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Sheleigh Lawler
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# Sheleigh Lawler

**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1627
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/faculties-institutes/hmbs/about/leaders

Professor

# Sheleigh Lawler

Email:
:   [s.lawler@sph.uq.edu.au](mailto:s.lawler@sph.uq.edu.au)

Phone:
:   [+61 7 336 55512](tel:+61 7 336 55512)

## Positions

Head of School
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

## Overview

### Background

Sheleigh Lawler is a health psychology expert, with research interests in understanding and intervening on health behaviours, particularly the psychosocial sequelae in relation to disease and intervention outcomes. Her breadth of knowledge across public health, health promotion and health psychology allows for a unique perspective, particularly on understanding the importance of communication. Her work involves multi-disciplinary teams of researchers, industry partners, and government organisations.

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### Availability

Professor Sheleigh Lawler is:
:   Not available for supervision

### Fields of research

[Health Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4759)
[Health equity](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=6577)
[Health promotion](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=6145)
[Nutrition and dietetics](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4863)
[Public health](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4898)
[Social determinants of health](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=6160)
[Sports science and exercise](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4986)

### Qualifications

- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Auckland
- Masters (Coursework), The University of Auckland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Auckland

### Research interests

- #### Understanding psychosocial variables and their influence on health behaviours

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- #### Developing, trialling and integrating best teaching practices for blended learning

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- #### Broad reach behavioural (physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and diet) interventions for chronic disease prevention and management

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## Works

[Search Professor Sheleigh Lawler’s works on UQ eSpace](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/3900)

[All
(124)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1627/all)
[Journal Article
(78)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1627/4748)
[Other Outputs
(3)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1627/4749)
[Conference Publication
(41)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1627/4751)
[Book Chapter
(2)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1627/4752)

2025

Journal Article

##### Doing community involvement care-fully: using an ethic of care to guide involvement in research on women’s health after pregnancy complications and loss

Jenkinson, Bec, McKenzie, Melanie, Limmer, Ayme, Charlton, Valerie, Hardiman, Leah, Lee Ura, Anna, Lawler, Sheleigh, Bonner, Carissa and Doust, Jenny (2025). Doing community involvement care-fully: using an ethic of care to guide involvement in research on women’s health after pregnancy complications and loss. Research Involvement and Engagement, 11 (1) 94, 94. doi: 10.1186/s40900-025-00771-7

[Doing community involvement care-fully: using an ethic of care to guide involvement in research on women’s health after pregnancy complications and loss](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:7240582)

2025

Journal Article

##### Beyond bereavement: Women’s healthcare experiences and cardiovascular disease risk in the years after stillbirth and recurrent early pregnancy loss

Jenkinson, Bec, McKenzie, Melanie, Limmer, Ayme, Charlton, Valerie, Hardiman, Leah, Payne, Sam, Ura, Anna Lee, Bonner, Carissa, Lawler, Sheleigh, Middleton, Philippa, Doust, Jenny and Mishra, Gita D. (2025). Beyond bereavement: Women’s healthcare experiences and cardiovascular disease risk in the years after stillbirth and recurrent early pregnancy loss. Women and Birth, 38 (3) 101915, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2025.101915

[Beyond bereavement: Women’s healthcare experiences and cardiovascular disease risk in the years after stillbirth and recurrent early pregnancy loss](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:1a6d358)

2025

Journal Article

##### Estimating the number and growth of tobacconists and vape stores in Queensland in the absence of a retailer licensing database

Bendotti, Hollie, Ireland, David, Gartner, Coral, Marshall, Henry M. and Lawler, Sheleigh (2025). Estimating the number and growth of tobacconists and vape stores in Queensland in the absence of a retailer licensing database. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44 (4), 1108-1113. doi: 10.1111/dar.14038

[Estimating the number and growth of tobacconists and vape stores in Queensland in the absence of a retailer licensing database](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:61389c0)

2025

Journal Article

##### Women's health and healthcare experiences in the years after gestational diabetes or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Jenkinson, Bec, Charlton, Valerie, Hardiman, Leah, Limmer, Ayme, Mckenzie, Melanie, Ura, Anna-Lee, Bonner, Carissa, Lawler, Sheleigh, Middleton, Philippa, Mishra, Gita and Doust, Jenny (2025). Women's health and healthcare experiences in the years after gestational diabetes or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 25 (1) 158, 158. doi: 10.1186/s12884-025-07296-7

[Women's health and healthcare experiences in the years after gestational diabetes or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:101537a)

2025

Journal Article

##### The Stepping Stone Clubhouse evaluation: exploring members’ experiences, service engagement, and perceived impact of the clubhouse international model

