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 tools to screen for common mental health disorders in older adults aged 45 and over living in the Torres Strait. (Old ID 27232)
Sarah Russell
10 May 2021 - 30 Oct 2022
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.
Building Capacity for Periodontal Disease Management in the Kingdom of Tonga (Old ID 27558)
Mohammed Shorab
01 Apr 2022 - 31 Dec 2026
Periodontitis is an inflammation of the bone supporting teeth. It destroys the jawbone and is prevalent globally. Left untreated, it will lead to tooth loss and internal toxicity. It affects heart disease and diabetes. There is a lack of clinical capacity in Tonga to treat this. Local Dentists will be trained to assess, treat, and monitor this disease. The community will be screened, patients with the disease identified and then treated. Patients will be monitored by their dentists. The study findings will be shared with the local dental health administration and published in relevant journals for the global community.
'Let's get active at Dialysis', an Exercise Physiology led activity program at North Ward Haemodialysis centre (Old ID 23471)
Lisa Simmons
31 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2019
This study will aim to answer the research question: Is exercise performed during dialysis sufficient to improve clinical outcomes of haemodialysis patients? The aim of the study is to measure the effect of progressive resistance training during dialysis on HD patients.
Discovering the Faecal Microbiome Associated with Pre-Term Birth (Old ID 25095)
Donna Rudd
24 Aug 2017 - 30 Jun 2019
Development of the pre-term gut microbiome is important for immediate and longer term health outcomes. Much of what is known about the infant and neonatal microbiome has been derived from healthy full term infants. Collecting and understanding the microbiome of the TTH NICU cohort would provide a unique insight into the microbial development and in pre-term babies admitted to the NICU. This information will provide further evidence for interventions currently undertaken in the NICU such as administration of probiotics to infants <32 weeks. This project supports evidence-based multidisciplinary research in a novel way to assess the neonatal microbiome development.
Rhetoric to Reality: how the governance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers impacts chronic disease prevention and care in Northern Australia (Old ID 26266)
Steph Topp
01 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019
This project will explore the governance arrangements that shape the work practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers (A&TSIHW) in two government services in far North Queensland and the Northern Territory respectively. As the first systematic work relating to A&TSIHW governance the project aims to characterize both the formal and informal rules and norms that influence A&TSIHW roles, and develop new insights into the influence of different geographic, social and administrative structures on A&TSIHW performance. The outcomes are expected to support efforts to strengthen Indigenous health workforce planning across Northern Australia.
Low does of oral corticosteroids in the treatment of painful acute otitis externa (swimmer's ear) - A randomized controlled triple blind trial (Old ID 22836)
Ronny Gunnarsson
01 Jul 2016 - 30 Aug 2016
Otitis Externa is a frequent problem in the tropics. Pain and swelling often makes topical treatment difficult. A few practitioners use oral corticosteroids as an adjuvant therapy despite lack of evidence. This study aims to evaluate the effect of oral corticosteroids on painful otitis externa.
HART Yarning Circle Training (Old ID 27254)
Sarah Russell
01 May 2021 - 30 Jul 2021
The aim of this grant is to provide travel assistance to members of the Healthy Ageing Research Team living in the Torres Strait attend yarning circle training in Cairns provided by Professor Yvonne Cadet-James
Evaluation framework for community rehabilitation services in remote northern Australia. (Old ID 26761)
Alice Cairns
13 Feb 2020 - 30 Jun 2022
An evaluation framework for community rehabilitation services in northern Australia will be developed. In Stage 1, a guiding framework will be devised following a systematic literature review. In Stage 2, routinely collected data relevant to the framework will be identified through data scoping. In Stage 3 the framework will be refined using a modified Delphi consensus approach and in Stage 4, tested for data accuracy and to determine rules for application. Processes and outcomes responsive to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities will be prioritised. This evaluation framework will enable continuous quality improvement, benchmarking against national standards and evidence-informed investment.
Bringing Modern Genomics to the Management of Lung Cancer in Queensland (Old ID 23121)
Alan Baxter
02 Jan 2018 - 01 Jul 2019
Our project will overcome many of the issues slowing the implementation of cancer genomics and personalised medicine in the state, including (and where relevant, in partnership with the QGHA capability projects): • We will develop models of care covering all aspects from consent, sample collection and handling, genomic profiling, data analysis and reporting of both somatic and heritable variants, to enable clinical uptake. • We will develop education programs for health care workers and patients. • We will establish protocols for cancer genomics in Indigenous populations in consensus with Indigenous communities. • We will perform a comprehensive analysis of the performance of all aspects of the upgraded model of care and compare it with the current standard of care to identify areas for improvement, and to establish the case for its broader implementation. A system of performance analysis and systems improvement will be built into the care pathways developed, to ensure continuous service improvement beyond the life of this project.
Effect of angiopoietin 1 in a mouse model of ischemic stroke (Old ID 22799)
Alex Trollope
09 May 2016 - 07 Nov 2016
Stroke is the second biggest cause of mortality in Australia and has a huge socio-economic burden to the health care system. Our research aims to look at how cerebral ischemic stroke outcome can be improved. We aim to establish an animal model for cerebral ischemic stroke, explore the mechanism behind the reduction of a key protein after stroke and assess the effect this protein has in improving patient outcome. This research will provide a reproducible stoke model, establish whether our protein of interest can improve stroke outcome and help explain the mechanism behind the regulation of this protein.

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: Internal Affairs: Tendons, ABC Radio Darwin and NT
Reseracher: Amanda Meyer (Senior Lecturer, Anatomy and Pathology)
Start Date: 14 Jul 2026
Title: AEC Member, James Cook University
Reseracher: Margaret Jordan (Senior Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2015
End Date: 01 Jan 2019
Title: Overall Discipline Winner, Award for Research Excellence, Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Reseracher: Steph Topp (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2020
Title: Deans Awards for Teaching Excellence, and Subject Excellence, for Global Health and Development, College of Public Health Medical and Vet Sciences, James Cook University
Reseracher: Steph Topp (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2020
Title: QLD Young Tall Poppy Award
Reseracher: Steph Topp (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2019
Title: Overall College Winner, Early Career Researcher Excellence, College of Public Health Medical and Vet Sciences, James Cook University
Reseracher: Steph Topp (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2019
Title: (Primary Investigator) JCU Rising Star Award - $15,000
Reseracher: Steph Topp (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2018
Title: (Co-Investigator) Learning & Teaching Grant - $9814 - Embedding Career Development in Post Graduate Public Health
Reseracher: Steph Topp (Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2018
Title: AAAPC Distinguished paper chosen for international presentation at NAPCRG
Reseracher: Clare Heal (Professor, General Practice and Rural Medicine)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2015
Title: Best paper and audience choice awards RACGP Queensland annual meeting
Reseracher: Clare Heal (Professor, General Practice and Rural Medicine)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2014