Honours Project List
Click on the topics below to find available research projects::
Physical Activity and Health
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
Providing the right support at the right time: development of a just-in-time adaptive physical activity intervention for adults with diabetes and pre-diabetes | Prof Genevieve Healy, Dr Ana Goode, Dr Sjaan Gomersall, Dr Samantha Stephens | g.healy@uq.edu.au |
Wearable trackers in the workplace: who uses them and associations with motivation, physical activity and sedentary behaviour | Dr Charlotte Brakenridge Prof Genevieve Healy | c.brakenridge@uq.edu.au |
Exploration of working from home conditions on health behaviours (e.g. physical activity and sedentary behaviour) and health outcomes in knowledge workers | Dr Charlotte Brakenridge Dr Elise Gane | c.brakenridge@uq.edu.au |
Understanding barriers and enablers to lifestyle behaviour change in adults with type 2 diabetes | Prof Genevieve Healy Dr Sjaan Gomersall | g.healy@uq.edu.au |
Understanding the barriers and enablers to elite pathways in women’s sport: An Industry Placement | Genevieve Healy (HMNS) Nikita Porth (iNSPIRETEK) | g.healy@uq.edu.au |
Understanding barriers and enablers to adolescent womens’ participation in sport: An Industry Placement | Genevieve Healy (HMNS) Nikita Porth (iNSPIRETEK) | g.healy@uq.edu.au |
Use of storytelling to maintain engagement in youth sport: An Industry Placement | Genevieve Healy (HMNS) Nikita Porth (iNSPIRETEK) | g.healy@uq.edu.au |
Use of technology to maintain engagement in youth sport: An Industry Placement | Genevieve Healy (HMNS) Nikita Porth (iNSPIRETEK) | g.healy@uq.edu.au |
Understanding the impact of job demands and job control on workplace sedentary time | Dr Elise Gane | c.brakenridge@uq.edu.au |
Staff Exercise for Optimal Well-being - Implementing a Staff Exercise Intervention into a Mental Health Service | Cassandra Butler (nèe Dodd) Tina Skinner | cassandra.butler@health.qld.gov.au |
Evaluating and MDT Lead Physical Health Intervention in Adolescents accessing Child and Youth mental Health Services | Cassandra Butler (nèe Dodd) Tina Skinner Samantha Bicker | cassandra.butler@health.qld.gov.au |
Nutrition and Dietetics
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
What are the outcomes for Nutrition & Dietetics students participating in IPE clinical placements | Sonya Mattiazzi | s.mattiazzi@uq.edu.au |
Evaluating and MDT Lead Physical Health Intervention in Adolescents accessing Child and Youth mental Health Services | Cassandra Butler (nèe Dodd) Tina Skinner Samantha Bicker | cassandra.butler@health.qld.gov.au |
Exercise Physiology
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
Can clients accurately and reliably measure their own exercise and health assessments: THE IKEA TRIAL | Associate Professor Tina Skinner | t.skinner@uq.edu.au |
Device measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour patterns in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: effects of age, sex, and gross motor function | Dr. Sarah Reedman, Professor Stewart Trost | s.trost@uq.edu.au |
Device-based measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: comparison of machine learning and cut point methods | Professor Stewart Trost, Dr. Sarah Reedman | s.trost@uq.edu.au |
Fundamental movement skills and physical activity in children with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis | Professor Stewart Trost | s.trost@uq.edu.au |
What are the outcomes for Exercise Physiology students participating in IPE clinical placements | Sonya Mattiazzi | s.mattiazzi@uq.edu.au |
Trauma-informed yoga in an Exercise Physiologist's practice | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
How can an Exercise Physiologist work trauma-informed? | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
How can an Exercise Physiologist promote the joy of movement? | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Aboriginal Elders and their exercise behaviours | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
How accurate are exercise physiology measurements via telehealth? | Tina Skinner | t.skinner@uq.edu.au |
Staff Exercise for Optimal Well-being - Implementing a Staff Exercise Intervention into a Mental Health Service | Cassandra Butler (nèe Dodd) Tina Skinner | cassandra.butler@health.qld.gov.au |
Evaluating and MDT Lead Physical Health Intervention in Adolescents accessing Child and Youth mental Health Services | Cassandra Butler (nèe Dodd) Tina Skinner Samantha Bicker | cassandra.butler@health.qld.gov.au |
Reliability of the VALD Dynamo for measuring grip strength rate of force development | Jeff Coombes | jcoombes@uq.edu.au |
