Overview
Background
Dr Stuart Leske is a Senior Research Fellow and Program Manager of a Centre of Research Excellence in Urban Indigenous Health at UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and Adjunct Research Fellow at the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP).
Stuart currently endeavours to support Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait researchers by seeking to provide more in technical (e.g., literature review, writing, editing, data interpretation and visualisation) and leadership skills then he takes in cultural knowledge from Indigenous staff.
Stuart has reviewed 27 times for the Lancet Group journals (13 x The Lancet Public Health, 7 x The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 5 x The Lancet Psychiatry, 2 x The Lancet Regional Health - Americas and 1 x eClinicalMedicine).
Stuart enjoys two-way learning with all people he works with.
Availability
- Dr Stuart Leske is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Psychology, University of Southern Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy of Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology, Queensland University of Technology
Research impacts
Data that Dr Stuart Leske published and shared with governments during the COVID-19 pandemic helped to avert public and media concerns that the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic would lead to large increases in suicide deaths.
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth suicide mortality and previous mental health, suicidality and service use in Queensland, Australia, from 2001 to 2021
Gibson, M., Leske, S., Ward, R., Weir, B., Russell, K. and Kolves, K. (2024). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth suicide mortality and previous mental health, suicidality and service use in Queensland, Australia, from 2001 to 2021. Journal of Affective Disorders, 354, 55-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.03.013
2024
Journal Article
Research needed on urban Indigenous health inequalities
Mamun, Abdullah A., Kanmiki, Edmund Wedam, Leske, Stuart, Stajic, Janet and Ward, James (2024). Research needed on urban Indigenous health inequalities. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 102 (2), 146-148. doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.290868
2024
Journal Article
Why do we agree to disagree? Agreement and reasons for disagreement in judgements of intentional self-harm from coroners and a suicide register in Queensland, Australia, from 2001 to 2015
Leske, Stuart, Weir, Bridget, Adam, Ghazala and Kõlves, Kairi (2024). Why do we agree to disagree? Agreement and reasons for disagreement in judgements of intentional self-harm from coroners and a suicide register in Queensland, Australia, from 2001 to 2015. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21 (1) 52, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21010052
2023
Journal Article
Prevalence of frailty in severe mental illness: findings from the UK Biobank
Warren, Nicola, Leske, Stuart, Arnautovska, Urska, Northwood, Korinne, Kisely, Steve and Siskind, Dan (2023). Prevalence of frailty in severe mental illness: findings from the UK Biobank. BJPsych Open, 9 (6) e185, 1-7. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2023.580
2023
Journal Article
From suicide surveillance to restricting access to means: A time series study of suicide prevention at the Story Bridge
Kõlves, Kairi, Leske, Stuart and De Leo, Diego (2023). From suicide surveillance to restricting access to means: A time series study of suicide prevention at the Story Bridge. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57 (8), 1184-1186. doi: 10.1177/00048674231177960
2023
Other Outputs
Road Transport Suicide Prevention
Rivera-Gonzalez, Jennifer, Paton, Elizabeth, Wishart, Darren, Gai, Sheetal, Sheppard, Lily, Hassall, Kim, Gibson, Adam, Tay, Richard, Wilson, David, Wilson, Sally, Weir, Bridget, Leske, Stuart and Crompton, David (2023). Road Transport Suicide Prevention. Road Safety Sydney, Australia: Austroads.
2023
Journal Article
A 40-year study of child maltreatment over the early life course predicting psychiatric morbidity, using linked birth cohort and administrative health data: protocol for the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity (CALM) study
Kisely, Steve, Leske, Stuart, Arnautovska, Urska, Siskind, Dan, Northwood, Korinne, Warren, Nicola, Suetani, Shuichi and Najman, Jake Moses (2023). A 40-year study of child maltreatment over the early life course predicting psychiatric morbidity, using linked birth cohort and administrative health data: protocol for the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity (CALM) study. BJPsych Open, 9 (2) e50, e50. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2023.29
2022
Journal Article
It is official, they are different – discrepancies between national statistical agency and register-based state suicide mortality statistics in Australia
Leske, Stuart, Garrett, Andrew and Dwyer, Jeremy (2022). It is official, they are different – discrepancies between national statistical agency and register-based state suicide mortality statistics in Australia. Crisis, 44 (5), 1-9. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000889
2022
Other Outputs
Suicide in Queensland: annual report 2022
Leske, Stuart, Adam, Ghazala, Catakovic, Amra, Weir, Bridget and Kõlves, Kairi (2022). Suicide in Queensland: annual report 2022. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention.
