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

Dissecting cadavers at the molecular level
Alex Trollope
01 Aug 2021 - 01 Aug 2022
The aims of the project are 1) to assess whether DNA can be extracted from cadaveric tissues after they have been embalmed. 2) Determine which of 2 recommend methods are more effective at extraction DNA. 3) Test a number of different tissues in the cadavers to determine which tissues can be utilised in the future.
Building capacity for periodontal disease management in the Kingdom of Tonga
Lars Henning
01 Sep 2024 - 08 Mar 2028
This is Shorab Mohammed' PhD project. It started in April 2018. We got previously funding from the same donor. Shorab sits in PTHM and not in dentistry. PHTM is proposed to move to CMD under the current change proposal. At the moment, the PI is a PHTM PhD student. Shorab logged as JCU staff.
PRIDE: Promoting queer-inclusive professional identities for diversity in primary healthcare
Richard Violette
01 Mar 2024 - 28 Feb 2027
[MRFF/2023 Models of Care for Sexuality & Gender Diverse People & People with Innate Variations of Sex Characteristics] The PRIDE co-design project aims to transform primary healthcare for LGBTQIA+ individuals by co-designing and implementing an affirming model of care. This model can be scaled up across services to reduce the geographical inequities contributing to intersectional disadvantage. The goal is to improve the consistency and quality of primary care for LGBTQIA+ individuals. We will: 1. Examine affirming care environments and workforce norms via social identity theory to identify change factors to promote secure, inclusive workplaces and affirming care settings. 2. Collaboratively develop, implement, and evaluate a thorough model for LGBTQIA+ inclusive primary healthcare. This model will be designed considering intersecting identities and lived experiences, using an established consumer co-designed LGBTQIA+ affirming care upskilling package. 3. Establish a reliable and interconnected network of primary care providers across various professions, ensuring access to consistent, trustworthy, safe and affirming healthcare for LGBTQIA+ individuals throughout the primary care landscape. To accomplish this goal, we will form purposeful partnerships with LGBTQIA+ individuals, healthcare experts, professional associations, and two prominent primary care institutions. The project offers significant enhancements in the health and overall wellness of LGBTQIA+ individuals, including those within the workforce. By specifically addressing the needs of the community, the project builds capacity of the mainstream primary care sector to provide safe and inclusive health services. The outcomes of this research will significantly advance knowledge on key barriers and facilitators of affirming primary care for members of LGBTQIA+ communities and improve access to safe and affirming primary health services for LGBTQIA+ individuals who are currently underserved, including those experiencing intersectional disadvantage.
Parasitic Disease Wastewater Surveillance to Inform Public Health Action in Remote Northern Queensland
Richard Bradbury
15 Nov 2024 - 30 Nov 2027
Intestinal parasites are chronic preventable infectious disease of poverty which disproportionately affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in northern Australia. Public Health Surveillance for these diseases is time consuming costly, difficult and intrusive, requiring faecal and blood testing of community members. This project will validate and pilot the use of wastewater testing for the surveillance of important intestinal parasites, including strongyloidiasis, whipworm, giardiasis, and amoebic dysentery infecting people in north Queensland. The use of wastewater sampling will augment the capacity for public health surveillance by facilitating time and cost-efficient parasitic disease surveillance simultaneously in multiple communities.
Investigating a potential viral aetiology for the development of multi-focal chondro-osseous proliferations in lovebirds
Subir Sarker
01 Aug 2024 - 01 Aug 2026
From the year June 2017 – 2024, 25 lovebirds (Agapornis roseicolli) presented for multi-focal, proliferative bony masses across two veterinary clinics in Australia and Europe (Melbourne Bird Veterinary Clinic, Victoria, Australia; and Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France, respectively).
Understanding the virome and microbiome of the Australia's most endangered psittacine parrots
Subir Sarker
03 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
This project focuses on understanding the virome and microbiome of Australia’s most endangered psittacine parrots to enhance conservation efforts. Using advanced next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies, we aim to characterize the viral and microbial communities within these birds, identifying known and novel pathogens and assessing their potential impacts on health and survival. The study will explore the interplay between host genetics, environmental factors, and microbial ecosystems, offering insights into disease dynamics. This foundational knowledge will inform targeted disease management strategies and conservation plans, helping safeguard these iconic species against extinction threats posed by infectious diseases and environmental changes.
