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Dr. Nicola Wiseman is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine and Dentistry at Griffith University. She holds a PhD from Griffith University and a Bachelor of Public Health with Honours. Her specific areas of expertise in research and teaching include research methods, public health research evaluation, and the social and environmental determinants of health. As a lecturer in public health within the School of Medicine, Dr. Wiseman contributes significantly to public health education and research at Griffith Health, Gold Coast campus.
Dr. Wiseman's research addresses key public health issues affecting children, adolescents, and communities. Her early publications include 'Validation of an iPad activity to measure preschool children's food liking' in BMC Pediatrics (2017), 'Preschool children's preferences for sedentary activity relates to television viewing time at age 2' in BMC Public Health (2019, cited by 77), 'Lifestyle knowledge and preferences in preschool children: Evaluation of the Get up and Grow healthy lifestyle education programme,' '"It"s like you are in the jungle": Using the draw-and-tell technique to understand children"s perceptions of food advertising' in Health Promotion Journal of Australia (2019, cited by 27), and 'A Systematic Review of Data Collection Techniques Used to Measure Food Intake in Children from Birth to Age 2 Years: A Methodological Review' in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2019, cited by 27). Recent works encompass 'Co-designing a nature play program for culturally and linguistically diverse children' (2024), 'Insights from the Promotion of Fast-food to Nigerian Children' (2024), 'Epidemiology of Cancer in the Fiji Islands: 2010 to 2018' (2025), 'Menstrual health among young adults in Latin America and the Caribbean' (2025), 'An Exploration into the Menstrual Health of Ecuadorian University Students' (2025), 'Using mHealth to Support Queensland Mothers and Children with Overweight and Obesity' (2025), 'Measuring the outcomes for aged care residents" participation' (2021), and studies on smoke-free area regulation advocacy and breathwork for resilience (2026). She convenes the course 'Health Program Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation' (7881MED) and serves on the editorial board of Jurnal Promkes, fostering international collaborations in Fiji, Ecuador, Nigeria, and Queensland.
