Professional Awards

 

2013

Ian Potter Foundation Travel Grant Award

2011

Exercise and Sports Science Australia Tom Penrose Recipient

2011

University of Queensland Representative, Universitas 21 Early Career Workshop, Healthy Living, 1415 December, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

2011

University of Queensland Resteaching Award

2011

Research Excellence Commendation, University of Queensland School of Nursing and Midwifery

2010

University of Queensland Resteaching Award

2010

Research Excellence Award, University of Queensland, School of Nursing and Midwifery

2008

Best Paper, Clinically Relevant Conditions, Australian Conference on Science and Medicine in Sport (2008)

2003

Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship


Grants

 

 

Muscling-up against disability in older adults with home care packages Implementing an evidence-based progressive resistance training service model of care

Awarded 2015
Funding Organisation and Award: Department of Social Services Aged Care Service Improvement and Health Ageing Grant
Funds Awarded: $1 329 298
Research Partners: Burnie Brae Community Centre, St Vincents Health Services, HUR Australia

The Watermemories Swimming Club: A randomized clinical trial to establish the efficacy and cost benefit of a non-pharmacological intervention to improve the quality of life for people with dementia

Awarded 2014
Funding Organisation and Award: Queensland Health Nursing and Midwifery Research Fellowship
Funds Awarded: $119 397

Sarcopenia and in-patient rehabilitation: Consequences to treatment and following discharge

Awarded 2014
Funding Organisation and Award: Gold Coast Hospital Foundation.
Funds Awarded: $9 917.53

Fit for Surgery: Improving surgical outcomes through a programme of preoperative and postoperative exercise prescription

Awarded 2013
Funding Organisation and Award: Wishlist Foundation
Funds Awarded: $10 000

Graduate and nurse development programme

Awarded 2013
Funding Organisation and Award: Bupa partnership
Funds Awarded: $1 466 375

The Watermemories Swimming Club

Awarded 2012
Funding Organisation and Award: Alzheimers Australia Research Foundation Project Grant
Funds Awarded: $50 000

Positive Moves Project

Awarded 2012
Funding Organisation and Award: Queensland Government Department of Communities Sports and Recreation Active Inclusion Programme Grant
Funds Awarded: $40 000

Prevalence and Predictors of Sarcopenia in Older People Accessing Different Levels of Aged Care in South-East Queensland: a Preliminary Study.

Awarded 2012
Funding Organisation and Award: Bond University Seeding Grant
Funds Awarded: $9 995

The Watermemories Swim Club

Awarded 2011
Funding Organisation and Award: Department of Health and Ageing, Dementia Community Grant
Funds Awarded: $49 951

Watermemories swim club

Awarded 2011
Funding Organisation and Award: Exercise and Sports Science Australia – Tom Penrose Grant
Funds Awarded: $9 875

The CHARMS (Camp Hill Allied Health Roles in Multidisciplinary Setting) Study

Awarded 2010
Funding Organisation: Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute
Funds Awarded: $147 885

The Active D project: A controlled trial of Interactive Exergames in Diabetes

Awarded 2010
Funding Organisation and Award: University of Queensland New Staff Grant
Funds Awarded: $11 995

The Impact of Exercise among Semi-dependant Older Adults accessing day Respite Care

Awarded 2010
Funding Organisation and Award: University of Queensland Early Career Researcher Grant
Funds Awarded: $25 000