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Dr Catherine Viengkham

BPsych(Hons), PhD

Research Fellow
Sydney Nursing School
Faculty of Medicine and Health

Phone

+61 2 8627 3118

Email

catherine.viengkham@sydney.edu.au

Websites

Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute

HIRAID Aged Care

Biographical details

Dr Catherine Viengkham is a postdoctoral Research Fellow working within the Sydney Nursing School. She completed her PhD at the University of New South Wales, where she specialised in aesthetic processing and visual perception. Her research focused on the determinants of aesthetic preferences, examining the factors that drive individual differences in these preferences, such as personality, visual sensitivitiy, sensory modality and the presence of neuroatypical traits.

Research interests

Dr Viengkham's current research interests include: communicable diseases, infection prevention and control, healthcare-associated infections, improving the quality and safety of healthcare and aged care, behaviour change, outbreak management and public health.

Themes

Acute, critical and trauma care, Health care practice, Mental health

Keywords

Behavioural sciences, Health practice, Public health, Infection Prevention and Control, Communicable diseases

Approaches

Epidemiology, Nursing, Prevention & Control

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Book Chapters

Shaban, R., Viengkham, C., Beardsley, J., Graham, K. (2023). Contemporary infection prevention and control, and clinical infectious diseases in Australia. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., Macbeth, D., Viengkham, C. (2023). Governance, accreditation and standards in infection prevention and control. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., MacBeth, D., Russo, P., Mitchell, B., Pearce, J., Viengkham, C. (2023). Healthcare-associated infections and infectious diseases. Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics, 4th Edition. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., O'Sullivan, M., Li, C., Viengkham, C. (2023). High consequence infectious diseases and biocontainment for health protection. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., Macbeth, D., Viengkham, C. (2023). Infection prevention and control in cosmetic, tattooing, piercing and personal appearance practice and settings. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., Nahidi, S., Viengkham, C. (2023). Infection prevention and control in emergency care settings. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Nahidi, S., Viengkham, C. (2023). Infection prevention and control in mental health and psychiatric practice settings. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., Viengkham, C. (2023). Infection prevention and control in neonatal and paediatric health. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., Macbeth, D., Viengkham, C. (2023). Infection prevention and control programs and plans. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., Macbeth, D., Viengkham, C. (2023). Outbreak management. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Viengkham, C., Corbett, S., Shaban, R., Bag, S. (2023). Public health and infection prevention and control. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Viengkham, C., Shaban, R., Macbeth, D., Russo, P., Mitchell, B. (2023). Research in infection prevention and control. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., Macbeth, D., Russo, P., Simpson, P., Viengkham, C. (2023). Surgical site infections. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.

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Journals

Bocks, L., Viengkham, C., Powell, M., Considine, J., Fry, M., Curtis, K., Dalton, J., Watson, K., McCormack, B., Lam, M., Dunsmore, M., Jeon, Y., Lindley, R., Shaban, R. (2025). Registered Nurse-Led Assessments in AustralianResidential Aged Care Homes: A Scoping Review. Journal of Advanced Nursing. [More Information]
Shaban, R., Curtis, K., Fry, M., McCormack, B., Parker, D., Lam, M., Low, L., Jeon, Y., Waters, D., Lindley, R., Watson, K., Dunsmore, M., Viengkham, C., et al (2024). Nurse-led framework to improve the safety and quality of residential aged care (HIRAID® Aged Care): protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 25(1), 737. [More Information]
Sunstrum, F., Demirbilek, O., Gardner, N., Viengkham, C., Spehar, B. (2024). Revealing the synergy between formal aesthetics and product semantics: Exploring the impact of visual form on product perception. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 101, 103593. [More Information]
Fry, M., Curtis, K., Considine, J., Viengkham, C., Watson, K., Dunsmore, M., Shaban, R. (2024). Using real-time Delphi methods to develop a consensus-based framework to improve nursing assessment in residential aged care. Australasian Journal on Ageing. [More Information]
Viengkham, C., Isherwood, Z., Spehar, B. (2022). Fractal-Scaling Properties as Aesthetic Primitives in Vision and Touch. Axiomathes, 32(5), 869-888. [More Information]
Robles, K., Roberts, M., Viengkham, C., Smith, J., Rowland, C., Moslehi, S., Taylor, R., Spehar, B., Sereno, M. (2021). Aesthetics and Psychological Effects of Fractal Based Design. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. [More Information]
Viengkham, C., Spehar, B. (2018). Preference for fractal-scaling properties across synthetic noise images and artworks. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(AUG). [More Information]

