Professor Kathy Eagar is Professor of Health Services Research and Director of the Australian Health Services Research Institute (AHSRI) at the University of Wollongong.  

AHSRI has a team of over 60 researchers and includes six research centres. One of these is the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC), which is a long term partnership with the rehabilitation sector.  

She has authored over 500 papers on management, quality, outcomes, information systems and funding of the Australia and New Zealand health and community care systems.  Professor Eagar has undertaken extensive work in the aged care system over the last two decades. Most recently she led the design of the new Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) and funding model for residential aged care and undertook research commissioned by the Aged Care Royal Commission into the adequacy of residential aged care staffing.  Based on that research, the Aged Care Royal Commission recommended mandated staffing ratios and a 5 star public reporting system for aged care.