College of Healthcare Sciences

Lisa Shaw

Lisa Shaw

Stephen Yu

Stephen Yu

Karen Smith

Karen Smith

Chae Rose

Chae Rose

Helen Petsky

Helen Petsky

Lucy Bird

Lucy Bird

Matthew Yau

Matthew Yau

Alyssia Merrick

Alyssia Merrick

Louise Myles

Louise Myles

Sandra Dash

Sandra Dash

Mindful Ageing: A Control-Enhancement Mindfulness Pilot Intervention for Regional Australian Older Adults
Marc Chao - Psychology
Examines whether mindfulness-supported control enhancement can strengthen wellbeing and adaptive functioning among regional Australian older adults, with relevance to regional access, culturally responsive delivery and scalable prevention.
The Mindful Warriors Program: An Evaluation of the Long-Term Benefits of Community Mindfulness Practice through Participant Perspectives, Experiences and Meanings
Marc Chao - Psychology
Extends the community Mindful Warriors program through research on sustained wellbeing, relationships, participation and accessibility among veterans, family members and community participants.
Mindful Warriors Full-Day Retreat (2025)
Marc Chao - Psychology
Community mindfulness retreat funded through Queensland Mental Health Week. The 2024 and 2025 retreats reached 70 participants across two survey reports and contributed to high satisfaction and recommendation outcomes.
Mindful Warriors Full-Day Retreat (2024)
Marc Chao - Psychology
Community mindfulness retreat funded through Queensland Mental Health Week, supporting accessible mental-health and wellbeing activity for veterans, family members and community participants.
Predicting Mental Health Risk in Young Adults
Marc Chao - Psychology
Three-year multidisciplinary project using neurobiological, cognitive, biological and socio-environmental data to identify trajectories of risk and resilience and develop low-cost, clinically feasible screening and risk-stratification approaches for regional settings. Marc contributes psychological and cognitive assessment expertise as a co-investigator.
Strengthening Sense of Control in Later Life: A Mindfulness-Supported Control-Enhancement Pilot Study in Australia and China
Marc Chao - Psychology
Australia–China pilot examining whether mindfulness-supported control enhancement can strengthen wellbeing and adaptive functioning among older adults. The original award is US$20,000; the A$314,438 portfolio total uses the workbook conversion of A$29,000.
MBCSR: Co-Designing a Mindfulness-Based Climate Stress Reduction Group Intervention to Improve Climate-Related Mental Health
Marc Chao - Psychology
Co-designs a mindfulness-based climate stress reduction group intervention to improve climate-related mental health and generate accessible, culturally responsive intervention evidence.
Eliminating suicide among elite youth Rugby League athletes in North Queensland (Old ID 24730)
Zoltan Sarnyai - Psychology
01 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2020
The overall aim of this project is to provide both "hands-on-deliverables" and "research based" information to understand risk and resilience factors and to aid the development of effective interventions to eliminate suicide among elite youth rugby league players. We will achieve this by creating an explanatory model - that can be easily understood and used by the young person, parents, educators, sporting and health professionals - of risk and protection of youth suicide in this population.
Mental Health Among Medical Professionals in Foshan City, China (Old ID 22511)
Wendy Li - Psychology
20 Jan 2016 - 31 Jan 2017
This project aims to investigate mental health among medical professionals in Foshan City, China. The mental health of physicians is now recognised as a serious issue in China after a number of high profile incidences in which doctors have been attacked by patients. Of course, being a high stress occupation, mental health issues caused by professional stress and burnout have always been present among medical professionals. This study seeks to use a mix-methods approach to explore such issues.
Serving the underserved in the tropics: Making a difference with positive psychology (Old ID 25136)
Wendy Li - Psychology
28 Jun 2019 - 29 Jun 2019
As the first AASP (mini) conference focusing on serving the underserved in the tropics, the proposed mini conference aims to address this gap to promote making a difference in tropical Asia with positive psychology. The themes of the mini conference include: * mental health and psychological wellbeing in the tropics; * projudice, discimination and structural inequality; * individual and community resilience.
Title: Deakin University Honorary Research Fellow
Reseracher: Sam Teague (Senior Lecturer, Psychology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2023
End Date: 01 Jan 2024
Title: Stress and Health Editorial Board, Section Editor
Reseracher: Sam Teague (Senior Lecturer, Psychology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2022
End Date: 01 Jan 2026
Title: PhD; BPsySc (Hons 1), The University of Queensland
Reseracher: Clint Knight (Lecturer, Psychology)
Title: Advanced Diploma in Marketing Techniques, Dublin Institute of Technology
Reseracher: Michael Crowe (Adjunct Senior Lecturer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1989
End Date: 01 Jan 1993
Title: BSc (Management), Trinity College Dublin
Reseracher: Michael Crowe (Adjunct Senior Lecturer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1989
End Date: 01 Jan 1993
Title: Master of Information Technology, National University of Ireland, Galway
Reseracher: Michael Crowe (Adjunct Senior Lecturer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1994
End Date: 01 Jan 1996
Title: PhD, James Cook University
Reseracher: Michael Crowe (Adjunct Senior Lecturer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2008
End Date: 01 Jan 2011
Title: Australian College of Nursing
Reseracher: Jenny Kelly (Associate Professor, Nursing and Midwifery)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2011
Title: Master of Biostatistics, Macquarie University
Reseracher: Michael Crowe (Adjunct Senior Lecturer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2014
End Date: 01 Jan 2019
Title: Associate Professor, James Cook University
Reseracher: Wendy Li (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2019