Dr Wendy Abigail is an RN and Senior Lecturer within the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University. Her skills and expertise are directly relevant to the proposed women’s health research project due to her strong history of work in this area. Women’s health (including sexual and reproductive health [SRH], breast cancer, women’s empowerment) is her area of research focus with expertise in mixed methods research including quantitative methods (trend analysis and descriptive methods) qualitative research and case study methodology. Additionally, she has a strong research interest in the scholarship of teaching and learning, which is currently focused on learning analytics. Dr Abigail leads, has led or is Associate Chief Investigator for research grants with outputs including peer-reviewed journal articles, national and international conference presentations including being an invited speaker, as well as non-peer reviewed publications and media engagements locally and internationally. Dr Abigail is recognised nationally and internationally by clinicians, practitioners and researchers for her work and collaborations in the fields of women’s health and in the field of scholarship in teaching and learning.

Reproductive health, pregnancy termination, women aged over 30 years fertility issues, Primary Health Care, rural and regional access to sexual and reproductive health, grey nomad's diabetes health.