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James Ward
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James Ward

Source: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/25670 Parent: https://about.uq.edu.au/faculties-institutes/hmbs/about/leaders

Professor

James Ward

Email: : james.ward@uq.edu.au

Positions

Affiliate of ARC COE for Indigenous Futures : ARC COE for Indigenous Futures : Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

Professorial Research Fellow and Centre Director : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Overview

Background

Professor James Ward is a Pitjantjatjara and Narungga man, and a national leader in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research. He is currently the Director of the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at the University of Queensland. As such he leads a research program focused on urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and an infectious diseases research program and associated issues. Having held various roles in Aboriginal public health policy for both government and non-government organisations, in 2007 he was appointed as the Inaugural Program Head of the Aboriginal Program at the Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales. In 2012 he moved to Alice Springs to become Deputy Director of the Baker Institutes' Aboriginal Health Program, after which he joined the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. James has been awarded funding applications totalling $23M since 2013; including $7.14M as CIA on NHMRC funded grants and has authored 160 publications. He has led national research projects on health services research http://cre-ash.org.au/participating-sites/clinical-hubs/; in health promotion www.youngdeadlyfree.org.au; and methamphetamines https://wecandothis.com.au/ to name a few.

His work has influenced policy and practice significantly contributing to national guidelines, policy and practice. During 2020 he has contributed to the national COVID—19 response nationally through membership of the Communicable Diseases Network of Australia and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander COVID-19 Taskforce.

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Availability

Professor James Ward is: : Available for supervision

Fields of research

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Health Sciences Health promotion Health services and systems

Qualifications

Works

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All (214) Journal Article (191) Other Outputs (6) Conference Publication (17)

2026

Journal Article

Adverse childhood experiences among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and adolescents in Australia: role of a family with strong kinship and economic well-being

Alam, Md Ashraful, Ward, James, Callaway, Leonie Kaye, Huda, M. Mamun, Shahunja, K. M. and Mamun, Abdullah (2026). Adverse childhood experiences among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and adolescents in Australia: role of a family with strong kinship and economic well-being. Public Health, 250 106061, 106061. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2025.106061

Adverse childhood experiences among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and adolescents in Australia: role of a family with strong kinship and economic well-being

2025

Journal Article

Exploring healthcare providers’ perspectives on the factors that facilitate primary health care access among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people: a qualitative study in Southeast Queensland

Harfield, Stephen, Dean, Judith A., Azzopardi, Peter, Mishra, Gita D. and Ward, James (2025). Exploring healthcare providers’ perspectives on the factors that facilitate primary health care access among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people: a qualitative study in Southeast Queensland. BMC Primary Care, 26 (1) 257, 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s12875-025-02959-y

Exploring healthcare providers’ perspectives on the factors that facilitate primary health care access among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people: a qualitative study in Southeast Queensland

2025

Journal Article

‘Mob want to see mob’: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young peoples’ perspective on accessing primary health care services in urban southeast Queensland

Harfield, Stephen, Dean, Judith A., Azzopardi, Peter, Mishra, Gita D. and Ward, James (2025). ‘Mob want to see mob’: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young peoples’ perspective on accessing primary health care services in urban southeast Queensland. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 49 (6) 100273, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100273

‘Mob want to see mob’: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young peoples’ perspective on accessing primary health care services in urban southeast Queensland

2025

Conference Publication

Research Alliance for Urban Goori Health: healthcare records across primary and tertiary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in South East Queensland

Sanjida, Saira, Lane, Steven, Butler, Danielle, Shakeshaft, Anthony, Sullivan, Clair and Ward, James (2025). Research Alliance for Urban Goori Health: healthcare records across primary and tertiary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in South East Queensland. The 21st Annual International Conference on Urban Health, Wellington, New Zealand, 17-21 November 2025.

