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