Rate My Professor Emily Larsen

Emily Larsen is a Research Fellow (Vascular Access) in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Griffith University, with a joint appointment at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. As a registered nurse, she earned a Bachelor of Nursing and a Bachelor of Health Science (Public Health) from Queensland University of Technology between 2007 and 2011. She also holds a Graduate Diploma in Health Research and has been listed with a PhD in recent publications. Since joining Griffith University on 20 January 2019, she has advanced from Senior Research Assistant roles within the Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research (AVATAR) group, where she began in 2013, to her current research fellowship focused on improving vascular access outcomes.

Larsen's research specializations include vascular access, cancer nursing, and infection surveillance, with extensive contributions to studies on peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) failure prevention, dressings, securement, and infection control. She has co-authored over 78 publications, accumulating more than 1,493 citations. Notable works include 'Peripheral intravenous catheter failure: A prospective cohort study' (Marsh et al., 2021, cited 170 times), 'Integrated versus nonintegrated peripheral intravenous catheters: A randomized controlled superiority trial' (Rickard et al., 2023), 'Controlling peripheral intravenous catheter failure by reducing dwell time: The CASCADE randomized clinical trial' (Marsh et al., 2023), 'Association between parenteral nutrition–containing intravenous admixtures and peripheral intravenous catheter failure' (Gavin et al., 2023, cited 14 times), 'Polyhexamethylene biguanide discs versus unmedicated discs to prevent PICC-related infection' (Pearse et al., 2021, cited 17 times), and 'A systematic review of central-line-associated bloodstream infection prevention practices' (Larsen et al., 2019, cited 36 times). Her research has influenced clinical guidelines through investigator-initiated grants received by Griffith University on her behalf from Cardinal Health and 3M. Larsen contributed to the team awarded the Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre Vascular Access Research Award at the 2019 Metro North Research Excellence Awards. She teaches Vascular Access Devices and Intravenous Therapy and engages in public discussions on vessel health in cancer care.