Academic Status
College of Medicine and Public Health
Dr Nicki Scholes-Robertson is a Early Career Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Remote Health Practice based in Alice Springs, Nicki recieved a NHMRC Postgraduate scholarship commencing in 2020 and was awarded her PhD from the University of Sydney in 2022. Nicki's research interests are in the rural and remote access to healthcare, especially to do with chronic kidney disease and consumer involvement in research. Nicki has lived experience of peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplantation.Nicki has extensive experience with Consumer involvement in research including with Australasian Kidney Trials Network, CARI Guiidelines group and as Consumer Editor with Cochrane Kidney and Transplant. She is CI on multiple NHMRC funded Grants including Centre for Research Excellence- Partnering with Patients with CKD to transform care and outcomes (CRE-PACT).
Bachelor Applied Science (Physiotherapy), La Trobe University, 1992
Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), The University of Sydney, 2022
NHMRC Postgraduate scholarship 2020.
Grants
2023 INCremental dialysis to improve Health in people starting HaemoDialysis (INCH-HD) MRFF2022050 ($2679683.25)
2021 CRE-PACT: Centre of Research Excellence: Partnering with patients with chronic kidney disease to transform care and outcomes (CRE-PACT) NHMRC 2007026 ($2500000)
2020 Structured exercise program to reduce fatigue in patients receiving dialysis: a preference stratified adaptive trial (M-FIT) MRFF 1199358 ($1957499)
2020 An adaptive, randomised controlled trial to treat polyomavirus infections (BKPyV) in kidney and kidney pancreas transplant recipients (BEAT-BK) trial MRFF 2006216 ($2894369.05)