2024 HMNS Postgraduate Research Conference

2024 HMNS Postgraduate Student Conference: Creativity and Joy

25 October 2024 8:00am4:00pm
The 2024 HMNS Postgraduate Research Conference: Creativity and Joy provides students in the field of human movement studies and nutrition sciences with a high-quality conference where they can gain experience presenting their research to a large, supportive and interdisciplinary community.

Subcortical control of human reaching?

12 November 2024 12:30pm1:30pm
Prof Tim Carroll, Professor in sensorimotor control, will discuss his recent work that documents reaching behaviour that is strikingly suggestive of subcortical control, and has important implications for development of neuroprostheses, neuro-rehabilitiation, and design of human-machine interfaces.

Learning from Serial Winning Coaches

8 October 2024 12:30pm1:30pm
This presentation by Professor Cliff Mallett OAM will focus on research conducted in 12 countries examining consistently successful coaches (17) and their athletes (20) to better understand the pursuit of excellence in contributing to both high performance and well-being outcomes in elite sport.

Co-designing Sport Histories with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

10 September 2024 12:30pm1:30pm
A/Prof Gary Osmond and Prof Murray Phillips will discuss co-design principles through their experiences conducting historical projects with several Australian First Nations communities.

Developing evidence in population nutrition

13 August 2024 12:30pm1:30pm
Prof Sarah McNaughton will provide an overview of the key areas of research program, identify future and opportunity for collaborations.

Physical activity, health, and society: an introduction to Dr Lee’s research

14 May 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
A critical and sociological examination of public health policy, curriculum and practice

Evolving Collective Intelligence with Generative AI: A New Paradigm for Research, Teaching, and Industry

23 April 2024 12:00pm1:00pm
How can generative AI augment human cognition in research, teaching, and industry engagement?

Double seminar: Dr Vanessa Wergin and Dr Jessica Lee

16 April 2024 12:30pm1:30pm
In this session, Dr Wergin will present her research on collective team collapse and Dr Jessica Lee will introduce her research on physical activity, health and society

What are exercise snacks and can they improve cardiometabolic health?

22 March 2024 2:00pm3:00pm
Learn what are exercise snacks and how they can improve cardiometabolic health

Physical activity for mental heath and autism

12 March 2024 12:30pm1:30pm
Please join us for a HMNS Seminar with two talks on  physical activity for mental health issues and autism and adolescent health. 

Let's talk collaboration

13 February 2024 12:30pm1:30pm
A/Prof Matt Kwan will provides a brief overview of the diverse research projects that he has been leading in Canada, in the hopes of creating future collaborative opportunities.
UQ Youth Game Changers

Youth Game Changers Summit

22 November 2023 9:00am24 November 2023 5:00pm
This is a 3 day event to engage Queensland high-school students with legacy-building projects in the lead up to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

360-Kids Community Network program

9 November 2023 2:00pm3:30pm
Dr Martin O'Flaherty and Dr Matthew Bourke will be delivering presentations regarding their work on the 360-Kids Community Network program

The Grow&Go Toolbox – creating a Trusted Voice for childhood nutrition

12 October 2023 2:00pm3:30pm
Dr Clare Dix will cover the Grow&Go Toolbox developed as part of the Nutritious Tools project.

HMNS Research Showcase: Dr Jenna Taylor and Dr Brooke Devlin

7 September 2023 2:00pm3:30pm
Join us to learn more about the program of research undertaken by two HMNS researchers: Dr Jenna Taylor and Dr Brooke Devlin

Guest speaker: Prof Stuart Biddle

10 August 2023 2:00pm3:30pm
Stuart Biddle is Professor of Physical Activity and Health and head of the Physically Active Lifestyles (PALs) Research Group in the Centre for Health Research, at UniSQ

Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation

13 July 2023 2:00pm3:30pm
Presentation by the Health and Wellbeing Centre for Reseach Innovation. Details to be confirmed
Springfield aerial artist impression

Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing

8 June 2023 2:00pm3:30pm
In January 2023, Lauren Ball established the Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing, which is physically based in Springfield, through the partnership between UQ and the Springfield City Group.

Games of the People: Heritage Populism in Orbán’s Hungary

16 May 2023 1:00pm2:00pm
The aim is to present the case for Hungarian heritage populism through the lens of traditional games by analysing the reinvention of the National Gallop (horse race), the UNESCO-validated táncház (“dance house”) movement, and the mass pageantry of the Kurultáj cultural festival.

Paralympic Centre of Excellence

11 May 2023 2:00pm3:30pm
Brisbane on track to be Australia’s home of Paralympic sport

Is the ARC right for me ?

19 April 2023 2:00pm3:30pm
Special information and discussion session on the Australian Research Council (ARC) research funding opportunities.

Behavioural skills training for teaching safety skills to mental health clinicians: a pragmatic randomized control trial

17 March 2023 12:00pm1:00pm
Dr Elizabeth Lin ( Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto) will present the results of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of behavioral skills training (BST) against Training As Usual (TAU) in terms of the acquisition and 1-month post-training retention of self-protection team control skills as well as the impact on staff confidence.

HMNS Postgraduate Conference 2022

28 October 2022 8:30am4:30pm
The Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences Postgraduate Student Conference aims to promote greater relationships, integration and collaboration between the diverse disciplines within the field of human movement studies and nutrition sciences.

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