Our researchers

Medical Radiation Science

Mr John Tessier

Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Career-ready placements, Computed Tomography, Diagnostic Radiography

Mrs Debra Lee

Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Emotional Intelligence, Simulation

Associate Professor Yolanda Surjan

Associate Professor
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Translational Research in skin cancer from human to animal

Professor Peter Stanwell

Professor
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Medical imaging, MRI, brain injury

Mrs Melissa Shields

Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Nuclear Medicine

Dr Cameron Younger

Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Ethics, Trauma, Image Interpretation

Associate Professor Daphne James

Associate Professor
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Nuclear medicine, Occupational Radiation Exposure

Mr Andrew Lloyd

Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Nuclear Medicine, Positron Emission Tomography

Mr David Lyall

Mr David Lyall

Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Molecular Imaging

Mrs Leah Cramp

Associate Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Radiation Therapy

Miss Bianca Alcevski

Associate Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Nutrition & Dietetics

Professor Tracy Burrows

NHMRC Research Fellow
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Dietary intake assessment, obesity, addictive overeating

Professor Clare Collins

Laureate Professor NHMRC Investigator Fellow
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Nutrition, Diet, Dietary assessment, eHealth, telehealth, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, life stage

Associate Professor Melinda Hutchesson

Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Public health nutrition, primary prevention of chronic disease

Associate Professor Lesley MacDonald-Wicks

Assistant Dean Research Development
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Diet and chronic disease management, Health Conversation Skills

Dr Amanda Patterson

Associate Professor
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Public heath nutrition, nutritional epidemiology, diet and chronic disease, mineral nutrition

Dr Kirrilly Pursey

Lecturer- Nutrition and Dietetics
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Nutrition, disordered eating

Mrs Kelly Squires

Lecturer/Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Nutrition, Student supervision, simulation, rural health

Dr Rebecca Collins

Lecturer/Research Academic
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Addictive Eating, Nutrition, Dietetics, Counselling; Telehealth

Occupational Health & Safety

Dr Joanna Bohatko Naismith

Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Return to Work

Occupational Therapy

Dr Kirsti Haracz

Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Mental health, lifestyle, qualitative research

Dr Kylie Wales

Honorary Senior Lecturer/Casual Academic
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Cost-effectiveness, psychometrics, older adults

Dr Elysa Roberts

Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Qualitative research, eating disorders, occupational science

Associate Professor Samantha Ashby

Associate Professor
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Professional identity, professional resilience, occupational therapy theory

Dr Anna Rose

Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Comfort, health services research, e-health

Dr Karen Ray

Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Occupational Therapy, school based practice, handwriting fluency, co-teaching practices, child development

Mrs Nicolette Soler

Mrs Nicolette Soler

Conjoint Lecturer
School of Medicine and Public Health

Oral Health

Professor Dileep Sharma

Head of Discipline Oral Health
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Oral health; Dental Implant; Tissue Regeneration; Oral Cancer; Prevention

Dr Denise Higgins

Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Oral Health Simulation

Dr Jayne Jones

Lecturer- Oral Health
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Oral health Therapists management of patients with ASD

Mr Nathan Aulsebrook

Mr Nathan Aulsebrook

Associate Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
Mr Jacob Bray

Mr Jacob Bray

Associate Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Ms Kelly-Jean Burden

Industry and Clinical Educator
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Higher Education, Oral Health, Oral Health Promotion, Inclusion Oral Health

Physiotherapy

Dr Catherine Johnston

Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Clinical education, cardiopulmonary physiotherapy

Professor Coralie English

Professor
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Stroke recovery and rehabilitation, stroke secondary prevention, post-stroke fatigue, physical activity, Clinical Guideline development

Dr Jenny Mackney

Honorary Lecturer/Casual Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Cardiorespiratory physiotherapy, exercise testing and physiology

Professor Suzanne Snodgrass

Professor
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Movement dysfunction in chronic pain, injury risk in work and sport

Dr Jodie Marquez

Director, Research Ethics and Integrity
Office of the PVC, Research

Expertise: Stroke rehabilitation, robotics for rehabilitation

Dr Peter Osmotherly

Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Clinical anatomy of the upper cervical spine, diagnostic statistics

Dr Wei-Ju Chang

Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Pain, Neuroplasticity, Transcranial Magnetic Simulation; Quantitative Sensory Testing, Musculoskeletal Disorders

Dr Sharon Czerniec

Dr Sharon Czerniec

Industry and Clinical Educator- Physiotherapy
School of Health Sciences

Dr Dawn Simpson

Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Fatigue, Physiotherapy, Stroke, Sedentary Behaviour, Physical Activity, Rehabilitation, Gerontology

Podiatry

Dr Fiona Hawke

Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Lower limb cramps, Indigenous health

Dr Andrea Coda

Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Expertise: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, health technologies

Speech Pathology

Dr Liz Spencer

Head of Discipline for Speech Pathology
School of Health Sciences

Dr Rachael Unicomb

Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Ms Joanne Walters

Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Dr Gwendalyn Webb

Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Dr Joanne Steel

Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Dr Ben Bailey

Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Research - Other

Health Professions Education

Professor Charlotte Rees

Head of School
School of Health Sciences

Family Studies

Dr Jennifer St George

Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences

Associate Professor Richard Fletcher

Associate Professor
School of Health Sciences