Overview
Background
Dr Jon Olsen is an Associate Professor & Deputy Director (Research) at the Institute for Social Science, The University of Queensland. He serves as Director of URBANiQ: Urban Intelligence for Healthy & Equitable Places @ The University of Queensland, the AURIN UQ-Node, and leads research focused on place and health inequalities. His work explores how the built and natural environments, along with urban planning policies, influence health outcomes and disparities. Jon is also committed to advancing understanding of the intersections between human health and planetary health.
He is Co-I of the NIHR Global Health Research Unit in Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Inequalities (SEDHI) and the NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) Programme-funded Orienting Policy Towards Inequality Minimising Actions (OPTIMA) project, a systems science approach to 20-minute neighbourhood policy and evaluation.
Jon is Senior Editor of the new journal Urban Transitions, Editorial Board Member of Wellbeing, Space and Society, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, UK.
Availability
- Dr Jonathan Olsen is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Epidemiology, Cardiff University
Research interests
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Mobility, Health & Environmental Exposure
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Urban Liveability & Community Wellbeing
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Healthy and equitable places
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Socioeconomic impacts of place-based planning policies
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Social and geographical impacts of climate change on health
Works
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2016
Journal Article
Molluscum contagiosum and associations with atopic eczema in children: A retrospective longitudinal study in primary care
Olsen, Jonathan R., Piguet, Vincent, Gallacher, John and Francis, Nick A. (2016). Molluscum contagiosum and associations with atopic eczema in children: A retrospective longitudinal study in primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 66 (642), e53-e58. doi: 10.3399/bjgp15X688093
2015
Journal Article
Time to resolution and effect on quality of life of molluscum contagiosum in children in the UK: A prospective community cohort study
Olsen, Jonathan R, Gallacher, John, Finlay, Andrew Y, Piguet, Vincent and Francis, Nick A (2015). Time to resolution and effect on quality of life of molluscum contagiosum in children in the UK: A prospective community cohort study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 15 (2), 190-195. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)71053-9
2014
Journal Article
Development and validation of the molluscum contagiosum diagnostic tool for parents: Diagnostic accuracy study in primary care
Olsen, Jonathan R., Gallacher, John, Piguet, Vincent and Francis, Nick A. (2014). Development and validation of the molluscum contagiosum diagnostic tool for parents: Diagnostic accuracy study in primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 64 (625). doi: 10.3399/bjgp14X680941
2014
Journal Article
Epidemiology of molluscum contagiosum in children: a systematic review
Olsen, Jonathan R., Gallacher, John, Piguet, Vincent and Francis, Nick A. (2014). Epidemiology of molluscum contagiosum in children: a systematic review. Family Practice, 31 (2) cmt075, 130-136. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmt075
2012
Journal Article
Accessibility of sexual health services in teenage sexual health service users: Local area geospatial analysis
Olsen, Jonathan R., Cook, Penny A., Forster, Sue and Phillips-Howard, Penelope A. (2012). Accessibility of sexual health services in teenage sexual health service users: Local area geospatial analysis. Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom), 34 (3), 438-446. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr120
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Jonathan Olsen is:
- Available for supervision
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Media
Enquiries
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- 20-minute neighbourhoods
- brisbane health inequalities
- global health inequalities
- health geography
- health inequalities
- health inequities
- place-based planning
- queensland health inequalities
- spatial data
- urban liveability
- walkable neighbourhoods
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