Boe Calvert
Research Midwife / Research Assistant
Working groups
Background
Boe is a registered midwife who has experience working in urban, regional and remote Australia. She has worked across all areas of midwifery including caseload midwifery, early pregnancy assessment, and in the COVID-19 community-based response.
After completing a Master of Global Development (Global Public Health) through Griffith University in 2022, Boe joined the Global Women's and Newborn's Health working group at the Burnet Institute.
Boe's particular interests lie in rural and remote maternity care, First Nations health, midwifery strengthening, international health systems, and women's health research. She continues to practice in midwifery.
Qualifications
- 2022: Master of Global Development with Distinction, Griffith University
- 2021: Graduate Diploma of Primary Maternity Care, Griffith University
- 2013: Bachelor of Midwifery with Distinction, University of Technology Sydney
Awards
- 2022: Ron Ould Memorial Scholarship (Macgregor Lions, Brisbane)
- 2022: Griffith University Award for Academic Achievement
- 2018: NSW Health Excellence in Midwifery – Registered Midwife
- 2018: Far West LHD Excellence in Midwifery – Registered Midwife
Burnet publications
A Scoping Review Mapping Economic Evaluations of Midwifery Service Provision and the Midwifery Workforce
Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
Boe Calvert et al
Midwifery education in Pacific Island countries: A discussion paper
Women and Birth
Rachel Smith et al
Improving maternal and newborn health and reducing stillbirths in the Western Pacific Region – current situation and the way forward
The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
Lisa M. Vallely et al
