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From peer-reviewed publication last week to @aunz.theconversation.com this week, #UQCHSR Affiliate @dcurioussc.bsky.social is showcasing the full range of his work - this time with the great @proflaurenball.bsky.social on a topic relevant to LOTS of us daily (or perhaps several times daily 😳☕☕)
Barista milks promise foamier, creamier coffee, but what’s really in them? Here’s what sets them apart from regular milk.
What’s the difference between barista milk and regular milk? It’s what gets added to it
theconversation.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
From peer-reviewed publication last week to @aunz.theconversation.com this week, #UQCHSR Affiliate @dcurioussc.bsky.social is showcasing the full range of his work - this time with the great @proflaurenball.bsky.social on a topic relevant to LOTS of us daily (or perhaps several times daily 😳☕☕)
🤳'They’re smart and engaging, but they don’t think like humans...'
Great to see this article led by our Centre for Online Health team featured in @aunz.theconversation.com this morning!
🔗 tinyurl.com/4kzes7da
#AI #chatbot #telehealth #mentalhealth #research
Great to see this article led by our Centre for Online Health team featured in @aunz.theconversation.com this morning!
🔗 tinyurl.com/4kzes7da
#AI #chatbot #telehealth #mentalhealth #research
June 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
🤳'They’re smart and engaging, but they don’t think like humans...'
Great to see this article led by our Centre for Online Health team featured in @aunz.theconversation.com this morning!
🔗 tinyurl.com/4kzes7da
#AI #chatbot #telehealth #mentalhealth #research
Great to see this article led by our Centre for Online Health team featured in @aunz.theconversation.com this morning!
🔗 tinyurl.com/4kzes7da
#AI #chatbot #telehealth #mentalhealth #research
3-minute read 🤓
An efficient enews catch-up on top-line #UQCHSR activities, right across our research groups.
tinyurl.com/8dw5bnpt
#healthcare #research
An efficient enews catch-up on top-line #UQCHSR activities, right across our research groups.
tinyurl.com/8dw5bnpt
#healthcare #research
May recap
Centre Director's message If you’re a regular follower of our Linkedin feed, you may already have noticed that May has been a big month of milestones and publications for our PhD candidates and early ...
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June 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
3-minute read 🤓
An efficient enews catch-up on top-line #UQCHSR activities, right across our research groups.
tinyurl.com/8dw5bnpt
#healthcare #research
An efficient enews catch-up on top-line #UQCHSR activities, right across our research groups.
tinyurl.com/8dw5bnpt
#healthcare #research
Latest research led by #UQCHSR's REMODeL Project—Rethinking the Model of Outpatient Diabetes Care Utilising eHealth. Congratulations team!
📱💉 Diabetes Digital Health
In a diverse, low-income Brisbane community, 85% of adults with T2DM owned smartphones, 59% use apps. Age not language was an app use barrier.
Older adults need tailored support for digital health adoption.
#mHealth #Diabetes #HealthEquity
📜https://doi.org/10.1071/AH24289
In a diverse, low-income Brisbane community, 85% of adults with T2DM owned smartphones, 59% use apps. Age not language was an app use barrier.
Older adults need tailored support for digital health adoption.
#mHealth #Diabetes #HealthEquity
📜https://doi.org/10.1071/AH24289
Are people with diabetes mHealth-ready? Smartphone utilisation in a socioeconomically marginalised urban Australian general practitioner-led diabetes clinic
Objective Mobile Health (mHealth), a subset of digital health, requires people to own smartphones, but ownership barriers overlap with social factors linked to type 2 diabetes (T2D) burden. We describ...
doi.org
June 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Latest research led by #UQCHSR's REMODeL Project—Rethinking the Model of Outpatient Diabetes Care Utilising eHealth. Congratulations team!
Great to see you in mainstream media (again!) @piatkowskitim.bsky.social 🙌
Talking about @enhanced_games; Interview via Mamamia: www.mamamia.com.au/james-magnus...
“People in the community use these substances… We need to legitimise and elevate that knowledge more" said Dr Piatkowski.
