Dr Stuart Leske
Dr

Stuart Leske

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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

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural determinants of health Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander epidemiology Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander psychology Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander public health and wellbeing Health Sciences Indigenous Studies Te hauora me te oranga o te Māori (Māori health and wellbeing) Te hauora me te oranga tūmatanui o te Māori (Māori public health and wellbeing)

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.

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41 works between 2012 and 2024
All (41) Journal Article (35) Other Outputs (6)

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2012

Journal Article

Identifying critical sun-protective beliefs among Australian adults

Hamilton, Kyra, White, Katherine M., Young, Ross McD., Hawkes, Anna L., Starfelt, Louise C. and Leske, Stuart (2012). Identifying critical sun-protective beliefs among Australian adults. Health Education Research, 27 (5), 834-843. doi: 10.1093/her/cys093

Identifying critical sun-protective beliefs among Australian adults

Availability

Dr Stuart Leske is:
Available for supervision

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