Sharon Varela ~ Senior Allied Health Clinical Lead - Mental Health

Dr Sharon Varela has worked in the health industry as a psychologist for over 14 years, with experience in clinical, forensic, disability, and health. Sharon transferred her skills to the academic environment in 2016 when she commenced a position with the Centre for Rural and Remote Health in Longreach, Central West Queensland.

Dr Sharon Varela is a new career researcher. Sharon completed her PhD (UQ, 2017) thesis in the areas of sport and clinical psycholgy. Her project focused on resilience in sport, with a focus on young people. Her research included a collaboration with the University Of Washington, with a part of her project including a Seattle, US sample.

 

 

Interests

Research

• resilience, welllbeing (community and individual), mental health and supervsion.

Research Disciplines

• Public health (4206)
• Applied and developmental psychology (5201)
• Health services and systems (4203)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Specific population health (2005)
• Learner and learning (1601)

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Journal Articles

• Constantinou G, Varela S and Buckby B (in press) Reviewing the experiences of maternal guilt – the "motherhood myth" influence. Health Care for Women International, , DOI:10.1080/07399332.2020.1835917.
• Varela S, Hays C, Knight S and Hays R (2021) Models of remote professional supervision for psychologists in rural and remote locations: a systematic review. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 29 (2), pp. 211-225, DOI:10.1111/ajr.12740.
• Varela S, Hanrahan S, DeCano P, Cook C and Barrett P (2020) Promoting positive development: coaches as trainers in sports‐based resilience programs. Journal of Rural Health, 28 (2), pp. 209-214, DOI:10.1111/ajr.12626.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Sleep and Educational Outcomes in Indigenous Children (Masters , Secondary Advisor)