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Emeritus Professor
Children's Health Queensland Clinical UnitFaculty of MedicineMatched phrases in profile:
mental and physical development. To improve health and wellness, micronutrients must be in a… Bone health in children with inflammatory bowel disease: adjusting for bone age… BDHP - Maternal and Child Health Theme… bodies including the Australian Research Council, the National Health & Medical Research Council… (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) develops food standards, guidelines and related texts…
Nutrition and Dietetics; Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine; Clinical Sciences; Biomedical and Clinical Sciences; Nutrition and dietetics; Clinical sciences;- Email:
- g.cleghorn@uq.edu.au
Geoffrey Cleghorn is Deputy Head of the School of Medicine, Director International of the School of Medicine and Professor of Paeditrics
Professor Cleghorn is a graduate of the University of Queensland Medical School and undertook postgraduate training in paediatric gastroenterology at the Hospital f …
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Honorary Senior Lecturer
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social WorkFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
The role of the Cochrane Collaboration and nursing in evidence-based health care… Australia. Karen’s research focus is maternal and neonatal outcomes including preconception and… secondary aims of examining the effects on other neonatal morbidities and maternal health and assessing the adverse effects of treatment.…
Medical and Health Sciences; Nursing; Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine; Public Health and Health Services; Health Sciences; Biomedical and Clinical Sciences;- Email:
- k.new@uq.edu.au
Karen holds an Honorary Senior Research Fellow position at the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital and the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work at the University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia. Karen’s research focus is maternal and neonatal outcomes including preconception and early pr …
Preconception health and preconception care are preventive health strategies aimed to educate and promote the benefits of leading a healthy lifestyle to women and men in their reproductive years in the lead up to conception. Optimising health prior to pregnancy can reduce the risks of adverse birth …
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Honorary Associate Professor
School of Public HealthFaculty of MedicineMatched phrases in profile:
Critical qualitative enquiry; lived experiences research; operation of determinants of health; production of health inequities… Review of literature – maternal and reproductive health in India… Sexual, reproductive and maternal health of young people… widely on HIV, sexual and reproductive health, maternal health, neglected tropical diseases, TB and… This peer led study explored the lived experiences of sexual, repriductive and maternal health…
Studies in Human Society; Medical and Health Sciences; Public Health and Health Services; Human Geography; Social Work; Sociology; Other Studies in Human Society; Health and Community Services; Health Promotion; Pacific Peoples Health; Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified; Social and Cultural Geography; Social Program Evaluation; Applied Sociology, Program Evaluation and Social Impact Assessment; Social Change; Social Theory; Sociological Methodology and Research Methods; Studies of Pacific Peoples' Societies; Implementation science and evaluation; Health geography; Public health not elsewhere classified; Rural and remote health services; Health systems; Gender studies not elsewhere classified; Sociology of health; Health services and systems not elsewhere classified; Health promotion; Health and community services; Social determinants of health; Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment; Anthropology not elsewhere classified; Health equity; Sociological methodology and research methods; Sociology of gender; Social geography; Intersectional studies; Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified; Human Society; Health Sciences; Indigenous Studies; Human geography; Pacific Peoples health and wellbeing; Gender studies; Other Indigenous data, methodologies and global Indigenous studies; Sociology; Development studies; Public health; Health services and systems; Anthropology; Sociology of inequalities; Social change; Pacific Peoples society and community; Social theory; Social program evaluation; Social work; Biomedical and Clinical Sciences;- Email:
- steve.bell@uq.edu.au
A/Prof Stephen Bell is a senior social scientist at the Burnet Institute, and Honorary Associate Professor at the School of Public Health, andhas 22 years’ experience across South-East Asia (India, Nepal), Africa (Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe) and Western Pacific (Australia, …
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NHMRC Leadership Fellow
School of Public HealthFaculty of MedicineMatched phrases in profile:
study of women's health. It aims to guide development of women's use of reproductive and maternal… and development of maternal pregnancy complications: the Australian longitudinal study on women's health… Health service use in the last two years of life by older Australian women with dementia, heart disease, stroke or lung disease… Professor Gita Mishra’s main research area is life course epidemiology and women’s health. She… ED symptoms and other maternal health and social factors measured during childhood. Method: Pre…
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- g.mishra@sph.uq.edu.au
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Professor Gita Mishra’s main research area is life course epidemiology and women’s health. She joined the University of Queensland (UQ) in 2010 as the first Professor of Life Course Epidemiology at the School of Public Health. She was subsequently awarded an ARC Future Fellowship (2013-2017), a …
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NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow
School of Public HealthFaculty of MedicineMatched phrases in profile:
Safety, equity and monitoring: a review of the gaps in maternal vaccination strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women… infections in pregnancy and early infancy Building a dashboard to capture maternal… perinatal epidemiology, and maternal vaccination. She has been a menber of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) since 2014.… linkage of administrative health records in 3 Australian jurisdictions. Infants were maternally…
Medical and Health Sciences; Public Health and Health Services; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health; Epidemiology; Health Sciences; Midwifery; Epidemiology; Public health; Epidemiological methods; Disease surveillance; Clinical midwifery; Health equity; Major global burdens of disease;- Email:
- l.mchugh@uq.edu.au
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- +61 7 336 55393
Dr Lisa McHugh is an early career post-doctoral research Fellow at the UQ School of Public Health. As an early career research Fellow in the NHMRC funded APPRISE Centre for Research Excellence, Lisa's Fellowship Project is investigating the impact of influenza and whooping cough (pertussis) vaccinat …
Prior to Lisa's research, there was minimal evidence about the safety of influenza and whooping cough (pertussis) vaccines in pregnancy, and minimal international evidence for the safety and effectivesness of both vaccines in pregnancy. As a recognised expert in her field, with existing First Nation …
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Research Fellow
School of Public HealthFaculty of MedicineMatched phrases in profile:
Associations between maternal physical and psychosocial wellbeing and children's physical health… Testing competing mediators of the association between pre-conception maternal depression and child health-related quality of life: the MatCH study… Maternal and early life origins of adolescent menstrual disorders and pelvic pain… Maternal predictors of child health and development… ED symptoms and other maternal health and social factors measured during childhood. Method: Pre…
Medical and Health Sciences; Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine; Public Health and Health Services; Psychology and Cognitive Sciences; Psychology; Foetal Development and Medicine; Epidemiology; Mental Health;- Email:
- katrina.moss@uq.edu.au
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- +61 7 336 55405
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Child Health Research CentreFaculty of MedicineMatched phrases in profile:
Short birth interval prevalence, determinants and effects on maternal and child health outcomes… Maternal and child health… allergies, maternal and child health, Indigenous health and well-being, reproductive health, health… , perinatal, infant and child health outcomes. However, the prevalence and maternal and child health…
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- d.shifti@uq.edu.au
Dr Desalegn Markos Shifti (PhD, MSc, BSc) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Child Health Research Centre (CHRC) at the University of Queensland. He is currently engaged in the comprehensive investigation of the prevalence, natural history, causes and consequences of allergic diseases.
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Medical School (Office & AME)Faculty of MedicineMatched phrases in profile:
Effect of an anaesthesia information video on preoperative maternal anxiety and postoperative… Maternal obesity… on the maternal and neonatal microbiome. She is currently focused on expanding the growing research… . The known demographics were derived from the Health Workforce Queensland database and included age…
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- v.eley@uq.edu.au
Professor Eley obtained her medical degree at The University of Tasmania in 1999 and became a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists in 2006, after being awarded the Cecil Gray prize for the Final Examination. She has worked as a Staff Specialist in anaesthesia at the Roya …
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Research Fellow (Environmental Scie
Child Health Research CentreFaculty of MedicineMatched phrases in profile:
disrupting chemicals and environmentally persistent free radicals— and the health of children.… and maternal and offspring health outcomes: an umbrella review… Bushfire smoke events and health outcomes… Providing evidence to guide public health messages during bushfire smoke events… ), is toxic and poses a significant threat to human health. More information is needed on pollutants… Environmental exposures and child health… health. Her current research explores the following: Environmentally persistent free… health benefits is an improvement in the health outcomes of neonates. Maternal exposure to green space…
Medical and Health Sciences; Public Health and Health Services; Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety; Epidemiology;- Email:
- d.vilcins@uq.edu.au
Dwan is an environmental epidemiologist, with a particular interest in children's environmental health. Her current research explores the following:
- Environmentally persistent free radicals, air pollution, and children's lung outcomes
- Maternal exposure to green space, ambient temperature and air p …
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Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
Pragmatic implementation studies to improve nutrition practices and policies: childcare during the first 1000 days as a contributor to long-term health… BDHP - Maternal and Child Health Theme… Dr Robyn Littlewood – Chief Executive, Health and Wellbeing Queensland… , behaviors and habits, physical activity and health-related quality of life. A total of 72% of…
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- robyn.littlewood@uq.edu.au
Dr Robyn Littlewood – Chief Executive, Health and Wellbeing Queensland
As leader of the state’s first dedicated prevention agency, Dr Littlewood is a passionate advocate for health promotion in Queensland.
Dr Littlewood believes every Queenslander has the right to better health, with expertise in …