Fjeldsoe, Brianna S., Vitangcol, Kathryn, Lamerton, Tayla, Sennett, Melanie, Helton, Daniel, Hardy, Fotini, Wyder, Marianne, Cunningham, Zoe, McGrath, Martina O., Roseby, Morag, McLean, Andrew, Brown, Scott and Lawler, Sheleigh (2025). The Stepping Stone Clubhouse evaluation: exploring members’ experiences, service engagement, and perceived impact of the clubhouse international model. Community Mental Health Journal, 61 (2), 382-393. doi: 10.1007/s10597-024-01397-x

[The Stepping Stone Clubhouse evaluation: exploring members’ experiences, service engagement, and perceived impact of the clubhouse international model](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:950ae17)

2025

Conference Publication

##### Estimating the number and longitudinal growth of specialty tobacco and vape retailers in Queensland, Australia

Bendotti, Hollie, Ireland, David, Smyth, Colleen, Marshall, Henry, Gartner, Coral and Lawler, Sheleigh (2025). Estimating the number and longitudinal growth of specialty tobacco and vape retailers in Queensland, Australia. HERAKLION: EUROPEAN PUBLISHING.

[Estimating the number and longitudinal growth of specialty tobacco and vape retailers in Queensland, Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:dcba70e)

2025

Journal Article

##### Identifying motivational interviewing techniques in Quitline smoking cessation counselling sessions from Queensland, Australia

Bendotti, Hollie, Marshall, Henry M., Gartner, Coral, Ireland, David and Lawler, Sheleigh (2025). Identifying motivational interviewing techniques in Quitline smoking cessation counselling sessions from Queensland, Australia. Journal of Health Psychology, 30 (7), 1653-1664. doi: 10.1177/13591053241274091

[Identifying motivational interviewing techniques in Quitline smoking cessation counselling sessions from Queensland, Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ff7f3c8)

2024

Journal Article

##### A scoping review of modifiable and behavioural drivers of infectious gastroenteritis among children in high-income countries

Abate, Megbaru Alemu, Robbins-Hill, Alexandra, Lawler, Sheleigh, Assefa, Yibeltal and Reid, Simon (2024). A scoping review of modifiable and behavioural drivers of infectious gastroenteritis among children in high-income countries. Archives of Public Health, 82 (1) 145. doi: 10.1186/s13690-024-01375-5

[A scoping review of modifiable and behavioural drivers of infectious gastroenteritis among children in high-income countries](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:38e1484)

2024

Book Chapter

##### Is eHealth Research with or on Our People?: Lessons Learned Using the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Quality Appraisal Tool

Goodman, Andrew, Chelberg, Georgina, Lawler, Sheleigh, Musuwadi, Charankarthi and Mahoney, Ray (2024). Is eHealth Research with or on Our People?: Lessons Learned Using the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Quality Appraisal Tool. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. IOS Press. doi: 10.3233/shti240890

[Is eHealth Research with or on Our People?: Lessons Learned Using the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Quality Appraisal Tool](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:38fd840)

2024

Journal Article

##### Towards a best practice framework for eHealth with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples — important characteristics of eHealth interventions: a narrative review

Chelberg, Georgina R., Goodman, Andrew, Musuwadi, Charankarthi, Lawler, Sheleigh, Caffery, Liam J, Mahoney, Ray and the eHRCATSIH Group (2024). Towards a best practice framework for eHealth with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples — important characteristics of eHealth interventions: a narrative review. Medical Journal of Australia, 221 (6), 336-345. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52419

[Towards a best practice framework for eHealth with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples — important characteristics of eHealth interventions: a narrative review](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:b7c0cb2)

2024

Journal Article

##### Co-designing a smoking cessation chatbot: Focus group study of end users and smoking cessation professionals

Bendotti, Hollie, Lawler, Sheleigh, Ireland, David, Gartner, Coral and Marshall, Henry M. (2024). Co-designing a smoking cessation chatbot: Focus group study of end users and smoking cessation professionals. JMIR Human Factors, 11 e56505, 1-16. doi: 10.2196/56505

[Co-designing a smoking cessation chatbot: Focus group study of end users and smoking cessation professionals](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:97ca231)

2024

Journal Article

##### Exploring associations of population characteristics and tobacco and vape retailer density and proximity in Australia: a scoping review

Bendotti, Hollie, Gartner, Coral E., Marshall, Henry M., Ireland, David, Garvey, Gail and Lawler, Sheleigh (2024). Exploring associations of population characteristics and tobacco and vape retailer density and proximity in Australia: a scoping review. Tobacco control, 34 (3), 1-8. doi: 10.1136/tc-2024-058760

