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Dr Tony Dicker is a senior lecturer in the faculty of Medicine at the University of Queensland, where he is Academic Lead and course co-ordinator for the Masters of Medicine (Skin Cancer). He also teaches skin cancer surgery for a number of other professional training organisations. Dr Dicker obtained his medical degree from Monash University in 1989 and his PhD in Molecular Biology of Skin Cancer from The University of Queensland in 2001. His post graduate training and research has been in the area of Dermatology and Skin Cancer Medicine. Dr Tony Dicker is a medical practitioner working exclusively in skin cancer medicine. The core services are skin cancer diagnosis and skin cancer surgery.

Melissa Dickson joined UQ in July 2023 as a Senior Lecturer in English Literature in the School of Communication and the Arts. Prior to this, Melissa was a Senior Lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of Birmingham in the UK. From 2014 to 2018, Melissa was a Postdoctoral Researcher on ‘The Diseases of Modern Life: Nineteenth-Century Perspective’, an ERC funded project based at St Anne’s College, Oxford, She has a PhD in English from King's College, London, and an MPhil, BA, and University Medal from the University of Queensland.

Melissa’s research focuses on the relationships between Victorian literature, science, medicine, and material culture, and she has published widely in this area. She is the author of Cultural Encounters with the Arabian Nights in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Edinburgh University Press, 2019), co-author of Anxious Times: Medicine and Modernity in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Pittsburgh University Press, 2019) and, co-editor of Progress and Pathology: Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century (Manchester University Press, 2020). Her current monograph project is a study of the senses and in particular of new ways of listening and thinking about sound in the nineteenth century.

Melissa is currently Co-Investigator of a three-year project funded by the Collaboration of Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe, entitled Media and Epidemics: Technologies of Science Communication and Public Health, which seeks to document, from historical and contemporary as well as trans-disciplinary and trans-regional perspectives, the role of media and technologies of communication in the making and management of epidemic outbreaks.

Melissa is an experienced Masters and PhD supervisor and overseen projects on a range of topics, including child loss in Victorian supernatural fiction, Thomas Hardy and music, animals and the environment in the works of the Brontës, and the condition of women in the fiction of Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Richardson, and May Sinclair. She is available to supervise topics projects on Nineteenth-Century Literature, Literature and Science, Literature and Medicine, Medical Humanities, Sound Studies, and Narrative and Consciousness.

Plant viruses and horticultural crop improvement

Dr Dietzgen is internationally recognised for his work on plant virus characterisation, detection and engineered resistance. Before joining UQ, Dr Dietzgen was a Science Leader in Agri-Science in the Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation. He previously held research positions at the University of Adelaide, University of California, Cornell University and University of Kentucky. Dr Dietzgen’s research interests are in molecular virus-plant-insect interactions, virus biodiversity and evolution, and disease resistance mechanisms. His focus is on the biology of RNA viruses in the family Rhabdoviridae and the molecular protein interactions of plant-adapted rhabdoviruses and tospoviruses. He has published extensively on plant virus characterisation and genetic variability, RNAi- mediated virus resistance and diagnostic technologies with 20 review articles and book chapters and over 65 peer-reviewed publications.

Dr Jade Dignam is a Research Fellow and Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist with the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre, with 17 years’ experience in aphasia rehabilitation. Jade conducts research into post-stroke aphasia and has expertise in the development and evaluation of aphasia interventions, treatment dose, and determining predictors of treatment response. Jade's research aims to improve clinical outcomes for people with aphasia by increasing access to evidence-based, intensive comprehensive aphasia therapy.

Sandra Diminic is a Principal Research Fellow at Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research (QCMHR) and leads the Mental Health Services Research stream. She has qualifications in psychology and public health and her PhD focused on understanding the service needs of carers and families of people with mental illness. Before joining QCMHR Sandra worked on the Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank and interned in Mental Health Policy and Service Development at the World Health Organization; she has also been a visiting scholar at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto.

Sandra's research aims to reduce the population burden of mental illness through understanding demand for and utilisation of mental health services, identifying and evaluating evidence-based mental health service models, and applying these findings to improve mental health systems and services. This research program involves close collaboration with health system partners such as national and state governments, Primary Health Networks, and community organisations to provide evidence and advice to support integrated regional and national mental health service planning. Current major projects include development and application of the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework (NMHSPF) and Australian Suicide Prevention Planning Model (AuSPPM), needs-based planning tools which model population needs and required care to produce resource targets for optimal mental health and suicide prevention service delivery in Australia. Sandra also leads projects drawing on population surveys and health service administrative data to understand current mental health service delivery and identify service gaps for specific regions and populations.

