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Biography

I am a Registered Nurse from Germany where I worked as a Clinical Nurse Consultant in ICU, a Medical ward, ENT, Ophthalmology and Dermatology. My first appointment abroad was in Austria as a Clinical Nurse Consultant on a large medical ward where I also established a school for Enrolled Nurses. My teaching career started as a third-year-student and, after graduation, as a teaching assistant, a prerequisite for the Diploma in Nurse Education course. I then worked as a nurse educator and deputy director of a nursing school in the north of Germany with a short interlude in Syria, where I volunteered with the Palestinian Red Crescent during the Beirut-Siege in 1982.

After intensive studies of the Arabic language and courses in Tropical Medicine at the Bernhard Nocht Tropeninstitut in Hamburg and the University of Heidelberg, I moved to the then North-Yemen where, for over five years, I taught nursing students at the Health Manpower Institute of the Ministry of Health in the capital Sana'a. In Yemen I was fortunate to work and live with people from a very different cultural background who allowed me to participate in all aspects of their lives. To return to Europe, I travelled three months across Africa from Kenya to Senegal.

The next years saw me at the University of Wales College of Medicine in Cardiff, UK, where I completed a Master and a PhD in Nursing. I came to Australia in March 1994 and, until my retirement in April 2016, worked as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing Sciences at James Cook University. Following my interest in Public Health, Tropical Medicine and their application in developing countries, I completed a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at JCU, a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima/Peru and the University of Alabama, Birmingham/USA, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Infectious Diseases at the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, University of London. I also completed a Master of Tourism and Postgraduate Certificate of Travel Medicine at JCU. I earned a Doctorate in International Health from Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia, following my interest in the impact of tourism in developing countries on the health of the local host communities. I attended - and taught in - a course on Travel and Tropical Medicine at the Instituto de Medicina Tropical 'Pedro Kouri' at the University of Havana, Cuba. In 2019, I completed a Diploma in Modern Languages (Spanish) from the University of New England, Armidale, Australia. Over the years I have dedicated my research, under the umbrella of Travel Health Nursing, to travellers' health and to tourism's health impacts, predominantly in Peru/South America.

I am a Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow), of the Royal Geographical Society, and of the International Society of Travel Medicine. I serve on the editorial board of Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease and review for several journals. I am also a member of the Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine and am affiliated with the International Institute for Animal Ethics in Canada.

I am a student ambassador for the University of London international program, and an honorary life member of the South American Explorers, New York. I am a member of the National Geographic Society and of the Australian Geographic Society.

In my current adjunct position with the College of Healthcare Sciences at JCU, I continue to teach, research, publish and present internationally.

