Research Projects
Implementation of Nasal High Flow Therapy: A Remote Context (Old ID 26432)
Sally West
01 Nov 2019 - 10 Dec 2023
The aim of the research is to evaluate implementation of nasal high flow (NHF) therapy with infants with bronchiolitis in the remote context. A two-phased approach will be employed: Firsty, an expert working party establishing agreed safe clinicial boundaries for the NHF therapy implementation and utilising expert viewpoints for implementation when managing infants with bronchiolitis. Secondarily, a comparison of the outcomes before and after implementation to observe a reduction in escalation of care leading to reduced transfers. A community engagement process, with the focus to keep community members in their country/community environment, will be established to measure psychological, social-emotional and economic benefits of NHF.
Hay Point Shiploader Upgrade: Benthic Habitat Assessments (Old ID 26698)
Skye McKenna
20 Sep 2019 - 28 Feb 2020
Develop and implement a benthic habitat assessment program for Advisian to report on the benthic habitats in a specific area of the port to assist with berth upgrades.
Water Quality & Receiving Environment Monitoring Programs (Old ID 26879)
Shelley Templeman
01 Feb 2020 - 31 Mar 2026
Environmental monitoring and assessment to meet regulatory assessment requirements for aquatic, riparian and terrestrial systems in the region of the closed Woodcutters mine, Northern Territory. In addition, there are investigations and research into site specific water quality and sediment quality objectives
Identifying and eliminating future risk from regional Queensland wastewater treatment operations through biosolids technology innovation (Old ID 26919)
Elsa Antunes
04 Jan 2021 - 04 Jan 2024
This fellowship will investigate emergent contaminant content in biosolids, technological solutions to mitigate its impact and how these new technologies can prevent future emergent contaminant related disasters. Six North Queensland city councils are investing in this research project to implement sustainable biosolids management technologies in wastewater plants to mitigate environmental pathogenesis and impact of new emergent pollutants in the region. This research project is aligned with two of the research priorities of JCU: Tropical Ecosystems and Environment and Industries, and Economies in the Tropics. This project will leverage new funding applications in the field of pollutants mitigation and agricultural industry.
Piloting a continuous quality improvement framework to strengthen quality of care in Aboriginal residential aged care (Old ID 27413)
Yvonne Hornby-Turner
02 Nov 2021 - 31 Dec 2024
This study responds to concerns raised in The Royal Commission report, 2021 that the Australian aged care system struggles to effectively manage people with complex care needs. Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) is a method designed to improve the capacity and readiness of health services/staff to meet pre-determined goals/standards, and the quality of treatment and care, and implement health interventions. This project aims to assess the suitability of the CQI model for improving the quality of care in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) by developing and implementing a CQI framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander RACF.
Ozflux FNQ tropical rainforest site (Old ID 18293)
Michael Liddell
01 Sep 2009 - 30 Jun 2019
As part of the Australian National Flux Network (Ozflux) the FNQ tropical rainforest site will be required to provide half-hourly average time series of a range of data streams including fluxes of carbon, water and energy. The data will be sent to a central console in Canberra where it will be quality assessed and archived. The processed data will be used by the ACEAS Ecological Monitoring and Synthesis centre in Brisbane after the appropriate data access conditions have been met and post-publication by the original authors.
Determination of Wind Resistance for Australian Roofing Tile Systems (Old ID 22101)
Daniel Smith
01 May 2015 - 01 Feb 2016
Removal of roofing tiles has been observed frequently during post-storm damage investigations in Australia. In order to improve the wind resistance of roofing tiles, the wind loading mechanism must be understood.
Solar Insect Repellents - Prevention of Insect-borne Diseases with Sunlight (Old ID 22156)
Michael Oelgemoeller
01 Jul 2015 - 31 Dec 2017
Following the 'prevention is better than cure' approach, this project will develop procedures for the sustainable production of a powerful insect repellent. It uses Northern Queensland's two major natural resources: sunshine and biomass. The funding will support a PhD project starting in mid-2015.
Provision of Specialist Environmental Support to Townsville City Council. (Old ID 27681)
Shelley Templeman
26 May 2022 - 19 Apr 2023
Submission for inclusion on a panel of pre-qualified Environmental Specialists to support TCC's Environmental Services team in planning and delivery of sustainable outcomes for the Townsville Community.
Aerial dugong surveys in Moreton Bay and Hervey Bay. (Old ID 27706)
Christophe Cleguer
10 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2022
Dugong aerial surveys estimating population size have been conducted in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) since the 1980’s, providing a long-term trend and dataset. Aerial surveys are intended to be conducted every 5 years. The southern GBR was last surveyed in 2016, meaning the southern GBR surveys are 1 year overdue. Recent flooding in southeast Queensland has led to seagrass die off in Hervey Bay and the Great Sandy Straits and likely in other seagrass habitat that supports dugong. The southern GBR dugong population includes Hervey Bay and Moreton Bay, both of which are significant locations for dugongs. Both of these bays suffered significant floods in early 2022. Seagrass surveys of Hervey Bay in May 2022 revealed ‘almost no seagrass was left’. It is anticipated that, as occurred after the 2011 floods, dugong will strand and die, stop breeding and move out of previously important foraging areas. Further, surveys will contribute to the transition from human observer flights to aerial image capture and automated analysis, which will form the basis of future cheaper and safer technologies for assessing dugong populations.