Faculty of Science, Health and Education Staff
Office of the Dean
Professor Rod Simpson
Dean and Chair in Health and Sustainability, Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Ms Anne Steward
Personal Assistant/Administration Officer, Office of the Dean
Ms Tamara Hoogvliet
Project Officer (Office of the Dean)
Ms Susan Shade
Administrative Assistant (Learning and Teaching)
School of Health and Sport Sciences
Academic staff
Professor John Lowe
Head of School, School of Health and Sport Sciences
Professor, Population Health Sciences
Associate Professor Janet Allan
Coordinator, Undergraduate Nursing Program
Associate Professor, Nursing
Dr Chris Askew
Senior Lecturer, Exercise Physiology
Ms Libby Baillie
Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics
Associate Professor Margaret Barnes
Associate Professor, Nursing
Dr Lesley Brooker
Coordinator, Learning and Teaching
Senior Lecturer, Physiology
Associate Professor Brendan Burkett
Director, CHASE
Associate Professor, Sport Science (Biomechanics)
Dr Fiona Burnell
Lecturer, Immunology
Ms Angela Calder
Lecturer in Coaching Science
Ms Glenda Darville
Lecturer, Nursing
Associate Professor Peter Dunn
Associate Professor in Biostatistics
Dr Leigh Findlay
Lecturer, Physiology
Ms Ann Framp
Lecturer in Nursing
Ms Lisa Fraser
Lecturer, Sports Psychology
Ms Michelle Gray
Lecturer in Nursing
Mr Craig Greber
Lecturer, Occupational Therapy
Ms Deborah Hitchen-Holmes
Associate Lecturer, Clinical Nursing Laboratory
Dr Mark Holmes
Senior Lecturer, Nutritional Biochemistry
Professor Roger Hughes
Chair of Public Health Nutrition
A/Prof Mark Hunt
Associate Professor in Forest Ecology
Ms Tracey John
Lecturer, Nursing
Ms Lorraine Jones
Lecturer, Physiology
Dr Mohammad Katouli
Senior Lecturer, Medical Microbiology
Dr Dale Lovell
Lecturer, Sports Science
Associate Professor Margaret McAllister
Associate Professor, Nursing
Mr Dean McCullum
Senior Lecturer, Food Science
Mr Daniel Mellifont
Program Developer, Physiotherapy
Dr Rebecca Mellifont
Lecturer, Sports Science (Biomechanics)
Ms Lily O'Hara
Lecturer, Public Health
Dr Ann Parkinson
Coordinator, First Year Students
Lecturer, Physiology and Anatomy
Dr Fiona Pelly
Lecturer, Sports Nutrition
Mr Jamie Peetz
Paramedic Educator - QLD Ambulance
Mr Nick Prass
Senior Lecturer, Paramedic
Ms Rachel Reed
Lecturer, Nursing
Dr Anne Roiko (Neller)
Senior Lecturer, Health and Environment
Dr Jennifer Rowe
Senior Lecturer, Nursing
Dr Fraser Russell
Senior Lecturer, Pharmacology
Dr Mark Sayers
Senior Lecturer, Sports Biomechanics
Dr Gary Slater
Senior Lecturer, Nutrition and Dietetics
Dr Leonie Williams
Senior Lecturer, Nursing
Administrative staff
Ms Nicole Bolitho
School Administration Assistant, School of Health and Sport Sciences
Ms Helle Carrigan
Administration Officer, Nursing
Ms Bronwyn Doyle
Clinical Placement Coordinator, Nursing
Ms Sally Nimmo
Personal Assistant to Head of School, Health and Sport Sciences
Ms Samantha Poole
School Administration Officer, School of Health and Sport Sciences
Ms Kylie Sharpe
School Administration Assistant, School of Health and Sport Sciences
Ms Cynthia Teo
Research Assistant to Head of School, School of Health and Sport Sciences
School of Science and Education
Academic staff
Professor Noel Meyers
Head of School, School of Science and Education
Dr Bill Allen
Lecturer, Education
Ms Phyllis Araneo
Associate Lecturer and Research Fellow
Mr Graham Ashford
Lecturer, Climate Change Adaptation
Professor Tania Aspland
Professor, Education
Dr Peter Brooks
Senior Lecturer, Chemistry
Ms Cathy Burke
Lecturer, Education (Special Education)
Dr Scott Burnett
Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology
Associate Professor Bill Carter
Coordinator of Environmental Education Programs for Fraser Island
Associate Professor, Education
Mr Chris Dann
Lecturer in Education, Professional Studies
Mr Peter Davies
Associate Lecturer, Enabling Sciences
Professor Abigail Elizur
Professor, Aquaculture Biotechnology
Dr Shireen Fahey
Senior Lecturer, Climate Change, Coasts and Catchments
Dr Mark Hunt
Associate Professor DPI
Dr Christian Jones
Senior Lecturer, Human-Computer Interaction and Affective Computing
Ms Emma Kill
Associate Lecturer, TPP Program
Dr Peter Killen
Senior Lecturer, Physics
Dr David Lee
Associate Professor DPI
Ms Beverly Lowe
Senior Lecturer in Education - Early Learning
Associate Professor Wayne Knibb
A/Prof, Genetics; Aquaculture
Dr Ipek Kurtboke
Senior Lecturer, Environmental Microbiology
Dr David McKay
Senior Lecturer, Biotechnology
Ms Nicole McMullen
Associate Lecturer and Research Fellow
Dr Michael Nagel
