Jacob Dye

Dr Jacob Dye is an expert in the psychological and behavioural impacts of trauma, particularly trauma linked to healthcare. Combining professional expertise and lived experience, he is a nationally recognised sepsis and delirium advocate and advisor on trauma-informed care. His work bridges research, healthcare evaluation, and policy, with a focus on improving safety, quality, and outcomes in Australian healthcare.

As a sepsis survivor and lived experience advisor, Dr Dye plays a key role in shaping national approaches to sepsis and delirium education, recognition, treatment, and recovery as well as healthcare safety. He is a member of Sepsis Australia, the Safer Care Victoria Expert Working Group (delirium and sepsis), and an NHMRC consumer advisor, contributing to patient-centred policy design at all levels of government. His insights inform submissions to bodies including the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

Dr Dye also brings strong experience in healthcare evaluation and project management. He has contributed to major VicHealth, MRFF, and NHMRC-funded projects, spanning trauma-informed care, sepsis clinical trials, and post-sepsis recovery. Known for his collaborative approach, Dr Dye works with universities, hospitals, NGOs, and government agencies to translate evidence and lived experience into research outcomes and healthcare improvements. Jacob’s approach recognises the need for broad and effective collaboration, across disciplines and lived experiences, in order to achieve the best outcomes for patients, theirrtheir families and those who treat them.