Research Alliance for Urban Goori Health: healthcare records across primary and tertiary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in South East Queensland

2025

Journal Article

A point-of-care testing intervention to improve hepatitis C diagnosis and treatment uptake among people attending Aboriginal community controlled health services: the SCALE-C study

Hosseini-Hooshyar, Samira, Valerio, Heather, Flynn, Erin, Sexton, Christopher, Barzi, Federica, Amarasena, Suruchi, De Koster, Lisa, Sellen, Donna, Winterfield, Narelle, Grebely, Jason, Matthews, Gail V, Boyd, Mark A, Applegate, Tanya L, Petoumenos, Kathy, Lafferty, Lise, Dore, Gregory J, Treloar, Carla, Martinello, Marianne and Ward, James (2025). A point-of-care testing intervention to improve hepatitis C diagnosis and treatment uptake among people attending Aboriginal community controlled health services: the SCALE-C study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 25 (1) 1604, 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s12879-025-12004-z

A point-of-care testing intervention to improve hepatitis C diagnosis and treatment uptake among people attending Aboriginal community controlled health services: the SCALE-C study

2025

Journal Article

Gestational diabetes mellitus and its impact on maternal and neonatal outcomes in Indigenous populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Duong, Thuy Linh, Shahunja, KM, Le, Minh, McIntyre, David H., Ward, James and Mamun, Abdullah A (2025). Gestational diabetes mellitus and its impact on maternal and neonatal outcomes in Indigenous populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 229 112462, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2025.112462

Gestational diabetes mellitus and its impact on maternal and neonatal outcomes in Indigenous populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

Journal Article

Long-Term Protection Against Invasive Meningococcal B Disease and Gonococcal Infection 5 Years After Implementation of Funded Childhood and Adolescent 4CMenB Vaccination Program in South Australia: An Observational Cohort and Case-Control Study

Wang, Bing, Giles, Lynne, Andraweera, Prabha, McMillan, Mark, Beazley, Rebecca, Almond, Sara, Lally, Noel, Bell, Charlotte, Flood, Louise, Ward, James and Marshall, Helen (2025). Long-Term Protection Against Invasive Meningococcal B Disease and Gonococcal Infection 5 Years After Implementation of Funded Childhood and Adolescent 4CMenB Vaccination Program in South Australia: An Observational Cohort and Case-Control Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 81 (4), e202-e210. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaf372

Long-Term Protection Against Invasive Meningococcal B Disease and Gonococcal Infection 5 Years After Implementation of Funded Childhood and Adolescent 4CMenB Vaccination Program in South Australia: An Observational Cohort and Case-Control Study

2025

Journal Article

EFFECTIVENESS OF INCENTIVES ON STI TESTING UPTAKE: A TRIAL AMONG ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER YOUNG PEOPLE IN REMOTE CENTRAL AUSTRALIA (2015-2020)

Whitford, Kate, Silver, Bronwyn, Wand, Handan, Bell, Stephen, McGregor, Skye, Donovan, Basil, Fairley, Christopher, Guy, Rebecca, Ryder, Nathan, Boffa, John, Ward, James and Kaldor, John (2025). EFFECTIVENESS OF INCENTIVES ON STI TESTING UPTAKE: A TRIAL AMONG ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER YOUNG PEOPLE IN REMOTE CENTRAL AUSTRALIA (2015-2020). Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 53 (2), 121-126. doi: 10.1097/olq.0000000000002254

EFFECTIVENESS OF INCENTIVES ON STI TESTING UPTAKE: A TRIAL AMONG ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER YOUNG PEOPLE IN REMOTE CENTRAL AUSTRALIA (2015-2020)

2025

Journal Article

Renal impairment risk in Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who take HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): a retrospective cohort study

Drak, D., McManus, H., Vickers, T., Salerno, J., Tobin, M., Hughes, J. T., Lewis, D. A., Carter, A., Russell, D., Gunathilake, M., Ali, H., Guy, R., O’Connor, C. C., Ward, J., Gracey, D. M. and ACCESS (2025). Renal impairment risk in Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who take HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): a retrospective cohort study. Sexual Health, 22 (3) SH24149, 1-6. doi: 10.1071/sh24149

