Appointments
View highlights from senior appointments below and on HaBS News.

Update 2, 2020 - Key metrics, achievements and initiatives
Senior appointments
- Professor James Ward
- Director of the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and Professor of the School of Public Health
- Commenced February 2020
- Professor Ove Peters
- Chair in Endodontics, School of Dentistry
- Commenced July, 2020
- Professor Loc Do
- Chair in Public Oral Health, School of Dentistry
- Commencing January, 2021
- Professor Saso Ivanovski
- Head, School of Dentistry.
- Commencing early 2021
Emeritus Professor Appointments
- Emeritus Professor Wayne Hall, National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research
Promotions to Professor (2020 round)
- Associate Professor Gail Robinson, School of Psychology
- With effect from 1 January 2020
- Associate Professor Mark Nielsen School of Psychology
- With effect from 1 January 2020
- Associate Professor Derek Arnold School of Psychology
- With effect from 1 January 2020
- Associate Professor Glen Lichtwark, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
- With effect from 1 January 2020
- Associate Professor Sally Bennett, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- With effect from 1 January 2020
- Associate Professor Irina Vetter, School of Pharmacy and Institute for Molecular Bioscience
- With effect from 1 January 2020
Recently appointed
- Professor Nadine Foster appointed as Director of the STARS Eduction and Research Alliance.
Update 1, 2020 - Key metrics, achievements and initiatives
Senior appointments
- Professor Trevor Russell
- Director, RECOVER Injury Research Centre
- Commenced January 2020
- Professor Helen Truby
- Chair in Human Nutrition, School of Human Movement & Nutrition Sciences
- Commenced April 2020
- Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson
- Head, School of Pharmacy
- Commenced June 2020
- Professor Greg Monteith
- Associate Dean (Research)
- Commenced July 2020
- Professor Pauline Ford
- Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
- Commencing in early 2021
- Professor Blake McKimmie
Recruitment underway or commencing shortly
- Director of the STARS Eduction & Research Alliance (conjoint with MNHHS)
- Professor of Midwifery (conjoint with MNHHS)
2019 Update - Key metrics, achievements and initiatives
Senior appointments
- Professor Sandy Brauer
- Head, School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
- Commenced July 2019
- Professor John Cairney
- Head, School of Human Movement & Nutrition Sciences
- Commences January 2020
- Professor Tracy Humphrey
- Head, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work
- Commences January 2020
- Professor Sandie McCarthy
- Chair in Clinical Nursing Research
- Conjoint between School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work and Mater Health Services
- Commenced July 2019
- Professor Terri Green
- Chair in Rehabilitation Nursing Research
- Conjoint between School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work and Metro North Hospital and Health Service
- Commences February 2020
- Professor Laurie Buys
- Director, Healthy Ageing Initiative
- Commenced July 2019
- Leading bid for CRC Longevity
- Professor Nancy Pachana
- Lead for Age Friendly University program
- Commenced June, 2019
- Professor Ove Peters
- Professor of Endodontics, School of Dentistry
- Commences July 2020
- Professor Sameer Bhole
- Director of the Oral Health Alliance (OHA)
- Commences 3 February 2020
- Professor James Ward
- Director of the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and Professor of the School of Public Health
- Commences 3 February 2020
- Professor Trevor Russell
- Director, RECOVER Inury Research Centre
- Commences January 2020
Promotions to Professor (2019 round)
- Associate Professor Blake McKimmie, School of Psychology
- With effect from 1 January 2020
- Associate Professor Guy Wallis, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
- With effect from 1 January 2020
Emeritus Professor Appointments
- Emeritus Professor Christina Lee, School of Psychology
- Emeritus Professor Deborah Theodoros, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Emeritus Professor Helen Chenery, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Emeritus Professor Linda Worrall, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Emeritues Professor Sandra Capra, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
Positions in active search
- Head, School of Pharmacy
- Director, STARS Education and Research Alliance (conjoint with Metro North Hospital and Health Service)
- Chair in Nutrition, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
- Professor of Midwifery Research (conjoint with Metro North Hospital and Health Service)