APrf Jaklin Eliott

Associate Professor

School of Public Health

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Associate Professor Jaklin Eliott employs qualitative methodologies to examine how people talk or write about their experiences and perceptions of health-related issues (e.g. serious illness, palliative care, death and dying, advance care planning), considering the social and ethical implications of different ways of understanding for individuals, carers (personal and professional), and society in general. She is particularly interested in the intersections of private, public health, and clinical ethics in healthcare.Often focusing on issues of equity, her research is a unique contribution to the literature dealing with the social and moral aspects of the experience of terminal illness - particularly with regard to patient/family/community/consumer perspectives in the areas of decision-making, advance care planning, hope, , and death and dying. She has extensive experience in designing and conducting qualitative research, using focus group and personal interviews, and in analysing text, media, and speech via thematic and discursive analytical techniques. She has received funding from ARC Linkage and NHMRC Partnership Grant Schemes, and is currently the Lead Researcher for multi-University grant from The Hospital Research Foundation Group – 2021 State-wide Collaborative Palliative Care Research Program of $2.25M over 5 years to improve the access to and delivery of palliative care for South Australians facing the end of their lives, particularly focusing on communities who do not typically access such services - specifically those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, from challenging socio-economic circumstances, or living in rural communities.Jaklin is currently Course Coordinator for PUB HLTH 7300OL Developing a Novel Research Question; Senior Post-graduate Supervisor; Academic Integrity Officer; and, School of Public Health Research Committee Co-Chair.

Research Interests

To listen to a podcast discussing some of my previous research about advance care planning in vulnerable populations, you can visit this site

end of life / palliative care
Advance Care Planning/Directives
medical decision-making
carers/families living with a serious illness
social aspects of alcohol consumption
social and moral aspects of healthcare
hope

For details on projects available please view the following booklet: School of Public Health Student Projects

Additional suggestions regarding project/s are listed below but enquries regarding any projects addressing how people and institutions make decisions about healthcare at Honours, Masters, or PhD level are welcome. I am particularly interested in working with minority or under-served communities, as well as issues around death and dying.

1. Measuring the impact of death and grief literacy on people’s understanding and confidence on death and dying matters.

The candidate will collaborate with organisations delivering death and grief literacy services to understand and measure the impact of these on its participants. Research can look at efforts being applied to specific sector, geographical areas, or populations. Areas which should be considered for measuring impact are:

  • People’s understanding of palliative care, end of life, dying, grief and bereavement
  • Their confidence in dealing with matters related to death and dying, after having receive any type of death or grief literacy intervention
  • Their confidence in supporting others with matters related to death and dying, after having receive any type of death or grief literacy intervention

This project is associated with a scholarship and suitable for post-graduate research degrees. See details here.

1b. Death literacy 

A student may choose to focus on any area of Death Literacy -- that is, the knowledge and practical skills to provide support and care for those facing a life-limiting illness and/or facing the death of someone and/or recently bereaved. This project may include quantitative or qualitative projects working with community-based organisations. 
This project is suitable for HDR / Masters coursework / Honours / Master of Philosophy projects.  

2a. The language of Advance Care Planning in the public domain

This project involves an analysis of discourse about and representations of Advance Care Planning in the public domain. As public beliefs about and decisions regarding planning for end of life care are often shaped by public representations of this, a better understanding of these may identify areas of misunderstanding or difference in sectors that may inform public policy or clinical practice in these areas. A student may choose to focus on specific aspects of these, including potential gender or socio-cultural differences, changes over time or across different media sources (e.g., recordings, visual imaging, and texts) and representations of key processes and stakeholders. It may include qualitative and/or quantitative analysis. 
It is suitable for HDR / Masters by coursework / Honours projects

2b. Impact of local government-led projects to support uptake of Advance Care Directives by community members

The candidate will work with the funders and with the five groups of participating local governments, workshop facilitators and workshop participants to understand and evaluate the impacts (intended and otherwise) of the five funded projects implemented since 2021. They will also undertake a systematic literature review to understand Australian approaches used to support completion of ACDs by community members. Based on the project evaluation and the literature review, the candidate will identify recommendations for policy.
This project is associated with a scholarship and suitable for post-graduate research degrees. See details here.

3. Death in the media

Students involved in this project may tailor the topic to suit their own interests and address current gaps in the literature. It may include analysis of any media modality where data is publicly available. As public beliefs about and decisions regarding death and dying are often shaped by public representations of this, a better understanding of these may identify areas of misunderstanding or difference in sectors that may inform public policy or practice in the areas of death and dying. It may include qualitative and/or quantitative analysis. 
It is suitable for HDR / Masters by coursework / Honours projects. Some further suggestions are below. 

3a. Death and place in the media

This project involves an analysis of media representations of places of death. A student may choose to focus on a specific aspect of this, including potential gender or socio-cultural differences, changes over time or across different places of death, and representations of key stakeholders and processes. It may include qualitative and/or quantitative analysis. 
It is suitable for HDR / Masters by coursework / Honours projects.

3b. Voluntary assisted dying

This project could involve an analysis of media or policy representations of, or the perceptions of particular demographic groups regarding, voluntary assisted dying. A student may choose to focus on a specific aspect of this, including potential gender or socio-cultural differences, changes over time or across different places of death, and representations of key stakeholders and processes. It may include qualitative and/or quantitative analysis. 
It is suitable for HDR / Masters by coursework / Honours projects.

