Jolyn Johal

Jolyn is a PhD candidate undertaking research in Healthy Ageing and Primary Care as part of a collaboration between Adelaide PHN and Flinders University. Her thesis explores the delivery of primary care services in residential aged care homes in Australia, with a focus on general practitioner services. 

As an accredited practising dietitian, Jolyn has a background in both clinical and research settings. Clinically, she has worked as a Senior Dietitian at the National University Hospital in Singapore for 6 years, and as an Aged Care Dietitian across various residential aged care facilities in South Australia. She currently partners with FHMRI sleep research participants towards reaching their lifestyle goals. Jolyn has also worked as a Field Editor at JBI developing and updating evidence summaries on a range of health and medical topics, for use by clinicians at point of care. She has been working as a Research Assistant at Flinders in cancer survivorship and palliative care fields since.

Jolyn is drawn towards the fields of aged care, palliative care and cancer care, due to her personal experiences of having witnessed a loved one walk through this journey. She believes in working to optimise the quality of life of people in these stages, and is also interested in chronic disease prevention and management.