Research Projects
Sleep Habit/A Mobile App to Reduce Bedtime Procrastination
This research presents the design and functionality of a mobile app aimed at addressing bedtime procrastination among busy professionals. The app leverages self-regulation principles, social accountability, and gamification to promote healthier sleep habits. Core features include personalized goal-setting, bedtime routine tracking, progress monitoring through dashboards, and social sharing to enhance motivation. Users benefit from custom reminders, community support, and rewards for consistent adherence to bedtime goals. A typical user experience includes daily reminders, habit reinforcement through motivational messages, and weekly progress summaries. By fostering structured sleep routines, the app improves sleep quality, energy levels, and overall well-being.
UQ non-binding MOU
Ioan Sanislav
30 Sep 2024 - 09 Jan 2030
This is an MOU to collaborate on the newly established Queensland Geochronology Alliance
Recovery from disaster experience _community resilience.
Helen Boon
14 Jan 2010 - 14 Jan 2012
A multi site disaster preparedness and resilience to climate change induced disasters using a mixed methods, including Rasch methodology, approach.
Adaptation, piloting, and validation of research instrument for assessing ethical sensitivity in teaching
Helen Boon
01 Jan 2016 - 01 Jan 2018
an examination of the ethical sensitivity of educators and development of an instrument to measure it using Rasch analysis
Understanding the virome and microbiome of the Australia's most endangered psittacine parrots
Subir Sarker
03 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
This project focuses on understanding the virome and microbiome of Australia’s most endangered psittacine parrots to enhance conservation efforts. Using advanced next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies, we aim to characterize the viral and microbial communities within these birds, identifying known and novel pathogens and assessing their potential impacts on health and survival. The study will explore the interplay between host genetics, environmental factors, and microbial ecosystems, offering insights into disease dynamics. This foundational knowledge will inform targeted disease management strategies and conservation plans, helping safeguard these iconic species against extinction threats posed by infectious diseases and environmental changes.
Cairns airport wetland restoration
Nathan Waltham
17 Dec 2024 - 01 May 2026
Working with OzFish and Cairns Airport to monitor and evaluate restoration success
Cairns airport wetland restoration
Nathan Waltham
17 Dec 2024 - 01 May 2026
Working with OzFish and Cairns Airport to monitor and evaluate restoration success
Ending the neglect – setting the platform for strongyloidiasis elimination in Australia
Richard Bradbury
01 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2028
Strongyloidiasis is caused by parasitic nematodes (roundworms) of the genus Strongyloides and is considered to be one of the most neglected of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). There are two main Strongyloides species that cause human infection; S. stercoralis and S. fuelleborni. In Australia, S. stercoralis is the infecting species that disproportionately affects remote Indigenous communities, with the prevalence ranging from 10-60%. The lifecycle and transmission is complex with both a parasitic cycle and a free-living cycle. This is further complicated by autoinfection and the possibility of zoonotic transmission– recent genetic evidence suggests the possibility of a dog reservoir. These factors coupled with less than ideal diagnostics and treatment options (Ivermectin and Albendazole) where there is evidence of treatment failures, the spectre of emerging resistance and their inability to prevent reinfection, all have implications for control and elimination efforts.
It is our central thesis that strongyloidiasis is a zoonotic neglected tropical disease of public health importance in Australia and that an integrated interdisciplinary “One Health” approach is required for its elimination.
Beyond the bump: Leveraging social media to build positive perinatal mental health in regional, rural and remote North Queensland women
Sam Teague
13 Jan 2025 - 12 Jan 2027
This project aims to codesign, develop, and evaluate a preventative intervention to address mental health among perinatal women in regional, rural, and remote (RRR) areas. Co-designed with RRR perinatal parents and mental health professionals, the intervention will deliver a established psychotherapeutic techniques that are effective for preventing perinatal depression and anxiety (psychoeducation and behavior change on health literacy, interpersonal therapy) at-scale, tailored to the unique needs of the RRR maternity and mental health system. The evaluation will assess the feasibility, reach, engagement, and acceptability of the intervention, enabling a future larger-scale efficacy and implementation trial.
Town Common Wetland Restoraiton NQDT
Nathan Waltham
21 Nov 2024 - 30 Mar 2026
Working with NQ Dry Tropics, undertake wetland monitoring and research to investigate restoration efforts and success at Town Common Townsville.