Keywords
Fields of Research (FoR)
Health services and systems, Health policySEO tags
Biography
Dr Janelle Weise has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) (Hons), a Masters of Public Health and her PhD in intellectual disability health.
Dr Weise has worked across clinical, service delivery and managerial roles within the disability and health sectors. She is passionate about addressing the inequitable access to healthcare and poor health outcomes experienced by people with an intellectual disability and other vulnerable...view more
Dr Janelle Weise has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) (Hons), a Masters of Public Health and her PhD in intellectual disability health.
Dr Weise has worked across clinical, service delivery and managerial roles within the disability and health sectors. She is passionate about addressing the inequitable access to healthcare and poor health outcomes experienced by people with an intellectual disability and other vulnerable populations. As a researcher she has worked on a range of initiatives to enhance the capacity of the healthcare sector to deliver accessible, effective and efficient healthcare to people with an intellectual disability.
She has expertise in mixed methods, Co-design, and working with people with lived experience.
My Qualifications
BApSc(OT) Hons, MPH, PhD
My Research Activities
Preventive health care for people with intellectual disability.
Project page here: https://www.3dn.unsw.edu.au/projects/nhmrc-partnership-project-preventive-healthcare-people-intellectual-disability
Service pathway tool for people with intellectual disability: Intellectual Disability Health My Way
Website here: https://idmhconnect.health/
Project page here: https://www.3dn.unsw.edu.au/projects/intellectual-disability-mental-health-service-pathway-tool
Improving palliative care for people with intellectual distality
Project page here: https://www.3dn.unsw.edu.au/projects/improving-palliative-care-services-people-intellectual-disability
Evaluation of the Intellectual Disability Mental Health Hubs
Project page here: https://www.unsw.edu.au/research/sprc/our-projects/evaluation-the-hubs
Curriculum development in intellectual disability health
Project page here: https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/curriculum-development-in-intellectual-disability-health
Patient safety for children and young people with intellectual disability
My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
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Intellectual disability health
- Disability health
- Preventive health care
- Health literacy
Currently supervising
Phd student, Honours/ILP students
My Teaching
Phase 2 Society and Health: Intellectual Disability Mental Health & Communication