[Exploring associations of population characteristics and tobacco and vape retailer density and proximity in Australia: a scoping review](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:b74d05f)

2024

Conference Publication

##### Communicating cardiovascular disease risk with women who have a history of pregnancy complications and loss

Jenkinson, Bec, Lawler, Sheleigh, Middleton, Philippa, Bonner, Carissa, Cooke, Eileen, Hardiman, Leah, Limmer, Ayme, Mckenzie, Melanie, Payne, Sam, Ura, Anna-Lee, Charlton, Valerie, Doust, Jenny and Mishra, Gita (2024). Communicating cardiovascular disease risk with women who have a history of pregnancy complications and loss. 12th International Shared Decision Making Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 7-10 July 2024. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2024-sdc.117

[Communicating cardiovascular disease risk with women who have a history of pregnancy complications and loss](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:0c013e0)

2024

Journal Article

##### Introducing Quin: the design and development of a prototype chatbot to support smoking cessation

Bendotti, Hollie, Ireland, David, Lawler, Sheleigh, Oates, David, Gartner, Coral and Marshall, Henry (2024). Introducing Quin: the design and development of a prototype chatbot to support smoking cessation. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 26 (5), 612-620. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad217

[Introducing Quin: the design and development of a prototype chatbot to support smoking cessation](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5add411)

2024

Conference Publication

##### Smartphone applications for tobacco cessation: a systematic review and meta-analyses

Bendotti, H., Meciar, I., Sun, T., Lawler, S., Lim, C., Kang, H., Morphett, K., Chan, G., Marshall, H. and Gartner, C. (2024). Smartphone applications for tobacco cessation: a systematic review and meta-analyses. TSANZSRS 2024 The Australia and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science and The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (ANZSRS/TSANZ) Annual Scientific Meeting for Leaders in Lung Health and Respiratory Science, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 22-26 March 2024. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.

[Smartphone applications for tobacco cessation: a systematic review and meta-analyses](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:63aef21)

2024

Conference Publication

##### Screen2Quit: engagement with a remote smoking cessation smartphone app randomized controlled trial in persons eligible for lung cancer screening

Peek, J., Vardon, P., Passmore, L., Peek, H., Yang, I., Stone, E., Manser, R., Fogarty, P., Brims, F., McWilliams, A., Gartner, C., Hides, L., Lawler, S., Fong, K. and Marshall, H. (2024). Screen2Quit: engagement with a remote smoking cessation smartphone app randomized controlled trial in persons eligible for lung cancer screening. TSANZSRS 2024 The Australia & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science and The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (ANZSRS/TSANZ) Annual Scientific Meeting for Leaders in Lung Health & Respiratory Science, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 22–26 March 2024. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.

[Screen2Quit: engagement with a remote smoking cessation smartphone app randomized controlled trial in persons eligible for lung cancer screening](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5c22485)

2023

Journal Article

##### Conversational artificial intelligence interventions to support smoking cessation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Bendotti, Hollie, Lawler, Sheleigh, Chan, Gary C.K., Gartner, Coral, Ireland, David and Marshall, Henry M. (2023). Conversational artificial intelligence interventions to support smoking cessation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Digital Health, 9 20552076231211634, 1-12. doi: 10.1177/20552076231211634

[Conversational artificial intelligence interventions to support smoking cessation: A systematic review and meta-analysis](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:066526c)

2023

Journal Article

##### Smoking cessation counseling in practice: A qualitative analysis of Quitline conversations in Queensland, Australia

Bendotti, Hollie, Lawler, Sheleigh, Gartner, Coral, Ireland, David and Marshall, Henry M. (2023). Smoking cessation counseling in practice: A qualitative analysis of Quitline conversations in Queensland, Australia. Health Education and Behavior, 51 (1), 10901981231206068-53. doi: 10.1177/10901981231206068

[Smoking cessation counseling in practice: A qualitative analysis of Quitline conversations in Queensland, Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:8109cf6)

2023

Conference Publication

##### Which comes first: asthma or anxiety?

Garcia Sanchez, Diana C., Darssan, Darsy, Lawler, Sheleigh P., Warren, Christopher M., De Klerk Braasch, Adel and Osborne, Nicholas J. (2023). Which comes first: asthma or anxiety?. ISEE 2023: 35th Annual Conference of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 17-21 September 2023. Research Triangle Park, NC United States: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. doi: 10.1289/isee.2023.mp-118

