Current Studies
Most of this current research is pro-bono.
You can support me to continue conducting and publishing pro-bono health and leadership research by:
Subscribing to my Substack publication The Trauma-informed Leader
Buying me a coffee or two
A proactive approach to trauma-informed leadership in mainstream organisations - sole author study
Embedding critical reflexivity in implementation science research - international collaboration with Queensland University of Technology, Southern Cross University, University of Queensland, Charles Darwin University, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Centre for Healthcare Innovation, NHG Health, Singapore, and Griffith University.
Understanding Power in Research Co-Production - international collaboration following the 2026 Knowledge Utilisation Colloquium invitational
Safe Enough to Thrive: A Framework for Trauma-informed Leadership - sole author, book in progress
Understanding wound care disparities between rural and remote and metropolitan Australia - led by PhD candidate Kelly McGrath
Epidemiological study
Health economics study
Implementation science study
Mental health co-responders and mobile crisis teams: Novel approaches to police responses to people experiencing a mental health crisis - peer-reviewed text book chapter, international collaboration led by Northeast Ohio Medical University
Implementation of a protocol for monitoring of cognition pre- and post electroconvulsive therapy - collaboration with Metro North Health
Building restorative practice capacity within mental health settings using implementation science - collaboration with Metro North Health
Quality of life outcomes in the first six weeks following birth - collaboration with Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore and the Mater Hospitals, Queensland.
Published Research
Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Fisher, O. J., Moshi, B., McGrath, K., Barron, A., Kanagarajah, S., Smith, I., Smith, S-E., Martin, E., Cockshaw, W. & Grogan, C. (2026). Co-designed principles for establishment of a virtual hospital. Scientific Reports. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-41742-6
Grogan, C., Harriman, S., Martin, E., Waite, R. & Fisher, O. (2025). Trust, consistency and transparency: In-home respite needs and preferences of people living with dementia and their carers. Frontiers in Health Services, 5(2025). doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2025.1550729
Fisher, O. J., Grogan, C., Barron, AL, Kanagarajah, S., Smith, S-E., Smith, I., & McGrath, K. (2025). Considerations for establishment of a private virtual hospital identified using an implementation science approach. Scientific Reports, 15, 3660. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-85965-5
Martin, E., Fisher, O., Tone, J., Kularatna, S., Beckmann, M., & Miller, Y. (2024). Health-related quality of life and utility of maternity health states amongst postpartum Australians. PLoS ONE, 19(10), e0310913. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310913
Tyack, Z., McPhail, S., Aarons, G. A., McGrath, K., Barron, A., Carter, H. Larkins, S., Barnett, A., Hummell, E., Tulleners, R., Fisher, O., Harvey, G., Jones, L., Murray, K. & Abell, B. (2024). Evaluating the tailored implementation of a multisite Care Navigation service for mental health in rural and remote Australia (The Bridging Study): Protocol for a community-engaged hybrid effectiveness-implementation study. Implementation Science, 19(62). doi.org/10.1186/s13012-024-01391-7
Fisher, O. J., McGrath, K., Grogan, C., Cockshaw, W., & Leggatt-Cook, C. (2024). Care navigation addresses issues of tele-mental health acceptability and uptake in rural and remote communities. PLoS ONE, 19(4), e0298655. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298655
Fisher, O. J., Donahoo, C., Bosley, E., du Cloux, R., Garner, S., Powell, S., Pickard, J., Grevis-James, N., & Wyder, M. (2024) Barriers and enablers to implementing police mental health co-responder programs: A qualitative study using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Implementation Research and Practice, 5. doi.org/10.1177/26334895231220259
Fisher, O. J., Carroll, J-A., Shochet, I. M., Cockshaw, W., & Hou, X-Y. (2023). Using a Trans-Theoretical Approach to Identify Differences in Determinants of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms and Mental Wellbeing between Two Age Groups. Journal of Adult Development, 31: 197-205. doi.org/10.1007/s10804-023-09465-4
Martin, E., Fisher, O., Merlo, G., Zardo, P., Barrimore, S., Rowland, J. & Davies, J. (2022). Impact of a health services innovation university program in a major public hospital and health service. Implementation Science Communications, 3, Article number 46. doi.org/10.1186/s43058-022-00293-3
Selected Research Reports
Grogan, C., Moshi, B., Fisher, O., Mohammed Selim, S., Parker, C., Martin, E. (2025) Chronic Wounds Research Program Phase 1: Context Assessment. Report: Wesley Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
Fisher, O. J., Grogan, C., McGrath, K., Kanagarajah, S., Smith, S-E., Smith, I., Martin, E., Cockshaw, W., Moshi, B., & Barron, A. (2024). UnitingCare Queensland Virtual Hospital Context Assessment and Co-Design: Internal Report to the UnitingCare Board and Virtual Hospital Steering Committee. Report: Wesley Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
Grogan, C., Harriman, S., Martin, E., Waite, R., Hawthorne, L., & Fisher, O. (2024). Dementia In-Home Respite 2023: Understanding the Perspectives and Wishes of Family Carers and People Living with Dementia to inform the Dementia In-Home Respite Program. Report: Wesley Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
