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Dr Kate Crookes

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 6208
Email: k.crookes@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO8.442  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6887-6197

Dr Kate Crookes is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. She is working on a project optimising outcomes for frail hospitalised older adults.

Background

Dr Crookes completed a PhD in Developmental Cognitive Psychology at the Australian National University studying the development of face recognition in children and infants. She continued investigating face recognition in postdoctoral positions in psychology at the University of Hong Kong, University of Western Australia and Australian National University. She was also an Associate Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and Its Disorders.

Awards and Recognition

  • 2018 – School of Psychological Science Small Grant Scheme, University of Western Australia
  • 2018 – Conference travel support, ARC Centre for Cognition and Its Disorders
  • 2008 – Conference travel award, Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference
  • 2008 – Vice-Chancellor’s travel grant, Australian National University
  • 2007 – Vice-Chancellor’s travel grant, Australian National University
  • 2005-2008 – Australian Postgraduate Award
  • 2004 – Honours Psychology Thesis Prize, Australian National University
  • 2004 – Honours Scholarship, Australian National University

Research Areas and Interests

  • Frailty
  • Face Recognition
  • Eye-tracking

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy Psychology, The Australian National University, 2010.
  • Bachelor of Science With First Class Honours Psychology, The Australian National University, 2004.

Research Outputs

Journal Articles

  • Lane, H., Saunders, R., Crookes, K., Ang, M., Bulsara, C., Bulsara, MK., Ewens, B., Gallagher, O., Gullick, K., Haydon, S., Hughes, J., Nguyen, K., Seaman, K., Etherton-Beer, C. (2024). Prevalence of frailty and pain in hospitalised cancer patients: implications for older adult care. Internal Medicine Journal, 2024(Article in press), 4 pages. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.16351.

Journal Articles

  • Saunders, R., Crookes, K., Seaman, K., Ang, M., Bulsara, C., Bulsara, M., Ewens, B., Gallagher, O., Graham, R., Gullick, K., Haydon, S., Hughes, J., Nguyen, K., O'Connell, B., Scaini, D., Etherton-Beer, C. (2023). Frailty and pain in an acute private hospital: an observational point prevalence study. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article number 3345. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29933-x.

Journal Articles

  • Saunders, R., Crookes, K., Gullick, K., Gallagher, O., Seaman, K., Scaini, D., Ang, M., Bulsara, C., Ewens, B., Hughes, J., O'Connell, B., Etherton-Beer, C. (2022). Nurses leading volunteer support for older adults in hospital: A discussion paper. Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research, 2022(article in press), 6 pages. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2022.08.005.
  • Crookes, K., Saunders, R., Kemp, V., Gallagher, O., Ghosh, M., Bulsara, C., Gullick, K., O'Connell, B. (2022). Nurses' perceptions of using volunteer support in health care settings: A systematic scoping review. International Nursing Review, 2022(article in press), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12806.
  • Saunders, R., Crookes, K., Seaman, K., Ang, M., Bulsara, C., Bulsara, MK., Ewens, B., Gallagher, O., Graham, R., Gullick, K., Haydon, S., Hughes, J., Atee, M., Nguyen, K., O'Connell, B., Scaini, D., Etherton-Beer, C. (2022). Effectiveness of nurse-led volunteer support and technology-driven pain assessment in improving the outcomes of hospitalised older adults: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 12(6), Article number e059388. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059388.

Journal Articles

  • Saunders, R., Crookes, K., Atee, M., Bulsara, C., Bulsara, M., Etherton-Beer, C., Ewens, B., Gallagher, O., Graham, R., Gullick, K., Haydon, S., Nguyen, K., O'Connell, B., Seaman, K., Hughes, J. (2021). Prevalence of frailty and pain in hospitalised adult patients in an acute hospital: a protocol for a point prevalence observational study. BMJ Open, 11(3), Article number e046138. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046138.
  • McKone, E., Dawel, A., Robbins, R., Shou, Y., Chen, N., Crookes, K. (2021). Why the other-race effect matters: Poor recognition of other-race faces impacts everyday social interactions. British Journal of Psychology, 2021(Article in Press), 23p.. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12508.

Journal Articles

  • Bell, J., Burr, DC., Crookes, K., Morrone, MC. (2020). Perceptual Oscillations in Gender Classification of Faces, Contingent on Stimulus History. iScience, 23(10), Article number 101573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101573.

Journal Articles

  • McKone, E., Wan, L., Pidcock, M., Crookes, K., Reynolds, K., Dawel, A., Kidd, E., Fiorentini, C. (2019). A critical period for faces: Other-race face recognition is improved by childhood but not adult social contact. Scientific Reports, 9(1), article number 12820. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49202-0.

Journal Articles

  • Wan, L., Crookes, K., Dawel, A., Pidcock, M., Hall, A., McKone, E. (2017). Face-Blind for Other-Race Faces: Individual Differences in Other-Race Recognition Impairments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 146(1), 102-122. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000249.
  • Chuk, T., Crookes, K., Hayward, W., Chan, A., Hsiao, J. (2017). Hidden Markov model analysis reveals the advantage of analytic eye movement patterns in face recognition across cultures. Cognition, 169(December 2017), 102-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2017.08.003.

Research Projects

  • Appropriateness, Feasibility and Acceptability of a Nurse-Led Volunteer Support Program for Older Adults in Hospital , Hollywood Private Hospital Research Foundation, Grant, 2023 ‑ 2024, $15,000.
  • Improving care for older adults with cognitive impairment in hospital through nurse led volunteer support interventions and a technology driven pain assessment. , Ramsay Hospital Research Foundation, Grant, 2021 ‑ 2023, $100,000.
  • University students’ experiences of volunteering to support older adults in hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative case study., Volunteering WA, Research Grant Program 2021-22, 2022 ‑ 2023, $9,479.

Research Student Supervision

Associate Supervisor

  • Master of Nursing (Research), Knowledge of nursing staff on pain assessment for older adults with cognitive impairment in hospitals
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