[Which comes first: asthma or anxiety?](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:fa74a1c)

2023

Journal Article

##### Influencing factors to mHealth uptake with Indigenous populations: qualitative systematic review

Goodman, Andrew, Mahoney, Ray, Spurling, Geoffrey and Lawler, Sheleigh (2023). Influencing factors to mHealth uptake with Indigenous populations: qualitative systematic review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 11 e45162, 1-14. doi: 10.2196/45162

[Influencing factors to mHealth uptake with Indigenous populations: qualitative systematic review](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:1f2b53b)

## Funding

### Current funding

- 2026 - 2029

  Monitoring Australia's illicit tobacco and vaping product markets

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/70708)
- 2026 - 2030

  Australian Perimenopause and Menopause (A-PaM) Study

  NHMRC MRFF Infertility Pregnancy Loss and Menopause

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/70645)
- 2024 - 2029

  ACHIEVING EQUITY IN CANCER SCREENING FOR FIRST NATIONS PEOPLES

  NHMRC Synergy Grants

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/62685)

### Past funding

- 2023

  Developing the Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks for Tobacco Reduction Reforms and Skin Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Project in Queensland

  Queensland Health

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/59547)
- 2019 - 2020

  Deadly Choices Healthy Lifestyle Program Evaluation of State wide Implementation

  Institute for Urban Indigenous Health

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/39268)
- 2018 - 2022

  10,000 Lives Project

  Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/35068)
- 2011 - 2012

  Feasibility and acceptability of a telephone-delivered survivorship care planning and lifestyle intervention for women with breast cancer living in rural Queensland

  UQ Early Career Researcher

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/12763)
- 2011 - 2012

  ResTeach 2011 0.2 FTE School of Population Health

  UQ ResTeach

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/45922)
- 2008 - 2013

  Telephone counselling for maintenance of physical activity, weight loss and glycaemic control in Type 2 diabetes

  NHMRC Project Grant

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/9725)
- 2007 - 2009

  Using the telephone to promote exercise-based rehabilitation in rural/remote Australian breast cancer survivors

  National Breast Cancer Foundation

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/8436)

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## Supervision

### Availability

Professor Sheleigh Lawler is:
:   Not available for supervision

### Supervision history

#### Current supervision

- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### ACHIEVING EQUITY IN CANCER SCREENING FOR FIRST NATIONS PEOPLES

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Gail Garvey](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/29976), [Dr Cassandra Vujovich-Dunn](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/45509)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Examining the feasibility of a place-based social inclusion program for people experiencing housing insecurity in Australia and Canada.

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Katherine Morley](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/47908), [Associate Professor Lisa Fitzgerald](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1976)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Understanding how enteric infections are transmitted in early childhood in Australia

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Amalie Dyda](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/29291), [Professor Simon Reid](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2707)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### The aetiology, epidemiology and management of diarrhoeal disease in children under 5 years in Ethiopias Amhara. A one health approach focusing on Cryptosporidium and Giardia spp

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Yibeltal Alemu](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/15240), [Professor Simon Reid](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2707)

#### Completed supervision

- 2024

  Master Philosophy

  ##### [Improving Australian cancer survivorship care in the post treatment phase: an exploration of the role of self-management support and survivors' experiences and preferences](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e28483e)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Nigel Armfield](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/963)
- 2024

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Understanding influences on COVID-related behaviours: a self-regulatory perspective](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:18613ed)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Simon Reid](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2707)
- 2023

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Can an integrated mHealth platform assist in the management of hypertension for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ec5968c)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Geoff Spurling](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/5930), [Dr Ray Mahoney](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/23980)
- 2023

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Exploring the food choices of young adults in the United States of America: an interdisciplinary investigation through the lens of decision-making, rewards, and context](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:d15a3fb)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Katherine Cullerton](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/22350)
- 2024

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Conversational Artificial Intelligence to Support Smoking Cessation: The Co-Design Development of Quin, a Smartphone Application-based Smoking Cessation Chatbot](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:154495e)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Coral Gartner](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1704), [Associate Professor Henry Marshall](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/5751)
- 2022

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Appraisal of a regional smoking cessation campaign in Central Queensland: The '10,000 Lives' Initiative](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3d2b4a7)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Coral Gartner](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1704)
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Understanding and influencing modifiable risk factors among women following treatment for breast cancer](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e9754a2)

  Associate Advisor

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## Media

### Enquiries

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[communications@uq.edu.au](mailto:communications@uq.edu.au)

## External profiles

- [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5771-0551)
- [ResearcherID](https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/G-3911-2010)
- [Scopus](https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=14038988100)

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