Postgraduate student research is a vital component of the School of Public Health. The School endeavours to conduct both basic and applied research that promotes the development, delivery, evaluation and dissemination of innovative and effective public health interventions and practice, for the benefit of the community.
In the School of Public Health, we know that research students thrive when they have a topic they are passionate about, a supervisor who supports their learning, and a leading-edge research environment that challenges their thinking.
Our research activities are designed for health professionals interested in moving into the public health area, mid-career health professionals seeking advancement in their area of work and clinicians wishing to broaden their range of expertise.
Areas of Research:
- Promoting child and adolescent health and well-being (topics such as abuse, resilience, mental health, and nutrition, using frameworks of cross-cultural surveys, longitudinal studies, and randomised controlled trials)
- Investigating social and economic inequalities in health (multilevel studies of food purchasing and physical activity, descriptive studies and intervention research on Indigenous health and health in rural communities)
- Preventing and managing chronic diseases and disabling conditions (including self-management of chronic disease, cancer screening and early detection, cancer recovery and quality of life among survivors and carers, reduction of hospital-acquired infection, prevention of falls among older people)
- Advancing sustainable development and environmental health (varying effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun and climate change on health and disease)
- Health services research and workforce development (including health economic assessments, quality and utility of morbidity and mortality data; podiatric medicine; paramedic services; community and workforce capacity building in public health)
Health issues of particular interest include nutrition and diet; behavioural risk factors such as physical inactivity, smoking and alcohol use; cancer, cardiovascular disease, and obesity; child maltreatment and protection; environmental health; emergency and disaster management; hospital-acquired infection; foot and musculoskeletal health; healthy ageing.
Please contact us for further information or general enquiries about postgraduate courses and research activities or visit www.rse.qut.edu.au
Research Student Centre Enquiries
Email: research.degrees@qut.edu.au Phone +61 7 3138 4475 or +61 7 3138 5306
For discussion about admissions for postgraduate research training at the Masters, PhD, or Professional Doctorate levels, please contact:
Associate Professor Nick Graves Dr Monika Janda
Email: n.graves@qut.edu.au m.janda@qut.edu.au
Examples of Current Public Health Postgraduate Research:
Name |
Degree Program |
Project Title |
Principal Supervisor |
|
| Bonnie | Macfarlane | Professional Doctorate | Knowledge, Attitude and Beliefs about Skin Cancer and Vitamin D in an Ambulatory Older Adult Population in South East Queensland | Aspro Michael Kimlin |
| Alex | Mckinley | Masters by Research | Investigating vitamin D production in urban environments: Does the 'urban canyon' allow for sufficient vitamin D synthesis? | Dr Michael Kimlin |
| Loretta | Mckinnon | PhD | The contribution of psychosocial factors to socioeconomic differences in food purchasing. | Aspro Gavin Turrell |
| Eileen | Mills | PhD | Evaluation of a stages' of change based telephone health coaching intervention to influence health behaviour change in the Queensalnd Police Service. | Aspro Marylou Fleming |
| Tam | Nguyen | PhD | Prof Michael Dunne | |
| William | Olds | PhD | Elucidating the links between UV radiation and Vitamin D synthesis: using an in vitro model | | Aspro Michael Kimlin |
| Therese | O'Sullivan | PhD | The Relationship between Dietary Glycemic and Insulin Resistance in Older Women. | Dr Philippa Lyons-Wall |
| Marita | Pentti | Professional Doctorate | Quality issues for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. | Prof Beth Newman |
| Cecelia | Preece | Masters by Research | Developing a Model of Care to Improve the Health and Well-being for Indigenous People Receiving Renal Dialysis Treatment | Dr Elizabeth Parker |
| Xin | Qi | Masters by Research | Flood and It's Impact on Health in China and Australia | Aspro Shilu Tong |
| Nathan | Redfern | Professional Doctorate | Occupational health and hygiene | Aspro Shilu Tong |
| Sheela | Saravanan | PhD | Influence of training of Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs)on maternal health care: A study of a tribal block in Akole Taluka, Maharashtra State, India | Aspro Gavin Turrell |
| Debbie | Scott | Professional Doctorate | Using Emergency Department Records to Improve the Surveillance of Child Abuse and Neglect | Prof Michael Dunne |
