College of Medicine & Dentistry

Semagn Abate

Semagn Abate

Joseph Kamara

Joseph Kamara

Eric Kalo

Eric Kalo

Erin Waters

Erin Waters

Kannan Maharajan

Kannan Maharajan

Fahmida Begum Mina

Fahmida Begum Mina

Lynsey Brown

Lynsey Brown

Ali Isin

Ali Isin

Muideen Olaiya

Muideen Olaiya

Mila Grinblat

Mila Grinblat

Developing culturally appropriate mental health assessment tools for older adults living in the Torres Strait (Old ID 27220)
Rachel Quigley
01 Jul 2021 - 31 Aug 2026
The aim of the study is to develop culturally appropriate mental health assessment tools for older adults (e.g. aged 45 and over) living in the Torres Strait. Data from yarning circles with Torres Strait community members and health care staff will be used to identify how mental health disorders are expressed in the Torres Strait. A Delphi process will then be used to identify appropriate tools for assessing these domains of mental ill health for use in older adults in the Torres Strait. These tools will then be piloted to determine acceptability and validated for use in the Torres Strait.
Appropriate Prescribing in a First Nations Rural Aged Care Unit: Exploring the perspectives of the patient, substitute decision maker and health care professional.
Karen Carlisle
19 Feb 2024 - 06 Feb 2026
This project will explore appropriate prescribing for residents of a First Nations Aged Care Unit. The aim of this mixed methods study is to review the resident’s prescribed medications and identify appropriate as well as potentially suboptimal prescribing. Additionally, the research aims to explore the resident’s attitude, beliefs and perceptions of medication use as well as explore the substitute decision maker’s and health care professional’s (doctor, nurse, pharmacist) perceptions of appropriate prescribing for these residents.
ALM Drug Therapy to reduce inflammation and scar formation after ACL reconstruction surgery: Targeting earlier return to active duty. (Old ID 26666)
Hayley Letson
30 Sep 2020 - 29 Sep 2024
Two complications of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery are cartilage degeneration and scarring within the joint, which can prolong healing, promote pain and restrict knee movement. Our project will evaluate a new therapy known as ALM solution that can be administrered during ACL reconstruction surgery to dampen inflammation, protect cartilage and promote tissue healing within the joint. Our study has the potential to expedite a patient's return to an active duty with fewer complications.
ALM Drug Therapy to reduce inflammation and scar formation after ACL reconstruction surgery: Targeting earlier return to active duty. (Old ID 26666)
Jodie Morris
30 Sep 2020 - 29 Sep 2024
Two complications of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery are cartilage degeneration and scarring within the joint, which can prolong healing, promote pain and restrict knee movement. Our project will evaluate a new therapy known as ALM solution that can be administrered during ACL reconstruction surgery to dampen inflammation, protect cartilage and promote tissue healing within the joint. Our study has the potential to expedite a patient's return to an active duty with fewer complications.
Community led development, climate resilience and conservation in East Malaita - Phase 2 (Old ID 27912)
Michelle Redman-MacLaren
14 Dec 2022 - 30 Dec 2023
Baru Conservation Alliance (BCA) was established a registered Non-Government Organisation in 2019 by leaders from East Kwaio, Malaita, Solomon Islands to coordinate ecological and cultural conservation in their tribal lands. This includes the holistic health and wellbeing of plants, animals and people living in prescribed conservation areas. This project, funded by the Australian High Commission in Solomon Islands allows JCU and the Australian Museum to build sustainable scientific and management capacities with the fledgling organisation. The project will support a series of local JCU supported projects within conservation areas that include TB, water and sanitation, reproductive health, community education and reforestation.
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance facility for Northern Australia (Old ID 21541)
Patrick Schaeffer
26 Feb 2015 - 25 Feb 2016
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is a fundamentally and critically important technique in the characterisation of organic, inorganic and biological compounds. The purchase of a state-of-the-art instrument at James Cook University and a lower resolution instrument at Charles Darwin University are required to support productive existing research projects, and nurture future projects, in organometallic chemistry and the development of new materials and analytical sensors; organic photochemistry as applied in synthesis and degradation; natural products, pharmaceutical, inorganic chemistry, where multinuclear nuclear magnetic resonance is most important and applicable in drug design, development and delivery.
Rural Generalists Perspectives on the Utility of Advanced Specialist Training (Old ID 27921)
Emma Anderson
13 Feb 2023 - 20 Feb 2024
This study seeks to assess the utility of the advanced skills training program among current GP registrars and rural generalists who have undergone the training. We intend to take a broader view of ‘utility’, seeking the perspectives of both Fellows with advanced skills and their employers and other community representatives. The outcome has the potential to inform the program implementors on the way to structure both advanced skills training and support for service provision and continuing professional development, whilst enhancing healthcare delivery in rural settings and improving patient health outcomes.
Retention of JCU basic medical sciences influence on entry knowledge testing and need for early educational intervention of post graduate GP registrars (Old ID 27920)
Emma Anderson
13 Feb 2023 - 20 Feb 2024
This project proposes the use of a basic science exam that serves as a diagnostic tool to aid early identification and remediation of gaps in the learning of new GP registrars. Given that assessment drives learning, the inclusion of a formative basic science retention exam in the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) assessment schedule for new GP registrars can be used to strengthen learning of the basic sciences and their application to clinical practice. Additionally, the study will aid the identification of contextual and cultural differences in terms of knowledge gaps and facilitate the development of tailored interventions to improve registrars’ integration of basic sciences into clinical practice.
The effect of Isotretinoin on mood in patients with severe acne - a feasibility study and dermatologists perception (Old ID 22245)
Ronny Gunnarsson
01 Mar 2015 - 30 Jun 2016
Part A - Triple blind RCT using Isotretinoin/Doxycyline for 2 weeks in patients with severe acne. Mood will be assessed at the start and en of two weeks using K10, CES-D, CLQI, WHO-QOL BREF. Outcome measures include percentage that agree to reandomisation, complaince/follow up and questionnaire sensitivity. Part B - Questionnaire conducted at Australasian Dermatology Conference in Adelaide in May this year regarding dermatologists perceptions on the effect of Isotretinoin on mood.
Growing a female rural generalist workforce. (Old ID 27421)
Emma Anderson
01 Nov 2021 - 20 Feb 2023
This project will address ACRRM’s commitment to growing a future generalists’ workforce, that must remain inclusive of the increasing proportion of medical graduates who are female. It will do this by identifying barriers and enablers to train and retain rural generalist women for access to high quality healthcare distributed communities. There are a range of building blocks which constitute training and employment conditions; being part of structured training like the QRGP or not, working in a fully salaried position or not and all the levels of nuance that build positive training and workplace culture for women. This project will build on existing research partnerships with JCU GP training, James Cook University and the University of Queensland drawing on existing experience and relationships formed which will in turn build research capacity and keep existing momentum.

