Mr David Sellars ~ Senior Lecturer - Environmental Health

David is a Senior Lecturer (Environmental Health) employed by James Cook University and is based in Cairns. His specialty areas are Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Food Safety, Environmental Health Law, Public Health Risk Assessment and the Environmental Determinants of Health. David came to James Cook University after a long successful career in Public Health based in North Queensland.

David has a unique perspective on Public Health challenges faced by communities in North Queensland, especially rural and remote communities. 

 

Teaching

• MD2011: Integrated Human System Pathophysiology Part 1 of 2 (Level 2; TSV)
• TM5502: Tropical Public Health (Level 5; TSV)
• TM5513: Public Health Management, Leadership, Planning and Policy (Level 5; TSV)
• TM5514: Environmental Health (Level 5; CNS)
• TM5525: Communicable Disease Control (Level 5; TSV)
• TM5581: Expedition and Wilderness Medicine (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Professional

• Food Safety, Regulatory practices, Ciguatera, Toxicology, Climate Change, Urban Design, Water Quality, Air Quality, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health, Communicable Diseases Health Promotion, Food Security, Tropical Urbanism, UNHabitat, Sustainable Development.

Research Disciplines

• Public health (4206)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Public health (2004)
• Expanding knowledge (2801)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU.

Journal Articles

• Puljevic C, Morphett K, Hefler M, Edwards R, Walker N, Thomas D, Khan M, Perusco A, Le Grande M, Cullerton K, Ait Ouakrim D, Carstensen G, Sellars D, Hoek J, Borland R, Bonevski B, Blakely T, Brolan C and Gartner C (2022) Closing the gaps in tobacco endgame evidence: a scoping review. Tobacco Control, 31. pp. 365-375
• Tavares S, Sellars D, Dupre K and Mews G (in press) Implementation of the New Urban Agenda on a local level: an effective community engagement methodology for human-centred urban design. Journal of Urbanism,
• Wamamili B, Lawler S, Wallace-Bell M, Gartner C, Sellars D, Grace R, Courtney R and Coope P (2021) Cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use among university students in Queensland, Australia and New Zealand: results of two cross-sectional surveys. BMJ Open, 11 (2).
• Stevenson L, Allen T, Mendez D, Sellars D and Gould G (2020) Is open defaecation in outdoor recreation and camping areas a public health issue in Australia? A literature review. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 31 (3). pp. 525-532
• Sellars D and Heggie S (2005) A study of temperatures achieved during underground cooking of pork. Environmental Health, 5 (2). pp. 48-54

Other research outputs

• Tavares S, Sellars D, Mews G, Dupré K, Cândido C and Towle S (2020) Public health and well-being in public open spaces through climate responsive urban planning and design. Journal of Public Space, 5 (2). pp. 1-6
• Tavares S and Sellars D (2018) UTC 3.0 Report: James Cook University - Urban Liveability in Tropical Australia Through Urban Diaries and Community Engagement. James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia [Report]
• Wolfe C, Tavares S and Sellars D (2018) Thinkers in the tropical shade: empowering lessons for livable places. Planetizen, 28 June 2018.
• Wolfe C, Tavares S and Sellars D (2018) Empowering lessons for livable places. Public Square, 13 July 2018.
• Wolfe C, Tavares S and Sellars D (2018) Thinkers in the Tropical Shade: empowering lessons for livable places. Minds and Hearts, 1 (5). pp. 50-53
• Tavares S and Sellars D (2018) Making a global agenda work locally for healthy, sustainable living in tropical Australia. The Conversation, 6 June 2018.
• Spencer R, Allen T, Sellars D, Ryan B, Banner G, Aimers B, Leggat P, Franklin R, Zhang H, Du P, Chen T, Liu Y, Yang R, Chen J, Li Q, Ni D, Sun H, Niu Y, Liao K, Wu H, Wang C, Wang Y, Efstathiou P, Mandi P, Agrafa I, Karyoti V, Andreou S, Lipskiy N, Tuten D, Tyson J, Burkholder J, Rzeszotarski P, Abernathy R, Li J, Krishnamurthy R, Sergienko E, Cox P, Xu Z, Markoff J and Chungong S (2015) Summary report of systematic reviews for public health emergency operations centres. Plans and procedures; communication technology and infrastructure; minimum datasets and standards; training and exercises. WHO Press, Geneva, Switzerland [Report]

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 13+ research outputs authored by Mr David Sellars from 2005 onwards.

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