Senior Lecturer, Education and Head of Education Discipline
Ms Robyn Parkes-Sandri
Lecturer, Education and Early Learning
Ms Kylie Readman
Lecturer, Education
Mr Wayne Robinson
Lecturer, Environmental Science and Statistics
Mr Scott Roche
Associate Lecturer, Enabling Programs
Ms Lisa Ryan
Associate Lecturer, Sustainability Education
Associate Professor Thomas Schlacher
Associate Professor, Marine Science
Dr Alison Shapcott
Senior Lecturer, Vegetation and Plant Ecology
Ms Simone Smala
Lecturer, Education
Ms Carol Smith
Lecturer in Special Education
Professor Tim Smith
Director, Regional Sustainability Research Group
Ms Lyris Snowden
Associate Lecturer, First Year and Transition and Workplace Learning Coordinator (Science and Health)
Dr Sanjeev Srivastava
Lecturer, Geospatial Analysis
Dr Dana Thomsen
Lecturer in Engagement for Sustainability
Dr Neil Tindale
Coordinator, Regional Engagement
Senior Lecturer, Environmental Chemistry
Ms Elizabeth Toohey
Lecturer, Education
Dr Stephen Trueman
Senior Lecturer, Plant Science
Associate Professor Helen Wallace
Associate Professor, Agricultural Ecology
Professor Richard Warrick
Professor, Climate Change Adaptation
Associate Professor Peter Waterman
Associate Professor, Environmental Science
Ms Patricia Whannell
Associate Lecturer, TPP Programs
Mr Robert Whannell
Associate Lecturer, TPP Programs
Dr Richard White
Senior Lecturer, Science and Education
Dr Aaron Wiegand
Lecturer, Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation
Mr Ken Young
Lecturer, Education
Administrative staff
Ms Melanie Durston
Professional Workplace Learning Coordinator (Currently on maternity leave)
Ms Helen Harvey
School Administration Officer (Finance), School of Science and Education
Ms Marilyn Ludlow
Workplace Learning Officer, Education
Ms Kathryn Mash
Program Administrator, Education (Currently on maternity leave)
Ms Jodie Roberts
Program Administrator, Education
Ms Sonya Smith
Professional Workplace Learning Coordinator, Education
Ms Robyn Tobin
Administrative Assistant, Personal Assistant to Head of School, Science and Education
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Adjunct appointments
Dr Mark Bachels, Adjunct Senior Lecturer
National Leader - Sustainable Community Development, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Dr Renee Bartolo, Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Research Scientist, Department of Environment and Heritage - Environmental Research Institute of the Supervising Scientist
Dr Peter Bayliss, Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Deputy Director and Program Manager Ecological Risk Assessment (Principal Research Scientist), Department of Environment, Heritage, Water and Arts
Ms Debra Blumel, Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Strategic Research and Development Adviser - Central Area Population Health Services
Ms Glenda Darville, Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Nurse Educator, Queensland Health
Mr Geoff Dews, Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Natural Resource Consultant
Professor Blair Fitzharris, Adjunct Professor
Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, University of Otago, New Zealand
Mr Charles Forzatti, Adjunct Lecturer
Curriculum Administration, Sienna Catholic College
Dr John French, Adjunct Professor
Proprietor, Ecospan Consulting Services Pty Ltd
Professor Steve Garlick, Adjunct Professor
Regional Engagement
Dr Robert Grandin, Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Education Consultant and Writer
Professor Gregory Gray, Adjunct Professor
College of Public Health, University of Iowa, United States of America
Professor Roy Guthrie, Adjunct Professor
Principal Consultant, Gus Guthrie Consulting Pty Ltd
Ms Sharon Hamill, Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Senior Research Scientist, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Dr Paul Harrey, Adjunct Lecturer
Worms Downunder
Mr David Hebblethwaite, Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Principal, Data Visual Pty Ltd
Mr Anthony Hucker, Adjunct Lecturer
Manager, Clinical Education, Queensland Ambulance Service
Mr John Hunt, Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Department of Education, Training and the Arts
Professor Mervyn Hyde, Adjunct Professor
Professor of Education, Griffith University
Dr David James, Adjunct Professor
Director, Ecoservices Pty Ltd
Professor Arthur Johnston, Adjunct Professor
Supervising Scientist, Supervising Scientist Division, DEH
Professor Chalapan Kaluwin, Adjunct Professor
Professor of Environmental Sciences, School of Natural and Physical Science
