PRIORITY AREA 2
TRANSLATE – Grow our research through a pipeline approach Translate research through a bidirectional pipeline from ideas to implementation and back, ensuring continuous learning.
Case Study: Translating Research into Improved Outcomes for People with Chronic Lung Disease
Dr Sally Wootton exemplifies a translational research pipeline that moves from clinical need to scalable system impact. As Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist at NSLHD, she leads pulmonary rehabilitation services across five sites while converting service gaps in chronic lung disease care into a sustained program of competitive, grant‑funded research. In response to limited access to pulmonary rehabilitation for people with COPD, Dr Wootton has translated established evidence into Australia’s first app‑based mobile pulmonary rehabilitation (m‑PR) model. This innovation is now being evaluated through a multisite randomised trial across four
NSW Local Health Districts, testing effectiveness, cost‑efficiency and real‑world implementation against centre‑based care. This work aligns strongly with the Research Strategy’s translation priorities by embedding research in routine care, generating scalable evidence, and supporting system‑level adoption. Fellowship‑supported protected research time enables progression from innovation to implementation, strengthening NSLHD’s capacity to grow research that delivers measurable access, efficiency and outcome gains.
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NSLHD Research Strategy to 2030
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