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Mater Research Institute-UQFaculty of MedicineHonorary Associate Professor
Mater Research Institute-UQFaculty of MedicineMatched phrases in profile:
Gene networks associated with non-syndromic intellectual disability… Investigation of individuals with idiopathic intellectual disability… unexplained intellectual disability. The study will increase understanding of fundamental biological abnormalities underpinning intellectual disability.… intellectual disability and autism. Paul’s research group collaborates very closely with… Non-syndromic intellectual disability (NS-ID) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder, with more…
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- paul.dawson@mater.uq.edu.au
Associate Professor Paul Dawson is the Mater Research Head of Education, MRI-UQ Director of Higher Degree Research, and a Mater Foundation Principal Research Fellow. Paul leads the Neurodevelopmental Research Group at Mater, which is focussed on cerebral palsy in preterm infants, non-syndromic intel …
Since joining Mater Research in 2010, A/Prof Dawson has brought together collaborative groups of clinicians, biomedical researchers, research entities (MCH/LCCH, MMH, QBI, QCIDD, AIBN, UQ CAI and SBMS) and the Mater Foundation, to investigate the aetiology of neurodevelopmental disorders. These coll …
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Adjunct Associate Professor
School of EducationFaculty of Humanities, Arts and Social SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
This project focuses on how young adults with an intellectual disability construct their futures… Experience of family members, including siblings, of having a child with a disability in the family.… to or secondary to disability, who are in out-of-home care: A systematic review… Parenting employment-decisions and family functioning in community context: Normative features and disability specific factors… Family functioning in families with a child with a disability… with intellectual disability, family functioning in families with a child with a disability, and… Families of children with disabilities have been the subject of a number of myths, some of which…
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- m.cuskelly@uq.edu.au
Down syndrome
Dr Cuskelly is the Director of the long running Down Syndrome Research Program based at The University of Queensland. In addition to her interests in the development of individuals with Down syndrome she has research interests in the psycho-social functioning of individuals with intel …
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Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
School of Health and Rehabilitation SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
with disability. Keywords: Mothers of autistic children, supporting and promoting health and… Should schools expect poor physical and mental health, social adjustment, and participation outcomes in students with disability?… Taking a first step to embed a mental health service for mothers of children with disability in a paediatric service… Health and wellbeing of parents of children with disability… in the context of disability. She has worked in mental health practice before changing the direction… youth with intellectual disability (ID) aimed at developing skills and building networks.MethodsYouth…
Medical and Health Sciences; Other Medical and Health Sciences; Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified;- Email:
- t.mcauliffe@uq.edu.au
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- +61 7 336 52084
Tomomi is an early career researcher who has a strong interest in parental health and wellbeing in the context of disability. She has worked in mental health practice before changing the direction of her career to the tertiary education sector. As she worked with people who were mothers in clinical …
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ARC Future Fellow
School of LawFaculty of Business, Economics and LawMatched phrases in profile:
disabilities to transition from economic exclusion to work. One in five Australians have a disability… and Hierarchies of Impairments 2. The Relevance of International Disability Human Rights Laws to… Digital copyright and disability discrimination: From Braille books to bookshare… Young people with cognitive disability transitioning to adulthood: experiences of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation… International and Comparative Disability Law… all. He advances his vision through advancing human rights and helping universities become disability… Persons with disabilities have endured discrimination and live under social apartheid. While…
Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services; Law and Legal Studies; International and comparative law; Commercial law; Human resources and industrial relations; Law in context; Public law; Labour law; Employment equity and diversity; Comparative law; Welfare, insurance, disability and social security law; Law, science and technology;- Email:
- p.harpur@law.uq.edu.au
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- +61 7 336 58864
Professor Paul Harpur OAM (introductory video) aims to create a world which is more inclusive for all. He advances his vision through advancing human rights and helping universities become disability champions of change. Professor Harpur is an nationally and internationally acclaimed legal scholar, …
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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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Research Fellow
Child Health Research CentreFaculty of MedicineMatched phrases in profile:
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common physical disability arising in childhood. Around 34,000… Physical activity promotion in children with disability… 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
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- +61 7 344 36411
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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Lecturer - Occupational Therapy
School of Health and Rehabilitation SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
Sexuality and sexual wellbeing of people with disability… disability in society. It challenges viewers to consider how we can improve the way that sexuality is viewed and addressed within a healthcare context.…
Health Sciences; Education; Sociology; Allied health and rehabilitation science; Specialist studies in education; Gender, sexuality and education; Human Society; Sociology of health; Sociological methodology and research methods; Occupational therapy; Rehabilitation;- Email:
- chloe.bryant@uq.edu.au
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Research Fellow/Senior Research off
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… People with intellectual disability experience significant health disparity and engage in less… 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; Health Sciences; People with disability; Biomedical and Clinical Sciences;- Email:
- k.brooker1@uq.edu.au
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- +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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Research Fellow
School of Health and Rehabilitation SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
Dedifferentiation and difference: people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)… of law and regulation in practice for people with disabilities and other impairments to… Dedifferentiationrepresents the merging of the wider "intellectual disability" category with the…
Studies in Human Society; Law and Legal Studies; Policy and Administration; Sociology; Law; Social Policy; Sociological Methodology and Research Methods; Law and Society; Human Society; Health Sciences; Philosophy and Religious Studies; Law and Legal Studies; Policy and administration; Sociology; Law in context; Applied ethics; Health services and systems; Public law; Law and society and socio-legal research; Residential client care; Aged health care; Legal ethics; People with disability; Human rights and justice issues (excl. law); Welfare, insurance, disability and social security law; Sociological methodology and research methods; Social policy;- Email:
- michelle.king@uq.edu.au
Michelle is a sociologist and lawyer: her research focuses on decision-making and the operation of law and regulation in practice for people with disabilities and other impairments to communication and capacity. She has research interests in the sociology of law, decision-making (supported and subst …
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Research Fellow
School of Human Movement and Nutrition SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
Coming of Age on the Margins: A Life Course Perspective on the Time-Use of Australian Adolescents with Disabilities… and determinants of children’s and adolescents’ time-use, including for adolescents with disability… Adolescents with disabilities experience multiple disadvantages spanning health, education, social…
Studies in Human Society; Demography; Policy and Administration; Sociology; Family and Household Studies; Social Policy; Applied Sociology, Program Evaluation and Social Impact Assessment; Sociological Methodology and Research Methods; Psychology; Human Society; Health Sciences; Policy and administration; Applied and developmental psychology; Sociology; Epidemiology; Social work; Sociology of inequalities; Child and adolescent development; Sociology of family and relationships; Sociology of health; Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment; Social epidemiology; Sociological methodology and research methods; Sociology of the life course; Social policy;- Email:
- m.oflaherty@uq.edu.au
Dr Martin O’Flahertyis a research fellow in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course located in the Institute for Social Science Research. Martin has made important contributions to the evaluation of nationally significant social policy, often working with the De …