@griffithcmh.bsky.social
@uqchsr.bsky.social
“People in the community use these substances… We need to legitimise and elevate that knowledge more" said Dr Piatkowski.
@griffithcmh.bsky.social
@uqchsr.bsky.social
There’s an alternative Olympics where everyone’s on performing enhancing drugs.
An Aussie swimming champion is the first major athlete to sign on.
www.mamamia.com.au
June 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Great to see you in mainstream media (again!) @piatkowskitim.bsky.social 🙌
Register now to hear from #UQCHSR Adjunct Senior Fellow @piatkowskitim.bsky.social later this week ⬇️
Join Me to learn about the key findings from Wave 2 of the world-first #steroid checking trial.
🗓️ Thursday, 5 June
⏲️ 3pm AEST
📍 Zoom webinar
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@NDARC
@griffithcmh.bsky.social
@uqchsr.bsky.social
🗓️ Thursday, 5 June
⏲️ 3pm AEST
📍 Zoom webinar
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@NDARC
@griffithcmh.bsky.social
@uqchsr.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Register now to hear from #UQCHSR Adjunct Senior Fellow @piatkowskitim.bsky.social later this week ⬇️
Dr Jackie Huggins, Director Indigenous Research for our Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences faculty is featured in SBS #NRW25 coverage: tinyurl.com/37nnn7yr
See #UQ's week-long program: life.uq.edu.au/nationalreco...
See #UQ's week-long program: life.uq.edu.au/nationalreco...
Reconciliation Week is bridging the past and future for First Nations Australians
Every year in conjunction with National Reconciliation Week from 27 May to 3 June, Australians are presented with the opportunity to learn more about the nation’s shared histories, cultures and achiev...
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May 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Dr Jackie Huggins, Director Indigenous Research for our Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences faculty is featured in SBS #NRW25 coverage: tinyurl.com/37nnn7yr
See #UQ's week-long program: life.uq.edu.au/nationalreco...
See #UQ's week-long program: life.uq.edu.au/nationalreco...
💻 Next Tue 20 May: for health professionals only (thank you 🙏)
#UQCHSR's Centre for Online Health delivers Palliative Care ECHO nationally, and their next monthly session focuses on caregivers of people with a disability.
How do sessions work? lnkd.in/gM2Y29-R
With @helenmhaydon.bsky.social
#UQCHSR's Centre for Online Health delivers Palliative Care ECHO nationally, and their next monthly session focuses on caregivers of people with a disability.
How do sessions work? lnkd.in/gM2Y29-R
With @helenmhaydon.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
💻 Next Tue 20 May: for health professionals only (thank you 🙏)
#UQCHSR's Centre for Online Health delivers Palliative Care ECHO nationally, and their next monthly session focuses on caregivers of people with a disability.
How do sessions work? lnkd.in/gM2Y29-R
With @helenmhaydon.bsky.social
#UQCHSR's Centre for Online Health delivers Palliative Care ECHO nationally, and their next monthly session focuses on caregivers of people with a disability.
How do sessions work? lnkd.in/gM2Y29-R
With @helenmhaydon.bsky.social
Extending @ausfrailtynetwork.bsky.social's celebration of their nurse-researchers into the #blueskysphere this #InternationalNursesDay #IND2025
May 12, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Extending @ausfrailtynetwork.bsky.social's celebration of their nurse-researchers into the #blueskysphere this #InternationalNursesDay #IND2025
✨Scholarship opps ✨
#UQCHSR Director @monikajanda.bsky.social is supervising two new PhD projects, incl fellowship support.
Both advance key aims of the award-winning
@acrf-acemid.bsky.social project.
Visit #UQ: study.uq.edu.au/study-option... + search ‘Janda’ for details.
#PhDposition
#UQCHSR Director @monikajanda.bsky.social is supervising two new PhD projects, incl fellowship support.
Both advance key aims of the award-winning
@acrf-acemid.bsky.social project.
Visit #UQ: study.uq.edu.au/study-option... + search ‘Janda’ for details.
