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Professor Evalotte Mörelius is a specialist in Paediatric and Neonatal Nursing and holds a joint position as Professor of Nursing (Children and Young People) at Edith Cowan University (ECU) and Perth Children's Hospital (PCH) in Perth WA. Evalotte is the PI of the Stress Research Program and leader of the Stress Interest Group (STING) comprising paediatric stress researchers in WA. Her professorial position is supported by Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation.
Previously, Evalotte was the Head of the Division of Nursing Science at Linkoping University, Sweden and president of the Swedish Association for Paediatric Nurses. She has also been guest professor at the National University of Singapore.
Her research interest is stress within the family. Evalotte’s research includes developing and evaluating methods to prevent and decrease stress when the child need health care. The research includes children as well as their parents/caregivers. To measure the objective level of stress, Evalotte has specialised in salivary cortisol and the development of the stress system in early life. Another focus is interventions to increase parent-infant interaction and closeness in neonatal intensive care. Evalotte’s research has a high clinical, family-centred focus and includes RCT studies as well as qualitative research.