Associate Professor Judy Munday is a Registered Nurse 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 perioperative practice and patient outcomes.
A/Prof Munday is known for her research on temperature management and prevention of perioperative hypothermia. She is currently leading an NHMRC-funded Partnership Project, a multi-site stepped wedge cluster-randomised trial, evaluating patient and health service outcomes of implementation for perioperative hypothermia prevention guidance with frontline teams.
A/Prof Munday’s engagement at an international and national level is demonstrated by her appointment at University of Agder, Norway, development of multi-partner research projects with national and international teams, and government bodies. Her teaching, particularly focused on evidence-based practice, has encompassed undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Australia and Norway.
Professional Memberships
- Australian College of Nursing
Awards / Fellowships
- QUT Centre for Healthcare Transformation (CHT) Health Transformation Early to Mid-Career Research Award 2022
- Australian College of Perioperative Nurses (ACORN) Postdoctoral Fellowship 2022
- Honorary Fellow, Mater Research Institute and UQ (MRI-UQ) 2020-22
- Mary Hanna Memorial Journalism Award (Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing) 2019
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 2018
- QUT Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award (University award to top 5% of PhD theses annually) 2017
- Inaugural Mölnlycke Health Care ACORN Award 2014
A/Prof 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 awarded $1.145 million to implement Guidelines for hypothermia prevention with Local adaptation to keep periOperative patients Warm.
The GLOW trial builds on A/Prof Munday’s strong track record and body of collaborative clinical research: observational studies of perioperative hypothermia; systematic reviews and meta-analyses of warming interventions in specific populations; qualitative descriptive work to understand factors influencing hypothermia prevention; evaluation of temperature monitoring devices; experimental studies to test the effectiveness of warming interventions; prevalence studies and piloting novel interventions. Her research has a strong translational emphasis, and 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.
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.