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Associate Professor
School of Human Movement and Nutrition SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
What do adults with intellectual disability understand about their health and health needs? A focus group study… Implementation and scale-up of a consumer co-designed physical activity promotion program for people with moderate-to-profound disabilities… Disability sports… passionate about engaging in research to improve the lives of people with a disability through sports… reliability. Normal performance ranges were developed to allow results of athletes with a disability…
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- e.beckman@uq.edu.au
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- +61 7 334 67904
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Dr Emma Beckman is a Teaching and Research academic at the University of Queensland. Emma is passionate about engaging in research to improve the lives of people with a disability through sports, physical activity, and exercise. Following a master’s degree in Adapted physical activity, Emma comple …
Dr Beckman has strong connections to the sports science industry through her research, particularly in translation of her research into rules and regulations that impact on para athletes worldwide. On the basis of research conducted by Dr Beckman and her team, the International Paralympic Committee …
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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…
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- s.tweedy@uq.edu.au
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- +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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Lecturer
School of Health and Rehabilitation SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
Methods and strategies to support regular participation in physical activity for people with disability.… Commentary on "Development of LDPAQ: learning disability physical activity questionnaire"… Implementation and scale-up of a consumer co-designed physical activity promotion program for people with moderate-to-profound disabilities… Supporting physical activity participation for people with disability… clinical and research experience working to support people with disability engage in physical activity… set and suitable experiences to appropriately support people with intellectual disabilities to be…
Medical and Health Sciences; Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine; Veterinary Sciences; Health Sciences; Allied health and rehabilitation science; Occupational therapy; Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences; Biomedical and Clinical Sciences; Veterinary sciences; Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences;- Email:
- jessica.hill@uq.edu.au
Jess has worked as a paediatric occupational therapist in private practice since graduating from her undergraduate degree. She gained additional training in animal-assisted therapy (canine and equine) in 2015 and became interested in the role animals could play in facilitating client motivation and …
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Honorary Associate Professor
School of PharmacyFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesPublic Health and Health Services; Clinical Sciences; Food Sciences; Health Sciences; Clinical sciences; Food sciences;Media 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; -
Senior Research Fellow
School of Health and Rehabilitation SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
The international classification of functioning, disability and health as a framework for providing… Communication disability in Down syndrome… effectiveness of allied health services for people of all ages living with a communication disability… Hearing problems are the most common communication disability in older people. The wide-ranging…
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- carly.meyer@uq.edu.au
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- +61 7 336 51382
Dr. Carly Meyer is a speech pathologist who is passionate about improving the uptake and effectiveness of allied health services for people of all ages living with a communication disability. Carly is specifically interested in the development, implementation, and evaluation of patient- and family-c …
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NHMRC Senior Research Fellow
School of Health and Rehabilitation SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
The World Report on Disability as a blueprint for international, national, and local aphasia services… cause of adult disability in the western world. About 1/3 of people with stroke will have aphasia, a… Communication disability in ageing… Of the 300,000 people in Australia with communication disability, 31% report unmet communication… International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) coding. Outcomes…
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- s.wallace3@uq.edu.au
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- +61 7 334 67453
Of the 300,000 people in Australia with communication disability, 31% report unmet communication needs. Sarah's research is driven by a desire to help these people raise their voice.
Sarah is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist. Her research interests i …
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Snr Lecturer in Clinical Psychology
School of PsychologyFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
Examining the Psychological Wellbeing of Young Adults with Disability Transitioning from Aged Care to Integrated Residential Living… Examining the psychological impacts of integrated residential housing for young people with high-level disability…
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- j.kirby@psy.uq.edu.au
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- +61 7 336 56802
James N. Kirby, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer, Clinical Psychologist, and the Co-Director of the Compassionate Mind Research Group at the University of Queensland. He has broad research interests in compassion, but specifically examines factors that facilitate and inhibit compassionate responding. He …
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Emeritus Professor
School of PsychologyFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
have a parent with an illness/disability, by surveying youngsters 10-18 years. Building on pilot data… The nature of youth care tasks in families experiencing chronic illness/disability: Development of the Youth Activities of Caregiving Scale (YACS)… Young Carers: Investigation of the Psychosocial Impact of Caregiving on Youth Who Have a Parent with an Illness or Disability… performed by young people in the context of family illness/disability: the Youth Activities of…
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- k.pakenham@psy.uq.edu.au
Kenneth Pakenham, PhD, is an Emeritus Professor of clinical and health psychology in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland, Australia. His research and clinical practice in psychology spans 40 years. Inspired by the resilience of some people with serious illnesses, he has committe …
The impacts of Emeritus Professor Pakenham's research has been recognised through three research awards (UQ Trailblazer Award, 2010; UQ Partners in Research Excellence Award, 2016; UQ Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences Staff Award for Research Translation, 2017). His research on chronic illnes …
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Senior Lecturer
School of Human Movement and Nutrition SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
Achieving optimal nutrition and physical activity outcomes for children with disabilities…
Medical and Health Sciences; Nutrition and Dietetics; Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine; Public Health and Health Services; Clinical and Sports Nutrition; Public Nutrition Intervention; Paediatrics; Primary Health Care;- Email:
- j.walker3@uq.edu.au
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- +61 7 336 56116
Dr Jacqueline Walker joined the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences in November 2015 and is working as a Lecturer. She completed her doctoral degree in paediatric nutrition at The University of Queensland in March 2013, focusing on energy balance and body composition in children with cer …
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Professor
Faculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
with an orthodox treatment of advice and graded exercise on pain and disability in chronic whiplash.… Earning and conversion handicaps and the welfare economics of disability… kidney disease(CKD). Ongoing interests include the economics of disability and insurance, compensable… disabilities, viz. an ‘earning handicap’ and a ‘conversion handicap’. In this article, these concepts are…
Public Health and Health Services; Applied Economics; Clinical Sciences; Applied economics; Health Sciences; Clinical sciences;- Email:
- l.connelly@uq.edu.au
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- +61 7 334 64573
Luke Connelly is Professor of Health Economics at the Centre for the Business and Economics of Health. He also holds a Professorial appointment (part-time) at The University of Bologna, to which he was appointed in 2017 via the Italian “Direct Call” (link) process. In 2019 he was appointed as Honora …