Professor in Clinical Psychology at UQ and affiliate Professor at Nottingham Trent University (UK). Her research focuses on social (non-medical) interventions for mental health such as music, arts and nature based programs.

• Course Convenor:

PSYC7291 Cognitive Behaviour Therapies for Adults

PSYC3102 Psychopathology

• Journals:

Associate Editor, Psychology of Music

• Professional Roles:

Cuture and the Arts on Prescription lead, Australian Social Prescribing Institute for Research and Education (ASPIRE)

Member, Arts Health Network QLD (AHNQ) committee.

I am working as part of an academic team on a project aimed at completing a Phase 1 Clinical Trial using pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes for the treatment of “no-option” end stage heart failure. My primary role in the team is the development of a scalable bioreactor based process for the produciton of pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes. This process has been developed to meet GMP and local regulatory requirements. Ancilliary to this, I have been wokring on the development and validation of safety assays in line with ICH guidelines for the clinical trial.

Alana is an experienced physiotherapist, researcher and lecturer at The University of Queensland. She has a strong clinical background in private practice physiotherapy, with a particular interest in the physiotherapy management of temporomandibular disorders. Alana is a guest member of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Orofacial Pain, and is an active member of the Neck and Head Research Unit (NAHRU), Professional Education Research Engagement Theme and Knowledge Translation Research Engagement Theme at The University of Queensland. Alana's PhD explored disability associated with persistent intra-articular temporomandibular disorders in adults. She has achieved numerous high-quality research outputs and has an increasing national and international research profile in the areas of temporomandibular disorders and clinical education. Alana is experienced across a variety of research methodologies and paradigms, including qualitative and quantitative approaches, with a keen interest in knowledge translation across intra-professional, inter-professional, academic and industry settings.

I am Senior Lecturer in Endangered Languages, and convenor of the Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Language Revitalisation. I am also an active researcher, with several projects on Indigenous language revitalisation and maintenance in Central Australia and in Queensland.

My approach to both teaching and research is collaborative, community-guided and applied. This informed by my on-going self-reflexivity as a non-Indigenous woman and my experience living and working on unceded Kaurna, Arrernte, Warumungu, Warlpiri, Pintupi-Luritja country and, since moving to the University of Queensland in 2019, Jagera and Turrbal country.

I have supervisory expertise in Indigenous language revitalisation and the sociology of language, including languages in education, language policy and planning and language in the arts.

The research I am commited to generates both academic publications and high impact non-traditional research outputs. I have published 15 articles, 11 book chapters, 4 books, including a Warumungu learner's dictionary and a co-edited volume. I have co-developed and co-curated two exhibitions, created curriculum and learning materials, compiled a language teacher resource books and image bank for language, teaching, and co-authored commissioned reports and reviews in languages education and languages policy.

Professor Nadeeka Dissanayaka is a UQ Amplify Professorial Research Fellow. She is founder and director of the Dementia & Neuro Mental Health Research Unit at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research. She is also the director of the UQ Dementia Friendly University Initiative. Her expertise include multidisciplinary areas ranging from basic science (eg: pharmacology, genetics, cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging) to clinical science and medicine (eg: psychology, psychiatry, neurology, clinical trials and implementation science).

Ageing, Mental Health, and Neurodegenerative diseases such as Dementia and Parkinson's disease are key areas of Prof. Dissanayaka's research. Her primary research themes include:

1. Evaluation and Treatment of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms in Dementia (BPSD), with a special focus on anxiety and depression.

2. Development of a Mental Health Benchmarking Industry Specific Tool for Residential Aged Care (MHICare Project)

3. Pychotherapeutic Interventions including artificial intelligence, virtual reality and telehealth guided by biofeedback systems for persons with cognitive impairment and Parkinson's disease

4. Neuropsychiatric Manifestations in Parkinson's disease including anxiety, depression, cognitive dysfunction, sleep and impulse control disorders.

5. Neurobiological Underpinnings of Cognitive and Emotional Impairment in Dementia and Parkinson's disease (neuroimaging studies) and drug repurposing.

I am an Honorary Senior Researcher with the Parenting and Family Support Centre at UQ, and a Senior Lecturer at Central Queensland University. I also work as a Senior Research Fellow in the Indigenous Engagement Division at CQUniversity.