Elevated intra-abdominal pressure limits venous return during exercise in Varanus exanthematicus

Terrestrial locomotion does not constrain venous return in the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis

Regenerating lizard tails: A new model for investigating lymphangiogenesis

  • 2003
  • Researchers:Suzy Munns

Exploring the development of an appropriate women's health service for Mt Isa City: report to the Queensland Nursing Council Research Committee

Association of osteoprotegerin with human abdominal aortic aneurysm progression

EST analysis of the cnidarian Acropora millepora reveals extensive gene loss and rapid sequence divergence in the model invertebrates

The evolutionary history of the coral genus Acropora (Scleractinia, Cnidaria) based on a mitochondrial and a nuclear marker: reticulation, incomplete lineage sorting, or morphological convergence?

A simple plan: cnidarians and the origins of developmental mechanisms

Patterns of coral-dinoflagellate associations in Acropora: significance of local availability and physiology of Symbiodinium strains and host-symbiont selectivity

Maintenance of ancestral complexity and non-metazoan genes in two basal cnidarians

Title: Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical Laboratory Science), University of Tasmania
Reseracher: Richard Bradbury (Associate Professor, Tropical Public Health and Medicine)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1995
End Date: 01 Jan 1997
Title: Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
Reseracher: Dena Francis (Lecturer, Molecular Genetics)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2009
End Date: 01 Jan 2015
Title: Postgraduate Thesis Examiner
Reseracher: Subir Sarker (Associate Professor, Microbiology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2020
Title: Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports (Nature)
Reseracher: Subir Sarker (Associate Professor, Microbiology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
End Date: 01 Jan 2026
Title: B. App. Sc. Environmental Health, QUT
Reseracher: Dave Sellars (Senior Lecturer - Environmental Health)
End Date: 01 Jan 1993
Title: GCertMgt(QldHealth), QUT
Reseracher: Dave Sellars (Senior Lecturer - Environmental Health)
End Date: 01 Jan 2006
Title: Mater Private Hospital Townsville -Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, Contribution to the development and implementation of cardiac rehabilitation services with Mater Private Hospital, Townsville. The program has received external recognition, including finalist status in the Mater Clinical Excellence Awards and the Raising Regions Innovation of the Year Awards, demonstrating impact on clinical practice and healthcare service delivery. https://www.mater.org.au/about-us/news/mater-news/2023/february/mater-s-virtual-rehabilitation-goes-global https://cardihab.com/news/materadvancequeenslandgrantfunding/ https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/cardiac-care-comes-home-in-first-for-regional-queensland/
Reseracher: Lisa Simmons (Senior Lecturer, Health Professional Education)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
Title: Mater Private Hospital Townsville - Phase 2 Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, Established and developed a partnership with Mater Private Hospital Townsville Cardiac Rehabilitation Services to support the development of their Phase II Cardiac Rehabilitation Program as a student-led healthcare service. This work created authentic clinical learning opportunities for Exercise Physiology students, increased exposure to an area of practice otherwise limited in the curriculum, and supported industry partners in delivering high-quality cardiac rehabilitation care to the community. The collaboration contributed to the Mater Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation Program receiving the Mercy Quality Improvement Award in 2019 and being recognised as a finalist in the 2018 Exercise & Sports Science Australia Industry Awards.
Reseracher: Lisa Simmons (Senior Lecturer, Health Professional Education)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2016
End Date: 01 Jan 2023
Title: Townsville Hospital and Health Service — Community Mental Health Services, Established clinical placement arrangements with Townsville Hospital Community Mental Health Services, including role-emerging placements in secure and youth mental health settings. This engagement expanded student exposure to mental health practice, supported the development of exercise physiology roles in multidisciplinary mental health teams, and contributed to broader recognition of exercise as part of mental health care.
Reseracher: Lisa Simmons (Senior Lecturer, Health Professional Education)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2016
End Date: 01 Jan 2023
Title: Townsville Hospital and Health Service — Renal Dialysis / “Let’s Get Active at Dialysis”, Collaborated with Townsville Hospital and Health Service on “Let’s Get Active at Dialysis”, a student-led exercise physiology physical activity program at the North Ward Haemodialysis Centre. The project aimed to evaluate progressive resistance training during dialysis and its effect on haemodialysis efficiency, body composition, physical function, nutritional intake and quality of life.
Reseracher: Lisa Simmons (Senior Lecturer, Health Professional Education)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2017
End Date: 01 Jan 2019