Johanna Groundwater

Research Interests

Dental health Community Child Health Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing

Ms Johanna Groundwater

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Dentistry

College of Health

Johanna (also known as Hanna) is a research assistant at the Adelaide Dental School at Adelaide University, working at the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health and the Indigenous Oral Health Unit. She completed a Bachelor of Oral Health (Therapy/Hygiene), Graduate Certificate of Public Health and Masters of Public Health. Undertaking research subjects in her masters, she is hoping to publish them soon.Hanna's love for clinical work has her working casually for the Royal Flying Doctors Service in remote community across South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Date Position Institution name
2025 - ongoing Oral Health Therapist Royal Flying Doctors Sevice
2025 - ongoing Research Assistant University of Adelaide
2024 - 2026 Oral Health Therapist SA Dental
2021 - 2024 Oral Health Therapist Queensland Health
2019 - 2024 Oral Health Therapist Private dental practices

Date Institution name Country Title
2015 - 2018 Charles Sturt University Australia Bachelor of Oral Health (Hygiene/Therapy)

Date Title Institution Country
2022 - 2024 Masters of Public Health University of Queensland Australia

Date Title Institution name Country
2019 Graduate Certificate in Public Health Central Queensland University Australia

Year Citation
2027 Aiyar, R., Guzzo, G. L., Nath, S., Reid, N., Kapellas, K., Groundwater, J., & Jamieson, L. M. (2027). 'I Got Dentures in, So at Least I Can Eat Now': Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Perceptions of and Experiences With Removable Dentures. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 38(1), e70259-1-e70259-9.
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2027 Groundwater, J., Aiyar, R., Jamieson, L., Tiwari, T., Kruger, E., Tennant, M., & Nath, S. (2027). Acceptability of Teledentistry in Mobile Oral Health Applications for Australian Children: A Qualitative Study.. Health Promot J Austr, 38(1).
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2026 Nath, S., Groundwater, J., Aiyar, R., Hedges, J., Guzzo, G., Kapellas, K., . . . Jamieson, L. (2026). Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: Mixed‑Methods Study Using Psychosocial Impact of a Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire. International Dental Journal, 76(1), 109339-1-109339-11.
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2026 Nath, S., Aiyar, R., Groundwater, J., Hedges, J., Guzzo, G. L., Kapellas, K., . . . Jamieson, L. (2026). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Experiences With Culturally Safe Dental Research: A Qualitative Exploration. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 1-9.
DOI Scopus3 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2026 Singh, A., Jamieson, L., Guzzo, G., Ribeiro Santiago, P. H., Groundwater, J., Hedges, J., . . . Nath, S. (2026). Development and psychometric validation of the Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults. Australian Journal of Psychology, 78(1), 2721654-1-2721654-14.
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