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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:
activity competence in school aged children with neurodevelopmental disabilities… The SPORTY Project: Sports Priorities and Objectives for Research & Translation for Youth with childhood-onset disability… sports intervention) for children with disability or inpairment in first nations communities in… disability to participate in physical recreation and sport. She has worked clinically in government… fitness, self-esteem, confidence and quality of life of children with disabilities. The Sports Stars…
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- g.clutterbuck@uq.edu.au
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- +61 7 334 69396
Dr Georgina Clutterbuck is a physiotherapist who is passionate about supporting children with disability to participate in physical recreation and sport. She has worked clinically in government and not-for-profit sectors and in her own private practice and enjoys sharing her real-world experiences w …
Dr Clutterbuck’s work has resulted in Sports Stars trained clinicians providing this intervention in metro and rural areas of Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia as well as in Brazil. She has also provided a number of workshops and mentoring for clinicians wanting to develop their ow …
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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;- Email:
- j.cichero@uq.edu.au
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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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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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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… Communication disability in ageing… 2023 Queensland Young Tall Poppy. Her research interests include communication disability in ageing and… 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
Sarah is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, Certified Practising Speech Pathologist, and a 2023 Queensland Young Tall Poppy. Her research interests include communication disability in ageing and enabling and measuring meaningful change in post-stroke (language/communication impairment following st …
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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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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.…
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- 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.