Renal impairment risk in Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who take HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): a retrospective cohort study

2025

Journal Article

Prevalence of surgery in Indigenous people with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sanjida, Saira, Garvey, Gail, Bainbridge, Roxanne, Diaz, Abbey, Barzi, Federica, Holzapfel, Sherry, Chen, Michael Y., Collin, Harry, Fatima, Yaqoot, Hou, Xiang-Yu and Ward, James (2025). Prevalence of surgery in Indigenous people with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 57 101527, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101527

Prevalence of surgery in Indigenous people with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

Journal Article

A web-based application for reducing methamphetamine use amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: A wait-list control randomised trial

Reilly, Rachel, McKetin, Rebecca, Barzi, Federica, Degan, Tayla, Ezard, Nadine, Conigrave, Kate, Butt, Julia, Roe, Yvette, Wand, Handan, Quinn, Brendan, Longbottom, Wade, Treloar, Carla, Dunlop, Adrian and Ward, James (2025). A web-based application for reducing methamphetamine use amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: A wait-list control randomised trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27 e58341, e58341. doi: 10.2196/58341

A web-based application for reducing methamphetamine use amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: A wait-list control randomised trial

2025

Journal Article

Understanding the role of patient communication protocols in sexually transmissible infections point-of-care testing among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in remote communities: a qualitative study

Monaghan, Robert, Causer, Louise, Ward, James, Hengel, Belinda, Smith, Kirsty, Andrewartha, Kelly, Fairley, Christopher, Maher, Lisa, Mak, Donna, White, Caitlyn, Leonard, Jessica, Guy, Rebecca and Lafferty, Lise (2025). Understanding the role of patient communication protocols in sexually transmissible infections point-of-care testing among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in remote communities: a qualitative study. Sexual Health, 22 (2) SH24214. doi: 10.1071/sh24214

Understanding the role of patient communication protocols in sexually transmissible infections point-of-care testing among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in remote communities: a qualitative study

2025

Journal Article

Chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing and positivity within an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Service 2016–2021

Canuto, Condy, Willis, Jon, Debattista, Joseph, Dean, Judith A. and Ward, James (2025). Chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing and positivity within an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Service 2016–2021. Sexual Health, 22 (1) SH24053, 1. doi: 10.1071/sh24053

Chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing and positivity within an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Service 2016–2021

2025

Journal Article

Cascade of testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea inclusive of an annual health check in an urban Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service

Canuto, Condy, Dean, Judith A., Debattista, Joseph, Willis, Jon, Barzi, Federica, Leitch, Jonathan and Ward, James (2025). Cascade of testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea inclusive of an annual health check in an urban Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service. Sexual Health, 22 (1) SH24075, 1. doi: 10.1071/sh24075

Cascade of testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea inclusive of an annual health check in an urban Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service

2025

Journal Article

Long-term 4CMenB vaccine effectiveness against gonococcal infection at four years post-program implementation: observational case-control study

Wang, Bing, Giles, Lynne, Andraweera, Prabha, Mcmillan, Mark, Beazley, Rebecca, Sisnowski, Jana, Almond, Sara, Mitchell, Janine, Lally, Noel, Bell, Charlotte, Flood, Louise, Ward, James and Marshall, Helen (2025). Long-term 4CMenB vaccine effectiveness against gonococcal infection at four years post-program implementation: observational case-control study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 12 (1) ofae726, 1-7. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae726

Long-term 4CMenB vaccine effectiveness against gonococcal infection at four years post-program implementation: observational case-control study

2025

Journal Article

Reducing methamphetamine use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities with the We Can Do This Web-App: qualitative evaluation of acceptability and feasibility