Fitbit monitoring of client’s physical activity in a student led exercise physiology clinic | Jeff Coombes Riley Brown | jcoombes@uq.edu.au riley.brown@uq.net.au |
Indigenous Health
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of learning in a movement program aimed at early childhood | Dr Keane Wheeler and Emily Hall | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Cultural determinants of physical literacy | Dr Keane Wheeler and Emily Hall | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Review of cross-culture priorities of ESSA Standards | Dr Keane Wheeler and Emily Hall | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Deadly Choices: association between sport and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health | Dr Keane Wheeler and Emily Hall | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pathways to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games | Dr Keane Wheeler and Emily Hall | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Sport Science
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
Taekwondo - Strength and Conditioning in Developing Athletes | Dr Emma Beckman | e.beckman@uq.edu.au |
Assessing agility performance in sport: bring your own sport to the project | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Promoting STEM learning through movement-based programs | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Building self-efficacy through STEM based initiatives based around movement | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Exploring the cultural interface in sport and exercise science | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Performance analysis of team ball sports: choose your own adventure | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Assessing agility performance in sport: bring your own sport to the project | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Exploring the cultural interface in sport and exercise science | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Performance analysis of team ball sports: choose your own adventure | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Performance analysis of injury hazards in your sport | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Trauma-informed sport science and coaching | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Biomechanics of agility in your sport | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Understanding the barriers and enablers to elite pathways in women’s sport: An Industry Placement | Genevieve Healy (HMNS) Nikita Porth (iNSPIRETEK) | g.healy@uq.edu.au |
Texture analysis of ultrasound images and his application to sport sciences: a systematic review | Dr Patricio Pincheira Dr Marie-Pierre Cyr | p.pincheiramiranda@uq.edu.au m.cyr@uq.edu.au |
Motor Control
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
Optimising reaching in a virtual world | Guy Wallis | gwallis@uq.edu.au |
Revealing hamstring muscles motor unit properties through high-density electromyography | Patricio Pincheira Glen Lichtwark | uqppinch@uq.edu.au |
Brain contributions to ultra fast reactions | Timothy Carroll | timothy.carroll@uq.edu.au |
Do we learn better when we are distracted? | Timothy Carroll | timothy.carroll@uq.edu.au |
Head-mounted displays, augmented reality, and their impact on search behaviour | Guy Wallis Ken McAnally | kenneth.mcanally@uq.edu.au |
Biomechanics
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
Predicting energy expenditure from wearable sensor data during walking tasks | Glen Lichtwark, Luke Jessup | g.lichtwark@uq.edu.au |
Achilles tendon stress and strain during contractions | Glen Lichtwark, Laura Hutchinson | g.lichtwark@uq.edu.au |
Estimating body forces from using markerless body tracking | Glen Lichtwark, Keane Wheeler | g.lichtwark@uq.edu.au |
Sports Coaching / Development
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
Where are they now? Sport coaching graduates and their career trajectories | Steven Rynne & Michael O'Keeffe | s.rynne@uq.edu.au |
Sport for reconcilliation - professional sports and 'Indigenous Rounds' | Steven Rynne | s.rynne@uq.edu.au |
Well-being and elite sport | Michael O'Keeffe and Steven Rynne | s.rynne@uq.edu.au |
Elite coaches' learning and development | Bjorn Galjaardt & Steven Rynne | s.rynne@uq.edu.au |
Understanding the barriers and enablers to elite pathways in women’s sport: An Industry Placement | Genevieve Healy (HMNS) Nikita Porth (iNSPIRETEK) | g.healy@uq.edu.au |
Understanding barriers and enablers to adolescent womens’ participation in sport: An Industry Placement | Genevieve Healy (HMNS) Nikita Porth (iNSPIRETEK) | g.healy@uq.edu.au |
