Rate My Professor Kathy Hill

Dr Kathy Hill is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health, at Adelaide University. As a practicing renal nurse, she combines clinical work with teaching and research focused on social inequalities in the development of chronic kidney disease, particularly among populations in low socioeconomic environments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. She completed her PhD in 2017, investigating social disparities in diabetes prevalence and progression to end-stage renal disease in vulnerable groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, and Māori and Pacific Islanders in New Zealand. This research was published as Hill, K., Ward, P., Grace, B. S., & Gleadle, J. (2017). Social disparities in the prevalence of diabetes in Australia and in the development of end stage renal disease due to diabetes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia and Maori and Pacific Islanders in New Zealand, BMC Public Health, 17:802. Hill previously held teaching and research positions at the University of South Australia and continues to present at Renal Society of Australasia annual conferences.

Hill teaches specialized courses such as Nephrology Nursing (NURS 5169), Research for Advancing Nursing, Midwifery and Health Care (NURS 5153), and Epidemiology for Advanced Practice (NURS 5138). She is eligible to co-supervise Masters and PhD students and currently co-supervises a doctoral candidate researching improved access to advanced care directives in end-stage renal disease. Her grants include funding from The Hospital Research Foundation (2020-2022) and the Rosemary Bryant Nursing & Midwifery Research Foundation (2020-2021) for building workforce capacity in renal specialist nursing. Key publications address nephrology nursing challenges, including Hill, K. et al. (2023). Evaluation of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) training on arteriovenous access assessment and cannula placement for haemodialysis, Journal of Vascular Access; Hill, K. et al. (2023). The Australian and New Zealand nephrology nursing workforce: clinical pressure and organisational culture, Contemporary Nurse; and Hill, K. et al. (2021). Outcomes of arteriovenous fistulae cannulation in the first 6 weeks of use: a retrospective multicenter observational study, Journal of Vascular Access. She contributes editorials to the Renal Society of Australasia Journal, advancing evidence-based renal care and nursing workforce sustainability.