Professor Loc Do is a dentist and an oral epidemiologist with special interest in social and clinical oral epidemiology. He completed his PhD in Oral Epidemiology at the University of Adelaide. He was a lead investigator in the National Child Oral Health Study 2012-14 and the National Study of Adult Oral Health 2017-19.

Loc is currently Director of Research at the School of Dentistry, University of Queensland.

Research funding: Currently, he is the Chief Investigator A of five major NHMRC- and MRFF-funded research projects: a population-based birth cohort study investigating impact of socioeconomic inequality on child oral health, a longitudinal study investigating effect of early life exposure to fluoride, a study to investigate effectiveness of water fluoridation in Queensland, a study to develop and implement a package to improve oral health in residents of Aged Care Facilities in Queensland and NSW, and a study to develop and implement an intervention package to improve oral health of young people with intellectual disabilities.

Qualifications: BDS, MScDent, PhD

Research Interests: Oral epidemiological measurement of dental diseases. Quantitative analysis of oral epidemiological data including multilevel analysis. Risk and benefit trade-off in the use of fluorides in children. Natural history of dental fluorosis. Socio-economic inequality in oral health. Oral health-related quality of life. Smoking as a risk factor for periodontal diseases. Effectiveness and safety of water fluoridation in children. Complex systems science in dental research.

Awards and Honours: In 2025, Loc is the recipient of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Distinguished Scientist John Greenspan Global Oral Health Research Award. In 2022, Loc is the recipient of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Distinguished Scientist H Trendley Dean Award 2022. In 2023, his paper in Journal of Dental Research was awarded the IADR Abrey Sheiham Award for Distringuished Research in Dental Public Health.

Dr Truc (Peter) Do joined UQ Business School after having graduated from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He has also been a visiting scholar at London Business School. His primary research lies in financial accounting domain. His is particularly interested in examining how cultural norms and peer interaction affect corporate outcomes, especially corporate information flow. He is also interested in examining the importance of business sustainability and employee welfare. He has published in UTD-24, FT-50, ABDC A* and A journals, including Journal of Accounting and Economics, Contemporary Accounting Research, Research Policy and Accounting & Finance. He is an Associate Editor for Accounting Research Journal and also an editorial board member of Accounting and Finance academic journal. He has also been regularly invited to serve as referees for Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Management Accounting Research, European Accounting Review, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, British Accounting Review, Accounting & Finance, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Abacus, Journal of Business Ethics, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Accounting and Business Research, Australian Accounting Review (on behalf of CPA Australia), Pacific Accounting Review (where he was recognised with Outstanding Reviewer Award), etc. His research works have also been featured at many conferences around the world, including American Accounting Association (AAA) Conference, European Accounting Association (EAA) Congress, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, MIT Accounting Conference, Japanese Accounting Review Conference, Financial Research Network (FIRN) Conference, Vietnam International Conference in Finance and Chinese Accounting Professors' Association of North America (CAPANA) Conference. His research has also received media mention in the FinReg Blog (run by Duke University). He has been awarded various research grants by AFAANZ (Developing Researcher Grant) and CPA (Global Perspectives Research Programme). He is also the winner of the AFAANZ section of the InSPiR2eS Global Pitching Research Competition (IGPRC) (2021). He has been awarded Researcher Excellence Award (Early Career) and Excellence in Developing the Accounting Discipline by UQ Business School in 2022. He teaches Financial Accounting at the undegraduate and postgraduate levels. He is a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) of Australia and a Chartered Accountant (CA) of Singapore.

Dr Chelsea Dobbins is an Associate Professor within the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at The University of Queensland. Before relocating to Australia, Dr Dobbins was a full-time continuing Senior Lecturer within the Department of Computer Science at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) in the UK (2013-2018). She has a background in Software Engineering and expertise in Digital Signal Processing, Applied Machine Learning and Human-Computer Interaction. Her research focuses on the detection of emotion using smartphones/wearable sensors and personal informatics. This includes areas such as lifelogging, affective computing, pervasive computing, digital health, human computer interaction, machine learning, mobile computing, mobile/wearable sensors, human digital memories, signal processing, and physiological computing. Her research has been supported by the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for work related to developing a mobile lifelogging platform to detect negative emotions during real-life driving. In 2016 she received an ACM Computing Review Notable Article award for work related to mining multivariate temporal smart mobile data.

Professor Annette Dobson's research interests are in: Biostatistics (generalised linear modelling, clinical biostatistics, statistical methods relevant to longitudinal studies), and Epidemiology (tobacco control, cardiovascular disease, women's health).