Meet The Team
Supporting health literacy through research, education, and community engagement.
Dr Grace Vincent
Associate Professor, CQUniversity, Adelaide, Australia
Area: sleep and health in workplaces, interactions of physical activity and diet on sleep, and behavioural interventions to improve sleep health
Dr Saman Khalesi, Group Lead
Associate Professor, CQUniversity, Brisbane, Australia
Area: dietary behaviours and supplements, gut health, chronic disease prevention, and health behaviours
Dr Chris Irwin
Senior Lecturer, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
Area: nutrition and human behaviour/performance, including sports nutrition, impact of alcohol and other drugs (e.g. cannabis) on cognitive and applied performance, healthy-eating behaviours, nutrition labelling accuracy
Dr Anna Balzer
Lecturer, CQUniversity, Bundaberg, Australia
Area: dietary supplements, effects of nutrition on chronic disease, metabolic syndrome
Dr Charlotte Gupta
Lecturer, CQUniversity, Adelaide, Australia
Area: nonstandard work hours, interactions between diet and sleep, safety, and productivity in the workplace, impact of food timing on metabolic health
Dr Dean J Miller
Lecturer, CQUniversity, Adelaide, Australia
Area: sleep, circadian rhythms, and health-related behaviours in high-performance environments
Dr Ingrid Wise
Senior Lecturer, CQUniversity, Cairns, Australia
Area: epigenetics, chronic disease, health equity
Dr Stephanie Schoeppe
Senior Lecturer, CQUniversity, Rockhampton, Australia
Area: Physical activity, health behaviour, health psychology
Dr Lisa Vincze
Senior Lecturer, CQUniversity, Rockhampton, Australia
Area: Dietetics, health literacy, physical activity, regional and rural health
Farhang Jafari
PhD Candidate, CQUniversity, Brisbane, Australia
Area: Dietetics, health literacy, chronic disease, food choice, diabetes