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

Prophylactic dressing to minimise sacral pressure injuries in high risk hospitalised patients: A pilot study
Rachel Walker
01 Jan 2013 - 01 Jan 2014
grant
Social Psychology in Mental Health Studies: Showcase of Postgraduate Research in the Asia-Pacific Region
Ylona Chun Tie
23 Dec 2023 - 28 Jun 2024
AASP Small Group Meeting Grant
The identification and development of regional female rugby league players within an elite talent pathway. (Old ID 27917)
Kenji Doma
31 Jan 2023 - 31 Jul 2026
With the successful emergence of the National Rugby League Women’s (NRLW) elite competition comes a necessity to better understand and prepare young women for the physical requirements needed to achieve this highest level of competition. This project will provide support to a PhD Candidate to undertake research focussing on the pathways available for young girls to progress through the elite rugby league pathway: from local and state-based competitions through to the NRLW. With a focus on the talent development environment and practices, the Candidate will conduct research whilst embedded alongside professional coaches within an elite sporting pathway.
The identification and development of regional female rugby league players within an elite talent pathway. (Old ID 27917)
Jonathan Connor
31 Jan 2023 - 31 Jul 2026
With the successful emergence of the National Rugby League Women’s (NRLW) elite competition comes a necessity to better understand and prepare young women for the physical requirements needed to achieve this highest level of competition. This project will provide support to a PhD Candidate to undertake research focussing on the pathways available for young girls to progress through the elite rugby league pathway: from local and state-based competitions through to the NRLW. With a focus on the talent development environment and practices, the Candidate will conduct research whilst embedded alongside professional coaches within an elite sporting pathway.
Assessment of the Efficacy of a Brief Behaviour Intervention Designed to Improve Physical Activity in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease (Old ID 20814)
Anthony Leicht
01 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2019
The primary aim of the current study is to assess the efficacy of a Brief Behavioural Intervention (BBI) delivered by allied health workers in health facilities to improve physical activity in patients with PAD over 24 months. Secondary aims of this study are to examine the effect of the BBI on participants functional capacity, revascularisation rate, resource use, and to perform an economic evaluation of the BBI compared to usual care.
ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity
Connar McShane
01 Aug 2024 - 30 Aug 2029
The Biosecurity Training Centre aims to deliver a solution for Australia’s increasing biosecurity risk through generational change in its workforce coupled with breakthrough technologies. It will launch an innovative training program for future leaders who will build relationships with end users and engage meaningfully with communities for effective implementation strategies. The Centre will provide data-driven systems, behavioural change for adoption and authentic industry engagement. This suite of graduates and technologies will transform the biosecurity sector and protect Australia’s critical agricultural industries.
Active Transport in the Tropics - Establishing an Agenda (Old ID 22767)
Anthony Leicht
01 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2017
This project will progress the vision and work of the newly formed Active Transport in the Tropics Network - a multidisciplinary academic, technical and community stakeholder group that aims to make Townsville the safest, most active, eco-friendly transport city in Australia and the tropics by 2030. We are planning a scoping study to identify current evidence and gaps in knowledge around physical activity and active transport in Townsville. This project will also involve understanding the impact of the social determinants of health on active transport. Based on this review the Network will develop a participatory action research agenda to achieve the vision with downstream, mid-stream and upstream initiatives.
Combat apathy in traumatic brain injury patients (Old ID 27911)
Liza van Eijk
01 Feb 2023 - 31 Dec 2026
Clinicians often mention apathy as the cause for decreased treatment progression for Traumatic Brain Injury patients. TBI patients with apathy symptoms are less motivated to engage continuously in their therapy schedule. Constant monitoring of patient engagement can help clinicians better measure patient progress and personalise the treatment accordingly. However, current clinical measurements of apathy cannot provide clinicians with continuous feedback. This project offers a novel continuous comprehensive measure of apathy feedback to assist clinicians with assessing and improving patient recovery. This apathy measure will combine traditional clinical measures of apathy with neurophysiological data collected from a virtual reality exoskeleton device.
Combat apathy in traumatic brain injury patients (Old ID 27911)
Kenji Doma
01 Feb 2023 - 31 Dec 2026
Clinicians often mention apathy as the cause for decreased treatment progression for Traumatic Brain Injury patients. TBI patients with apathy symptoms are less motivated to engage continuously in their therapy schedule. Constant monitoring of patient engagement can help clinicians better measure patient progress and personalise the treatment accordingly. However, current clinical measurements of apathy cannot provide clinicians with continuous feedback. This project offers a novel continuous comprehensive measure of apathy feedback to assist clinicians with assessing and improving patient recovery. This apathy measure will combine traditional clinical measures of apathy with neurophysiological data collected from a virtual reality exoskeleton device.
Identifying the impact of cognitive fitness on decision-making capacity of elite NRL officials (Old ID 26765)
Kenji Doma
01 Mar 2020 - 18 Dec 2020
Officiating team sport matches requires engagement of complex physical and mental/cognitive processes. Superior cognitive fitness may assist with management of match stresses for greater decision-making. This project will: 1) identify the current cognitive fitness levels of elite NRL officials; and 2) examine the impact of cognitive and/or physical stress on elite NRL official’s decision-making proficiency; 3) clarify how cognitive fitness level moderates elite NRL officials’ decision-making proficiency. This project will provide recommendations to enhance the decision-making capacity of elite NRL officials with reference to cognitive fitness.

Effects of a long term exercise program on lower limb mobility, physiological responses, walking performance and physical activity levels in patients with peripheral arterial disease

  • 2008
  • Mosby
  • Researchers:Anthony LeichtJonathan Golledge

Attachment style, perceived social support and health behaviour

Successful ageing of Australian Baby Boom career women: preliminary findings from the Far North Queensland Focus Group

Development and validation of a two-way appraisal instrument to promote best practice in casual nursing

Australian baby boom career women reject 'retirement' and embrace 're-evolvement'

Social comparison processes, prototypes and exercise

Relationships between female tourists and male locals in Cuzco/Peru: implications for travel health education

Sex education for local tourism/hospitality employees: addressing a local health need

Supporting the evolution of a research culture among nurses in Malaysia

Doctoral dissertations by publication: building scholarly capacity whilst advancing new knowledge in the discipline of nursing

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