Dr Serena Knowles

Dr Serena Knowles is the Program Manager for the Critical Care Program at The George Institute for Global Health. Serena supports the Program Head and Program Lead in managing all aspects of the Critical Care program, including operational activities, business administration, management of grant applications and program strategy and development.

Serena is a nurse researcher, with over 15 years of clinical critical care experience and over 14 years of research experience. Serena completed her PhD in 2016 investigating the use of an evidence-based implementation strategy to effect clinician behaviour change and to improve clinical practice in the area of bowel management within the intensive care unit. Prior to working at TGI, she worked as a Research Coordinator for ICU and neurology trials. Since working at TGI, she has worked in numerous roles, including Clinical Research Associate, Project Manager, and Operations Lead. She is the current Co-Convener for the Point Prevalence Program, a collaboration between TGI and the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society. 

Serena has an interest in process evaluation and implementation science.