Honours Project List
Click on the topics below to find available research projects:
Exercise Physiology
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email | AES Suitable | ASpS Suitable | AEP Suitable |
Systematic review of global lifestyle guidelines for the management of metabolic associated steatotic liver disease (NAFLD-MAFLD-MASLD)- considerations across nomeclature and cultures | Shelley Keating | ||||
Physiological and Subjective Responses to Exercise Snacks | Jeff Coombes | ||||
Neurophysiological measures for Paralympic classification* | Tim Carroll and Emma Beckman | e.beckman@uq.edu.au | |||
Broad Project - Co-designing exercise solutions for serving and ex-serving ADF personnel: a mixed methods study* | Shelley Keating | s.keating@uq.edu.au | |||
Indigenising Cardiac Rehabilitation in Australia | Kai Wheeler and Jenna Taylor | kwheeler@uq.edu.au | |||
Heart rate response to high intensity resistance training | Professor Jeff Coombes and Dr Riley Brown | jcoombes@uq.edu.au | |||
Fatty liver disease in First Nations communities | Dr Kai Wheeler and Dr Shelley Keating | kwheeler@uq.edu.au | |||
Trauma-informed training for exercise professionals | Dr Kai Wheeler and Grace Ike | kwheeler@uq.edu.au | |||
Long-term effect of high-intensity interval training during cardiac rehabilitation: A follow-up study* | Dr Jenna Taylor | jenna.taylor@uq.edu.au | |||
Research investigations of cardiac technologies, populations, clinical datasets, and clinical services within the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital* | Dr Jenna Taylor; RBWH co-supervisor | jenna.taylor@uq.edu.au | |||
Exercise and Gynaecological Cancer Survivorship: Assessing Changes in Fitness and Quality of Life | Brent Cunningham Alex Boytar Professor Sandie McCarthy | a.boytar@uq.edu.au | |||
The Effect of HIIT on Health Outcomes for those Surviving Cancer: Interactions Between Exercise, Diet, and Quality of Life | Alex Boytar | ||||
Working together for people with a disability- combining architecture and sport and exercise science | Sean Tweedy and Emma Beckman | e.beckman@uq.edu.au | |||
* Students participating in these projects will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed. Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project. |
Nutrition and Dietetics
There are no available projects under this theme at this point in time.
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email | AES Suitable | ASpS Suitable | AEP Suitable |
Effect of Time-Restricted Eating on Exercise Performance and Fitness Parameters: A Systematic Literature Review | Dr Brooke Devlin | b.devlin@uq.edu.au | |||
How does the dietary and lifestyle pattern of healthy Australian young adults align with the traditional Mediterranean diet principles? | Dr Brooke Devlin |
Physical Activity and Health
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email | AES Suitable | ASpS Suitable | AEP Suitable |
Identifying adults at risk of pre-diabetes in the community | Genevieve Healy, Sjaan Gomersall, Ana Goode | ||||
Enhancing Volunteer Engagement in Sport: A Review of State and National Sport Organisations | George Thomas, Genevieve Healy | ||||
Understanding activity patterns of office workers* | Genevieve Healy, George Thomas, Bronwyn Clark | g.healy@uq.edu.au | |||
Barriers and enablers to supporting desk workers to sit less and move more* | Professor Genevieve Healy, Dr Ana Goode | g.healy@uq.edu.au | |||
Supporting veterans to be physically active: Codesign of creative solutions in Springfield* | Professor Lauren Ball, Dr Amy Kierkegaard, Ms Clare Van Dorssen | Lauren.ball@uq.edu.au | |||
Mapping exercise care for cancer survivors: Codesign project in Springfield* | Professor Lauren Ball, Dr Amy Kierkegaard, Ms Clare Van Dorssen | Lauren.Ball@uq.edu.au | |||
Supporting cancer survivors to navigate community health care services: Codesign project in Springfield* | Professor Lauren Ball, Dr Amy Kierkegaard, Ms Clare Van Dorssen | Lauren.Ball@uq.edu.au | |||
Systematic review of using technology to influence physical activity over the last 50 years | Nick Gilson | ||||
Examining associations of sedentary behavior and depression and anxiety | Bronwyn Clark | ||||
* Students participating in these projects will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed. Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project. |
Sports Coaching and Development
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email | AES Suitable | ASpS Suitable | AEP Suitable |
Coaching at pinnacle events * Students participating in this project will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed. Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project. | Steven Rynne; Jordan Lefebvre |
Sports Medicine
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email | AES Suitable | ASpS Suitable | AEP Suitable |
Clinical Assesments in Total Knee Joint Replacement Patients * Students participating in this project will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed. Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project. | Craig Engstrom, Jon Anderson (PhD candidate) | craig@hms.uq.edu.au |
Sports Science
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email | AES Suitable | ASpS Suitable | AEP Suitable |
Relationship between sport experiences and health and Wellbeing - Volleyball QLD | George Thomas & Veronique Richard | ||||
To understand the interplay between the rate of skill, physiological, and performance progression in talent transfer athletes. | Karlee Quinn & Jordan Lefebvre | ||||
Performance analysis of a team ball sport | Dr Kai Wheeler Emily Hall | kwheeler@uq.edu.au | |||
Creativity in Motion (netball): Evaluation of a training program aiming at enhancing creativity in netball players | Veronique Richard | v.richard@uq.edu.au | Contact supervisor to advise if project is suitable for your program. | ||
Talent gaps- where should we focus our efforts to find the next generation of paralympians?* | Emma Beckman | ||||
Hamstring Muscle Activation Adaptations to Eccentric Training* | Dr Patricio Pincheira, Mr Max Andrews | ||||
* Students participating in these projects will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed. Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project. |
Other
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email | AES Suitable | ASpS Suitable | AEP Suitable |
A qualitative descriptive study exploring therapists' perceptions within a community-based motor program for autistic children with moderate and high support needs | Lee Svensson, John Cairney, Michalis Stylianou, Jessica Hill, & Stewart Trost | ||||
Torres Strait Islander Sport: History, Culture and Identity | Gary Osmond amd Murray Phillips | g.osmond@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. * Students participating in this project will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed. Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project. | Sarah Ashcroft, Dr Sarah Reedman |