| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Corney, S. L., Rush, G., Taylor, S. A., & Jackson, B. N. (240601). Impacts of raising a child with a feeding difficulty in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 137(1596), (52-71). doi: 10.26635/6965.6259 |
| 2024 | Bakker, L., Jackson, B., & Miles, A. (240401). The Impact of Physical and Environment Factors on Parental Presence for Oral Feeding in New Zealand Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Health Environments Research and Design Journal, 17(2), (166-182). |
| 2024 | Mulderry, C., Jackson, B. N., & Purdy, S. C. (240101). Children's speech, language and communication skills and parental knowledge in the growing up in New Zealand cohort. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, |
| 2023 | Miles, A., Brady, A., Friary, P., Sekula, J., Wallis, C., & Jackson, B. (230101). Implementing an interprofessional palliative care education program to speech-language therapy and dietetic students. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 37(6), (964-973). |
| 2022 |
Jackson, B., Wong, C., & Miles, A. (220501). Health professionals' perceptions of complex feeding decision-making in school-aged children. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(5), (791-795). doi: 10.1111/jpc.15834 |
| 2022 | Jackson, B. N., Turner, L. AT., Kevany, G. L., & Purdy, S. C. (220101). Five years of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: no consensus of understanding among health professionals in New Zealand. Speech, Language and Hearing, 25(1), (37-45). |
| 2021 | Bakker, L., Jackson, B., & Miles, A. (210101). Oral-feeding guidelines for preterm neonates in the NICU: a scoping review. Journal of Perinatology, 41(1), (140-149). |
| 2021 | Miles, A., Wong, C., & Jackson, B. (210101). Barriers and facilitators to implementation of a guideline for school-aged children with feeding difficulties. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 46(3), (217-226). |
| 2020 | Jackson, B. N., Purdy, S. C., & Cooper, Thomas. (200926). Becoming an expert: highly-experienced allied health professionals' relationships with their work. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 31(2), (709-724). |
| 2020 | Jackson, B. N., Brady, A., Friary, P., Braakhuis, A., Sekula, J., & Miles, A. (200701). Educator-student talk during interprofessional simulation-based teaching. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, 6(4), (206-213). |
Key details
Areas of expertise
- Infant feeding
- Health-information seeking behaviours
- Parents accessing speech pathology services
- Clinical and Interprofessional Education
- Parent-child interaction
Not available to supervise research students
Not available for media queries
About Bianca Jackson
Bianca qualified as a speech-language therapist in the UK and has worked in public health and educational settings. She has taught speech, language and feeding topics whilst being a practising clinician. She specialised in speech-language therapy with children in hospital, community and school settings in England and New Zealand, working with children of all ages with challenging behaviours, complex and multiple disabilities, eating, drinking and swallowing challenges.
Her research covers the breadth of stakeholders - families, school staff, allied health professionals, service managers - with the aim of increasing knowledge and skills to support children and families where there are speech, language, communication and swallowing needs.
She has an interest in clinical education and continuing professional education in relation to developing allied health workforce expertise - the more professionals know about SLP, the more they can collaborate with families to support children. Her research is pragmatic, using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Auckland, 2021
- MSC, University of Auckland, 2013
- Post-Graduate Certificate of Clinical Education, University of Auckland, 2011
- BA(Hons) Linguistics and Language Pathology, University of Reading, 1997
Key publications
Journal article (showing 10 of 18)
Research funding for the past 5 years
Funding details for this researcher are currently unavailable.
Supervision of research students at VU
Not available to supervise research students
Not available for media queries
Other supervision of research students
I am available for supervising research students at VU.
I have co-supervised numerous research projects at Honours (5), Masters project (26), Masters Thesis (5) and PhD (2) level, while at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.
Teaching activities & experience
Bianca's overriding goal is to create a lively and diverse community of SLTs and other health professionals who share their expert knowledge and skills freely for the benefit of families that could use their services. Her research supervision is informed by her own experiences of being supervised, working alongside co-supervisors as well as learning from supervision workshops.
She recognises that every student has their own style of learning and that research supervision is an opportunity to personalise a supervision relationship. She is committed to supporting all students through their research journey, and can be flexible in how much communication, when and how to meet and how much support a particular student needs.
She is passionate about writing, and committed to encouraging students to write, giving feedback about their writing and keeping up to date with resources that can support them through the writing process.
Key academic roles
| Dates | Role | Department / Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| May 2024 - Present |
Honorary Research Fellow
|
University of Auckland |
| Jul 2024 - Present |
Senior Lecturer
|
Victoria University, Melbourne |
| Dates | Role & Department/Organisation |
|---|---|
| May 2024 -
Present
|
Honorary Research Fellow
University of Auckland |
| Jul 2024 -
Present
|
Senior Lecturer
Victoria University, Melbourne |
Key industry, community & government roles
| Dates | Role | Department/Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2013 - Sep 2025 |
Online learning content creator
|
Ministry of Education, New Zealand |
| May 2024 - May 2026 |
Co-chair
|
Qualitative SLP Community of Practice |
| Dates | Role & Department/Organisation |
|---|---|
| Sep 2013 - Sep 2025 |
Online learning content creator
Ministry of Education, New Zealand |
| May 2024 - May 2026 |
Co-chair
Qualitative SLP Community of Practice |
Awards
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
Research Excellence Award - New Zealand Speech-language Therapists' Association |
