Kerrianne Watt

Professor Watt (PhD; BSc(Hons)) is an Epidemiologist with a background in research methods and evidence-based practice, with specific expertise in injury epidemiology & the prehospital/emergency sector. She is Principal Research Manager in the Information Support, Research and Evaluation unit within Queensland Ambulance Service. She holds an Adjunct Professor position with the College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, where she was formerly Associate Dean Research Education (3 years), and Team Leader of the Research Methods team (8 years) in the Discipline of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, responsible for teaching Epidemiology and Biostatistics to postgraduate and undergraduate students in the Health Sciences. Her research has a strong translational focus, in line with her ethos to increase the capacity of healht professionals in the prehospital/emergency sector to conduct, engage with and interpret high quality research to improve clinical practice, ultimately improving health and wellbeing of the community.

She has 100+ peer-reviewed publications (+several in press), which have attracted numerous citations (GoogleScholar: 29796); 9 monographs; 1 Encyclopaedia entry; and 90+ conference presentations (3 awards). Her H-index is 24. Her research has a strong translational focus, in line with her ethos to increase the evidence-base with high-quality research to improve health. She is a leading Investigator on several grants via competitively-funded schemes, & regularly engages in consultations.

Professor Watt was President of the Australian Injury Prevention Network (AIPN) for 4 years, and remains on the Executive. She was Co-Editor for the journal of the Australasian Epidemiology Association for 2 years. She has been a Board Member of Kidsafe QLD since 2016, and served on the Townsville Hospital and Health Services HREC for 3 years. She is a regular reviewer for NHMRC and EMF grants.

Past PhD Students

As well as current PhD students (see "Supervision" tab for more details), Kerrianne has supervised students from other universities. These include:

• The Epidemiology and Characteristics of Low Speed Vehicle Run Over Incidents in Queensland Children aged 0-15 years, Between 1999-2009 (Secondary Advisor; UQ)
• The Psycho-social Impact of fatal Child Drowning in Queensland and the Availability and Use of Support (Secondary Advisor, UQ)
• Drowning In Queensland Children and Adolescents 0-19yrs 2002-2008: Incidence, Risk Factors and Interventions (Secondary Advisor, UQ)
• Environmentally-related health impacts of coal seam gas development: An impact assessment approach in Queensland, Australia (Secondary Advisor, UQ)
• Feedback and self-rated driving abilities among older adults: the impact of advanced driver assistance systems (Secondary Advisor, QUT). Recommended for Outstanding Thesis Award.
• Preventing paediatric hot beverage scalds (Secondary Advisor. UQ).