Overview
Background
Dr Jessica van den Heuvel is a senior lecturer working as a teaching and research academic in the General Practice Clinical Unit (GPCU). She also works as a general practitioner in Brisbane’s northside. In 2024, she undertook an Academic Registrar post with the GPCU, researching general practitioner experiences of weight stigma in maternity care, as a part of a body of nationwide research, “Body Positive Birth”. Her research interests include reproductive and planetary health. She teaches and lectures in the medical school and is involved with curriculum development and examination for medical students on their general practice rotations.
Availability
- Dr Jessica Van Den Heuvel is:
- Not available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Queensland University of Technology
- Masters (Coursework) of Medicine, Griffith University
Works
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2026
Other Outputs
Is it time for planetary health to become a core clinical responsibility?
van den Heuvel, Jessica and Lansbury, Nina (2026, 04 13). Is it time for planetary health to become a core clinical responsibility? MJA Insights
2025
Journal Article
Maternity care providers’ attitudes and beliefs toward weight and body size during pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey
Kearney, Lauren, Jenkinson, Bec, Robins, Anna, Callaway, Leonie, van den Heuvel, Jessica, Roussin, Melanie and Hill, Briony (2025). Maternity care providers’ attitudes and beliefs toward weight and body size during pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey. Sexual and Reproductive HealthCare, 46 101145, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2025.101145
2025
Journal Article
The answer is simple, it’s be respectful’: General practitioner views on reducing weight stigma to improve maternity care
van den Heuvel, Jessica, Wallis, Katharine, Kearney, Lauren and Callaway, Leonie (2025). The answer is simple, it’s be respectful’: General practitioner views on reducing weight stigma to improve maternity care. Australian Journal of General Practice, 54 (9).
2024
Conference Publication
Weight Stigma in Maternity Care: An interview study with General Practitioners
Van Den Heuvel, Jessica, Wallis, Katharine, Callaway, Leonie and Kearney, Lauren (2024). Weight Stigma in Maternity Care: An interview study with General Practitioners. Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care Conference, Parramatta, NSW Australia, 15-16 August 2024.
2019
Journal Article
Case of the Week: Ruptured Mycotic ICA Aneurysm with Invasive Sphenoid Sinusitis
van den Heuvel, Jessica, Sommerville, Ryan, Mitchell, Ken and Mahady, Kate (2019). Case of the Week: Ruptured Mycotic ICA Aneurysm with Invasive Sphenoid Sinusitis. American Journal of Neuroradiology.
Funding
Past funding
Media
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