Chiung-Jung (Jo) Wu, PhD
College of Health Sciences
Associate Professor
Biography
Associate Professor Dr Chiung-Jung (Jo) Wu has high level of tertiary teaching (Australian Qualification Framework, Level 10), leadership and management capacity, as well as research, clinical and professional experience. She currently collaborates with clinicians, consumers, and international experts to continue advancing knowledge and making significant contributions to promoting self-management incorporating telehealth for patients with comorbidities. Planned projects include using AI, data-driven in healthcare, refinement of intervention programs incorporating telehealth and peer supporters in the delivery of the programs, evaluating these delivery modes for transitional care and undertaking the intervention in different cultural contexts.
Jo has successfully awarded several competitive research grants, received international award for her work in self-management for patients with comorbidities of cardiac disease and diabetes and telehealth (Winner, Bronze Medal, European Society for Person Centred Healthcare in 2015). She has been recognized as a Fellow, Australian College of Nursing (FACN) in nursing profession since 2013. Jo has published papers, including systematic reviews (quantitative and qualitative) and original research in refereed journals.
Jo has over 16 years teaching in higher education environment and extensive clinical experience in managing large cohorts of students and staff across various levels as well as her ability to manage and lead multidisciplinary teams in Australia. She is a fully accredited PhD supervisor and has experience supervising local and international students in PhD, Masters and Honours projects. Jo provides mentorships to academics, researchers, clinicians, formerly was the Postgraduate and Honours Program Coordinator (5 Programs), Higher Degree Research Coordinator, at University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia, has been awarded Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SHFEA), an international professional recognition as a leader of teaching and learning.
Jo has strong links with clinical, industry, academic collaborators and international experts. She also holds the position of Honorary Research Fellow with the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Australia; Research Fellow, SIU, Thailand; Chair of JBI Expert Reference Group, Cardiovascular Field (Global). She has been invited as Visiting Scholar and an international expert on academic board, as well as being the leader of research clusters previously. Jo has been invited to be an Editorial Advisor/Associate Editor/Guest Editor/Editorial Board/Reviewer for peer reviewed journals, a reviewer/assessor/panel of national and international competitive research grant applications.
• Self-efficacy, self-management
• Chronic diseases
• Telehealth
• Peer support
• Clinical research
• Health services
• Quantitative research methods (e.g. RCTs); Mixed methods; Interview; Clinical Quality Improvement projects
• Scoping/Integrative/Systematic review
• Clinical research
• Research in Healthcare
• Evidence-based practice
• Postgraduate learning
• *Wu C-J, Chen S, Ramis M. (2025). Educational challenges for post-graduate nursing students throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review. Nursing & Health Sciences, 27:e70032. https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.70032.
• Tseng T-Z, Ray M, *Wu C-J (2025). Examining nursing students’ learning through reflective analysis using Ray’s Transcultural Carding Dynamics in Nursing and Health Care Theory. BMC Medical Education, 25, 556. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07123-9
• *Wu C-J, Pouter R., Atherton J, MacIsaac R, Leung TY, Hung PCK, Ramis M. (2025). A qualitative exploratory study of user experience with a peer-support based, self-management website for people with a cardiovascular condition and diabetes. Digital Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076251350927
• Watt I, Revin R, Bhattacharya J, Waldie F, Holden E, *Wu C-J (2025). A Clinical Audit of the Use of CT Head Scan Post-Inpatient Falls in Hospitalised Older Adults Utilising a Post-Fall Clinical Pathway. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2025, 22(7), 1098; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22071098
• Chen Y, Smith I, *Wu C-J, et al. (2024). Prevalence, trends, and outcomes of same-day discharge following elective percutaneous coronary intervention: a retrospective observational cohort study using routinely collected health data. Eur J of Card Nurs, doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvae125
• Tseng T-J, *Wu C-J (2024). Integrated motivation-reflection approach to improve first-year nursing students’ learning: a quasi-experimental study. Teaching and Learning in Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2024.09.007
• Rosina R, McMaster R, Lovecchio V, *Wu C-J (2024). Young people transitioning from child and adolescent to adult mental health services: A qualitative systematic review. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13439
• Chen S-M, *Wu C-J (2024). Sex-based factors influencing perceived relocation stress and glycemic control among older adults with diabetes. Nursing & Health Sciences. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nhs.13150
• Holden E, Devin R, Bhattacharya J, Watt I, *Wu C-J. (2024). Prevalence of older hospitalized adults with sustained fractures after a fall in regional Australian hospitals. Healthcare. DOI: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/13/1318
• Zhang L, Wu Q, Wang X, Zhu X, SHI Y, *Wu C-J. (2024). Factors impacting early mobilization according to the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery guideline following gastrointestinal surgery: a prospective study, Geriatrics & Gerontology International. DOI: 10.1111/ggi.14799.
