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.
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 than he takes in cultural knowledge from Indigenous staff.
Stuart has reviewed 41 times for the Lancet Group journals.
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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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
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
Journal Article
Attentional modulation of beta-power aligns with the timing of behaviorally relevant rhythmic sounds
Foldal, Maja D., Leske, Sabine, Blenkmann, Alejandro O., Endestad, Tor and Solbakk, Anne-Kristin (2022). Attentional modulation of beta-power aligns with the timing of behaviorally relevant rhythmic sounds. Cerebral Cortex, 33 (5), 1876-1894. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac179
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
Monitoring of self-paced action timing and sensory outcomes after lesions to the orbitofrontal cortex
Solbakk, Anne-Kristin, Lubell, James, Leske, Sabine, Funderud, Ingrid, Llorens, Anais, Blenkmann, Alejandro O., Foldal, Maja Dyhre, Meling, Torstein R., Knight, Robert T. and Endestad, Tor (2021). Monitoring of self-paced action timing and sensory outcomes after lesions to the orbitofrontal cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 33 (9), 1956-1975. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_01733
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
2021
Journal Article
A comparison of farming- and non-farming-related suicides from the United States’ National Violent Deaths Reporting System, 2003–2016
Kennedy, Alison, Cerel, Julie, Kheibari, Athena, Leske, Stuart and Watts, James (2021). A comparison of farming- and non-farming-related suicides from the United States’ National Violent Deaths Reporting System, 2003–2016. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 51 (3), 504-514. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12725
2020
Journal Article
Global systematic review of the effects of suicide prevention interventions in Indigenous peoples
Leske, Stuart, Paul, Elise, Gibson, Mandy, Little, Brock, Wenitong, Mark and Kolves, Kairi (2020). Global systematic review of the effects of suicide prevention interventions in Indigenous peoples. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 74 (12), 1050-1055. doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-212368
2019
Journal Article
Effectiveness of a theory-based sun-safe randomised behavioural change trial among Australian adolescents
White, Katherine M., Zhao, Xiang, Starfelt Sutton, Louise C., Young, Ross McD, Hamilton, Kyra, Hawkes, Anna L. and Leske, Stuart (2019). Effectiveness of a theory-based sun-safe randomised behavioural change trial among Australian adolescents. Psycho-Oncology, 28 (3) pon.4967, 505-510. doi: 10.1002/pon.4967
2018
Journal Article
A protocol for an updated and expanded systematic mixed studies review of fear of cancer recurrence in families and caregivers of adults diagnosed with cancer
Leske, Stuart, Smith, Allan Ben, Lambert, Sylvie D. and Girgis, Afaf (2018). A protocol for an updated and expanded systematic mixed studies review of fear of cancer recurrence in families and caregivers of adults diagnosed with cancer. Systematic Reviews, 7 (1) 134. doi: 10.1186/s13643-018-0795-5
2018
Journal Article
Traditional and Complementary Medicine Use Among Indigenous Cancer Patients in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States: A Systematic Review
Gall, Alana, Leske, Stuart, Adams, Jon, Matthews, Veronica, Anderson, Kate, Lawler, Sheleigh and Garvey, Gail (2018). Traditional and Complementary Medicine Use Among Indigenous Cancer Patients in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States: A Systematic Review. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 17 (3), 568-581. doi: 10.1177/1534735418775821
2017
Journal Article
Re: Meta-analysis of Australian Indigenous psychiatric treatment, critiqued
Leske, Stuart, Harris, Meredith G., Charlson, Fiona J. and Toombs, Maree (2017). Re: Meta-analysis of Australian Indigenous psychiatric treatment, critiqued. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 51 (10), 1053-1054. doi: 10.1177/0004867417726177
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