni She E, Cullen P, Lavrencic L, Lewis E, Anstey K. Collaboratory Ageing Meeting Place For Innovative Research and Engagement (CAMPFIRE): A living lab. UNSW Ageing Futures Institute -Seed Research Grant. 2021. $28,996

*Peters R, Ee N, Ward S, Kenning G, Goldwater M, Delbare K, Rockwood K, Dodge H, Fitzgerald A, Lewis E, Radford K. INTERgenerAtional Clinical Trial In at risk Older adults and pre-school children (INTERACTION). Mindgardens’ Translational Research Scheme. 2021. $149,337

*Lovell N, Sze-Yuan O, Delbaere K, Branko C, Harris M, Christensen H, Cohn R, Krishnan A, Welsh A, Liaw T, Anstey K, Betbeder-Matibet L, Larsen L, Wakefield C, Jennifer Y, Ivers R, Stevenson G, Guozhen L, Lewis E, Parameswaran S, Mohammadi G, GllegoLuxan B. Connected Health Apps and Systems (CHAppS) Network Laboratory. Office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor UNSW. 2020. $192,511

*Lewis E, Macniven R, Poulos R, Cardona M, Menzies R, Ni Chroinin D, Webster R, Liaw T, Williamson M. Identification of frailty in an Australian general practice database using the electronic Frailty Index: an exploratory study. SPHCM UNSW seeding grant. 2019. $25,000

*Anderson M, Ivers R, Lovell N, McCausland R, MacGillivary P, Lewis E, Poulos R, Macniven R, Pollard-Wharton N, Poulos C, Eades A, Spencer W. Supporting Aboriginal People to Age Well in Remote Settings: The Dharriwaa Elders Group. UNSW Ageing Futures Institute -Seed Research Grant. 2019. $30,000

*Macniven R, Delbaere K, Withall A, Radford K, Lewis E, Lovell N. Community co-design to develop and test measures to examine the health and wellbeing impact of Deadly Running Australia. UNSW Ageing Futures Institute -Seed Research Grant. 2019. $30,000

*Cardona M, Lewis E, Asha S, Alkhouri H, Lovell N, Turner R. Electronic tool to facilitate decision making and advance care planning in emergency departments. Agency for Clinical Innovation. 2018. $85,330

*Hillman K, Cardona M, Middleton P, Peronchik J, Harlum J, Wiltshire J, Lewis E, Nicholson M, Frost S, Turner R. Reducing inappropriate admissions and long hospital stays to improve health management for elderly patients. HCF Research Foundation. 2017. $150,000

My Qualifications

PhD, MIPH, BN

My Awards

*Winner, Paper of the Year Award 2016
https://eapcnet.wordpress.com/2017/08/23/palliative-medicine-paper-of-the-year-award-helping-clinicians-engage-in-end-of-life-discussions-with-older-dying-patients/

*Finalist, NSW Health Statewide Awards for Innovation in Research
CriSTAL clinical prediction tool to encourage advance care planning. New South Wales Health Ministry (October 2017)

*Winner. Quality Award for Patient Safety, September 2017
South Western Sydney Local Health District for program of work on Criteria for Screening and Triaging to Appropriate aLternative care (CriSTAL)

*Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) NSW Division Conference Scholarship 54th AAG Conference, November 2021

*UNSW Hall of Fame. Alumni and student profile being selected for inclusion in the hall of fame exhibition for UNSW Open Day, September 2022