4. Perspectives of non-medical staff in providing care for persons in the last year of life

This project will examine the views of professional staff caring for those for whom cure is no longer possible, possibly considering those working within residential aged care facilities. It may involve survey or interview-based data and qualitative and/or quantitative analysis. 
It is suitable for HDR / Masters by coursework / Honours projects

5. Representations of child protection services in the media

This project involves an analysis of discourse about and representations of Child Protection Services in the public domain. As public beliefs about and decisions regarding the institutions and processes involved in Child Protection Services are often shaped by public representations via the media, a better understanding of these may identify areas of misunderstanding or difference in sectors that may inform public policy or practice in these areas. A student may choose to focus on specific aspects of these, including potential gender or socio-cultural differences, changes over time or across different media sources, and representations of key processes and stakeholders. It may include qualitative and/or quantitative analysis. 
It is suitable for HDR / Masters by coursework / Honours projects

6. The military in the media

This project involves an analysis of media representations of the military. A student may choose to focus on a specific aspect of this, including how serving personnel are represented during and after active service, potential gender or socio-cultural differences, changes over time or across different media sources, and representations of mental health issues and suicide associated with military service. It may include qualitative and/or quantitative analysis. 
It is suitable for HDR / Masters by coursework / Honours projects

Date Position Institution name
2025 - ongoing School of Public Health Research Co-Chair University of Adelaide
2024 - ongoing Academic Integrity Officer University of Adelaide
2021 - ongoing Bioethicist, Prescribed Psychiatric Treatment Panel Government of South Australia
2018 - ongoing Associate Professor School of Public Health
2016 - ongoing Post-graduate Coordinator University of Adelaide
2013 - 2021 Program Coordinator University of Adelaide
2012 - ongoing Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide
2008 - 2012 Senior Researcher Cancer Council Australia
1998 - 2007 Social Scientist/Project Officer Royal Adelaide Hospital

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2020 Award Excellence in Leadership University of Adelaide Australia -
2016 Fellowship Barbara Kidman Fellowship University of Adelaide Australia $30,000

Date Institution name Country Title
1998 - 2006 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
1994 - 1994 University of Adelaide Australia BA (Hons) Psychology (1st class)
1990 - 1993 University of Adelaide Australia BA (Dance)