#PhDposition
May 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
✨Scholarship opps ✨
#UQCHSR Director @monikajanda.bsky.social is supervising two new PhD projects, incl fellowship support.
Both advance key aims of the award-winning
@acrf-acemid.bsky.social project.
Visit #UQ: study.uq.edu.au/study-option... + search ‘Janda’ for details.
#PhDposition
#UQCHSR Director @monikajanda.bsky.social is supervising two new PhD projects, incl fellowship support.
Both advance key aims of the award-winning
@acrf-acemid.bsky.social project.
Visit #UQ: study.uq.edu.au/study-option... + search ‘Janda’ for details.
#PhDposition
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Our one and only QuIVAA Board Member, Steroid Harm Reduction Research Superstar, and now new @uqchsr.bsky.social Adjunct Senior Fellow @piatkowskitim.bsky.social! 💜✊️💉💊🌟
Queensland, Represent! 🤩
Queensland, Represent! 🤩
#UQCHSR's new Adjunct Senior Fellow Dr Tim Piatkowski shared his #HR25Bogotá experience generously here on @bsky.app!
Follow @piatkowskitim.bsky.social for a steady stream of latest research in harm reduction, esp re steroids, in close partnership with #UQexperts like @jasonferris22.bsky.social 🙌
Follow @piatkowskitim.bsky.social for a steady stream of latest research in harm reduction, esp re steroids, in close partnership with #UQexperts like @jasonferris22.bsky.social 🙌
May 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Our one and only QuIVAA Board Member, Steroid Harm Reduction Research Superstar, and now new @uqchsr.bsky.social Adjunct Senior Fellow @piatkowskitim.bsky.social! 💜✊️💉💊🌟
Queensland, Represent! 🤩
Queensland, Represent! 🤩
#UQCHSR's new Adjunct Senior Fellow Dr Tim Piatkowski shared his #HR25Bogotá experience generously here on @bsky.app!
Follow @piatkowskitim.bsky.social for a steady stream of latest research in harm reduction, esp re steroids, in close partnership with #UQexperts like @jasonferris22.bsky.social 🙌
Follow @piatkowskitim.bsky.social for a steady stream of latest research in harm reduction, esp re steroids, in close partnership with #UQexperts like @jasonferris22.bsky.social 🙌
May 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
#UQCHSR's new Adjunct Senior Fellow Dr Tim Piatkowski shared his #HR25Bogotá experience generously here on @bsky.app!
Follow @piatkowskitim.bsky.social for a steady stream of latest research in harm reduction, esp re steroids, in close partnership with #UQexperts like @jasonferris22.bsky.social 🙌
Follow @piatkowskitim.bsky.social for a steady stream of latest research in harm reduction, esp re steroids, in close partnership with #UQexperts like @jasonferris22.bsky.social 🙌
Dr Lee (Leanna) Woods, Senior Research Fellow in #UQCHSR's Queensland Digital Health Centre, and co-authors ask:
What does it really take to implement digital health successfully in rural and remote Australia?
📖 Read the full open-access article here: lnkd.in/gWGsQCPw
What does it really take to implement digital health successfully in rural and remote Australia?
📖 Read the full open-access article here: lnkd.in/gWGsQCPw
April 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Dr Lee (Leanna) Woods, Senior Research Fellow in #UQCHSR's Queensland Digital Health Centre, and co-authors ask:
What does it really take to implement digital health successfully in rural and remote Australia?
📖 Read the full open-access article here: lnkd.in/gWGsQCPw
What does it really take to implement digital health successfully in rural and remote Australia?
📖 Read the full open-access article here: lnkd.in/gWGsQCPw
Two important new publications from our AFN team to start the week, led by Dr Kristiana Ludlow and Dr Fred Graham respectively. Congratulations team!
April 28, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Two important new publications from our AFN team to start the week, led by Dr Kristiana Ludlow and Dr Fred Graham respectively. Congratulations team!