Abell, B., Fisher, O. J., Tyack, Z., & McPhail, S. (2021). Developing a new model of care for mental health services in the Bowen Basin: Town Hall Report. Report to Wesley Medical Research. Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Fisher, O. J., Martin, E., Merlo, G., Zardo, P., Barrimore, S., Rowland, J. & Davies, J. (2021). Evaluating the effect of the Graduate Certificate in Health Science (Health Services Innovation) program on changes to evidence-based practice culture and implementation: Summary of Findings. Report to Metro North Hospital and Health Service Office of Research. Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Kulperger, S., Barnett, A., Campbell, M., Crawford-Williams, F., Fox, A., Hinchcliff, R., McCreanor, V., Parker, C., Tyack, Z., McKenzie, H., & Fisher, O. J. (2021). Consumer Engagement Options Paper. Report to the Centre for Healthcare Transformation, Queensland University of Technology. Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Abell, B., Fisher, O. J., Tyack, Z., & McPhail, S. (2020). Developing a new model of care for mental health services in the Bowen Basin. Report to Wesley Medical Research. Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Selected Conference Abstracts
Grogan, C., Donahoo, C., Fisher, O., Mohammed Selim, S., Moshi, B., & Martin, E. (2025). Exploring factors influencing the prevention, identification, escalation and management of chronic wounds across health care. 58th Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) Conference, 11-14 Nov
Fisher, O. J., O’Moore-Sullivan, T., McGrath, K., Kanagarajah, S., Smith, S-E., Smith, I., Martin, E., Cockshaw, W., Moshi, B., Barron, A., & Grogan, C. (2024). A virtual hospital industry-research partnership in the private sector – learnings, successes and opportunities. 13th Health Services Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, December 2024
Martin, E., & Fisher, O. J., Hospitals without walls: Lessons learned through establishment of public and private virtual hospitals. Symposium and Panel, 13th Health Services Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, December 2024
Grogan, C., Harriman, S., Martin, E., Waite, R., & Fisher, O. (2024). Voices of consumers in implementation science, a case study example of including the voices of people living with dementia in research. 13th Health Services Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, December 2024
Martin, E., Fisher, O., Tone, J., Kularatna, S., Beckmann, M., & Miller, Y. (2024). Health-related quality of life and utility of maternity health states amongst post-partum Australians. 13th Health Services Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, December 2024
*Fisher, O. J. (2024). “Innovation in Healthcare” panel member, Research Australia Pre-Election Summit, Canberra, Australia, October 2024
Fisher, O. J., McGrath, K., Barron, A., Kanagarajah, S., Smith, I., Smith, S-E., Martin, E., Cockshaw, W., Moshi, B., & Grogan, C. (2024). Implementation of a private virtual hospital: considerations, principles and strategies. Knowledge Utilization Colloquium, Uppsala, Sweden, June 2024.
*Fisher, O. J. (2024). Harnessing the power of organisational stories for implementation science capacity building. Dutch Implementation Science Symposium, Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 2024.
Grogan, C., Harriman, S., Martin, E., Waite, R., Hawthorne, L., & Fisher, O. Understanding the perspectives and wishes of Family Carers and People Living with Dementia to inform the Dementia In-Home Respite Service. Poster presented at the Australian Dementia Research Forum 2024, Gold Coast, Australia, June 2024.
Fisher, O. J., Grogan, C., Kanagarajah, S., McGrath, K., Smith, S-E., Smith, I., Martin, E., Cockshaw, W., Moshi, B., & Barron, A. (2023). Adapting implementation approaches for private health contexts: Co-design of a virtual hospital. Evidence and Implementation Summit 2023, Melbourne, Australia, October 2023.
Grogan, C., & Fisher, O. J. (2023). Including the voices of people living with dementia and family carers in health services delivery. Evidence and Implementation Summit 2023, Melbourne, Australia, October 2023.
Fisher, O. J., Donahoo, C. D., Bosley, E., Garner, S., Powell, S., du Cloux, R., Pickard, J., Grevis-James, N., & Wyder, M. (2023). Understanding contextual influences on the policing of people experiencing a mental health crisis. Evidence and Implementation Summit 2023, Melbourne, Australia, October 2023.
Martin, E., Beckmann, M., Miller, Y., Guyatt, S., & Fisher, O. (2023). Implementing patient-reported outcome measures in maternity services. Poster presented at the Value Based Health Care Congress, Brisbane, Australia October, 2023.
Martin, E., & Fisher O. J. (2022). Does building clinicians' health services innovation capacity impact implementation of evidence-based practice and patient outcomes? 12th Health Services Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, December 2022.
Garrett-Walcott, S., & Fisher, O. J. (2022). Does implementation science matter? Developing a protocol to monitor cognition and clinical progress during electroconvulsive therapy. 12th Health Services Research Conference, Sydney Australia, December 2022.
Fisher, O. J., Martin, E., Merlo, G., Zardo, P., Barrimore, S., Rowland, J., & Davies, J. (2021). Progress is slow, but a critical mass can be built: Using a capacity building program to develop implementation science social capital in Australia’s largest HHS. Implementation Science in Health Conference Australia, Online International Conference, December 2021.
Abell, B., Fisher, O., Tyack, Z. & McPhail, S. (2021). Engaging multisectoral stakeholders in implementation: co-designing a new model of mental health care using a town-hall focus group. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Online.
Fisher, O. J., Shochet, I. & Carroll, J-A. (2017). The mental health of parents and youth study - intergenerational protective factors for depressive and anxiety symptoms. Poster presented at the IHBI Inspires Conference 2017, Brisbane, Australia