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2025

Bocks, L., Viengkham, C., Powell, M., Considine, J., Fry, M., Curtis, K., Dalton, J., Watson, K., McCormack, B., Lam, M., Dunsmore, M., Jeon, Y., Lindley, R., Shaban, R. (2025). Registered Nurse-Led Assessments in AustralianResidential Aged Care Homes: A Scoping Review. Journal of Advanced Nursing. [More Information]

2024

Shaban, R., Curtis, K., Fry, M., McCormack, B., Parker, D., Lam, M., Low, L., Jeon, Y., Waters, D., Lindley, R., Watson, K., Dunsmore, M., Viengkham, C., et al (2024). Nurse-led framework to improve the safety and quality of residential aged care (HIRAID® Aged Care): protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 25(1), 737. [More Information]
Sunstrum, F., Demirbilek, O., Gardner, N., Viengkham, C., Spehar, B. (2024). Revealing the synergy between formal aesthetics and product semantics: Exploring the impact of visual form on product perception. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 101, 103593. [More Information]
Fry, M., Curtis, K., Considine, J., Viengkham, C., Watson, K., Dunsmore, M., Shaban, R. (2024). Using real-time Delphi methods to develop a consensus-based framework to improve nursing assessment in residential aged care. Australasian Journal on Ageing. [More Information]

2023

Shaban, R., Viengkham, C., Beardsley, J., Graham, K. (2023). Contemporary infection prevention and control, and clinical infectious diseases in Australia. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., Macbeth, D., Viengkham, C. (2023). Governance, accreditation and standards in infection prevention and control. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., MacBeth, D., Russo, P., Mitchell, B., Pearce, J., Viengkham, C. (2023). Healthcare-associated infections and infectious diseases. Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics, 4th Edition. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., O'Sullivan, M., Li, C., Viengkham, C. (2023). High consequence infectious diseases and biocontainment for health protection. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., Macbeth, D., Viengkham, C. (2023). Infection prevention and control in cosmetic, tattooing, piercing and personal appearance practice and settings. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., Nahidi, S., Viengkham, C. (2023). Infection prevention and control in emergency care settings. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Nahidi, S., Viengkham, C. (2023). Infection prevention and control in mental health and psychiatric practice settings. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., Viengkham, C. (2023). Infection prevention and control in neonatal and paediatric health. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., Macbeth, D., Viengkham, C. (2023). Infection prevention and control programs and plans. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., Macbeth, D., Viengkham, C. (2023). Outbreak management. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Viengkham, C., Corbett, S., Shaban, R., Bag, S. (2023). Public health and infection prevention and control. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Viengkham, C., Shaban, R., Macbeth, D., Russo, P., Mitchell, B. (2023). Research in infection prevention and control. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.
Shaban, R., Macbeth, D., Russo, P., Simpson, P., Viengkham, C. (2023). Surgical site infections. In Ramon Z. Shaban, Brett G. Mitchell, Deborough Macbeth, Philip Russo (Eds.), Healthcare-associated infections in Australia: Principles and practices of infection prevention and control. 1st ed. Australia: Elsevier.

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2022

Viengkham, C., Isherwood, Z., Spehar, B. (2022). Fractal-Scaling Properties as Aesthetic Primitives in Vision and Touch. Axiomathes, 32(5), 869-888. [More Information]

2021

Robles, K., Roberts, M., Viengkham, C., Smith, J., Rowland, C., Moslehi, S., Taylor, R., Spehar, B., Sereno, M. (2021). Aesthetics and Psychological Effects of Fractal Based Design. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. [More Information]

2018

Viengkham, C., Spehar, B. (2018). Preference for fractal-scaling properties across synthetic noise images and artworks. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(AUG). [More Information]

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