| Margo | Sendall | Professional Doctorate | Conceptions of the School Based Youth Health Nurses role: a phenomenographic study. | Aspro Marylou Fleming |
| Alexis | Stockwell | Professional Doctorate | Implementation of a Clinical Practice Improvement Payment(CPIP) in Queensland Health: Does it improve the quality of care? | | Dr Gary Day |
| Susan | Walker | Professional Doctorate | Improving Hospital Health Information Systems for Public Health Decision-Making in Vietnam | Prof Michael Dunne |
| Xiao | Wang | Masters by Research | Applications of GIS in environmental health modelling | Aspro Shilu Tong |
| Grant | Warren | Professional Doctorate | Integrated, community based intervention in the reduction of non-communicable disease in Vietnam. | Aspro Marylou Fleming |
| Elisabeth | Winkler | PhD | A social ecological analysis of determinants of variation in dietary patterns in Brisbane, Australia | Aspro Gavin Turrell |
| Shelley | Woods | Professional Doctorate | Phage therapy: a potential solution to antibiotic resistance - implications for public health policy. | Dr Diana Battistutta |
| Wei | Yu | PhD | The impact of weather and air pollution on elderly emergency hospital admissions from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. | Aspro Shilu Tong |
| Rachel | Zabel | PhD | The relationship between EPA, appetite and inflammatory markers in hemodialysis patients. | Aspro Susan Ash |
| Yan | Zhang | PhD | Assessment of the impact of heat waves on mortality in China and Australia | Aspro Shilu Tong |
| Jing | Zhao | PhD | Dr Nicholas Graves | |
Examples of Public Health Postgraduate Research Completed 2006/2007:
Name |
Degree Program |
Project Title |
Principal Supervisor |
| Robin | Armstrong | Masters by Research | Anger and Anxiety in Patients with Primary Aldosteronism Treated with Amiloride Hydrochloride | Prof Michael Dunne |
| Vanessa | Beesley | PhD | The Experience of Gynaecological Cancer Survivors: Supportive Care Needs and Use | Dr Diana Battistutta |
| Belinda | Burrows | PhD | An Economic Evaluation of Alternate Models of Perinatal HIV Screening for the US Virgin Islands | Dr Nicholas Graves |
| Nicola | Burton | PhD | The Relative Contribution of Psychological, Social, and Environmental Variables to Explain Variation | Prof Brian Oldenburg |
| Katrina | Campbell | PhD | Nutritional Management In pre-dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease: an investigation of methods for nutri | Aspro Susan Ash |
| Wan | Choo | PhD | Child Maltreatment in Malaysia: Prevalence, correlates, and probable health and behavioural conseque | Prof Michael Dunne |
| Cameron | Earl | Prof Doctorate | Public Health Management at Outdoor Music Festivals | Dr Elizabeth Parker |
| Coral | Gartner | PhD | Environmental Risk Factors for Parkinson's Disease | Dr Diana Battistutta |
| Sara | Gollschewski | PhD | The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medications by Menopausal Women Living in South East Queens | Dr Philippa Lyons-Wall |
| Louisa | Gordon (nee Collins) | PhD | An evaluation of health-related quality of life and cost-effectiveness of two rehabilitation program | Prof Beth Newman |
| Katherine | Hanna | PhD | Phytoestrogen Status in Relation to Sociodemographic Factors and Biomarkers of Bone Health in Older | Dr Philippa Lyons-Wall |
| Chin | Ho | Prof Doctorate | A Study of the Relationships between Work Values, Job Involvement and Organisational Commitment amon | Prof Brian Oldenburg |
| Karen | Hughes | Masters by Research | Repeat Adherence to Colorectal Cancer Screening Utilising Faecal Occult Blood Testing: a Community-B | Prof Beth Newman |
| Kelly | Johnstone | PhD | Organophosphate Exposure in Agricultural Workers: Human Exposure and Risk Assessment | Prof Michael Capra |
| Helen | Mckeering | Masters by Research | Separated Fathers: Generativity, Grief and Mental Health | Prof Beth Newman |
| Huong | Nguyen | PhD | Child Maltreatment in Vietnam: Prevalence and Associated Mental and Physical Health Problems | Prof Michael Dunne |
| Jan | Pratt | Prof Doctorate | Injured or abused children less than one year of age: Are they the same sub-population? | Aspro Marylou Fleming |
| Lloyd | Reed | PhD | An investigation of Foot and Ankle Problems Experienced by Nurses | Prof Beth Newman |
| Cizao | Ren | PhD | Evaluation of Interactive Effects between Temperature and Air Pollution on Health Outcomes | Aspro Shilu Tong |
| Charrlotte | Seib | PhD | Health, Well-Being and Sexual Violence among Female Sex Workers: A Comparative Study | Prof Michael Dunne |
| Sheree | Smith | PhD | Health Behaviour, Asthma and Patient Centred Education | Aspro Marylou Fleming |
| Angela | Vivanti | Prof Doctorate | Screening and Identification of Dehydration in Older People Admitted to a Geriatric and Rehabilitati | Dr Diana Battistutta |
| Jianzhen | Zhang | PhD | Socioeconomic Position and Utilisation of Preventive Health Services among Adults in the General Pop | Prof Brian Oldenburg |