Use of storytelling to maintain engagement in youth sport: An Industry Placement | Genevieve Healy (HMNS) Nikita Porth (iNSPIRETEK) | g.healy@uq.edu.au |
Use of technology to maintain engagement in youth sport: An Industry Placement | Genevieve Healy (HMNS) Nikita Porth (iNSPIRETEK) | g.healy@uq.edu.au |
Coaching adolescents - conceptual mapping of adolescent development | Michael O'Keeffe Steven Rynne | s.rynne@uq.edu.au |
Wellbeing in sport - developing a practical program for sport | Michael O'Keeffe Steven Rynne | s.rynne@uq.edu.au |
Sports Medicine
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
How do kids football boot design parameters influence lower extremity biomechanics? | Dr Luke Kelly | l.kelly3@uq.edu.au |
Understanding barriers and enablers to adolescent womens’ participation in sport: An Industry Placement | Genevieve Healy (HMNS) Nikita Porth (iNSPIRETEK) | g.healy@uq.edu.au |
Understanding the barriers and enablers to elite pathways in women’s sport: An Industry Placement | Genevieve Healy (HMNS) Nikita Porth (iNSPIRETEK) | g.healy@uq.edu.au |
External Industry Projects
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
Staff Exercise For Optimal Well-being - Implementing a Staff Exercise Intervention into a Mental Health Service | Cassandra Dodd and Tina Skinner | cassandra.dodd@health.qld.gov.au |
Optimising reaching in a virtual world | Guy Wallis | gwallis@uq.edu.au |
Child Health
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
An established motor and sensory opportunities program for children with autism spectrum disorder: A feasibility investigation | Lee Svensson, John Cairney, Michalis Stylianou, Jessica Hill, Stewart Trost | l.svensson@uq.edu.au |
Promoting STEM learning through movement-based programs | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Building self-efficacy through STEM based initiatives based around movement | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
The best-practice features of co-designing research in human movement sciences | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Establishing a proof-of-concept in early learning research for the human movement sciences | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Paediatrics in Human Movement
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
Comparing children at risk of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and typically developing in fundamental movement skills | Dr Keane Wheeler and Prof John Cairney | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Comparing children at risk of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and typically developing in aerobic capacity | Dr Keane Wheeler and Prof John Cairney | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Comparing children at risk of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and typically developing in anaerobic capacity | Dr Keane Wheeler and Prof John Cairney | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
The impact of socioeconomic status on movement competencies | Dr Keane Wheeler and Prof John Cairney | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Embedding cross-curricular priorities into a movement-based learning programs to enhance children’s engagement | Dr Keane Wheeler and Prof John Cairney | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of learning in a movement program aimed at early childhood | Dr Keane Wheeler and Prof John Cairney | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
The opportunities of implementing movement-based learning programs with migrant and refugee children | Dr Keane Wheeler and Prof John Cairney | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Building a child’s socioemotional skills through movement | Dr Keane Wheeler and Prof John Cairney | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
The key features of trauma-informed movement-based learning programs for early learners | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Universal design for learning teams up with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing to improve learning outcomes in human movement sciences | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Culturally reflective learning design for movement-based programs | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
How can movement be used to promote deep listening in diverse communities | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
The best-practice features of co-designing research in human movement sciences | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |
Establishing a proof-of-concept in early learning research for the human movement sciences | Dr Keane Wheeler | keane.wheeler@uq.edu.au |