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Spreading the word: Research translation on ageing well for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Far North Queensland
The Healthy Aging Research Team (HART) has been engaged in clinical outreach services and conducting research in the Torres Strait for over 20 years. The proposed project is situated within, and enhances, research already underway focusing on healthy ageing in the Torres Strait[1] and the outcomes from this project will be incorporated into the resources and toolbox being developed as part of a wider Framework for Healthy Ageing study for the region. HART has also completed research focused on dementia prevalence and the associated issues of ageing, in the Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) and the Torres Strait.[2-6] Findings from these completed studies have been disseminated, however, the team are conscious that additional strategies could be used to support research translation and the team incorporate suggestions made from the community with exploring additional innovative dissemination strategies. This project involves cross-sector collaboration between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of a multi-disciplinary research team (Health Ageing Research Team (HART)), a media production agency, AudioCraft, and a media distribution agency, Radio4MW (4 Meriba Wakai) based on Waiben (Thursday) Island.
Mandubarra Healing Country Seagrass Program (Old ID 27873)
JCU will co-design and implement a habitat mapping program with Mandubarra Land and Sea Rangers on their sea country at Kurrimine Beach/King Reef. JCU will provide training for Mandubarra Rangers on benthic habitat mapping techniques and seagrass identification at a series of workshops and will work with a Mandubarra Project officer to produce maps and a report, present findings and liaise with Mandubarra Rangers, Traditional Owners and the community on recommendations for future collaborations through a series of workshops.
Conference Attendance - Diseases in Asian Aquaculture 22-27 Sept 2025
Present at 12th Diseases in Asian Aquaculture Symposium and bid for 13th DAA to be held in Singapore in 2028
24th International Conference on Modelling and Applied Simulation - MAS 2025
The MAS Conference concentrates on Modeling & Applied Simulation and computer technologies. Proceeding will be published by Elsevier in the Procedia Computer Sciene sderies.
24th International Conference on Modelling and Applied Simulation - MAS 2025
The MAS Conference concentrates on Modeling & Applied Simulation and computer technologies. Proceeding will be published by Elsevier in the Procedia Computer Sciene sderies.
CALD student voice
The pilot project focuses on enhancing engagement of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) students, with student-led activities with a group of student leaders.
Pushed out learning: LMS mobile applications, push notifications and learning behaviours
This project investigates how students interact with mobile Learning Management System (LMS) applications across three Australian universities, with a specific focus on the effects of push notifications in shaping learning behaviours. Despite extensive research into LMS adoption and use over the last two decades, there has been little attention to push notifications in LMS mobile applications. Although LMS mobile apps were introduced over a decade ago, little is known about their effects on students’ learning behaviours in higher education (HE). This study is, thus, a step towards a critical interrogation of the effects of LMS mobile apps and their push notifications, in particular. It adopts a mixed-methods approach to achieve both depth and breadth in identifying students’ interactions with LMS push notifications and comparing them across three Australian universities – University of Melbourne (UoM), University of New South Wales (UNSW) and James Cook University (JCU). Each of these universities has a distinct profile and a different LMS platform. Their LMS platforms – Canvas, Moodle and Blackboard – are also widely adopted across the Australian higher education sector. The study asks the following research questions: RQ 1: How do Australian university students interact with the LMS mobile applications and their push notifications?, RQ 2: How do these interactions shape students’ learning behaviours?, RQ 3: How do these interactions and associated learning behaviours compare across institutions and LMS platforms?
The differences in the selected institutions and their LMS platforms will afford a comprehensive understanding of the Australian university students’ interactions with LMS push notifications, informing sector-wide recommendations on training and support for teaching staff. We anticipate that these recommendations will include both technical and pedagogical dimensions, as well as lead to future research nationally and internationally.
Trial of image enhancement software as an educational tool to improve the ability of medical students to diagnose early melanoma
Approval Number: H8994, 11 April 2023
Trial Ready Stroke Centre
Development of a Trial Ready Stroke Centre for north Queensland. A collaboration between JCU, THHS, NWHHS, CHHHS, MHHS. Funded by NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) to Accelerate Stroke Trial Innovation and Translation and the Tropical Australia Academic Health Centre (TAAHC). The aim of this initiative is to increase opportunities for regional people to access and participate in clinical trials that are testing interventions to improve outcomes following a stroke.
Modifiable lifestyle factors for multiple sclerosis
Development of a guide for clinicians to distil the latest evidence on modifiable lifestyle factors for people with multiple sclerosis.