Year Citation
2025 Tapia-Echanove, M., Bloch-Atefi, A., Hanson-Easey, S., Oswald, T. K., & Eliott, J. (2025). Climate Change Cognition, Affect, and Behavior in Youth: A Scoping Review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 16(1), e70000-1-e70000-32.
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2024 Klingenberg, A., Heo, S., & Eliott, J. (2024). A Qualitative Study on the Conceptualisation of Mental Health Amongst South Korean Migrants to Australia. Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia, 12(1), 115752-1-115752-19.
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2023 Hoon, E., Edwards, J., Harvey, G., Eliott, J., Merlin, T., Carter, D., . . . O'Callaghan, G. (2023). Establishing a Clinical Ethics Support Service: Lessons from the first 18 months of a new Australian service – A case study. BMC Medical Ethics, 24(1), 62-1-62-9.
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2023 Zhang, A. R. Y., Attrill, S., Eliott, J., Ankeny, R. A., & Moynihan, P. (2023). Application of co-design in residential aged care: a scoping review protocol. JBI evidence synthesis, 21(8), 1665-1671.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2023 Dadich, A., van der Kruk, S., Cornell, V., Nobes, K., Gunn, K., Eliott, J., & Laurence, C. (2023). Models of palliative care for under-served populations in high-income countries: a scoping review protocol. . JBI evidence synthesis, 22(1), 132-143.
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2022 Chittem, M., Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2022). Demonstrating the importance of cultural considerations at end of life utilizing the perspective of Indian patients with cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer, 30(3), 2515-2525.
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2022 Street, J., Barrie, H., Eliott, J., Carolan, L., McCorry, F., Cebulla, A., . . . Burgess, T. (2022). Older Adults’ Perspectives of Smart Technologies to Support Aging at Home: Insights from Five World Café Forums. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), 7817-1-7817-21.
DOI Scopus32 WoS23 Europe PMC12
2021 Hillock, N. T., Merlin, T. L., Karnon, J., Turnidge, J., & Eliott, J. (2021). Value assessment of antimicrobials and the implications for development, access, and funding of effective treatments: Australian stakeholder perspective.. International journal of technology assessment in health care, 37(1), 1-7.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2021 Eliott, J., Crabb, S., & Hawkins, O. (2021). 'Alcohol causes cancer': a difficult message for Australians to swallow.. Health Promotion International, 37(1), 11 pages.
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2021 Borgkvist, A., Moore, V., Crabb, S., & Eliott, J. (2021). Critical considerations of workplace flexibility “for all” and gendered outcomes: Men being flexible about their flexibility. Gender, Work and Organization, 28(6), 2076-2090.
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2021 Crawford, G. B., Hodgetts, K., Burgess, T., & Eliott, J. (2021). Documenting plans for care: advance care directives and the 7-step pathway in the acute care context. BMC Palliative Care, 20(1), 1-9.
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2021 Sathiananthan, M. K., Crawford, G. B., & Eliott, J. (2021). Healthcare professionals' perspectives of patient and family preferences of patient place of death: a qualitative study.. BMC Palliative Care, 20(1), 147-1-147-11.
DOI Scopus15 WoS12 Europe PMC10
2021 Dabovich, P. A., Eliott, J., & McFarlane, A. (2021). The meanings soldiers attach to health and their impacts on primary health-care utilization and avoidance in an Australian high-risk combat unit. Armed Forces & Society, 47(2), 1-21.
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2020 May, N. J., Eliott, J., Crabb, S., Miller, E. R., & Braunack-Mayer, A. (2020). Alcohol warning labels to reduce alcohol-related harm: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 18(1), 186-193.
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2020 Hillock, N. T., Merlin, T., Karnon, J., Turnidge, J., & Eliott, J. (2020). Feasibility of de-linking reimbursement of antimicrobials from sales: the Australian perspective as a qualitative case study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - Antimicrobial Resistance, 2(2), 1-7.
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2020 Borgkvist, A., Eliott, J., Crabb, S., & Moore, V. (2020). “Unfortunately I’m a Massively Heavy Sleeper”: An Analysis of Fathers’ Constructions of Parenting. Men and Masculinities, 23(3-4), 680-701.
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2019 McDonough, J., Eliott, J., Neuhaus, S., Reid, J., & Butow, P. (2019). Health-related quality of life, psychosocial functioning, and unmet health needs in patients with sarcoma: A systematic review. Psycho-Oncology, 28(4), 653-664.
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2019 Dabovich, P. A., Eliott, J. A., & McFarlane, A. C. (2019). Individuate and separate: values and identity re-development during rehabilitation and transition in the Australian Army. Social Science and Medicine, 222, 265-273.
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2019 Harwood, A., Carter, D. A., & Eliott, J. (2019). When is the government justified in identifying something as a public health concern? Obesity as a case study. Public Health Ethics.
2019 Bartram, A., Crabb, S., Hanson-Easey, S., & Eliott, J. (2019). ‘We were totally supportive, of course’: how people talk about supporting a significant other to stop or reduce their drinking. Qualitative Health Research, 29(8), 1120-1131.
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2018 Bartram, A., Hanson-Easey, S., & Eliott, J. (2018). Heroic journeys through sobriety: how temporary alcohol abstinence campaigns portray participant experiences. International Journal of Drug Policy, 55, 80-87.
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2018 Muhlack, E., Carter, D., Braunack-Mayer, A., Morfidis, N., & Eliott, J. (2018). Constructions of alcohol consumption by non-problematised middle-aged drinkers: a qualitative systematic review. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 1016-1-1016-10.
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2018 Borgkvist, A., Moore, V., Eliott, J., & Crabb, S. (2018). ‘I might be a bit of a front runner’: an analysis of men's uptake of flexible work arrangements and masculine identity. Gender, Work and Organization, 25(6), 703-717.
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2017 Eliott, J., Forster, A., McDonough, J., Bowd, K., & Crabb, S. (2017). An examination of Australian newspaper coverage of the link between alcohol and cancer 2005 to 2013. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 47-1-47-13.
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2017 Scarborough, J., Miller, E. R., Aylward, P., & Eliott, J. (2017). 'Sussing that doctor out.' Experiences and perspectives of people affected by hepatitis C regarding engagement with private general practitioners in South Australia: a qualitative study. BMC family practice, 18(1), 1-11.
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2017 Bartram, A., Eliott, J., Hanson-Easey, S., & Crabb, S. (2017). How have people who have stopped or reduced their alcohol consumption incorporated this into their social rituals?. Psychology and Health, 32(6), 728-744.
DOI Scopus16 WoS14 Europe PMC9
2017 Bartram, A., Eliott, J., & Crabb, S. (2017). 'Why can't I just not drink?' A qualitative study of adults' social experiences of stopping or reducing alcohol consumption. Drug and Alcohol Review, 36(4), 449-455.
DOI Scopus43 WoS41 Europe PMC27
2017 May, N., Eliott, J., & Crabb, S. (2017). ‘Everything causes cancer’: how Australians respond to the message that alcohol causes cancer. Critical Public Health, 27(4), 419-429.
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2016 Vaska, A., Benson, J., Eliott, J., & Williams, J. (2016). Age determination in refugee children: A narrative history tool for use in holistic age assessment. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 52(5), 523-528.
DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC3
2016 Muhlack, E., Eliott, J., Carter, D., & Braunack-Mayer, A. (2016). Ethical justifications in alcohol-related health warning discourses. Cancer Forum, 40(2), 97-104.
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2016 Olver, I., & Eliott, J. (2016). Translating into practice cancer patients’ views on do-not-resuscitate decision-making. Cancers, 8(10), 89.
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2016 Carter, D., Sendziuk, P., Eliott, J., & Braunack-Mayer, A. (2016). Why is pain still under-treated in the emergency department? Two new hypotheses. Bioethics, 30(3), 195-202.
DOI Scopus36 WoS34 Europe PMC23
2016 Dabovich, P. A., & McFarlane, A. C. (2016). Identity and veteran health behaviour: Considerations of context, culture and change. Armed Forces and Society (under review).
2015 Watson, A., Eliott, J., & Mehta, K. (2015). Perceived barriers and facilitators to participation in physical activity during the school lunch break for girls aged 12–13 years. European Physical Education Review, 21(2), 257-271.
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2015 Louise, J., Eliott, J., Olver, I., & Braunack-Mayer, A. (2015). Mandatory cancer risk warnings on alcoholic beverages: what are the ethical issues?. The American Journal of Bioethics, 15(3), 3-11.
DOI Scopus19 WoS19 Europe PMC15
2015 Scarborough, J., Eliott, J., Miller, E., & Aylward, P. (2015). Equity in primary health care delivery: an examination of the cohesiveness of strategies relating to the primary healthcare system, the health workforce and hepatitis C. Australian Health Review, 39(2), 175-182.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2014 Klafke, N., Eliott, J., Olver, I., & Wittert, G. (2014). The role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) routines and rituals in men with cancer and their significant others (SOs): a qualitative investigation. Supportive Care in Cancer, 22(5), 1319-1331.
DOI Scopus12 WoS11 Europe PMC11
2014 Eliott, J. A., & Miller, E. R. (2014). Alcohol and cancer: the urgent need for a new message. Medical Journal of Australia, 200(2), 71-72.
DOI Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC7
2014 Bessen, T., Chen, G., Street, J., Eliott, J., Karnon, J., Keefe, D., & Ratcliffe, J. (2014). What sort of follow-up services would Australian breast cancer survivors prefer if we could no longer offer long-term specialist-based care? A discrete choice experiment. British Journal of Cancer, 110(4), 859-867.
DOI Scopus40 WoS38 Europe PMC29
2014 Wade, V., Eliott, J., & Hiller, J. (2014). Clinician acceptance is the key factor for sustainable telehealth services. Qualitative Health Research, 24(5), 682-694.
DOI Scopus327 WoS294 Europe PMC245
2014 Klafke, N., Eliott, J., Olver, I., & Wittert, G. (2014). Australian men with cancer practice complementary therapies (CTs) as a coping strategy. Psycho-Oncology, 23(11), 1236-1242.
DOI Scopus16 WoS11 Europe PMC10
2014 Klafke, N., Eliott, J., Olver, I., & Wittert, G. (2014). The varied contribution of significant others to Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) uptake by men with cancer: a qualitative analysis. European Journal of Oncology Nursing (EJON), 18(3), 329-336.
DOI Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC6
2014 Olver, I., Eliott, J., & Koczwara, B. (2014). A qualitative study investigating chemotherapy-induced nausea as a symptom cluster. Supportive Care in Cancer, 22(10), 2749-2756.
DOI Scopus41 WoS37 Europe PMC28
2013 Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2013). Public perceptions of cancer clusters, associated events, and appropriate institutional response. Cancer Forum, 37(1), 93-99.
2013 Eliott, J. (2013). Hope-lore and the compassionate clinician. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 45(3), 628-634.
