Professor Rochelle Wynne is the Chair of Nursing in the Western Health and Deakin University Partnership. She is an active clinical researcher with a focus on health services research in the acute care context. Rochelle is a Board member of the Australian Cardiovascular Research Alliance (ACvA), a founding member of the Cardiac Surgery International Nursing and Allied Professional Research Network (CONNECT) and the Women in Cardiovascular Trial Group (WiCVT), the Secretary of the CSANZ Cardiovascular Nursing Council, Editor in Chief of Contemporary Nurse Journal, a member of the Melbourne Academic Centre for Health (MACH) Health Services Improvement and Implementation Committee, and a MACH Future Leader Fellowship Mentor. Rochelle leads a program of clinical research in chronic cardiovascular disease, examining the interaction between patient participation in care and acute care workforce on patient outcomes.