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Professor
School of EducationFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
Why do families relinquish care of their family member with a disability?… 'We need to talk' : Genomics and disability… A family having to relinquish the care of their family member with a disability is a situation that…
Education; Studies in Human Society; Medical and Health Sciences; Nursing; Public Health and Health Services; Education Systems; Specialist Studies in Education; Policy and Administration; Care for Disabled; Health and Community Services; Higher Education; Special Education and Disability; Social Policy;- Email:
- k.nankervis@uq.edu.au
- Ph:
- +61 7 336 56493
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Associate Professor
School of Human Movement and Nutrition SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
Cerebral palsy is the most common type of physical disability impacting on 1 in 500 children, with… A National Initiative for Increasing Sports Participation among Australians with a Disability… Motor Accident Insurance Commission Queensland Teaching and Community Service Rehabilitation Research Fellowship in Physical Activity and Disability… research program he aims to generate the knowledge required to empower people with disabilities to… purpose (to promote participation in sport by people with disabilities by minimising the impact of…
- Email:
- s.tweedy@uq.edu.au
- Ph:
- +61 7 336 56638
A/Prof Sean Tweedy leads the Para Sport and Adapted Physical Activity Research Group in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland. Through his applied research program he aims to generate the knowledge required to empower people with disabilities to pursue self-di …
Sean developed the Adapted Physical Activity Program (APAP), a theory-driven physical activity promotion program for community dwelling people disabilities. A controlled clinical trial demonstrated its efficacy in people with acquired brain injury, providing impetus for its implementation into the A …
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ATH - Associate Professor
UQ Centre for Clinical ResearchFaculty of MedicineMatched phrases in profile:
Health care utilization, cost burden and coping strategies by disability status: an analysis of the Viet Nam National Health Survey… The RAPID (Reducing Antipsychotics in People with Intellectual Disability) study… Adult developmental disability medicine… Developmental Disability (to January 2021) Senior Medical Officer, Mater… disability status to assist in the design of equitable health systems in developing countries. Using…
Biological Sciences; Medical and Health Sciences; Medical Microbiology; Public Health and Health Services; Ecology; Microbiology; Zoology; Clinical Sciences; Infectious Diseases; Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy); Medical Bacteriology; Medical Virology; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health; Care for Disabled; Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety; Epidemiology; Health Promotion; Mental Health; Preventive Medicine; Primary Health Care; Infectious Agents; Invertebrate Biology; Vertebrate Biology;- Email:
- d.harley@uq.edu.au
CURRENT POSITIONS
- General Practitioner, Indooroopilly General Practice
- Senior Staff Specialist (Public Health Medicine), West Moreton Public Health Unit
- Principal Research Fellow, UQ-CCR
- Adjunct Professor, Griffith University Medical School
RECENT POSITIONS
- Senior Staff Specialist (Public Heal …
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of EducationFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesHonorary Research Fellow
School of EducationFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
that is accessible to a wider group of stakeholders (e.g., parents and disability support workers in… An initial evaluation of a long-term, sustainable, integrated community-based physical activity program for adults with intellectual disability… mental health outcomes experienced by disability support workers across multiple states of Australia… Parent stress and seeking voluntary out-of-home care (relinquishment) for children and young people with disability… Background Physical activity (PA) programs for adults with intellectual disability (ID) have…
- Email:
- m.vassos@uq.edu.au
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Mater Research Institute-UQFaculty of MedicineMatched phrases in profile:
Perceptions and experiences of access to public healthcare by people with disabilities and older people in Uganda… with intellectual and developmental disability living with diabetes and their support people: Diabetes to the Point… Disability and health… Katie is a health and disability researcher. She did an undergraduate degree in health sciences… older people in Uganda's Kamwenge district, and with persons with disabilities from the Gulu region…
Public Health and Health Services; Care for Disabled; Primary Health Care; Medical and Health Sciences;- Email:
- k.brooker1@uq.edu.au
- Ph:
- +61 7 3163 1983
Katie is a health and disability researcher. She did an undergraduate degree in health sciences. Though this, she gained the language and understanding of the social determinants of health, providing the framework to contextualise the health disparities she had witnessed growing up. Her passion for …
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Honorary Senior Fellow
School of PharmacyFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMedia Keywords: Swallowing disorders; Feeding disorders; Chewing disorders; Swallowing difficulty; Fussy eaters; Feeding difficulties - children; Food - children; Eating - fussy eaters; Medication - difficulty in swallowing; Cervical auscultation; Food - texture, viscosity, swollowing; Barium swallow; -
Research Fellow
Child Health Research CentreFaculty of MedicineMatched phrases in profile:
Disability sports and recreation… enabling participation of young people with disabilities in sports and active recreation. She is… Objectives Cerebral palsy (CP) remains the world's most common childhood physical disability with…
Medical and Health Sciences; Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine; Public Health and Health Services; Clinical Sciences; Physiotherapy; Rehabilitation and Therapy (excl. Physiotherapy); Paediatrics; Health Promotion; Preventive Medicine;- Email:
- s.reedman@uq.edu.au
- Ph:
- +61 7 3069 7336
Dr Sarah Reedman is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre group within the UQ Child Health Research Centre. Sarah is passionate about enabling participation of young people with disabilities in sports and active recreation. She is interest …
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ATH - Associate Professor
Child Health Research CentreFaculty of MedicineMatched phrases in profile:
Exogenous melatonin for sleep disorders in children with visual impairment and intellectual disability: Evidence grows but research shrinks… refer explicitly to intervention for intellectual disability at a level other than behaviour change…
- Email:
- h.heussler@uq.edu.au
Developmental and Behavioural Paediatrician with a dual qualification in Sleep Medicine
Honey trained initially at UQ and the Mater Chidlren's Hospital before spending time in Melbourne at the RWH and RCH ( Murdoch Institute)Her Doctorate in the Behavioural and Attentional consequences of Adenotonsil …
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Research Fellow
School of Human Movement and Nutrition SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences- Email:
- a.goode@sph.uq.edu.au
- Ph:
- +61 7 336 55393
Dr Ana Goode is an implementation scientist, with expertise in designing, implementing and evaluating broad-reach (e.g. telephone, SMS, digital) health behaviour change interventions in applied 'real-world' settings. Her program of research brings together training and research experience in health …
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Emeritus Professor
School of Health and Rehabilitation SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
but not in work disability prevention. Self management provides the worker with opportunities to… Predictors of disability in patients with chronic low back pain… investigate other measurement properties of the GAPP FCE using populations with injury or disability.…
- Email:
- j.strong@uq.edu.au
Jenny was appointed Professor of Occupational Therapy in 1997. At the end of 2015, Jenny took early retirement from UQ. In January 2016, she was awarded the title of Emeritus Professor of The University of Queensland. Jenny is now using her time to facilitate and enable a new generation of clinica …
Emeritus Professor Jenny Strong's work into the psychosocial aspects of chronic pain is important. In the mid-1980's, she realised that while the biolgical aspects of pain were being increasingly well-researched, the psych-social aspects of pain were, at best, being mis-understood.
