College of Medicine & Dentistry

David Plummer

Adjunct Professor
david.plummer@jcu.edu.au

Catherine Seaton

Senior Research Officer
catherine.seaton@jcu.edu.au

Anupama Bangara Kulur

Lecturer, Physiology/Pathophysiology
anupama.bangrakulur@jcu.edu.au

Patricia Graves

Adjunct Professorial Research Fellow
patricia.graves@jcu.edu.au

Yvonne Hornby-Turner

Adjunct Research Fellow
yvonne.hornbyturner@jcu.edu.au

Geoffrey Dobson

Professor
geoffrey.dobson@jcu.edu.au

Robi Islam

Senior Lecturer, Pharmacy
robi.islam@jcu.edu.au

Anna Vnuk

Academic Coordinator, Cairns
anna.vnuk@jcu.edu.au

Natalie Drever

Senior Lecturer - Obstetrics and Gynaecology
natalie.drever@jcu.edu.au

Anna Kokavec

Senior Lecturer, Medical Education, Student Support and Professional Practice
anna.kokavec@jcu.edu.au

Treatment as Prevention in Correctional Facilities in Southern Africa (TasP Prisons) (Old ID 22496)

Steph Topp

01 Aug 2015 - 31 Dec 2017

Limited data from Southern Africa suggest that concentration of HIV-infected individuals and high-ri...

Exploring the Long-Term Effects of Probiotic Supplementation in Premature Infants (Old ID 27031)

Donna Rudd

16 Oct 2020 - 22 Jul 2025

Probiotic supplementation is now standard care for pre-term infants in the neonatal intensive care u...

Review of Tokelau's Clinical Health Services and Patient Referrals Sceme (Old ID 26397)

Michelle Redman-MacLaren

05 Dec 2018 - 30 Jun 2020

The Tokelau Government has asked for an independent review of the Tokelau Patient Referrals Scheme (...

Generation of novel peptide-MHC antibody therapies to combat seasonal and pandemic potential influenza virus (Old ID 28968)

Hillary Vanderven

27 Mar 2023 - 31 Dec 2027

Influenza pandemics have caused significant morbidity and mortality throughout history. The 1918 inf...

Exploring the educational and program impact of strategies to increase high quality GP registrar supervision and training in underserved communities in north-western Queensland (Old ID 25073)

Richard Murray

01 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2019

This project builds on the previously funded ACRRM ERG - to develop a general practice workforce tha...

Governance and accountability: the experience of Aboriginal Health Workers (Old ID 25066)

Steph Topp

01 Jul 2018 - 31 Dec 2018

This program will form a foundational component of Dr. Topp’s long term vision to develop a JCU-base...

Classifying the Type and Severtiy of Traumatic Injury in North Queensland: A Multicentre Retrospective Study (Old ID 26830)

Hayley Letson

01 Oct 2020 - 01 Mar 2023

Queenslanders living in regional, rural and remote areas having a higher incidence of traumatic inju...

Clinical and economic evaluation of novel blood tests for stroke (Old ID 23159)

Joseph Moxon

01 Aug 2017 - 01 Sep 2021

This clinical study aims to test the ability for 2 novel blood borne markers to 1) diagnose stroke a...

Tilapia Biocontrol Project. (Old ID 27044)

Ellen Ariel

01 Jul 2020 - 31 Oct 2022

Determine the susceptibility of two tilapia species present in Australian waterways (O. mossambicus ...

Working it Out Together! Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led co-design for a strong and deadly health workforce (Old ID 27074)

Sarah Larkins

01 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2026

Building a stable, well-trained and culturally safe health workforce is a crucial part of delivering...

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

2004
Company of Biologists
Researchers:Suzy Munns

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

2005
Company of Biologists
Researchers:Suzy Munns

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

2002
James Cook University
Researchers:Nichole Harvey

Association of osteoprotegerin with human abdominal aortic aneurysm progression

2005
American Heart Association
Researchers:Jonathan Golledge

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

2003
Elsevier
Researchers:David Miller

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?

2001
Oxford University Press
Researchers:David Miller

A simple plan: cnidarians and the origins of developmental mechanisms

2004
Nature Publishing
Researchers:David Miller

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

2001
Royal Society Publishing
Researchers:David Miller

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

2005
Elsevier
Researchers:David Miller

Title: What actually happens to my skin when I have a really, really hot shower or bath?, The Conversation

Reseracher: Amanda Meyer (Senior Lecturer, Anatomy and Pathology)

Start Date: 16 Jun 2025

Title: Research Committee, National Health and Medical Research Council

Reseracher: Sarah Larkins (Dean, Medicine and Dentistry)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2022

End Date: 01 Jan 2024

Title: Director, Research Development, James Cook University

Reseracher: Sarah Larkins (Dean, Medicine and Dentistry)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2020

End Date: 01 Jan 2022

Title: General Practitioner, Gidgee Healing

Reseracher: Sarah Larkins (Dean, Medicine and Dentistry)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2019

End Date: 01 Jan 2021

Title: Editorial board member, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology