Keryln has extensive clinical experience in wound and ostomy care and is committed to research and education within the domains. Keryln Chairs the Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance and was a Guideline Governance Group member for the development of the International Pressure Injury Guideline 2014 and 2019. She co-ordinates the Curtin University Postgraduate Program of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Practice in Australia and Singapore. She was appointed a Fellow of Wounds Australia in 2006 and a Life Member of the Australian Association of Stomal Therapy Nurses in 2015. She was awarded a World Union of Wound Healing Societies Life Achievement Award in 2022 and the Western Australian Life-Time Achievement in Nursing Award in 2010. Keryln is a Churchill Fellow 1995. Keryln has over 120 peer-reviewed publications and texts. 

Keryln’s research interests include: prevention and management of acute and chronic wounds, promotion of recovery and rehabilitation of persons with an ostomy, the development of standards, guidelines and evidence summaries. She has a particular interest in advancing best practice in wound and ostomy care in low resource countries.

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