DOI Scopus8 WoS5 Europe PMC4
2013 Venning, A., Wilson, A., Kettler, L., & Eliott, J. (2013). Mental health among youth in South Australia: a survey of flourishing, languishing, struggling, and floundering. Australian Psychologist, 48(4), 299-310.
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2012 Wade, V., Karnon, J., Eliott, J., & Hiller, J. (2012). Home videophones improve direct observation in Tuberculosis treatment: a mixed methods evaluation. PLoS One, 7(11), 1-13.
DOI Scopus71 WoS63 Europe PMC60
2012 Wade, V., & Eliott, J. (2012). The role of the champion in telehealth service development: a qualitative analysis. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 18(8), 490-492.
DOI Scopus67 WoS61 Europe PMC58
2012 Olver, I., Eliott, J., Long, L., McKinnon, M., & Rumsby, G. (2012). The impact of receiving treatment for cancer at a large metropolitan teaching hospital as recorded by patients using unstructured journals. Journal of Cancer Education, 27(4), 625-630.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2012 Wade, V., Eliott, J., & Hiller, J. (2012). A qualitative study of ethical, medico-legal and clinical governance matters in Australian telehealth services. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 18(2), 109-114.
DOI Scopus38 WoS35 Europe PMC26
2012 Klafke, N., Eliott, J., Wittert, G., & Olver, I. (2012). Prevalence and predictors of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use by men in Australian cancer outpatient services. Annals of Oncology, 23(6), 1571-1578.
DOI Scopus63 WoS61 Europe PMC50
2011 Venning, A., Kettler, L., Zajac, I., Wilson, A., & Eliott, J. (2011). Is hope or mental illness a stronger predictor of mental health?. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 13(2), 32-39.
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2011 Eliott, J., & Klafke, N. (2011). Family and complementary and alternative medicine. Cancer Forum, 35(1), 40-43.
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2011 Scarborough, J., Eliott, J., & Braunack-Mayer, A. (2011). Opioid substitution therapy: A study of GP participation in prescribing. Australian Family Physician, 40(4), 241-245.
Scopus15 WoS16 Europe PMC11
2011 Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2011). Dying cancer patients talk about physician and patient role in DNR decision making. Health Expectations, 14(2), 147-158.
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2011 Mercurio, R., & Eliott, J. (2011). Trick or treat? Australian newspaper portrayal of complementary and alternative medicine for the treatment of cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer, 19(1), 67-80.
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2009 Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2009). Hope, Life, and Death: A Qualitative Analysis of Dying Cancer Patients' Talk About Hope. Death Studies, 33(7), 609-638.
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2009 Venning, A., Kettler, L., Eliott, J., & Wilson, A. (2009). The effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy with hopeful elements to prevent the development of depression in young people: a systematic review. International Journal of Evidence-based Healthcare, 7(1), 15-33.
DOI Scopus13 WoS10 Europe PMC6
2009 Venning, A., Eliott, J., Kettler, L., & Wilson, A. (2009). Normative data for the Hope Scale using Australian adolescents. Australian Journal of Psychology, 61(2), 100-106.
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2008 Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2008). Dying cancer patients talk about euthanasia. Social Science & Medicine, 67(4), 647-656.
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2008 Venning, A., Eliott, J., Wilson, A., & Kettler, L. (2008). Understanding young peoples' experience of chronic illness: a systematic review. JBI Reports, 6(3), 321-336.
DOI Scopus46 Europe PMC24
2008 Olver, I., & Eliott, J. (2008). The perceptions of do-not-resuscitate policies of dying patients with cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 17(4), 347-353.
DOI Scopus24 WoS24 Europe PMC23
2008 Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2008). Choosing between life and death: Patient and family perceptions of the decision not to resuscitate the terminally ill cancer patient. Bioethics, 22(3), 179-189.
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2008 Eliott, J., Kealey, C., & Olver, I. (2008). (Using) complementary and alternative medicine: The perceptions of palliative patients with cancer. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 11(1), 58-67.
DOI Scopus37 WoS25 Europe PMC19
2008 Venning, A., Eliott, J., Wilson, A., & Kettler, L. (2008). Understanding young peoples' experience of chronic illness: a systematic review.. JBI library of systematic reviews, 6(9), 324-352.
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2008 Venning, A., Eliott, J., Wilson, A., & Kettler, L. (2008). Understanding young peoples' experience of chronic illness: a systematic review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTHCARE, 6(3), 321-336.
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2007 Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2007). Response from Eliott and Olver. Journal of Clinical Ethics, 18(3), 233-234.
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2007 Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2007). Autonomy and the family as (in) appropriate surrogates for DNR decisions: A qualitative analysis of dying cancer patients' talk. Journal of Clinical Ethics, 18(3), 206-218.
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2007 Venning, A., Eliott, J., Whitford, H., & Honnor, J. (2007). The impact of a child's chronic illness on hopeful thinking in children and parents. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26(6), 708-727.
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2007 Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2007). The Implications of Dying Cancer Patients' Talk on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders. Qualitative Health Research, 17(4), 442-455.
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2007 Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2007). Hope and hoping in the talk of dying cancer patients. Social Science & Medicine, 64(1), 138-149.
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2006 Eliott, J., & Olver, J. (2006). Analysis of the speech of dying patients with cancer on end-of-life decision-making. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 58, 26-27.
2006 Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2006). Hoping is better than hope: A discursive analysis of dying cancer patients' talk. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 58, 27.
2006 Eliott, J. A., & Olver, I. N. (2006). The patient in the family: A discursive analytic study of dying patients' (and their family's) talk on the do-not-resuscitate decision. PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY, 15(2), S233-S234.
2006 Olver, I. N., & Eliott, J. A. (2006). The meanings of 'hope' to patients living and dying with cancer. PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY, 15(2), S352-S353.
2006 Eliott, J. A., Kealey, C. P., & Olver, I. N. (2006). (Using) complementary and alternative medicine: A discourse analytic study of cancer patients' talk. PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY, 15(2), S117.
2006 Venning, A., Eliott, J., Wilson, A., & Kettler, L. (2006). Understanding young peoples' experience of chronic illness: a systematic review.. JBI library of systematic reviews, 4(10 Suppl), 1-40.
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2006 Olver, I. N., & Eliott, J. A. (2006). The meanings of "hope" to patients with cancer, nearing the end of their lives.. J Clin Oncol, 24(18_suppl), 18567.
2005 Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2005). End-of-life decision making is more than rational. Communication and Medicine, 2(1), 21-34.
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2003 Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2003). Perceptions of "good palliative care" orders: A discursive study of cancer patients' comments. Journal of Palliative Care, 6(1), 59-68.
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2003 Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2003). Legitimating do-not-resuscitate orders: A discursive study of cancer patients' speech. Journal of Palliative Care, 19(2), 100-106.
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2002 Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2002). The discursive properties of "hope": A qualitative analysis of cancer patients' speech. Qualitative Health Research, 12(2), 173-193.
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2002 Olver, I., Eliott, J., & Mortimer, J. (2002). Cancer patients' perceptions of do not resuscitate orders. Psycho-Oncology, 11(3), 181-187.
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2002 Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2002). Legitimating do-not-resuscitate orders: A qualitative study of cancer patients' talk. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 54(2), 116.
2000 Eliott, J., & Oliver, I. N. (2000). The consequences of hope: Constructions of hope and the experience of cancer.. PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY, 9(5), S62.
2000 Olver, I. N., & Eliott, J. (2000). Autonomy and end-of-life decision-making. PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY, 9(5), S37.
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Year Citation
2017 Bartram, A. J., Hanson-Easey, S., & Eliott, J. (2017). Heroic journeys: How temporary abstinence campaigns portray participant experiences. In Global Alcohol Policy Conference. Melbourne, Australia.
2017 Bartram, A. J., Eliott, J., Hanson-Easey, S., & Crabb, S. (2017). How do people who stop or reduce their alcohol consumption incorporate this within social rituals?. In 15th World Congress on Public Health. Melbourne, Australia.
2016 Bartram, A. J., Eliott, J., & Crabb, S. (2016). “What’s wrong with you?”: Managing the social challenges of reducing your alcohol consumption. In Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs Conference. Hobart, Australia.
2015 Carter, D. A., Sendziuk, P. J., Eliott, J. A., & Braunack-Mayer, A. J. (2015). Why Is Pain Still Under-Treated in the Emergency Department? Two New Hypotheses. In Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM). Adelaide, Australia.
2012 Olver, I. N., Eliott, J. A., & Koczwara, B. (2012). A qualitative study of the subjective experience of chemotherapy-induced nausea in cancer patients and survivors.. In JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY Vol. 30 (pp. 1 page). Chicago, IL: AMER SOC CLINICAL ONCOLOGY.
2011 Olver, I. N., & Eliott, J. A. (2011). A Qualitative Study of Survivorship Issues in the Families of Patients With Cancer. In EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER Vol. 47 (pp. S230). Stockholm, SWEDEN: ELSEVIER SCI LTD.
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2010 Wade, V., Eliott, J., Karnon, J., & Elshaug, A. (2010). A qualitative study of sustainability and vulnerability in Australian telehealth services. In Proceedings of Global Telehealth 2010 Vol. 161 (pp. 190-201). online: IOS Press.
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2005 Olver, I. N., & Eliott, J. A. (2005). Changes in cancer patients' perceptions of do-not-resuscitate orders as end of life (EOL) approaches. In JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY Vol. 23 (pp. 747S). Orlando, FL: AMER SOC CLINICAL ONCOLOGY.
2004 Olver, I. N., & Eliott, J. A. (2004). Analysis of the speech of dying patients with cancer on end-of-life decision making. In JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY Vol. 22 (pp. 782S). New Orleans, LA: AMER SOC CLINICAL ONCOLOGY.