Research

Research Interests

Travel Health Nursing

International Health

International Development

Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine

Tourism Health Impacts

Poverty Elimination

Development of Research Methods

Ethics in Medical Volunteering/international Student Placements

Animal Welfare in Tourism

Teaching

Teaching Interests

Travel Medicine

Tropical Medicine


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Bauer, Irmgard (2019) Health issues of travellers. Amsterdam, NDL: [Non-Research Book Chapter] [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L.; Nagaraja, Vikranth (2024) 'Travellers with prosthetic limbs, a neglected populati. Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 10 . [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2023) 'The oral repellent – Science fiction or common sense? Insects, vector-born. Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 9 . [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2023) 'Robots in travel clinics: Building on tourism's use of technology and robo. Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 9 . [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2022) 'COVID-19: how can travel medicine benefit from tourism’s focus on people d. Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 8 . [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2021) 'Healthy, safe and responsible: the modern female traveller'. Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 7 . [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2021) 'Death as attraction: the role of travel medicine and psychological travel . Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 7 . [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2020) 'Visiting the 'Green Fairy': absinthe-tourism – a potential challenge for t. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 37 . [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2019) 'Travel medicine, coca and cocaine: demystifying and rehabilitating Erythroxyl. Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 5 . [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2018) 'When travel is a challenge: travel medicine and the ‘dis-abled’ traveller'. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 22 :66-72. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2017) 'More harm than good? The questionable ethics of medical volunteering and inte. Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 3 (5):1-12. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2017) 'Improving global health: is tourism's role in poverty elimination perpetuatin. Global Public Health, 12 (1):45-64. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2016) 'The plight of the cute little lambs: travel medicine's role in animal welfare. Journal of Ecotourism, 16 (2):95-111. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2015) 'Airport surveys at travel destinations: underutilized opportunities in tra. Journal of Travel Medicine, 22 (2):124-129. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2015) 'Contact lens wearers' experiences while trekking in the Khumbu region/Nepa. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 13 (2):178-184. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2014) 'The myth of empowering the poor through tourism – time to fess up? '. 2 :1-9. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2014) 'Romance tourism or female sex tourism?'. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 12 (1):20-28. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2013) 'Candiru – a little fish with bad habits: Need travel health professionals wor. Journal of Travel Medicine, 20 (2):119-124. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard; Hall, Sheila; Sato, Nahoko (2013) 'Providing travel health care – the nurses' role: . Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 11 (4):214-224. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2012) 'Australian senior adventure travellers to Peru: Maximising older tourists' tr. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 10 (2):59-68. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2011) 'Contact lenses and travel: blessing or nightmare?'. 12 (2):59-60. ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2009) 'Relationships between female tourists and male locals in Cuzco/Peru: implicat. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7 (6):350-358. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2009) 'Sex education for local tourism/hospitality employees: addressing a local . Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7 (6):371-374. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2008) 'They don't just come for Machu Picchu: locals' views of tourist-local sexual. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 10 (6):611-624. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2008) 'The health impact of tourism on local and Indigenous populations in resource-. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 6 (5):276-291. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2007) 'Bridging the conceptual gap between researcher and respondent by using simple. 2 (4):157-167. ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2007) 'Understanding sexual relationships between tourists and locals in Cuzco/Peru'. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 5 (5):287-294. [DOI] ...
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Cabada, Miguel M.; Maldonado, Fernando; Bauer, Irmgard; Verdonck, Kristien; Seas, Carlos; Gotuzzo, E...
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Pérez , J. Enrique; Maldonado, Holger; Reyes, Ursula; Ogusuku, Elena; Bauer, Irmgard (2006) 'Genipa . 45 :1...
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Bauer, Irmgard; Thomas, Katie (2006) 'An evaluation of community and corporate bias in assessment to. 58 (189):501-514. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2005) 'Educational issues and concerns in travel health advice: is all the effort a . Journal of Travel Medicine, 12 (1):45-52. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2003) 'The health of host communities: missing from printed travel health advice'. Journal of Travel Medicine, 10 (6):350-352. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L (2003) 'Inca trail porters : the health of local tourism employees as a challenge f. Journal of Travel Medicine, 10 (2):94-99. ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2002) 'Travel health advice as recalled by 552 tourists to Peru'. Journal of Travel Medicine, 9 (6):293-296. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L.; Puotinen, Marji (2002) 'Geographic information systems and travel health'. Journal of Travel Medicine, 9 (6):308-314. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2002) 'Health advice in Australian travel brochures'. Journal of Travel Medicine, 9 (5):263-266. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2002) 'Knowledge and behaviour of tourists to Manu National Park, Peru, in relati. Journal of Travel Medicine, 9 (4):173-179. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2002) 'Travel health: a survey of life jacket designs currently in use on commerc. Journal of Travel Medicine, 9 (3):132-136. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2001) 'Tourism and the environment, the other side of the coin: environmental impact. Tourist Studies, 1 (3):297-314. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (1999) 'The impact of tourism in developing countries on the health of the local host. 10 (1):2-17. ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2024) 'Cyclones and flooding in tropical Northern Australia increase the risk of exp Journal of Travel Medicine, 31 (4) . [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2024) 'Travel Medicine in Basel - 450 years before CISTM18' Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 59 . [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2023) 'The oral repellent – Whatever happened to it?' Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 54 . [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2021) 'Travel vaccination examined through the tourism lens' Journal of Travel Medicine, 28 (8) . [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2021) 'Book review of The Art of Travel, or Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wil Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 41 . [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2020) 'Book Review of Travel Well with Dementia: essential tips to enjoy the journey Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 37 . [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2019) 'Itchy critters: preparing volunteer travelers for head lice infestation' Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 32 . [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2019) 'Caregivers of travellers with dementia-a neglected travel population' Journal of Travel Medicine, 26 (7) . [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2018) 'Ayahuasca: a risk for travellers?' Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 21 :74-76. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2017) 'Book review of Hoping to Help: the promises and pitfalls of global health Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 17 :77-77. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2015) 'Response to 'tourism citations in other disciplines'' Annals of Tourism Research, 53 :101-104. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2015) 'Do travel health researchers need to get out more?' Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 13 (5) :426-427. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2015) 'Response to 'tourism citations in other disciplines’' Annals of Tourism Research, 53 :99-100. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2015) 'Where is travel medicine failing? Insights from high altitude trekking' BMC Biome, 16 April 2015 . ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2015) 'Looking over the fence: how travel medicine can benefit from tourism research Journal of Travel Medicine, 22 (3) :206-207. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2014) 'Book review of Travels in West Africa by M. Kingsley, Cover Publication, New Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 12 (2) :201-202. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2011) 'The role of nurses in travel medicine from the viewpoint of travellers' behav Journal of the Japanese Society of Travel and Health, 4 (1) :40-43. ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2011) 'Travel medicine research priorities: establishing an evidence base' Journal of Travel Medicine, 18 (4) :292-292. ...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2009) 'A hallucinogenic tea, laced with controversy. Ayahuasca in the Amazon and Journal of Travel Medicine, 16 (4) :298-298. [DOI] ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2009) 'Sexual relations between tourists and locals' Contours, 19 (4) :9-11. ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2008) 'Understanding sexual behaviour between tourists and locals' Peripheria, 4 (11) :8-11. ...
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Bauer, I.L. (2002) 'Travel health advice in North Queensland/Australia from the perspective of trave British Travel Health Association Journal, 3 :42-48. ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2001) 'Tourists' Knowledge of Leishmaniasis' British Travel Health Association Journal, 2 :64-67. ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2000) 'Book review of Healthy Travel: Central and South America by Isabelle Young, L Australiasian College of Tropical Medicine Bulletin, 9 (2) :4-5. ...
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Brink, G.K.; Marcolongo, A.; Hall, S.; Bauer, I.; Haditsch, M.; Chatterjee, S. (2012) 9th Asia Pacif...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2011) 12th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine Designing an Boston, MA, ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2009) 11th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine Designing an Budapest, Hu...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2007) 10th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine Culture, hist Vancouver, C...
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Maldonado, F.; Cabada, M.; Gonzalez , E.; Bauer, I.; Valdez, L.M.; Echevarria, J.; Seas, C.; Verdonc...
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Cabada, M.; Maldonado, F.; Gonzalez, E.; Bauer, I.; Valdez, L.M.; Echevarria, J.; Adaui, V.; Seas, C...
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Bauer, Irmgard L. (2003) 8th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine The health New York,...
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Perez, J.E.; Maldonado, H.; Reyes, U.; Ogusuku, E.; Bauer, I. (2003) 8th Conference of the Internati...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2002) 4th Asia Pacific Travel Health Conference The health of local tourism employe Shanghai, China, . ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2001) 7th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine Teaching healt Innsbruck, Au...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2001) 2nd World Congress on Leishmaniasis Tourists in Leishmaniasis endemic areas a Hersonissos, Greece, . ...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2001) 7th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine Travellers' pe Innsbruck, Au...
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Bauer, Irmgard (2000) 6th International Congress of Behavioural Medicine Knowledge and behaviour of Brisbane, QLD, Australia,...
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