About
The Pathways service aims to make the most of any health system by establishing a central point of contact within community-based organisations and a specialist, Pathways nurse to help patients and their families access existing services and connect them with health services for chronic conditions and post-urgent care needs. The model is being adapted to support environments where there is disaster and/or conflict, where access to health services may be limited.
The Pathways Telehealth nurse program is managed by the registered charity, the Centre for Community-Driven Research (CCDR).
CCDR Contacts
Kate Holliday, Chief Executive
E: holliday@cc-dr.org
Year of first nursing registration
1998
Areas of clinical knowledge
Rare, genetic and undiagnosed conditions; oncology; complex chronic disease
Bio
Kate Holliday is a nurse and researcher. Her education includes a Bachelor of Nursing degree, a graduate diploma in nutrition, a Masters in Health Promotion, a Masters in Health Science and her PhD thesis investigates the relationship between research and how to translate results into policy, clinical practice and population health. She has worked in the health sector for more than 20 years. In 2020, Kate was listed on the 100+ Outstanding Women Nurse and Midwife Leaders by the International Council of Nurses, Women in Global Health, World Health Organisation and UNDP.
Her clinical work has focused on community-based triage and health system navigation, with a focus on complex conditions, and she has worked as a nurse in Australia and the USA. In 2012, Kate started to develop and test a model of community-based nursing care that in 2019 was expanded into a pilot program across 10 disease areas. This is now the Pathways program. Kate’s experience in genomics and genetic conditions includes taking a special contract as Head of Policy and Strategy at the Kinghorn Cancer Centre, to align research components of genetic testing to clinical practice.
Kate has always held a mix of clinical work, alongside policy, research and advocacy work, and has significant experience working with government, industry, not- for-profit organisations as well as research and international organisations including working in Geneva, Switzerland with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations (GAVI). She has also worked in leadership roles including Head of Research at Cancer Council NSW Australia. Kate is a Board Director at Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi), Chief Executive at the Centre for Community-Driven Research and a member of the Global Alliance for hte Care of the Injured (WHO). She is currently based between Switzerland (Geneva) with her family, and a home base in Australia (Sydney).