Year Citation
2025 Dadich, A., Rowley, G., Ooi, C., Eliott, J., & Laurence, C. (2025). Models of palliative care for minoritised populations: A scoping review. Poster session presented at the meeting of 19th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care.
2025 Ooi, C., Rowley, G., Due, C., & Eliott, J. (2025). Concepts of Death Anxiety in Palliative Care: A Scoping Review. Poster session presented at the meeting of Asia Pacific Hospice & Palliative Care Network Conference.
2024 Rowley, G., Eliott, J., Lakhani, A., Mills, S., Fernandes, F., Kyriazopoulos, H., & Noonan, K. (2024). Working with communities: Helping you to live well as long as you can (promoting death literacy in ethnic minority communities). Poster session presented at the meeting of PHPCI Conference.
2018 Bartram, A. J., Eliott, J., Hanson-Easey, S., & Crabb, S. (2018). Losing the booze without losing the pleasure: Adapting social rituals to accommodate changes in drinking. Poster session presented at the meeting of Pleasure and Health: A Colloquium. Adelaide, Australia.
2017 Muhlack, E. L., Eliott, J., Carter, D., & Braunack-Mayer, A. (2017). Constructions of alcohol consumption among non-problematised middle-aged drinkers: a South Australian study. Poster session presented at the meeting of 15th World Congress On Public Health. Melbourne, Australia.
2017 Miller, E., Eliott, J., & Crabb, S. (2017). How will people respond to warning labels about cancer on alcohol products?. Poster session presented at the meeting of PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. WILEY.
2016 Muhlack, E. L., Eliott, J., Braunack-Mayer, A., Carter, D., & Morfidis, N. (2016). Responsibility, recreation, and gender: a systematic review of middle-aged non-problematised drinkers’ constructions of their alcohol consumption. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference 2016, as published in Drug and Alcohol Review. Sydney, NSW: Wiley.
2016 Chittem, M., Eliott, J., & Olver, I. (2016). End-of-life decision-making in India. Poster session presented at the meeting of PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. WILEY-BLACKWELL.
2016 Bartram, A. J., Eliott, J., Hanson-Easey, S., & Crabb, S. (2016). How do people who stop or reduce their alcohol consumption incorporate this into their social rituals?. Poster session presented at the meeting of 10th Florey Postgraduate Research Conference. Adelaide, Australia.
2016 Muhlack, E. L., Braunack-Mayer, A., Carter, D., & Eliott, J. (2016). "Responsibility, Recreation, and Gender: a systematic review of middle-aged non-problematised drinkers’ constructions of their alcohol consumption". Poster session presented at the meeting of SA State Population Health Conference. Hindmarsh, SA.
2014 McGuiness, C. E., & Eliott, J. (2014). “Building yourself to better cope”: a case study of a cycling team led by cancer survivors. Poster session presented at the meeting of Poster presented at Florey International Postgraduate Research Conference. Adelaide, S.A..
2014 Bessen, T., Chen, G., Street, J., Eliott, J., Karnon, J., Keefe, D., & Ratcliffe, J. (2014). What sort of follow-up services would Australian breast cancer survivors prefer if we could no longer offer long-term specialist-based care? A discrete choice experiment. Poster session presented at the meeting of Asia-Pacific Journal Of Clinical Oncology. Melbourne, Vic.: Wiley.
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2012 Klafke, N., Eliott, J., Olver, I., & Wittert, G. (2012). MEN WITH CANCER USING COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (CAM): VARIATIONS IN SIGNIFICANT OTHERS' INVOLVEMENT. Poster session presented at the meeting of ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. WILEY-BLACKWELL.
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2012 Eliott, J. A., & Mignone, J. (2012). 'IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT BALANCE': A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF CANCER SPECIALISTS' PERCEPTIONS OF DISCUSSING COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE WITH THEIR PATIENTS. Poster session presented at the meeting of ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. WILEY-BLACKWELL.
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Year Citation
2017 Harwood, A. (2017). An ethical analysis of obesity, weight stigma, and public health. (Master's Thesis, The University of Adelaide).