2022
Journal Article
Real-time suicide surveillance: comparison of international surveillance systems and recommended best practice
Benson, R., Rigby, J., Brunsdon, C., Corcoran, P., Dodd, P., Ryan, M., Cassidy, E., Colchester, D., Hawton, K., Lascelles, K., de Leo, D., Crompton, D., Kõlves, K., Leske, S., Dwyer, J., Pirkis, J., Shave, R., Fortune, S. and Arensman, E. (2022). Real-time suicide surveillance: comparison of international surveillance systems and recommended best practice. Archives of Suicide Research, 27 (4), 1312-1338. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2022.2131489
2022
Journal Article
Police-reported suicides during the first 16 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador: A time-series analysis of trends and risk factors until June 2021
Gerstner, Rebekka M., Narváez, Freddy, Leske, Stuart, Troya, M. Isabela, Analuisa-Aguilar, Pablo, Spittal, Matthew J. and Gunnell, David (2022). Police-reported suicides during the first 16 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador: A time-series analysis of trends and risk factors until June 2021. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 14 100324, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2022.100324
2022
Journal Article
Suicide numbers during the first 9-15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-existing trends: An interrupted time series analysis in 33 countries
Pirkis, Jane, Gunnell, David, Shin, Sangsoo, Del Pozo-Banos, Marcos, Arya, Vikas, Aguilar, Pablo Analuisa, Appleby, Louis, Arafat, S. M. Yasir, Arensman, Ella, Ayuso-Mateos, Jose Luis, Balhara, Yatan Pal Singh, Bantjes, Jason, Baran, Anna, Behera, Chittaranjan, Bertolote, Jose, Borges, Guilherme, Bray, Michael, Brečić, Petrana, Caine, Eric, Calati, Raffaella, Carli, Vladimir, Castelpietra, Giulio, Chan, Lai Fong, Chang, Shu-Sen, Colchester, David, Coss-Guzmán, Maria, Crompton, David, Ćurković, Marko, Dandona, Rakhi ... Spittal, Matthew J. (2022). Suicide numbers during the first 9-15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-existing trends: An interrupted time series analysis in 33 countries. eClinicalMedicine, 51 101573, 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101573
2022
Other Outputs
Suicide in Queensland: annual report 2021
Leske, Stuart, Schrader, Ina, Adam, Ghazala, Catakovic, Amra, Weir, Bridget and Kõlves, Kairi (2022). Suicide in Queensland: annual report 2021. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention.
2021
Journal Article
Maternal deaths by suicide in Queensland, Australia, 2004–2017: an analysis of maternal demographic, psychosocial and clinical characteristics
Modini, Caitlin, Leske, Stuart, Roberts, Susan, Whelan, Nikki, Chitakis, Andrea, Crompton, David and Ellwood, David (2021). Maternal deaths by suicide in Queensland, Australia, 2004–2017: an analysis of maternal demographic, psychosocial and clinical characteristics. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 24 (6), 1019-1025. doi: 10.1007/s00737-021-01107-6
2021
Journal Article
Suicide and suicide attempts in the Pacific Islands: A systematic literature review
Mathieu, Sharna, de Leo, Diego, Koo, Yu Wen, Leske, Stuart, Goodfellow, Benjamin and Kõlves, Kairi (2021). Suicide and suicide attempts in the Pacific Islands: A systematic literature review. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 17 100283, 100283. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100283
2021
Journal Article
Patterns of suicide in the context of COVID-19: Evidence from three Australian states
Clapperton, Angela, Spittal, Matthew John, Dwyer, Jeremy, Garrett, Andrew, Kõlves, Kairi, Leske, Stuart, Millar, Ciara, Edwards, Bronwen, Stojcevski, Victor, Crompton, David Robert and Pirkis, Jane (2021). Patterns of suicide in the context of COVID-19: Evidence from three Australian states. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12 797601. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.797601
2021
Journal Article
Does community cultural connectedness reduce the influence of area disadvantage on Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander young peoples’ suicide?
Gibson, Mandy, Stuart, Jaimee, Leske, Stuart, Ward, Raelene and Vidyattama, Yogi (2021). Does community cultural connectedness reduce the influence of area disadvantage on Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander young peoples’ suicide?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45 (6), 643-650. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13164
2021
Journal Article
A systematic mixed studies review of fear of cancer recurrence in families and caregivers of adults diagnosed with cancer
Smith, Allan ‘Ben’, Wu, Verena Shuwen, Lambert, Sylvie, Lamarche, Jani, Lebel, Sophie, Leske, Stuart and Girgis, Afaf (2021). A systematic mixed studies review of fear of cancer recurrence in families and caregivers of adults diagnosed with cancer. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 16 (6), 1184-1219. doi: 10.1007/s11764-021-01109-4
2021
Journal Article
Suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis of preliminary data from 21 countries
Pirkis, Jane, John, Ann, Shin, Sangsoo, DelPozo-Banos, Marcos, Arya, Vikas, Analuisa-Aguilar, Pablo, Appleby, Louis, Arensman, Ella, Bantjes, Jason, Baran, Anna, Bertolote, Jose M, Borges, Guilherme, Brečić, Petrana, Caine, Eric, Castelpietra, Giulio, Chang, Shu-Sen, Colchester, David, Crompton, David, Curkovic, Marko, Deisenhammer, Eberhard A, Du, Chengan, Dwyer, Jeremy, Erlangsen, Annette, Faust, Jeremy S, Fortune, Sarah, Garrett, Andrew, George, Devin, Gerstner, Rebekka, Gilissen, Renske ... Spittal, Matthew J (2021). Suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis of preliminary data from 21 countries. The Lancet Psychiatry, 8 (7), 579-588. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00091-2
2021
Journal Article
Suicide rates for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: the influence of community level cultural connectedness
Gibson, Mandy, Stuart, Jaimee, Leske, Stuart, Ward, Raelene and Tanton, Robert (2021). Suicide rates for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: the influence of community level cultural connectedness. Medical Journal of Australia, 214 (11), 514-518. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51084
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