Fields of Research (FoR)

• Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified ( 110699 )
  
• Mental Health ( 111714 )
  
• Psychology ( 170100 )
  
• Mental Health Services ( 420313 )
  
• Health Services And Systems ( 420300 )
  
• Clinical Psychology ( 520302 )
  
• Applied And Developmental Psychology ( 520100 )
  
• Clinical And Health Psychology ( 520300 )
  
• Sport And Exercise Psychology ( 520107 )
  
• Health Psychology ( 520304 )
  

Research interests

My research is centered around two program of research. The first is about learning from those with lived experience of suicide. Our current focus is on how peers support each other via online forums. Adopting the position that support is interactional in nature, this research aims to explicate how support is gained and provided to those experiencing a suicidal crisis.

The second program focuses on suicide in sport. This is a new program that is currently examining whether sport is a protective factor against suicide for Australian athletes. Its aim is to identify if there are aspects of the sport context that may protect athletes from developing suicidal thoughts and/or acting on these.

Professional memberships

Registered Psychologist
Member of the Australian Psychological Society
Affiliate Member of the Queensland Counselling Association

Industry affiliations

Member of the Australasian Telehealth Society
Member of the Society for Mental Health Research
Member of the Transcript and Analysis Group
Member of the UQ QualHealth Researchers Network
Member of the International Society for Conversation Analysis Research
Member of Suicide Prevention Australia
Member of the Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association
Member of the National Tertiary Education Union

USQ Research affiliations

• Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)
  
• Centre for Health, Informatics and Economic Research (CHIER)
  

Teaching experience(Tertiary)

22 Years

Administrative responsibilities

Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences

Research supervisor in the area of:

• Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified ( 110699 )
  
• Mental Health ( 111714 )
  
• Mental Health Services ( 420313 )
  
• Health Services And Systems ( 420300 )
  
• Clinical Psychology ( 520302 )
  
• Applied And Developmental Psychology ( 520100 )
  
• Clinical And Health Psychology ( 520300 )
  
• Sport And Exercise Psychology ( 520107 )
  
• Health Psychology ( 520304 )
  

Research topics

• Suicide Talk: Client, Clinician and Online Interactions