Reposted by UQ Centre for Health Services Research
JOB OPPORTUNITY👋| Are you passionate about cancer research and looking for an exciting role? The #DaffodilCentre is seeking a dedicated #ResearchAssistant to join our team and contribute to an impactful #ClinicalTrial.
📅DEADLINE: 7 May 2025, 11:59PM AEST.
🌐APPLY NOW🔗 daffodilcentre.org/careers/
📅DEADLINE: 7 May 2025, 11:59PM AEST.
🌐APPLY NOW🔗 daffodilcentre.org/careers/
April 23, 2025 at 5:39 AM
JOB OPPORTUNITY👋| Are you passionate about cancer research and looking for an exciting role? The #DaffodilCentre is seeking a dedicated #ResearchAssistant to join our team and contribute to an impactful #ClinicalTrial.
📅DEADLINE: 7 May 2025, 11:59PM AEST.
🌐APPLY NOW🔗 daffodilcentre.org/careers/
📅DEADLINE: 7 May 2025, 11:59PM AEST.
🌐APPLY NOW🔗 daffodilcentre.org/careers/
Two weeks to go! Clinicians and researchers, register now to lock in your diary on the other side of the public holidays 📆📆
Frailty & Ageing in Prisons
How does incarceration affect older adults? Join the AFN Geriatric Medicine Seminar to explore challenges and solutions for better care.
📅 6 May 2025 | 🕛 12:00–13:00 AEST | 📍 Online
👉 Register: bit.ly/41rPkPu
#GeriatricMedicine #Frailty #Ageing #JusticeHealth #AFN
How does incarceration affect older adults? Join the AFN Geriatric Medicine Seminar to explore challenges and solutions for better care.
📅 6 May 2025 | 🕛 12:00–13:00 AEST | 📍 Online
👉 Register: bit.ly/41rPkPu
#GeriatricMedicine #Frailty #Ageing #JusticeHealth #AFN
April 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Two weeks to go! Clinicians and researchers, register now to lock in your diary on the other side of the public holidays 📆📆
April 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Continuing last night's conversation on AI in health...
💡 There’s a lot of hype and promise around the use of AI in public health, but what does current research say about its potential and the risks involved? A new paper in PHRP reviews the evidence 👉 www.saxinstitute.org.au/news/ai-in-p...
April 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Continuing last night's conversation on AI in health...
💡 Reminder: Hear #UQCHSR Director @monikajanda.bsky.social's consumer-centred perspective, free online from 6pm - registrations remain open! 💻
🗣️Professor @monikajanda.bsky.social is one of two expert speakers in the Australian Academy of Science Public Speaker Series 2025, on April 8 @ 5.30pm AEST.
Register now for free online attendance to learn more about "AI and our Health"!🤖
🔗 aas.eventsair.com/public-speak...
@uqchsr.bsky.social
Register now for free online attendance to learn more about "AI and our Health"!🤖
🔗 aas.eventsair.com/public-speak...
@uqchsr.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
💡 Reminder: Hear #UQCHSR Director @monikajanda.bsky.social's consumer-centred perspective, free online from 6pm - registrations remain open! 💻
Caught our Substance Use & Mental Health deep dive lately: tinyurl.com/jsj5f4vz ❔
Let's continue the conversation across our channels.
Let's continue the conversation across our channels.
Telling people to ‘just say no’ to drugs has never worked. Better education and awareness of the harms is key.
Get big or die trying: social media is driving men’s use of steroids. Here’s how to mitigate the risks
theconversation.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Caught our Substance Use & Mental Health deep dive lately: tinyurl.com/jsj5f4vz ❔
Let's continue the conversation across our channels.
Let's continue the conversation across our channels.
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And then this paper describes the results of the world's first steroid testing trial conducted right here in Queensland, led by the incredible Tim @piatkowskitim.bsky.social in partnership with The Loop Australia and the others.
World 1st Steroid Testing Trial in @addictionjournal.bsky.social w. amazing team some who are here: @chenealpuljevic.bsky.social @jasonferris22.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social
@griffith.edu.au @griffithcmh.bsky.social @uqchsr.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/add....
