Rate My Professor Ida Twist

Ida Twist is an Associate Professor of Nursing in the School of Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, at the University of New England. She serves as the Medicine and Health Faculty Division/Executive representative on the University Academic Board until mid-year 2027. Additionally, she is an Editorial Board Member for the American Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences, contributing to the dissemination of nursing research.

Her qualifications include a PhD, Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner), Bachelor of Nursing (Honours), Master of Nursing, and Graduate Diploma in Paediatric Nursing. Dr. Twist's research focuses on nurse practitioners, bone marrow transplantation, and cancer survivorship. Prior to her current role, she was affiliated with the Cancer Centre for Children at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, where she contributed to studies on pediatric hematopoietic cell transplantation outcomes.

Key publications include "Neurocognitive dysfunction in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: expert review from the late effects and Quality of Life Working Committee of the CIBMTR and complications and Quality of Life Working Party of the EBMT" in Bone Marrow Transplantation (2018, 119 citations) and Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (2018, 69 citations). Recent works feature "Experiences of nurse practitioners working during the COVID-19 pandemic: A metasynthesis of qualitative studies" in the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (2023, 6 citations), "Enhancing nurse practitioner research through reflexivity" (2024, 5 citations), "Recognizing nurse practitioners: Value beyond measure" (2026), and "If we do not count it, it does not count: ethnicity in allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplant in Australia" (2023). She has also presented on longitudinal utility of peripheral airway function tests and barriers to transition in paediatric bone marrow transplant patients (2016-2019).

At UNE, Ida Twist coordinates the Chronic Care (HSNS362) unit and played a key role in launching the university's purpose-built nursing simulation lab in Western Sydney. She represents UNE at national events, including the National Nurse Education Conference, advancing nursing education and practice.