Sivak, Leda, Reilly, Rachel, Crumpen, Shani, Treloar, Carla, McKetin, Rebecca, Butt, Julia, Roe, Yvette, Ezard, Nadine, Quinn, Brendan, Nagle, Jack, Longbottom, Wade, Warrior, Clifford and Ward, James (2025). Reducing methamphetamine use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities with the We Can Do This Web-App: qualitative evaluation of acceptability and feasibility. JMIR Formative Research, 9 e58369, 1-9. doi: 10.2196/58369

Reducing methamphetamine use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities with the We Can Do This Web-App: qualitative evaluation of acceptability and feasibility

2024

Journal Article

Lisdexamfetamine in the treatment of methamphetamine dependence: a randomised, placebo‐controlled trial

Ezard, Nadine, Clifford, Brendan, Siefried, Krista J., Ali, Robert, Dunlop, Adrian, McKetin, Rebecca, Bruno, Raimondo, Carr, Andrew, Ward, James, Farrell, Michael, Graham, Robert, Haber, Paul, Lubman, Dan, Donoghoe, Mark W., Olsen, Nick, Baker, Amanda, Hall, Michelle, Arunogiri, Shalini, Lintzeris, Nicholas and LiMA Investigator Group (2024). Lisdexamfetamine in the treatment of methamphetamine dependence: a randomised, placebo‐controlled trial. Addiction, 120 (7), 1345-1359. doi: 10.1111/add.16730

Lisdexamfetamine in the treatment of methamphetamine dependence: a randomised, placebo‐controlled trial

2024

Journal Article

Knowledge about COVID-19 vaccines among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and attitudes to and behaviours regarding COVID-19 and influenza vaccination: a survey

Spierings, Shea, Oguoma, Victor M., Shakeshaft, Anthony, Walker, Jim, Toombs, Maree and Ward, James S. (2024). Knowledge about COVID-19 vaccines among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and attitudes to and behaviours regarding COVID-19 and influenza vaccination: a survey. Medical Journal of Australia, 222 (1), 30-37. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52551

Knowledge about COVID-19 vaccines among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and attitudes to and behaviours regarding COVID-19 and influenza vaccination: a survey

2024

Journal Article

An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent model of primary health care

Harfield, Stephen, Azzopardi, Peter, Mishra, Gita D. and Ward, James S. (2024). An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent model of primary health care. Medical Journal of Australia, 221 (10), 512-515. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52484

An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent model of primary health care

2024

Other Outputs

Queensland First Nations peoples burden of disease report 2018

Maurer, Di, Williamson, Daniel, Stanley, Lucy, Suleman, Abdulla, Ward, James, Barzi, Federica, Begum, Tahmina, Oguoma, Victor and Dyson, Edwin (2024). Queensland First Nations peoples burden of disease report 2018. 3 Brisbane, QLD, Australia: State of Queensland (Queensland Health).

Queensland First Nations peoples burden of disease report 2018

Funding

Current funding

Transforming cities for Indigenous Peoples' social and emotional wellbeing

ARC Australian Laureate Fellowships

Open grant - 2025 - 2029

Multidisciplinary initiatives to impact incidence and prevalence of STIs among First Nations Peoples

NHMRC MRFF - Indigenous Health Research Grant

Open grant - 2025 - 2027

Birthing in our Community: sustainability and replicability of a 'gold standard' model of maternal infant health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and infants (MRFF led by IUIH)

Institute for Urban Indigenous Health

Open grant - 2025 - 2027

Addressing persistent factors that are impeding HIV and viral hepatitis outcomes among First Nations Australians: a multipronged approach, harnessing existing infrastructure and knowledges

National Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research Limited

Open grant - 2024 - 2029

Centre for Research Excellence in Neisseria disease control (NHMRC 2024 CRE led by The University of Adelaide)

