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

JCU Library Text Book Affordability Grant
Frances Cochrane
01 Jun 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
Development of an OER for first year speech pathology students. https://jcu.pressbooks.pub/intro-speech-pathology-practice/
APRICOT-NQ: Advancing Pressure Injury Risk Classification & Outcome Testing - North Queensland
Rachel Walker
01 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2027
• Pressure Injury (PI) continues to be a major problem: In Australia, PI is a significant hospit al-acquired complication requiring early clinical intervention(3). Hospital-acquired PI (HAPI) are a persistent and serious patient safety threat(1, 3) and financially burdensome. HAPI prevalence remains high (between 8-10%(4, 5), and the cost is substantial, estimated to be $9 billion per year in Australian public hospitals(6). • Current risk assessment is inadequate: Existing tools like the Waterlow Score and Braden Scales(7, 8) are outdated, subjective, and lack robust validation(9). They were developed using small samples and without advanced statistical methods(10, 11). This raises ethical concerns about their continued use. • Need for better solutions: A new approach is therefore urgently needed to bridge this gap in knowledge to accurately classify PI, their risk factors and effective prevention strategies.• Machine learning challenges: While AI and machine learning offer potential solutions, they are hampered by the poor quality of existing PI risk assessment data(9); exemplifying the "garbage in, garbage out" principle. • Data quality issues: PI documentation is often free text, incomplete, and inaccurate, further complicating the problem. This unstructured data makes it difficult to train reliable machine learning models.
Parkrun Practices Australia Evaluation
Moira Smith
22 Jul 2025 - 25 Oct 2026
The study aims to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and perceived impact of the parkrun practice initiative in Australia, identifying motivations, challenges, and delivery methods. Objectives include conducting quantitative surveys of Australian primary care staff and parkrun event organisers affiliated with the initiative
Facing the feedback: Exploring students and staff assessment feedback preferences
Peter Hartin
1. Which feedback modalities (text-based, audio and video) do students and staff prefer and what are the key factors driving student and staff preferences for feedback delivery? 2. What is the effectiveness of the feedback modalities (text-based, audio and video) in promoting student engagement with and utilisation of feedback? 3. What are the benefits and challenges experienced by staff with using the different feedback modalities (text-based, audio and video)?
Improving Asthma Outcomes for First Nations Pregnant Mothers: A Co-designed Implementation Strategy
Rachel Walker
30 Jun 2026 - 30 Jun 2030
MRFF – Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative – 2024 Chronic Respiratory Conditions
Evidence, Policy, and PRActice: UNveiling the Gaps in Surgical and Pressure Injury Prevention Care - An Environmental Scan of Four Hospitals: Gold Coast University Hospital; Townsville University Hospital (TUH); The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane; St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney.
Rachel Walker
01 Mar 2025 - 01 Mar 2026
Evidence, Policy, and PRActice: UNveiling the Gaps in Surgical and Pressure Injury Prevention Care - An Environmental Scan of Four Hospitals: Gold Coast University Hospital; Townsville University Hospital (TUH); The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane; St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney.
Examining final year nursing students’ knowledge, values, beliefs and educational exposure to advance care planning
Rachel Walker
01 Feb 2025 - 01 Feb 2026
Examining final year nursing students’ knowledge, values, beliefs and educational exposure to advance care planning
Testing the efficacy of two sacral dressings in preventing pressure injuries in adult intensive care population: TOWARDS ZERO pilot study
Rachel Walker
03 Apr 2026 - 03 Apr 2026
Queensland Health, Health Innovation, Investment and Research Office Nursing and Midwifery Fellowship
PHYSIOtherapy management for hypoxaemia following abdominal surgery: walk + talk + breathe + noninvasive ventilation. A pilot, feasibility, randomized controlled trial (PHYSIO+++)
Rachel Walker
01 Jan 2022 - 01 Jan 2025
Metro South Research Support Scheme Project Grant (2022)
NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Wiser Wound Care
Rachel Walker
03 Apr 2020 - 03 Apr 2025
Wound care

Recognising and treating Tourette's Syndrome in young Australians: a need for informed multidisciplinary support

The comparison of cold-water immersion and cold air therapy on maximal cycling performance and recovery markers following strength exercises

Postactivation potentiation of dynamic conditioning contractions on rowing sprint performance

A prospective comparison of times to presentation and treatment of regional and remote head and neck patients in North Queensland, Australia

Cortisol awakening response in patients with psychosis: systematic review and meta-analysis

Towards understanding the availability of physiotherapy services in rural Australia

Validation of a single inertial sensor for measuring running kinematics overground during a prolonged run

The theory of planned behaviour and cyberbullying: perceived behavioural control in a disinhibiting online environment

The plight of the cute little lambs: travel medicine's role in animal welfare

Introduction: mental health in an ageing world

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