Cairns Clinical School

Aileen Traves

Head of Clinical School, Cairns
aileen.traves@jcu.edu.au

Anna Vnuk

Academic Coordinator, Cairns
anna.vnuk@jcu.edu.au

Natalie Drever

Senior Lecturer - Obstetrics and Gynaecology
natalie.drever@jcu.edu.au

Sarah Russell

Professorial Research Fellow
sarah.russell6@jcu.edu.au

Clare Heal

Professor, General Practice and Rural Medicine
clare.heal@jcu.edu.au

Rachel Quigley

Principal Research Fellow
rachel.quigley@jcu.edu.au

Kane Langdon

JCU Lecturer
kane.langdon@jcu.edu.au

Val Wallace

Research Officer, Healthy Ageing Research Team
valda.wallace@my.jcu.edu.au

Zinat Mohammadpour

Research Officer
zinat.mohammadpour@jcu.edu.au

Anne Creaton

Senior Lecturer, Medicine
anne.creaton@jcu.edu.au

Developing culturally appropriate mental health assessment tools for older adults living in the Torres Strait (Old ID 27220)

Sarah Russell

01 Jul 2021 - 31 Aug 2026

The aim of the study is to develop culturally appropriate mental health assessment tools for older a...

Developing culturally appropriate assessments for people with dementia (Old ID 28929)

Sarah Russell

01 Apr 2022 - 31 Dec 2023

This study's aim is to develop culturally appropriate measures of anxiety and depression for older a...

Developing culturally appropriate tools to screen for common mental health disorders in older adults aged 45 and over living in the Torres Strait. (Old ID 27232)

Sarah Russell

10 May 2021 - 30 Oct 2022

The aim of the study is to develop culturally appropriate mental health assessment tools for older a...

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...

Exploration of the development of Self-Regulated Learning in year 4 JCU medical students in Cairns (Old ID 27304)

Anna Vnuk

15 Apr 2021 - 30 Jun 2022

In order to develop as autonomous and competent practitioners serving the rural and remote locations...

Cairns Delirium Clinic – Evaluation Study

Sarah Russell

14 Mar 2024 - 31 Dec 2026

The aim of the present research is to; (1) document the rates of unrecognized cognitive (dementia) a...

Strengthening and enhancing the utility of a neuropsychological tool for dementia in First Nations People

Sarah Russell

01 Apr 2023 - 31 Mar 2028

This study will strengthen and enhance the utility of the KICA tool, enabling earlier and more effec...

Let's CHAT (Community Health Approaches To) Dementia in Indigenous Communities (Old ID 26413)

Rachel Quigley

01 Jun 2019 - 01 Jun 2023

This is an extension to an existing 3-year NHMRC funded Dementia Boosting Grant (APP1137425 - Improv...

Developing culturally appropriate mental health assessment tools for older adults living in the Torres Strait (Old ID 27220)

Rachel Quigley

01 Jul 2021 - 31 Aug 2026

The aim of the study is to develop culturally appropriate mental health assessment tools for older a...

METformin for treating peripheral artery disease Related walking Impairment Trial (MERIT) (Old ID 27507)

Rachel Quigley

01 Jun 2023 - 31 May 2028

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a very common chronic cardiovascular disease of ageing affecting ...

Shared decision making between registrars and patients: web based decision aids

2007
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Researchers:Clare Heal

Risk factors for wound infection after minor surgery in general practice

Can sutures get wet? Prospective randomised controlled trial of wound management in general practice

2006
BMJ Group
Researchers:Clare Heal

Minor skin excisions in general practice in North Queensland

2006
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Researchers:Clare Heal

Shared decision making and decision aids

2006
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Researchers:Clare Heal

Entering the field of research: a beginning Indigenous researcher's experience

2003
Australian Association for Research in Education
Researchers:Val Wallace

Does single application of topical chloramphenicol to high risk sutured wounds reduce incidence of wound infection after minor surgery? Prospective randomised placebo controlled double blind trial

2009
BMJ Group
Researchers:Clare Heal

Agreement between histological diagnosis of skin lesions by histopathologists and a dermato-histopathologist

2009
Wiley-Blackwell
Researchers:Clare Heal

General practitioners' knowledge and attitudes to contact tracing for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in North Queensland

2008
Wiley-Blackwell
Researchers:Clare Heal

A peer support program for international medical graduates

2005
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Researchers:Clare Heal

Title: Queensland Government- Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service (CHHHS) Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)

Reseracher: Zinat Mohammadpour (Research Officer)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2024

Title: Nutrition Society of Australia- South Australia branch

Reseracher: Zinat Mohammadpour (Research Officer)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2023

End Date: 01 Jan 2024

Title: MBBS Honours, James Cook University

Reseracher: Zinat Mohammadpour (Research Officer)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2024

Title: ANZAHPE Diversity Equity and Inclusion Subcommittee