Honours Project List
Click on the topics below to find available research projects:
Biomechanics
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email | AES Suitable | ASpS Suitable | AEP Suitable |
Assessing running performance in elite and recreational runners - effect of fatigue* | Prof Andrew Cresswell, Mr Callum Davies, Prof Glen Lichtwark | ||||
* Students participating in these projects will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed. Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project. |
Exercise Physiology
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email | AES Suitable | ASpS Suitable | AEP Suitable |
The Effect of Exercise Training Intensity on Cerebrovascular and Peripherovascular Function In Late Perimenopause* | Jenna Taylor; Conan Shing | ||||
Physiological and Subjective Responses to Exercise Snacks* | Jeff Coombes | ||||
Neurophysiological measures for Paralympic classification* | Tim Carroll and Emma Beckman | e.beckman@uq.edu.au | |||
Indigenising Cardiac Rehabilitation in Australia | Kai Wheeler and Jenna Taylor | kwheeler@uq.edu.au | |||
Heart rate response to high intensity resistance training | Professor Jeff Coombes and Dr Riley Brown | jcoombes@uq.edu.au | |||
Fatty liver disease in First Nations communities | Dr Kai Wheeler and Dr Shelley Keating | kwheeler@uq.edu.au | |||
Trauma-informed training for exercise professionals | Dr Kai Wheeler and Grace Ike | kwheeler@uq.edu.au | |||
Long-term effect of high-intensity interval training during cardiac rehabilitation: A follow-up study* | Dr Jenna Taylor | jenna.taylor@uq.edu.au | |||
Research investigations of cardiac technologies, populations, clinical datasets, and clinical services within the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital* | Dr Jenna Taylor; RBWH co-supervisor | jenna.taylor@uq.edu.au | |||
Exercise and Gynaecological Cancer Survivorship: Assessing Changes in Fitness and Quality of Life | Brent Cunningham Alex Boytar Professor Sandie McCarthy | a.boytar@uq.edu.au | |||
The Effect of HIIT on Health Outcomes for those Surviving Cancer: Interactions Between Exercise, Diet, and Quality of Life | Alex Boytar | ||||
Working together for people with a disability- combining architecture and sport and exercise science | Sean Tweedy and Emma Beckman | e.beckman@uq.edu.au | |||
* Students participating in these projects will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed. Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project. |
Nutrition and Dietetics
There are no available projects under this theme at this point in time.
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email | AES Suitable | ASpS Suitable | AEP Suitable |
Effect of Time-Restricted Eating on Exercise Performance and Fitness Parameters: A Systematic Literature Review | Dr Brooke Devlin | b.devlin@uq.edu.au | |||
How does the dietary and lifestyle pattern of healthy Australian young adults align with the traditional Mediterranean diet principles? | Dr Brooke Devlin |
Physical Activity and Health
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email | AES Suitable | ASpS Suitable | AEP Suitable |
Identifying adults at risk of pre-diabetes in the community* | Genevieve Healy, Sjaan Gomersall, Ana Goode | ||||
Enhancing Volunteer Engagement in Sport: A Review of State and National Sport Organisations | George Thomas, Genevieve Healy | ||||
Understanding activity patterns of office workers* | Genevieve Healy, George Thomas, Bronwyn Clark | g.healy@uq.edu.au | |||
Barriers and enablers to supporting desk workers to sit less and move more* | Professor Genevieve Healy, Dr Ana Goode | g.healy@uq.edu.au | |||
Mapping exercise care for cancer survivors: Codesign project in Springfield* | Professor Lauren Ball, Dr Amy Kierkegaard, Ms Clare Van Dorssen | Lauren.Ball@uq.edu.au | |||
Systematic review of using technology to influence physical activity over the last 50 years | Nick Gilson | ||||
Examining associations of sedentary behavior and depression and anxiety | Bronwyn Clark | ||||
* Students participating in these projects will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed. Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project. |
Sports Coaching and Development
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email | AES Suitable | ASpS Suitable | AEP Suitable |
Coaching at pinnacle events * Students participating in this project will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed. Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project. | Steven Rynne; Jordan Lefebvre |
Sports Medicine
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email | AES Suitable | ASpS Suitable | AEP Suitable |
Clinical Assesments in Total Knee Joint Replacement Patients * Students participating in this project will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed. Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project. | Craig Engstrom, Jon Anderson (PhD candidate) | craig@hms.uq.edu.au |
Sports Science
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email | AES Suitable | ASpS Suitable | AEP Suitable |
Relationship between sport experiences and health and Wellbeing - Volleyball QLD* | George Thomas & Veronique Richard | ||||
To understand the interplay between the rate of skill, physiological, and performance progression in talent transfer athletes.* | Karlee Quinn & Jordan Lefebvre | ||||
Performance analysis of a team ball sport | Dr Kai Wheeler Emily Hall | kwheeler@uq.edu.au | |||
Creativity in Motion (netball): Evaluation of a training program aiming at enhancing creativity in netball players | Veronique Richard | v.richard@uq.edu.au | Contact supervisor to advise if project is suitable for your program. | ||
Talent gaps- where should we focus our efforts to find the next generation of paralympians?* | Emma Beckman | ||||
Hamstring Muscle Activation Adaptations to Eccentric Training* | Dr Patricio Pincheira, Mr Max Andrews | ||||
* Students participating in these projects will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed. Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project. |
Other
Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email | AES Suitable | ASpS Suitable | AEP Suitable |
A qualitative descriptive study exploring therapists' perceptions within a community-based motor program for autistic children with moderate and high support needs* | Lee Svensson, John Cairney, Michalis Stylianou, Jessica Hill, & Stewart Trost | ||||
Torres Strait Islander Sport: History, Culture and Identity | Gary Osmond amd Murray Phillips | g.osmond@uq.edu.au | |||
* Students participating in this project will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed. Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project. |