Year Citation
- Eliott, J., Forster, A., McDonough, J., & Bowd, K. (n.d.). Link between alcohol and cancer as reported in Australian newsprint media.
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Improving the access to and delivery of palliative care services to underserved populations ($2,250,000) (2022-27)
A project funded by the The Hospital Research Foundation
Summary: This project is conducted by the Palliative Care Research Collaboration (PCRC), and is a five-year Statewide project funded by The Hospital Research Foundation Group - Palliative Care . The program is aimed at improving access to and delivery of services to people and their families dealing with a life-limiting illness, to help them live as well as possible for as long as possible. This research program is an innovative public health collaboration involving experienced researchers and clinicians, local health networks, peak advocacy organisations, and patients and family members in South Australia. This Statewide research program includes five key research projects, each involving a dedicated research team and strong collaborations between university researchers, post-doctorate fellows, doctoral candidates, research students, healthcare and policy organisations, and advocacy groups. These collaborations will support the translation of the research outcomes into positive and sustainable change. 

Investigating the inclusion of vulnerable populations in Advance Care Planning: Developing complex and sensitive public policy (2016-21) ($781,842 total: NHMRC contribution $379,367)
A project funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council, Partnership Projects (ID: APP1133407), and partner organisations: 
  * Aged and Community Services SA & NT Inc
  * Alzheimer’s Australia SA
  * Law Society of South Australia
  * Modbury Hospital Foundation (MHF)
  * Multicultural Communities of SA (MCCSA)
  * Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN)
  * Northern Communities Health Foundation (NCHF)
  * Northern Health Network (NHN)
  * Palliative Care SA (PCSA)
  * SA Health

