Research Projects
Shaping the 21st century student experience at regional universities (Old ID 22065)
Kathryn Meldrum
23 Feb 2015 - 30 Sep 2016
This project seeks to understand the 21st century experiences of the diverse undergraduate student populations of regional universities to identify how equitable outcomes for these students can be achieved. New information and key practices will be discovered and a rich suite of resources will be made available to the sector for immediate takeup and use. As a result, regional universities will be able to strengthen their contributions to their regions and the nation by ensuring more students have a successful university experience.
Mix Designs for Paste Aggregate Fills (Old ID 22395)
Siva Sivakugan
27 Dec 2015 - 30 Apr 2016
JCU is requested to prepare the paste aggregate fill (PAF) samples, mixed with tailings in three different proportions. The samples are approximately 200mm diameter and 400mm in length, and the PAF should exclude fractions larger than 20mm and those less than 1.18mm. In all three mixes, UCS tests will be carried out after 7, 14, 28, 56 and 100 days and strength and Young's modulus will be determined. In addition, the grain size distribution, specific gravity, bulk density, and moisture content will be determined. In addition, it is also required to carry out slump tests on the different mixes using the standard slump cone.
Low does of oral corticosteroids in the treatment of painful acute otitis externa (swimmer's ear) - A randomized controlled triple blind trial (Old ID 22836)
Ronny Gunnarsson
01 Jul 2016 - 30 Aug 2016
Otitis Externa is a frequent problem in the tropics. Pain and swelling often makes topical treatment difficult. A few practitioners use oral corticosteroids as an adjuvant therapy despite lack of evidence. This study aims to evaluate the effect of oral corticosteroids on painful otitis externa.
How midwifery students at a university in PNG understand, experience and manage the provision of care to women following stillbirth (Old ID 23186)
Karen Cheer
01 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2017
This study will describe and theorise the understanding of stillbirth and experiences of providing care to women following stillbirth with a cohort of midwifery students at a university in Papua New Guinea. The study will document social, cultural, spiritual and professional factors that inform the provision of care fro the perspective of midwifery students who have been maternal healthcare providers prior to enrolment. The study will contribute to the body of knowledge on stillbirth experiences in resources limited and complex social and cultural settings, and enhance collaboration between JCU and Pacific Adventist University.
Bainbridge Maternity Funding for Lab Assistant (Old ID 23282)
Zoe Bainbridge
10 Apr 2017 - 09 Oct 2017
Maternity funding to employ a research/laboratory assistant to assist primary researcher whilst on maternity leave to maintain research progress.
LDC Community Water Quality Monitoring Program (LME#17-004). (Old ID 25147)
Zoe Bainbridge
13 Aug 2018 - 30 Jun 2029
The objective of the Burdekin MIP is to work closely with groups in one or two focus areas, with the Bowen-Broken-Bogie(BBB) catchments, to trial a range of regionally tailored coordinated actions that reduce sediment and nutrient loads. Throughout this Major Integrated Project, progress in achieving land management practice changes, economic benefits for landholders and pollutant load reductions will be closely monitored an results will inform adaptive management. This project is to develop a community water quality monitoring program for the BBB catchments.
Mountain plant conservation (Old ID 26539)
Darren Crayn
01 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2024
This project will enable us to secure the future of Australia's climate-threatened tropical mountaintop plants. We will do this by building a multi-strategy ex-situ conservation reserve to 'backup' at-risk wild populations and support research, display and education. Our novel research on seed banking strategies, genetic diversity and plant tolerance of extreme climates will ensure that the reserve collections, distributed across multiple Botanic Gardens and Seed Banks along Australia's east coast, incorporate high redundancy, are genetically and physiologically diverse, and climatically matched to wild habitat.
Ecological influences on biodiverse morphology in climbing geckos (Old ID 27210)
Lin Schwarzkopf
15 Apr 2021 - 30 Apr 2025
Ecological interactions are one of the main drivers of biodiversity generation. The influence of ecology on the morphology of organisms is one such interaction that influences the generation of biodiversity. Australian Diplodactyline geckos are some of the most morphologically and ecologically diverse systems in the world. They occupy a diverse range of habitats and have evolved unique toe pads enable the exploitation of several substrates within the habitats they occupy. Therefore, my project will investigate how toe pads have evolved in response to habitat use in Diplodactyline geckos. We will examine these relationships by studying habitat use and morphology, with locomotor performance as an intermediary link.
HART Yarning Circle Training (Old ID 27254)
Sarah Russell
01 May 2021 - 30 Jul 2021
The aim of this grant is to provide travel assistance to members of the Healthy Ageing Research Team living in the Torres Strait attend yarning circle training in Cairns provided by Professor Yvonne Cadet-James
The Vector Control Development Network: a consortium of institutions to analyze malaria transmission and its reduction by any one or several vector control or drug-based interventions (Old ID 19173)
Tom Burkot
01 Dec 2010 - 30 Jun 2016
The VecNet project supports a consortium of institutions to analyze malaria transmission and its reduction by vector and drug based interventions. The project will facilitate the development of new vector control tools, collection of new entomological data and analysis of transmission risk as a function of vector ecology and behaviour. It will also support an analysis of the composition of tools needed to achieve malaria eradication globally. Importantly, it will also provide input about the potential impact of candidate new tools, to inform prioritization of investments.