• Rakovszka A, Wu C-J, Merollini K, Grimley R (2024). Integrated care for people with stroke and comorbidities: a scoping review protocol. OSF Registries: https://osf.io/p7ckq
• Ramis R. Wu C-J (2023). Postgraduate nursing education since the pandemic- A scoping review protocol. OSF Registry: https://osf.io/yheuq
• Chen S-M, Wu C-J* (2023). Investigating the effects of digital foot self-management program on enhancing self-efficacy and self-care behavior among community-dwelling older adults with type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial. Digital Health DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076231220791
• Pinero de Plaza MA, Gebremichael L, Brown S, Wu C-J, Clark RA, McBride K, Hines S, Pearson O, Morey K. Health System Enablers and Barriers to Continuity of Care for First Nations Peoples Living with Chronic Disease. International Journal of Integrated Care, 2023; 23(4): 17, 1–19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.7643
• Kruys E, WU*, C-J (2023). Hospital doctors’ and general practitioners’ perspectives of outpatient discharge processes in Australia: An interpretive approach. BMC Health Services. 23, 1225. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10221-3 .
• Giles, M, Terblanche M., Wang L., Hirani S.P.; Wu*, C-J (2023). The impact of COVID-19 on Australian clinicians’ decision making in line with the principles of Choosing Wisely, Nursing Open, DOI: 10.1002/NOP2.2026
• Ramis M, Wu C-J (2022). Postgraduate nursing education since the pandemic-A scoping review protocol. OSF Registries, https://osf.io/yheuq?mode=&revisionId=&view_only=
• Chen, SM, *Wu C-J, Devin R, Atherton J J.( 2022), Effects of reablement programs for older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Collegian .
• Chen SC, Wu C-J* (2022). Development and validation of a Perceived Relocation Stress Scale for older individuals transferred to long-term care facilities in Taiwan. International Health . https://academic.oup.com/inthealth/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/inthealth/ihac041/6612122
• Wu C-J*, Giles M, Terblanche M, Drabble A. (2021). Engaging consumers and health professionals in collaborative decision making to oprtimise care. Nursing & Health Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12901
• Tseng JT, Wu C-J* (2021). A multimodal approach to improve asthmatic adolescents’ self-efficacy in Taiwan. International Health. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihab081
• Swift L, Henderson A, Wu C-J (2021). Self-confidence in clinical skills: a descriptive study of the perspectives of first-year nursing students, Nurse Education in Practice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103270
• Becker J., Becker C, Oprescu F, Moir J, Shimwela M, Gray M, Wu C-J (2021). Silent voices of the midwives: Factors that influence midwives’ achievement of successful neonatal resuscitation in sub-Saharan Africa: A narrative inquiry. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-021-04339-7 (Q1)
• Becker J, Wu C-J, Becker C, Mair J, Gracy M, Shimwela M, Oprescu F (2021). Air, Air, Air: a champion midwife programme in Tanzania using HOT neonatal resuscitation – lessions learned. International Health, DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trab154
• Llewellyn S., Moritz D, Broabent M, Wu C-J. (2021). Involuntary patient assessment in Australia: a mental health or public health reponse? Journal of Law and Medicine. 28(4):1035-1047
• Wu, C-J., Oprescu F (2021). Applying Ottawa Charter to guide resilience building programs for health care organisations, Nursing & Health Sciences.23 (3), 665-669 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12868
• Huang, Y.-L., Yates, P., Thorberg, A. F., & Wu, C. J. (2021).Influence of social interactions, professional supports and fear of death on adults’ preferences for life-sustaining treatments and apalliative care. International Journal of Nursing Practice, April 7e:12940. DOI: 10.1111/ijn.12940
• 2007: Doctor of Health Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
• 2004: Master of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
• 1996: Bachelor of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
• Current: Honorary Research Fellow, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Australia; Chair of JBI Expert Reference Group, Cardiovascular Field (Global); Visiting Professor, School of Medicine/Nursing, Tongji University, China; Research Fellow, SIU, Thailand
• 2024: Visiting Scholar, Taiwan
• 2023-current: Visiting Professor, School of Medicine/Nursing, Tongji University, China; Research Fellow, SIU, Thailand
• 2022-current: Senior Teaching Fellow (SFHEA), Higher Education Academy
• 2015: Bronze Medal, European Society for Person Centered Healthcare (ESPCH)
• 2012: QUT Vice-Chancellors’ Performance Award (Individual)
