College of Healthcare Sciences

Brock Cook

Lecturer, Occupational Therapy
brock.cook1@jcu.edu.au

Kim Usher

Adjunct Professor
kim.usher@jcu.edu.au

Marie Caltabiano

Adjunct Professor
marie.caltabiano@jcu.edu.au

Kerry McBain

Associate Professor
kerry.mcbain@jcu.edu.au

Melanie Birks

JCU Professor
melanie.birks@jcu.edu.au

Klaire Somoray

Senior Lecturer, Psychology
klaire.somoray@jcu.edu.au

Karen Yates

Adjunct Senior Lecturer
karen.yates@jcu.edu.au

Natalie Conley

Lecturer
natalie.conley@jcu.edu.au

Jessica Oliva

Senior Lecturer, Psychology
jessica.oliva@jcu.edu.au

Susan Melchert

Senior Research Officer, Occupational Therapy
susan.melchert@jcu.edu.au

Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the short form Episodic Disability Questionnaire (EDQ) among women living with HIV in the United Kingdom: A self-reported repeated measure study

Carol Flavell

01 Sep 2023 - 01 Dec 2024

This study is funded by a British HIV Association research grant and it will assess the measurement ...

Effect of pre-operative education on patients' pain and anxiety following joint replacement: A feasibility study (POEt)

Rachel Walker

01 Jan 2012 - 01 Jan 2013

grant

Partnering with clinicians to improve reporting of clinical deterioration in patients: a knowledge translation pilot study

Rachel Walker

01 Jan 2015 - 01 Jan 2016

grant

Queensland Nursing Council Post-graduate Scholarship

Rachel Walker

01 Jan 2010 - 01 Jan 2011

award

Partnering with clinicians to improve reporting of clinical deterioration in patients: a knowledge translation pilot study

Rachel Walker

01 Jan 2015 - 01 Jan 2016

grant

Using network meta-analysis to identify the most effective dressing type for treating pressure ulcers

Rachel Walker

01 Jan 2016 - 01 Jan 2017

grant

Identifying acute wound care priorities to inform research and an evidence-based practice agenda across two hospitals

Rachel Walker

01 Jan 2017 - 01 Jan 2019

grant

Integrated versus nOn-integrated Peripheral intravenous catheter: which Is the most clinical and cost effective system for peripheral intravenous catheter Management? (The OPTIMUM randomised controlled trial)

Rachel Walker

01 Jan 2016 - 01 Jan 2019

grant

Partnering with clinicians to improve timely intervention of clinical deterioration in patients.

Rachel Walker

01 Jan 2014

grant

Prophylactic dressing to minimise sacral pressure injuries in high risk hospitalised patients: A pilot study

Rachel Walker

01 Jan 2013 - 01 Jan 2014

grant

One nurse's experience with the effects of assumptions and judgements on practice.

2005
Researchers:Pauline Calleja

Inca trail porters : the health of local tourism employees as a challenge for travel medicine

2003
Wiley-Blackwell
Researchers:Irmgard Bauer

Knowledge and behaviour of tourists to Manu National Park, Peru, in relation to leishmaniasis

2002
Decker Periodicals
Researchers:Irmgard Bauer

Health advice in Australian travel brochures

2002
Decker Periodicals
Researchers:Irmgard Bauer

Geographic information systems and travel health

2002
Decker Periodicals
Researchers:Irmgard Bauer

Heart rate variability and endogenous sex hormones during the menstrual cycle in young women

2003
Cambridge University Press
Researchers:Anthony Leicht

Influence of age and moderate-intensity exercise training on heart rate variability in young and mature adults

2003
Human Kinetics
Researchers:Anthony LeichtAndrew Hoey

Influence of intensive cycling training on heart rate variability during rest and exercise

2003
NRC Reserch Press
Researchers:Anthony LeichtAndrew Hoey

Cardiovascular stress on an elite basketball referee during national competition

2004
BMJ Group
Researchers:Anthony Leicht

Health psychology: biopsychosocial interactions. An Australian perspective

2002
John Wiley & Sons
Researchers:Marie Caltabiano

Title: ‘Men are not expected to be interested in babies’: how society lets new fathers – and their families – down, The Guardian

Reseracher: Sam Teague (Senior Research Fellow)

Start Date: 01 Jun 2025

Title: Children of parents with psychiatric diagnoses – health, development and well-being in the first year of life. A study of children born in 2002-2022 in Region Hovedstaden, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark

Reseracher: Sam Teague (Senior Research Fellow)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2025

Title: Townsville University Hospital Research Committee

Reseracher: Rachel Walker (Professor of Nursing & Midwifery)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2024

Title: The consequences of the corona pandemic for the health and well-being of the population: part 3. A systematic literature review, Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu

Reseracher: Sam Teague (Senior Research Fellow)

Start Date: 16 Feb 2024

Title: Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Research Trust Advisory Committee

Reseracher: Rachel Walker (Professor of Nursing & Midwifery)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2024

Title: Simulation Australasia- Australian Society for Simulation in Healthcare (ASSH)

Reseracher: Anne Jones (Head, Physiotherapy)

Title: Australian Collaborative Education Network (ACEN)

Reseracher: Anne Jones (Head, Physiotherapy)

Title: SARRAH

Reseracher: Anne Jones (Head, Physiotherapy)

Title: Society of Mental Health Research

Reseracher: Wendy Li (Associate Professor)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2021

Title: The Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP)

Reseracher: Wendy Li (Associate Professor)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2021