@griffith.edu.au @griffithcmh.bsky.social @uqchsr.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/add....
The world's first anabolic‐androgenic steroid testing trial: A two‐phase pilot combining chemical analysis, results dissemination and community feedback
Background and Aims The clandestine production and distribution of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) poses health risks due to the uncertainty of their contents. This study aimed to test the chemic...
doi.org
February 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
And then this paper describes the results of the world's first steroid testing trial conducted right here in Queensland, led by the incredible Tim @piatkowskitim.bsky.social in partnership with The Loop Australia and the others.
Reposted by UQ Centre for Health Services Research
It's such a privilege to work with the amazing @piatkowskitim.bsky.social and the rest of the team on this world-first research on steroid drug checking. This paper describes the development and dissemination of Australia's first public alert about a contaminated steroid sample.
New in @apsad-dar.bsky.social
The first Oz steroid community drug alert! Contaminated oxandrolone was detected in our steroid checking trial, prompting a public notice.
@ivolpe.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social @jasonferris22.bsky.social @chenealpuljevic.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/dar....
The first Oz steroid community drug alert! Contaminated oxandrolone was detected in our steroid checking trial, prompting a public notice.
@ivolpe.bsky.social @monicabarratt.bsky.social @jasonferris22.bsky.social @chenealpuljevic.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/dar....
Development, dissemination and community response towards the first community notice regarding misrepresented illicit anabolic‐androgenic steroids in circulation in Australia
Introduction Drug alerts aimed at both people who use drugs and health workers help to prevent acute harms from unpredictable illicit drug markets and by equipping health workers to handle unusual d...
doi.org
February 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It's such a privilege to work with the amazing @piatkowskitim.bsky.social and the rest of the team on this world-first research on steroid drug checking. This paper describes the development and dissemination of Australia's first public alert about a contaminated steroid sample.
#UQCHSR Centre Director Monika Janda is passionate about consumer-centred digital interventions that make self-management of health-related issues easier for people 👩👧
Don't miss her appearance on this national stage next week! 🎤💻
Don't miss her appearance on this national stage next week! 🎤💻
🗣️Professor @monikajanda.bsky.social is one of two expert speakers in the Australian Academy of Science Public Speaker Series 2025, on April 8 @ 5.30pm AEST.
Register now for free online attendance to learn more about "AI and our Health"!🤖
🔗 aas.eventsair.com/public-speak...
@uqchsr.bsky.social
Register now for free online attendance to learn more about "AI and our Health"!🤖
🔗 aas.eventsair.com/public-speak...
@uqchsr.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 12:11 AM
#UQCHSR Centre Director Monika Janda is passionate about consumer-centred digital interventions that make self-management of health-related issues easier for people 👩👧
Don't miss her appearance on this national stage next week! 🎤💻
Don't miss her appearance on this national stage next week! 🎤💻
'Fresh off the press' from our @ausfrailtynetwork.bsky.social 🌱
Thanks for the tag
@kristianaludlow.bsky.social 🙏
Thanks for the tag
@kristianaludlow.bsky.social 🙏
🚨New research alert!
We identified and categorised goals of frail older people living with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease.
Participants most frequently focused their goals on function, physical health, social engagement, and leisure.
@ausfrailtynetwork.bsky.social @uqchsr.bsky.social
We identified and categorised goals of frail older people living with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease.
Participants most frequently focused their goals on function, physical health, social engagement, and leisure.
@ausfrailtynetwork.bsky.social @uqchsr.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
'Fresh off the press' from our @ausfrailtynetwork.bsky.social 🌱
Thanks for the tag
@kristianaludlow.bsky.social 🙏
Thanks for the tag
@kristianaludlow.bsky.social 🙏
Our new Executive Dean of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences got candid with #UQ Contact Magazine. We're all looking forward to meeting Prof Liew #irl at campus catch ups across the coming month! 🗺️
The Real YouQ Professor Danny Liew
Meet the new Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences Professor Danny Liew
brnw.ch
March 3, 2025 at 6:15 AM