Ending the neglect – setting the platform for strongyloidiasis elimination in Australia
Richard Bradbury
01 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2028
Strongyloidiasis is caused by parasitic nematodes (roundworms) of the genus Strongyloides and is considered to be one of the most neglected of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). There are two main Strongyloides species that cause human infection; S. stercoralis and S. fuelleborni. In Australia, S. stercoralis is the infecting species that disproportionately affects remote Indigenous communities, with the prevalence ranging from 10-60%. The lifecycle and transmission is complex with both a parasitic cycle and a free-living cycle. This is further complicated by autoinfection and the possibility of zoonotic transmission– recent genetic evidence suggests the possibility of a dog reservoir. These factors coupled with less than ideal diagnostics and treatment options (Ivermectin and Albendazole) where there is evidence of treatment failures, the spectre of emerging resistance and their inability to prevent reinfection, all have implications for control and elimination efforts. It is our central thesis that strongyloidiasis is a zoonotic neglected tropical disease of public health importance in Australia and that an integrated interdisciplinary “One Health” approach is required for its elimination.
Beyond the bump: Leveraging social media to build positive perinatal mental health in regional, rural and remote North Queensland women
Jessica Muller
13 Jan 2025 - 12 Jan 2027
This project aims to codesign, develop, and evaluate a preventative intervention to address mental health among perinatal women in regional, rural, and remote (RRR) areas. Co-designed with RRR perinatal parents and mental health professionals, the intervention will deliver a established psychotherapeutic techniques that are effective for preventing perinatal depression and anxiety (psychoeducation and behavior change on health literacy, interpersonal therapy) at-scale, tailored to the unique needs of the RRR maternity and mental health system. The evaluation will assess the feasibility, reach, engagement, and acceptability of the intervention, enabling a future larger-scale efficacy and implementation trial.
A study of Waldenström macroglobulinaemia in Queensland
Donna Rudd
31 Aug 2024 - 25 Oct 2028
Waldenström macroglobulinaemia (WM) is a rare type of Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (LPL) characterised by bone marrow and an IgM monoclonal gammopathy. To date, no review of this disease within an Australian population has ever been performed. This research seeks to report epidemiological information from 2001-2020. Records will be sourced from each State and Territory cancer registry and be released by the Australian Cancer Database (ACD). Data collection will be funded using the Australian Institute of Medical Scientists (AIMS) Research Seeding Grant, with an awarded value of $2,500. A quote supplied by the ACD dated 18/07/2024 estimates this cost to be $1,869.
Are Australians in midlife ready to implement Lifestyle Medicine to improve their health and wellbeing?
Sam Manger
01 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
The global population is ageing and with an ageing population comes an increase in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases. An opportune life stage to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases in older age is midlife. Addressing these health issues at this midlife stage can help with the transition into a healthier older age. Lifestyle Medicine (LM) can be used as a method of managing overall health and wellbeing as well as preventing chronic disease. Despite what is known about the increase in chronic diseases and the high potential of LM, LM is still not utilised enough in healthcare. This student led project aims to understand what Australians in midlife know about Lifestyle Medicine (LM) and examine attitudes towards using LM to improve health and wellbeing. This research will add to the knowledge of acceptance of LM in midlife, to inform future health interventions.

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 with Distinction), Queensland University of Technology
Reseracher: Catherine Rush (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1986
End Date: 01 Jan 1988
Title: Rising Stars Award, Principal Investigator ($15,000)
Reseracher: Alex Trollope (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2014
Title: Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours, First Class), Queensland University of Technology
Reseracher: Catherine Rush (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1989
End Date: 01 Jan 1989
Title: Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine (AITHM) development grant, Principal Investigator ($35,000)
Reseracher: Alex Trollope (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2014
Title: Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology
Reseracher: Catherine Rush (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1990
End Date: 01 Jan 1994
Title: Undergraduate Rep (PHTM Learning and Teaching Committe)
Reseracher: Abdul-Aziz Seidu (Lecturer, Public Health)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
Title: Doctor of Philosophy , James Cook University
Reseracher: Karen Johnston (Senior Lecturer)
Title: Associate Dean, Research Education, James Cook University
Reseracher: Michelle Redman-MacLaren (Associate Professor, Pacific Health)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2020
End Date: 01 Jan 2022
Title: ASI-BIG Medal for Best Poster Presentation
Reseracher: Margaret Jordan (Senior Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2007
Title: ASI International Travel Award
Reseracher: Margaret Jordan (Senior Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2006