University of Adelaide

Open grant - 2024 - 2026

Understanding preconception sexual and reproductive health and fertility among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in Queensland

Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine

Open grant - 2024 - 2027

The Impact of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) on the Health and well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia

University of New South Wales

Open grant - 2024 - 2029

Preventing non-communicable diseases (PreventNCD) among Indigenous children and youth in major cities of Australia

NHMRC Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Grant

Open grant - 2024 - 2027

Blak and Proud: Safe and deadly healthcare

NHMRC MRFF Models of Care for Sexuality and Gender Diverse People

Open grant - 2023 - 2030

ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures

ARC Centres of Excellence

Open grant - 2023 - 2026

GOANNA 3 Study: Third Australian cross-sectional survey of social and behavioural factors related to BBVs and STIs among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples aged 16-29 years

Commonwealth Department of Health

Open grant - 2023 - 2026

Implementation of anti-racism strategies to improve health outcomes for First Nations peoples in a large urban hospital

NHMRC MRFF - Indigenous Health Research Grant

Open grant - 2023 - 2026

Closing the final gaps in maternal and infant health: the Deadly Fit Mums program

NHMRC MRFF PPHR - Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles

Open grant - 2022 - 2027

Centre of Research Excellence in Urban Indigenous Health

NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence

Open grant - 2022 - 2026

Digital Infrastructure For improving First Nations Maternal & Child Health

MRFF Research Data Infrastructure

Open grant - 2022 - 2027

Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) - National Research Network on Human Health and Environmental Change (NHMRC Special Initiative in Human Health and Environmental Change grant administered by ANU)

Australian National University

Open grant - 2022 - 2027

Young, Deadly and Free Project

Commonwealth Department of Health

Open grant - 2021 - 2026

Integration and expansion of a sentinel surveillance system to improve infectious disease outcomes for Indigenous Australians; the ATLAS network

NHMRC Partnership Projects

Open grant - 2021 - 2026

National First Nations Research Network

NHMRC Targeted Research

Open grant - 2021 - 2026

The ATLAS STI and BBV sentinel surveillance network

Commonwealth Department of Health

Open grant

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Past funding

Supporting agency and connectivity to drive primary healthcare for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in southeast Queensland

Institute for Urban Indigenous Health

Open grant - 2024

Achieving greater national consistency for the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Worker and Health Practitioner professions

National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners

Open grant - 2023

For the provision of a Research Report: Methamphetamine Use by Parents with Children under 3 years

Queensland Family and Child Commission

Open grant - 2023

Develop a state-wide First Nations Health Equity Strategy Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

Queensland Health

Open grant - 2022 - 2025

Multidisciplinary co-design of innovative, client-centred models for Indigenous mental health services in South East Queensland

NHMRC MRFF - Indigenous Health Research Grant

Open grant - 2022

Building a national research network and agenda to progress urban Indigenous health

UQ Indigenous Research Engagement and Partnerships Fund

Open grant - 2022 - 2025

Type 2 diabetes prevalence and management in patients attending an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service in Southeast Queensland over a twelve-year period: factors associated with good

NHMRC MRFF - Indigenous Health Research Grant

Open grant - 2022

Queensland Burden Of Disease Report

Queensland Health

Open grant - 2021 - 2025

Improving surveillance infrastructure for Indigenous primary health care

MRFF Primary Health Care Research Data Infrastructure

Open grant - 2021 - 2023

First Nations COVID-19 Pandemic Response: Harnessing the evidence from an urban First Nations health ecosystem to inform ongoing response, recovery and health system adaptation

University of Melbourne

Open grant - 2021 - 2022

Pandemic health messaging for Indigenous peoples during COVID-19

University of Melbourne

Open grant - 2021

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to health services in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care service

University of Melbourne

Open grant - 2021 - 2023

Using systems thinking to better understand risks and protective factors at play for urban Indigenous peoples during COVID-19

University of Melbourne

Open grant - 2021 - 2025

Launch Phase Agreement - Research Alliance for Urban Goori Health

Metro North Hospital and Health Service

Open grant - 2020 - 2023

Enhancing harm reduction services (BBV and STI) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who inject drugs through improved engagement.

Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine

Open grant - 2020 - 2024

Developing and implementing an ethical framework for HIV Phylogenetic Analysis in Australia (NHMRC Partnership Project administered by University of Melbourne)

University of Melbourne

Open grant - 2020 - 2025

Transforming access, relational care, and primary health care in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population through patient-centred medical homes:

NHMRC MRFF - Primary Health Care Research Initiative

Open grant - 2020 - 2024

Eliminate Hepatitis C Project

Macfarlane Burnet Institute of Medical Research and Public Health Ltd (also known as Burnet Institute)

Open grant - 2020 - 2024

Improving STI and BBV outcomes and associated drivers among Aboriginal peoples

Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellowship

Open grant - 2020 - 2025

Eliminating endemic sexually transmissible infections in remote Australia using targeted multidisciplinary strategies

NHMRC Synergy Grants

Open grant - 2020 - 2025

Implementing a precision public health approach to eliminate sexually transmitted infections and control HIV in remote Australia

NHMRC IDEAS Grants

Open grant - 2020 - 2023

SCALE-C: Strategies for hepatitis C testing and treatment in Aboriginal communities that Lead to Elimination

NHMRC Project Grant

Open grant - 2019 - 2024

Gono B Gone: Targeted immunisation programs for vulnerable children and young people against serious infectious diseases (NHMRC Partnership Project administered by University of Adelaide)

University of Adelaide

Open grant - 2018 - 2025

Centre for Research Excellence in the accelerated implementation of new point-of-care technology for infectious diseases (NHMRC CRE Grant administered by the University of New South Wales)

University of New South Wales

Open grant - 2017 - 2021

Use of molecular resistance assays to provide alterative oral treatment strategies for gonorrhoea in Indigenous and other high-risk populations; a randomised cluster trial

NHMRC Project Grant

Open grant

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Supervision

Availability

Professor James Ward is: : Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

##### Approaches to Declaring and Defending Land, Sea Country, and Freshwater Country for Future Generations. Kokoberrin Stories.

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Dr Jenny Munro - Doctor Philosophy

##### Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander economic participation: the growth and impact of female entrepreneurship in South East QLD

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Dr Zannie Langford - Doctor Philosophy

##### Exploring how to strengthen a nation and build community agency post-mining transition in order to promote positive social and emotional wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities over the life course.

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Judith Dean, Dr Janine Gertz - Master Philosophy

##### Relationship between stress disrders and non Communicable diseases.

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Nina Lansbury - Doctor Philosophy

##### Multiple interventions for responding to outbreaks of communicable disease in rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Judith Dean, Dr Carol El-Hayek - Master Philosophy

##### Advancing Sexual Health and well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: Co-designing a culturally safe and responsive sexual health program within a regional Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO) setting

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Judith Dean - Doctor Philosophy

##### Understanding fertility and pre-conception health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in Queensland

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Federica Barzi, Associate Professor Judith Dean - Doctor Philosophy

##### Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Outcomes in Indigenous Population: A Life Course Approach

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Professor Leonie Callaway, Professor Abdullah Mamun - Doctor Philosophy

##### Impacts of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Women and Children across Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Non-Indigenous Communities in Queensland, Australia

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David McIntyre, Professor Abdullah Mamun

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Completed supervision

Doctor Philosophy

##### Strengthening primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people living in urban southeast Queensland

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Professor Gita Mishra - 2025

Doctor Philosophy

##### The utility of the Annual Health Check (MBS item 715) for STI testing within an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Service

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Judith Dean - 2025

Doctor Philosophy

##### "Country means everything" Introducing Relational Health in environmental, climate, and health solutions.

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Nina Lansbury

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