Honours Project List
Click on the topics below to find available research projects::
Motor Control
| Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
| Coordination and Activity Tracking in CHildren (CATCH): Analysis of relationships between Developmental Coordination Disorder and health outcomes in young children | Dr Kathryn Fortnum, Dr Sjaan Gomersall, Prof John Cairney | k.fortnum@uq.edu.au |
Exercise Physiology
| Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
| Assessing and Comparing the Muscular Fitness of Elite Ninja Warrior Children with Normative Values | Jeff Coombes and Emma Beckman | jcoombes@uq.edu.au |
| The effect of exercise training intensity on blood pressure response to exercise in patients undertaking cardiac rehabilitation | Jenna Taylor | jenna.taylor@uq.edu.au |
| Working together for people with a disability- combining architecture and sport and exercise science | Sean Tweedy and Emma Beckman | e.beckman@uq.edu.au |
Nutrition and Dietetics
| Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
| Facilitators and barriers of adherence to time-restricted eating in individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: A qualitative study. | Dr Brooke Devlin | b.devlin@uq.edu.au |
Physical Activity and Health
| Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
| mmWave technology to detect sitting and standing in an office setting | Bronwyn Clark | b.clark3@uq.edu.au |
| Narrative review of methods used to measure screen time in adults | Bronwyn Clark | |
| Feasibility and acceptability of an online self-report method for measuring screen time in adults | Bronwyn Clark | b.clark3@uq.edu.au |
| Understanding the need and adaptations required for a diabetes prevention program in community and clinical settings | Professor Genevieve Healy, Dr Sjaan Gomersall, Dr Ana Goode | g.healy@uq.edu.au |
| Validity testing of a sit-stand desk measurement device | Genevieve Healy, George Thomas, Bronwyn Clark | genevieve.healy@uq.edu.au |
| Health and behavioural risk factors in Australian first year university students | George Thomas, Sjaan Gomersall, Kathryn Fortnum | george.thomas@uq.edu.au |
| A review and meta-analysis of adherence to physical activity interventions that aim to improve quality of life in military personnel and veterans | Lauren Ball, Amy Kirkegaard | a.kirkegaard@uq.edu.au |
| Qualitative interviews with parents to explore the feasibility and acceptability of using an interactive and gamified app to promote healthy behaviours in children | George Thomas, Sjaan Gomersall | george.thomas1@uq.edu.au |
Sports Coaching and Development
| Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
| Coaching at pinnacle events (Olympics, Paralympics, World Champs) | Steven Rynne; Jordan Lefebvre | |
| Sport Coaching Research at The University of Queensland: work on a self-paced review of all scholarly work developed from UQ related to sports coaching over the past 20yrs | Steven Rynne |
Sports Medicine
| Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
| Clinical Assesments in Total Knee Joint Replacement Patients | Craig Engstrom, Jon Anderson (PhD candidate) | craig@hms.uq.edu.au |
Sports Science
| Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
| Effects of Strength and Plyometric training on the Novel Measure: the Reactive Quality Deficit in AFL athletes | Ben Southey and Emma Beckman | e.beckman@uq.edu.au |
| Design of a Sport Pathway model to help the Pacific countries achieve their goals at the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games | Veronique Richard | v.richard@uq.edu.au |
Other
| Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
| Autistic children with high support needs engagement with, and response to movement intervention | Lee Svensson and John Cairney | l.svensson@uq.edu.au |
| Torres Strait Islander Sport: History, Culture and Identity | Gary Osmond amd Murray Phillips | g.osmond@uq.edu.au |
| Muscle composition of shoulder muscles in individuals with impingement syndrome | Patricio Pincheira | uqppinch@uq.edu.au |
| Run4Health CP - an adapted sports intervention (frame running) to improve cardiorespiratory health in children and young people with high support needs cerebral palsy. Flexible project available across fields of Biomechanics, Physiological Measurement, Para athletics classification and Mobility Function | Dr Ellen Armstrong, Dr Sarah Reedman | ellen.armstrong@uq.edu.au |