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

Reducing Dementia Risk in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Old ID 26279)

Rachel Quigley

01 Aug 2019 - 31 Jul 2025

The aim of the project is to address these issues through the development of a range of intervention...

ADAPTTS - App-Based Diet and Physical Activity Tools for the Torres Strait (Old ID 27530)

Rachel Quigley

01 Mar 2022 - 01 Mar 2024

The aim of this project is to develop and validate dietary and physical activity assessment tools fo...

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

Rachel Quigley

01 Apr 2022 - 31 Dec 2023

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

Strengthening the Quality of Dementia Care in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Residential Aged Care (Old ID 27652)

Rachel Quigley

01 Feb 2022 - 31 May 2022

Aim: Develop and field-test an audit tool for assessing the standard of dementia care in Aboriginal/...

Defining and predicting Healthy Ageing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Populations (HATS) (Old ID 26597)

Rachel Quigley

01 Jul 2019 - 31 May 2025

There is no current model of healthy ageing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island populations. Alth...

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)

Rachel Quigley

10 May 2021 - 30 Oct 2022

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

Caregiver Burden in the Torres Strait - are we asking the right questions? (Old ID 27480)

Rachel Quigley

27 Apr 2022 - 27 Apr 2024

The proposed project will investigate the best way to assess carer burden in the Torres Strait. Rese...

HART Yarning Circle Training (Old ID 27254)

Rachel Quigley

01 May 2021 - 30 Jul 2021

The aim of this grant is to provide travel assistance to members of the Healthy Ageing Research Team...

A framework for healthy ageing in the Torres Strait (Old ID 26175)

Rachel Quigley

01 Jun 2019 - 31 May 2025

The aim of this project is to develop a culturally appropriate framework of healthy ageing for Torre...

Strong community, strong health: Exploring opportunities for chronic disease prevention in the Torres Strait (Old ID 27539)

Rachel Quigley

01 Jun 2022 - 31 May 2026

Despite a decrease in mortality rates from chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes...

Developing strategies to increase the immunity of medical students at an Australian University

2016
Elsevier
Researchers:Clare Heal

Early versus delayed invasive strategies in high-risk non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome patients - a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

2017
Elsevier
Researchers:Clare Heal

Topical antibiotics to prevent surgical site infection after minor surgery in primary care

2017
Derm101
Researchers:Clare Heal

Alcoholic versus aqueous chlorhexidine for skin antisepsis: the AVALANCHE trial

2017
Canadian Medical Association
Researchers:Clare Heal

Meta-analysis of randomized and quasi-randomized clinical trials of topical antibiotics after primary closure for the prevention of surgical-site infection.

2017
Blackwell Publishing
Researchers:Clare Heal

A collaborative comparison of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) standard setting methods at Australian medical schools

2017
Informa Healthcare
Researchers:Clare Heal

Improving care coordination for community-dwelling older Australians: a longitudinal qualitative study

2017
Australasian Medical Publishing
Researchers:Rachel Quigley

Impact of new diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes

2018
Wiley
Researchers:Clare Heal

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people and staff 'talk up' the value of flexible learning options

2018
Brill
Researchers:Val Wallace

Effect of a single prophylactic preoperative oral antibiotic dose on surgical site infection following complex dermatological procedures on the nose and ear: a prospective, randomised, controlled, double-blinded trial

2018
BMJ Group
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