Dr Naomi Spotswood

Naomi is a neonatologist and clinician researcher who is strongly committed to improving healthcare for newborns and their families. She is part of several clinical practice improvement networks and facilitates Evidence-based Practice for Improving Quality (EPIQ) workshops.  

Naomi’s research focuses on understanding and improving the diagnostic process for neonatal infections. Beyond her PhD program, she has contributed to wider initiatives for improving sepsis care, including the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care’s Sepsis Clinical Care Standard, and NEST360/UNICEF’s online Implementation Toolkit for small and sick newborn care.

• 2016: Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
• 2014: Master of International Public Health (MIPH), University of Queensland, Australia
• 2008: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with Honours (MBBS), University of Tasmania, Australia
• 2007: Bachelor of Medical Science (BMedSc), University of Tasmania, Australia

• Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Physicians
• Executive committee member, Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network

• Ongoing: Staff Specialist, Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania, Australia
• Ongoing: PhD Candidate, Burnet Institute
• 2017: Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Registrar, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, Australia
• 2016: Neonatal Fellow, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, Australia
• 2015: Neonatal Fellow, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, South Australia, Australia
• 2013-14: Paediatric, Neonatal and Retrieval Registrar, Women’s and Children’s Health Network, South Australia, Australia
• 2010-12: Paediatric Basic Trainee, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania, Australia
• 2009: Intern, Austin and Northern Health, Victoria, Australia

• 2017: Research Training Program Scholarship, University of Melbourne
• 2017: Rowden White Scholarship, University of Melbourne
• 2015: Emeritus Professor Alastair MacLennan AO Citation for Clinical Teaching, University of Adelaide
• 2013: Paediatric Emergency Department Registrar of the Year, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide
• 2008: GE Clemons Prize, University of Tasmania
• 2008: Kathleen Menzies Travelling Prize, University of Tasmania
• 2008: Andrew Platts Memorial Prize, University of Tasmania
• 2003: CA & LH Greatrex Medical Prize, University of Tasmania