Associate Professor Parker is an academic with a wealth of clinical skills in hospital, aged and community settings, having been a Registered Nurse for thirty years, including fifteen years working clinically across hospital and community settings. In practice she has developed advanced clinical skills in community, primary and public health care; knowledge and skills in relation to ageing, acute and chronic medical conditions. She leads a wound healing research team at Queensland University of Technology and has contributed to four book chapters, published 34 peer-reviewed journal articles and presented 38 oral or poster conference presentations (internationally and nationally), including six as invited speaker.