Michael Musker
Adelaide Nursing School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Mike Musker is an Enterprise Fellow at the University of South Australia and has worked in Mental Health as a senior registered mental health nurse for over 30 years. Mike's main area of interest is Mental Health and he is a researcher and senior lecturer in the Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Education and Research Group at UniSA.He was in a Senior Research Fellow position at the Mind & Brain Theme at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) for 7 years before he became an Enterprise Fellow at UniSA . He was the winner of the Nurse Excellence Award in South Australia (2013) and was the head nurse of the Forensic Mental Health Service in the role of Advanced Clinical Services Coordinator & Clinical Consultant. Mike has taught in an adjunct capacity at all three major universities here in South Australia. He is currently an Enterprise Fellow in Nursing. He arrived in Australia in 2001 as a lecturer in Forensic mental Health for Adelaide University and prior to this was the Ward Manager of the intensive care unit in the largest maximum security forensic hospital in the UK. Mike’s current research has focused on depression and obesity, the genetics of depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, mental health promotion, and consumer involvement in mental health care. After completing his Masters in Health Promotion Research and Policy Change, he completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Manchester. He completed his PhD researching Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Perpetrators of Homicide with the University of Adelaide. Mike also completed a Masters of Clinical Science with the Joanna Briggs Institute (University of Adelaide) reviewing Proinflammatory Cytokines in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. He has also completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Hypnotherapy with the South Australian Hypnosis Society (SASH) and is an accredited trainer of the Mental Health First Aid program.
Mike Musker is an Enterprise Fellow at the University of South Australia and has worked in Mental Health as a senior registered mental health nurse for over 30 years. Mike's main area of interest is Mental Health and he is a senior lecturer in the Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Education and Research Group at UniSA. He was in a researcher and Senior Research Fellow position at the Mind & Brain Theme at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) for 7 years before he became an Enterprise Fellow at UniSA . He was the winner of the Nurse Excellence Award in South Australia (2013) and was the head nurse of the Forensic Mental Health Service in the role of Advanced Clinical Services Coordinator & Clinical Consultant. Mike has taught in an adjunct capacity at all three major universities here in South Australia. He is currently an Enterprise Fellow in Nursing. He arrived in Australia in 2001 as a lecturer in Forensic mental Health for Adelaide University and prior to this was the Ward Manager of the intensive care unit in the largest maximum security forensic hospital in the UK. Mike’s current research has focused on depression and obesity, the genetics of depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, mental health promotion, and consumer involvement in mental health care. After completing his Masters in Health Promotion Research and Policy Change, he completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Manchester. He completed his PhD researching Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Perpetrators of Homicide with the University of Adelaide. Mike also completed a Masters of Clinical Science with the Joanna Briggs Institute (University of Adelaide) reviewing Pro-inflammatory Cytokines in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. He has also completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Hypnotherapy with the South Australian Hypnosis Society (SASH) and is an accredited trainer of the Mental Health First Aid program.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2021 - ongoing Enterprise Fellow University of South Australia 2005 - ongoing Senior Lecturer Flinders University 2001 - ongoing Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2006 - 2013 University of Adelaide Australia PhD -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Musker, M., & Othman, S. (2024). Effective interventions to reduce burnout in nurses: A meta-analysis. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 54, 11 pages.
Scopus12023 Patrickson, B., Musker, M., Thorpe, D., van Kasteren, Y., & Bidargaddi, N. (2023). In-Depth Co-Design of Mental Health Monitoring Technologies by People with Lived Experience. Future Internet, 15(6), 191.
Scopus12021 van Agteren, J., Ali, K., Fassnacht, D. B., Iasiello, M., Furber, G., Howard, A., . . . Kyrios, M. (2021). Testing the Differential Impact of an Internet-Based Mental Health Intervention on Outcomes of Well-being and Psychological Distress During COVID-19: Uncontrolled Intervention Study (Preprint).
2021 van Agteren, J., Ali, K., Fassnacht, D., Iasiello, M., Furber, G., Howard, A., . . . Kyrios, M. (2021). Testing the differential impact of an internet-based mental health intervention on outcomes of wellbeing and psychological distress during COVID-19: an uncontrolled intervention study (Preprint). JMIR Mental Health, 8(9), 14 pages.
