Dr Bridget Abell

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Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work


Personal details

Positions

Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work

Keywords

health services research, implementation science, cardiac rehabilitation, evidence-based practice, exercise as medicine, clinical epidemiology, qualitative research, participatory research

Research field

Other Medical and Health Sciences, Public Health and Health Services

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Bond University)

Professional memberships and associations

President/State Representative- Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (Queensland)

Teaching

I have experience teaching undergraduate students and post-graduate students in developing research, implementation and evaluation competencies relevant to careers in medicine, nursing, allied health professional practice, and health services research.  Topics I have taught include:

  • introductory statistics for medicine
  • designing a research question
  • different study types
  • experimental vs observational research
  • hypothesis testing
  • confounding and bias
  • logistic regression
  • introduction to qualitative research
  • critical appraisal
  • implementation science
  • program evaluation
  • knowledge translation
  • evidence-based practice

I have additionally been a facilitator of small group learning at regular workshops run for staff, students and researchers covering a variety of topics related to Evidence-Based Practice, Implementation Science and Systematic Reviews

Experience

Publications

Research outputs by year

QUT ePrints

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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/bridget.abell

Awards

Selected research projects

Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.

Supervision

Looking for a postgraduate research supervisor?

I am currently accepting research students for Honours, Masters and PhD study.

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Current supervisions

Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)