The final report from this project was launched at Government House on the 26th August 2024 by His Excellency the Honourable Chief Justice Christ Kourakis, Administrator of South Australia, with a recorded video-message from Her Excellency, the Honourable Frances Adamson AC, and attended by the Honourable Nat Cook MP, Minister for Seniors and Aging Well, and Human Services, Mrs Lan Le, and Mr Greg Burgess (husband of the late Dr Teresa Burgess). We thank all for their support for the work, and especially Her Excellency for her impassioned and personal speech regarding the importance of conversations about death and dying. 

Summary: Through this Partnership Project, the topic of Advance Care Planning (ACP) will bring together key stakeholders from government, professions, NGOs, and community members to determine how people from different cultural backgrounds (with specific engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), and those requiring specialist health services to meet their health needs, can appropriately be included in policy development on issues that affect them. Building on knowledge and partnerships established during a 2015-16 scoping study, we will identify what is, what could be, and what should be done to support effective ACP and associated end-of-life care conversations within vulnerable communities.

You can find the final report for this project here.

A qualitative study: healthcare professionals’ views of patient and family perspectives on place of death ($20,350 total) (2019-20)
A project funded by the Northern Communities Health Foundation
Summary:  This project aims to elicit and analyse the perspectives of healthcare professionals across diverse settings and disciplines about the experiences of their patients and families regarding actual and preferred place of death. During this study we will identify key factors (medical, familial, social, cultural) that healthcare professionals observe as influential in preferred place of death; analyse healthcare professionals’ views on patient and family preferences for place of death; and, develop an NHMRC (or similar) grant to document and analyse the stability, nature of, and justification for, preferences for place of death amongst patients and families over time.

Values and Ethics in Advance Care Planning within and for Vulnerable Australian Communities Supplementary Scholarship  ($5,000 per year up to 3 years) (2020 onward)
A scholarship funded by the Northern Communities Health Foundation
Summary: This scholarship will provide a supplementary scholarship for a PhD candidate to investigate the ethical issues evident in policy and practice pertaining to the National Framework for Advance Care Directives (2011), particularly regarding vulnerable groups in South Australia. With a focus on advance care planning, the successful candidate will analyse points of convergence and divergence between the ethical assumptions and values embedded in academic literature and policy documents relating to current legislation and clinical practice, as well as within the views of community and healthcare professionals. This will inform the development of legislation, policies, and practices that encompass the diverse views and values within the Australian population.

Culturally appropriate end of life care within Indigenous Communities Supplementary Scholarship ($10,000 per year up to three years) (2020 onward)
A scholarship funded the the Northern Communities Health Foundation
Summary: This scholarship will provide a supplementary scholarship for a PhD (or MPhil) candidate to work closely with community to learn values, preferences, and current practices around finding out what Indigenous Australians want, and get at the end of life. This will help those making policies and those providing care, to work with communities and individuals so that these policies and practices will better reflect Indigenous values and preferences. It will also provide an example of how to better work with Indigenous Australians so that sensitive policy and practice is more culturally appropriate.

Best practice in developing sensitive public policy within vulnerable communities (with a specific focus on Vietnamese communities (2019-20) ($88,000 total)
A project funded by The Hospital Research Foundation
Summary: This project will review best practice in engaging with vulnerable or marginalised communities in the development of complex and sensitive public policy, and is affiliated with the NHRMC Project ID APP1133407). The funds will be used to employ two post-doctoral positions (total 0.4 FTE for 18 months). The first will systematically review the national and international academic literature regarding engagement with vulnerable or marginalised communities in developing sensitive public policy; the second will focus on the role of 'silence' and/or the 'unspoken' in advance care planning amongst Vietnamese communities. 

Hearing the voices of the vulnerable in end-of-life care planning (2015/16). 
A project funded by Northern Communities Health foundation ($25,000). 
Crawford, A., Burgess, T., Eliott, J., Richards, B., Zivkovic, T., Chong, Al, & Faulkner, D. 
Summary: This scoping study aimed to bring together diverse stakeholders in South Australia to identify and name the issues and challenges that need further investigation, in order to bridge the gap between policy and practice in vulnerable populations, specifically in initiating advance care planning processes and developing advance care plans in accordance with national policy.
The main outcome of the project was the development of an NHMRC Partnership Grant which drew on the results of consultations with participants working with people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with chronic disease around their perceptions of the current processes around end of life care conversations and advance care planning processes.