Scopus13 WoS7 Europe PMC112020 Musker, M., Short, C., Licinio, J., Wong, M. -L., & Bidargaddi, N. (2020). Using behaviour change theory to inform an innovative digital recruitment strategy in a mental health research setting.. Journal of psychiatric research, 120, 1-13.
Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC22020 Musker, M., McArthur, A., Munn, Z., & Wong, M. -L. (2020). Circulating leptin levels in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia: a systematic review protocol.. JBI Evid Synth, Publish Ahead of Print(3), 695-701.
Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC22020 Lores, T., Musker, M., Collins, K., Burke, A., Perry, S. W., Wong, M. L., & Licinio, J. (2020). Pilot trial of a group cognitive behavioural therapy program for comorbid depression and obesity. BMC Psychology, 8(1), 34-1-34-11.
Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC22019 Mitchison, D., Bussey, K., Touyz, S., Gonzalez-Chica, D., Musker, M., Stocks, N., . . . Hay, P. (2019). Shared associations between histories of victimisation among people with eating disorder symptoms and higher weight. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53(6), 540-549.
Scopus7 WoS2 Europe PMC22019 González-Chica, D. A., Licinio, J., Musker, M., Wong, M., Bowden, J., Hay, P., . . . Stocks, N. (2019). Bullying and sexual abuse and their association with harmful behaviours, antidepressant use and health-related quality of life in adulthood: a population-based study in South Australia. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 26-1-26-12.
Scopus7 WoS5 Europe PMC32019 Avery, J. C., Moran, L., Moore, V., Fernandez, R., Whitrow, M., Stocks, N., . . . Rumbold, A. (2019). Prevalence of self-reported polycystic ovary syndrome and profiles of health among women of different generations: a cross sectional study. Fertility & Reproduction, 1(3), 141-147.
2017 González-Chica, D., Dal Grande, E., Bowden, J., Musker, M., Hay, P., & Stocks, N. (2017). Are we reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and improving the quality of life through preventive health care? Results of a population-based study in South Australia. Preventive Medicine, 99, 164-170.
Scopus17 WoS17 Europe PMC102015 Muir-Cochrane, E., & Musker, M. (2015). Security guards in mental health settings: starting the conversation. Australian nursing & midwifery journal, 22(8), 44.
Scopus32005 Musker, M. (2005). Forensic mental health. PACEsetterS, 2(4), 46-49.
1997 Musker, M. (1997). Demystifying the Internet: a guide for nurses.. Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987), 12(11), 44-47.
1997 Musker, M., & Byrne, M. (1997). Applying empowerment in mental health practice.. Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987), 11(31), 45-47.
Scopus6 Europe PMC41992 Musker, M. (1992). Making contact.. Nursing times, 88(47), 31-33.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2022 Musker, M. (2022). Exercise and depression. In Exercise to Prevent and Manage Chronic Disease Across the Lifespan (pp. 243-250). Elsevier.
Scopus12019 Musker, M., & Wong, M. (2019). Treating depression in the era of precision medicine: Challenges and perspectives. In Neurobiology of Depression: Road to Novel Therapeutics (pp. 265-275). Elsevier.
Scopus22018 Musker, M., Licinio, J., & Wong, M. L. (2018). Inflammation genetics of depression. In B. Baune (Ed.), Inflammation and Immunity in Depression: Basic Science and Clinical Applications (pp. 411-425). Elsevier.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2022 Musker, M. (2022). Depression and Obesity: The effectiveness of a group program to tackle both symptoms. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING Vol. 31 (pp. 44). WILEY. 2022 Patrickson, B., Musker, M., Thorpe, D., & Bidargaddi, N. (2022). CONSUMER AND CARER VIEWS ON DIGITAL MENTAL HEALTH MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES AND RELATED CARE PROCESSES: RESULTS FROM A CO-DESIGN CONSULTATION. In ACIS 2022 - Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Proceedings. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2016 Avery, J. C., Moran, L., Rumbold, A., Musker, M., & Stocks, N. (2016). Psychosocial Factors of Incontinence in a population sample. Poster session presented at the meeting of 23rd World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Infertility. Melbourne, Australia.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2021 Co-Supervisor Pharmacogenomic testing for psychiatric disorders will better align genotypes to well validated precision medicines. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Kiflu Gebremicael Tesfamicael
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