Research Projects
Current research opportunities in the School of Community Health are listed below. For futher information please contact the relevant staff member directly. All contact information can be found by following the link to their profile page.
| Research Topic | Contact |
|---|---|
| Rural community health and community development; rural adolescent mental health; rural adolescent drug and alcohol use; community based rehabilitation; spirituality and health; school based health promotion and interventions. | Judith Crockett |
| Disability; children and adults; participation; regional and rural issues; occupation and occupational therapy practice |
Michael Curtin |
| Diabetes and metabolic syndrome and related complications especially heart, eye and foot; Blood biochemistry associated with oxidative stress; developing automated computer-based programmes for identification of eye disease and heart attack risk from ECG | Jillian Dunphy |
| Diabetes and metabolic syndrome and related complications especially heart, eye and foot; Blood biochemistry associated with oxidative stress; developing automated computer-based programmes for identification of eye disease and heart attack risk from ECG | Herbert Jelinek |
| Allied health service delivery in rural areas Practicing in community health contexts Allied Health practice and professionalism Consumer experiences of allied health care Aged care / palliative care Interprofessional education in health disciplines |
Annette McLeod-Boyle |
| Therapeutic exercise in physiotherapy Adherence to therapeutic interventions Chronic disease self-management: the influence of health practitioner interactions Pulmonary rehabilitation Women’s health during the childbearing year |
Simone O'Connor |
| Haematology, Haemostasis, Blood transfusion; Microbiology; Physiology; Free Radical Biology and Medicine in Erythrocytes. | Dr Ross Richards |
| Honours; undergraduate students' experience of research; developing practitioner-researchers; the practice-research nexus in Allied Health; interprofessional education in Allied Health; post-operative outcomes in Podiatric Surgery. |
Caroline Robinson |
| Workplace learning, clinical education, assessment of student performance, clinical reasoning and physiotherapy education. |
Megan Smith |
| Biochemical and cell biological mechanisms underlying disease progression in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. |
Gayle Smythe |
| Understanding human occupation and the relationship between occupation and health; understanding transition experiences and how transitions affect health and quality of life; use of philosophy, theory, and evidence in professional practice; the relationship between spirituality and health; mentoring and supervision; continuing professional development; occupational justice; and, working with people who have mental illness. |
Dr Clare Wilding |
| Rural speech pathology services; telehealth; and stuttering |
Linda Wilson |