Public and ethical responses to mandated alcohol warning labels about increased long-term risk of cancer (2012/16)
ARC Linkage Project, 2012-2015 (LP120200175)
Miller, E.R.,Eliott, J., Olver, I.N., Ali, R., Braunack-Mayer, A.J.,Crabb, S.H., Louise, J., & Baratiny, G.Y.
Partner Organisations: Cancer Council Australia, Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia
Summary: This project examines how the Australian public will respond to the proposed introduction of alcohol product warning labels. It will establish how such at point of sale messages can acceptably and effectively inform Australians about the long-term, but modifiable, cancer risk associated with alcohol use and reduce the national cancer burden.

Adelaide-Bordeaux Student Alcohol Project – a Pilot Study (2014)
A project funded by the Faculty of the Professions, University of Adelaide
Miller, E.R.,Eliott, J., & Bouzdine-Chameeva, T.
Summary: This project examines all aspects of alcohol behaviour, including all forms of alcohol, in students in both university cohorts. The information will assist in characterising risk behaviour in relation to alcohol, and will benefit the University by providing risk level data specific to inform appropriate preventive activity planning.

 

 

Teaching Activities 

Courses

Date Course Title Institution Course Level /  Code Role
2023-present Medical Studies 3 / Transition to Clinical Studies 3 University of Adelaide Medic ST 3501 / 3502 SPH Health & Society Coordinator
2022-present Developing a Novel Research Question University of Adelaide Masters / PUB HLTH 7033 & 4500 OL Course Coordinator/Lecturer
2012-15 Qualitative Research Methods in Health (inc. OL) University of Adelaide Masters / PUB HLTH 7078/7078OL Course Coordinator/Lecturer
2012-23 Ethics in the Workplace University of Adelaide Masters / PUB HLTH 5006 Course Coordinator
2012-17 Narrative Approaches to Counselling and Group Work University of Adelaide Masters / PUB HLTH 7005 Course Coordinator
2014 - 2022 Counselling Applications University of Adelaide Masters / PUB HLTH 7006 Sessional Lecturer
(Hope and positive psychology)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Training health professionals in a world-first government-funded financial incentive program for smoking and vaping cessation in clinical care Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Kelsey Jayne Sharrad
2025 Co-Supervisor Manager and Coordinator Perspectives on Supporting Ageing Volunteers Experiencing Health Challenges or Grief within Volunteer Organisations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Juliet Soila Koikai
2025 Co-Supervisor Manager and Coordinator Perspectives on Supporting Ageing Volunteers Experiencing Health Challenges or Grief within Volunteer Organisations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Juliet Soila Koikai
2025 External Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Merin Lisa Kuriakose
2025 Co-Supervisor Training health professionals in a world-first government-funded financial incentive program for smoking and vaping cessation in clinical care Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Kelsey Jayne Sharrad
2024 Principal Supervisor Clarifying Death Anxiety in Australian Palliative Care Master of Clinical Science Master Full Time Catherine Ooi
2024 Principal Supervisor Development of antimicrobial stewardship programs to limit inappropriate antimicrobial prescriptions for presumed UTIs in residential aged care facilities. Master of Philosophy (Public Health) Master Full Time Miss Maria Lin
2024 Principal Supervisor The relationship between chronic disease and intergenerational trauma in Aboriginal population groups. Master of Clinical Science Master Full Time Mr Nick Leidig
2024 Principal Supervisor The relationship between chronic disease and intergenerational trauma in Aboriginal population groups. - Master Full Time Mr Nick Leidig
2024 Principal Supervisor Clarifying Death Anxiety in Australian Palliative Care - Master Full Time Catherine Ooi
2024 Principal Supervisor Development of antimicrobial stewardship programs to limit inappropriate antimicrobial prescriptions for presumed UTIs in residential aged care facilities. - Master Full Time Miss Maria Lin

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2017 - 2017 Co-Supervisor An Ethical Analysis of Obesity, Weight Stigma, and Public Health Master of Philosophy (Public Health) Master Full Time Ms Alison Harwood
2017 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Developing a Disease-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life Instrument for Patients with Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Proof-of-Concept Study Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Joshua Henry McDonough
2016 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Identity and veteran health: considerations of context, culture, and change Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time CAPT Paula Anne Dabovich
2015 - 2020 Principal Supervisor The Social and Ethical Significance of Non-Problematised Middle-Aged Drinkers Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mrs Emma Muhlack
2015 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Negotiating the Social Consequences of Stopping or Reducing Alcohol Consumption Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Ashlea Jade Bartram
2014 - 2020 Co-Supervisor All in a day's work: A qualitative analysis of fathers' uptake of flexible working arrangements, workplace culture, and masculine identity Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Ashlee Rae Borgkvist
2013 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Warning: Alcohol causes cancer. Examining public responses to alcohol warning labels Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Olivia Sydney Hawkins
2010 - 2014 Principal Supervisor Interpersonal factors impacting the decision to (continue to) use Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in men with cancer – a mixed-methods study Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Nadja Klafke
2010 - 2013 Co-Supervisor What is needed for telehealth to deliver sustainable value to the routine operations of health care in Australia? Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Tori Wade
2006 - 2009 External Supervisor Building Mental Health in Young Australians: A Positive Psychological Approach Master of Psychology (Clinical)/Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Anthony Venning

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2018 - ongoing Treasurer Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law National professional organisation Australia
2012 - ongoing Member GriefLink Management Committee Non-government organisation Australia

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