Overview
Background
Ingrid Rowlands’ research is broadly focused on women’s reproductive health, with a particular interest in adverse events and diseases including miscarriage, infertility, endometriosis and gynaecological cancer.
Dr Rowlands' current program of work is conducted in partnership with community and focuses on:
- Multidisciplinary care needs of people with endometriosis - QENDOCare
- Supportive care interventions in cancer - PROMISE trial
- Co-designed, integrated, person-centred models of care for people with innate variations of sex characteristics - Interconnect Health Research
Dr Rowlands is a mixed methods researcher and combines her training in health psychology with her epidemiological skills to understand people's health and wellbeing. Her previous research has focused on:
- The causes and consequences of endometriosis in Australia - GELLES
- Women’s quality of life following a diagnosis of endometrial (uterine) cancer ANECS. In this role, she also led a qualitative study exploring young women’s fertility concerns following a diagnosis of gynaecological cancer.
Women’s adjustment to miscarriage using data from more than 14,000 young women participating in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health - Coping with miscarriage study.
Availability
- Dr Ingrid Rowlands is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Psychological Science, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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women's health
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reproductive health psychology
Works
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2010
Journal Article
Prevention of gestational diabetes: Feasibility issues for an exercise intervention in obese pregnant women
Callaway, L. K., Colditz, P. B., Byrne, N. M., Lingwood, B. E., Rowlands, I. J., Foxcroft, K., McIntyre, H. D. and BAMBINO Group (2010). Prevention of gestational diabetes: Feasibility issues for an exercise intervention in obese pregnant women. Diabetes Care, 33 (7), 1457-1459. doi: 10.2337/dc09-2336
2010
Journal Article
Obesity in pregnancy: Outcomes and economics
Rowlands, Ingrid, Graves, Nick, de Jersey, Susan, McIntyre, H. David and Callaway, Leonie (2010). Obesity in pregnancy: Outcomes and economics. Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 15 (2), 94-99. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2009.09.003
2010
Journal Article
Adjustment after miscarriage: Predicting positive mental health trajectories among young Australian women
Rowlands, Ingrid and Lee, Christina (2010). Adjustment after miscarriage: Predicting positive mental health trajectories among young Australian women. Psychology Health & Medicine, 15 (1), 34-49. doi: 10.1080/13548500903440239
2009
Journal Article
Correlates of miscarriage among young women in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
Rowlands, Ingrid and Lee, Christina (2009). Correlates of miscarriage among young women in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 27 (1), 40-53. doi: 10.1080/02646830701806313
2008
Other Outputs
Coping with miscarriage : Australian women's experiences
Rowlands, Ingrid J. (2008). Coping with miscarriage : Australian women's experiences. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/177791
2008
Conference Publication
Looking on the bright side of life: The role of optimism in predicting long-term adjustment to miscarriage
Rowlands, I. and Lee, C. (2008). Looking on the bright side of life: The role of optimism in predicting long-term adjustment to miscarriage. 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology, London, 8-10 September 2008. New York: Wiley. doi: 10.1080/02646830802224440
2008
Conference Publication
'The silence was deafening': Women's experiences of coping with miscarriage
Rowlands, Ingrid and Lee, Christina (2008). 'The silence was deafening': Women's experiences of coping with miscarriage. SRIP 2008: 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology, London, U.K., 8-10 September 2008. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge. doi: 10.1080/02646830802224440
2007
Conference Publication
Psychological predictors of miscarriage among young Australian women
Rowlands, I. and Lee, C. (2007). Psychological predictors of miscarriage among young Australian women. 27th Annual Conference of the Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology, Oxford, England, 10-12 September, 2007. New York: Wiley. doi: 10.1080/02646830701494474
2006
Journal Article
Choosing to have children or choosing to be childfree: Australian students' attitudes towards the decisions of heterosexual and lesbian women
Rowlands, Ingrid and Lee, Christina (2006). Choosing to have children or choosing to be childfree: Australian students' attitudes towards the decisions of heterosexual and lesbian women. Australian Psychologist, 41 (1), 55-59. doi: 10.1080/00050060500391860
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Ingrid Rowlands is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
"Put that out I can hear your baby coughing": Exploring the stigma associated with women's smoking during pregnancy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Christina Lee
Media
Enquiries
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- endometriosis
- miscarriage
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