Associate Professor Peter Kamen, Adjunct Associate Professor
CEO, Cardiac Dynamics Australia Pty Ltd
Dr Desley Kassulke, Adjunct Associate Professor
Senior Research Officer, Environmental Health Unit, Queensland Health
Dr Robert Kay, Adjunct Associate Professor
Director, Coastal Zone Management (Australia) Pty Ltd
Dr Susan Keays, Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Sports and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
Dr Wayne Knibb, Adjunct Lecturer
Principal Research Scientist, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Dr Andrew Langley, Adjunct Associate Professor
Director, Centre for Disease Control, Central Public Health Unit Network-Sunshine Coast
Dr David Lee, Adjunct Associate Professor
Principal Scientist, Horticulture and Forestry Science, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Dr Kristina Malko-Nyhan, Adjunct Lecturer
Professor Barrie Margetts, Adjunct Professor
Professor of Public Health Nutrition
Professor Albert Roger Meder, Adjunct Professor
CSIRO Forest Biosciences
Mr John Mendoza, Adjunct Professor
Ms Jo Munday, Adjunct Lecturer
Mental Health Educator, Nambour General Hospital
Associate Professor Stephen Niemiec, Adjunct Associate Professor
Mental Health Nursing Advisor, Queensland Health
Dr Barry Noller, Adjunct Associate Professor
Deputy Director, National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology,
University of Queensland
Mr Jamie Peetz, Adjunct Lecturer
Queensland Ambulance Service - QCESA
Professor Simon Potter, Adjunct Professor
Research Program Leader, CSIRP Forest Biosciences
Associate Professor Jeff Price, Adjunct Associate Professor
Biologist, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State University
Mr Livio Regano, Adjunct Lecturer
Television Weather Presenter, Channel Seven and Meteorologist, Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane
Ms Carolyn Robins, Adjunct Scientist
Belli Consultancy Pty Ltd
Dr Jeremy Russell-Smith, Adjunct Professor
Ecological Consultant
Dr Graham Sems, Adjunct Associate Professor
Global Environment Specialist - Climate Change, SEM Consultancy Services
Associate Professor Glendon Shaw, Adjunct Associate Professor
Senior Lecturer, Griffith University
Mr Ross Spark, Adjunct Professor
Director, Population Health Services, Northern Area Health Service
Dr Warren Stanton, Adjunct Professor
Psychologist Practice, Osiris Health Care Centre
Associate Professor Phillip Walker, Adjunct Associate Professor
Chairman, Department of Vascular Surgery and Director of Vascular Laboratory, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Queensland
Mr Graham Wilkinson, Adjunct Lecturer
District Director of Nursing Services, Queensland Health
Dr Karen Woolley, Adjunct Lecturer
Manager and co-founder, ProScribe
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Technical services staff
Dr Denis Podger
Manager, Technical Services
Mr Stephen Bishop
Laboratory Technician, Sport and Exercise Science
Mr Rob De Marco
ICT Systems Developer, Technical Services
Mr David Glover
Technical Officer (USC Diving Officer)
Ms Ava Kerr
Laboratory Technician, Sport and Exercise Science
Ms Allison Morrison
Laboratory Technician, Technical Services
Ms Catriona Morrison
Field Work Coordinator, Technical Services
Mr Michael Nielsen
Technical Officer (Analytical Chemist)
Ms Linda Pappalardo
Laboratory Technician (Life Sciences)
Mr Daniel Powell
Laboratory Manager, Technical Services
Ms Bonnie Salter
Laboratory Assistant
Mr Daniel Shelley
Laboratory Assistant
Mr Daryle Sullivan
Laboratory Technician
Ms Meegan Walker
Coordinator, Technical Services (Sport and Exercise Science)
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Faculty administrative staff
Ms Eiver Thetford
Manager, Faculty Administration
Ms Elizabeth Askew
E-Learning Project Officer, Learning and Teaching
Ms Melanie Belton
Administration Officer, Faculty Timetable
Ms Julie Davey
Program Administrator, Science and Health
Ms Glenys O'Neal
Team Leader, Student Support
Ms Susan Romero
Administrative Assistant, Finance
Ms Samantha Roylance
Administrative Assistant, Student Support
Ms Lyn Rosenhart
Administrative Assistant, Program Advice (Education)
Ms Helen Smit
Team Leader, Program Advice (Science and Health)
Mrs Vivienne Wooster
Finance Administrator (Faculty of Science, Health and Education)
Faculty research staff
Dr Anna Kuballa
Post-doctoral Research and Teaching Fellow
Mr Jeremy Shaw
Research Scientist
Dr Rhonda Stokoe
Post-doctoral Research and Teaching Fellow
Dr David Walton
Post-doctoral Research and Teaching Fellow (Horticulture and Forestry)
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