Experience

• 2022 to present - Research Officer, HART (JCU Cairns)
• 2021 to 2022 - Research Officer, Apunipima (Cairns)
• 2018 to 2021 - Family Support Officer, Mulungu AMS (Mareeba/Atherton)
• 2016 to 2018 - Adult Educator, Private RTO (Cairns)
• 1993 to 2015 - Lecturer, James Cook University (Cairns)
• 1993 to 2002 - Police Auxiliary/Indigenous Liaison Officer, Northern Territory Police (Darwin)
• 1980 to 1993 - Infection Control Section Admin Officer, Royal Darwin Hospital (Darwin)

Research Disciplines

• Public health (4206)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• health (2099)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health (2103)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Lewthwaite B, Wilson K, Wallace V, McGinty S and Swain L (2017) Challenging normative assumptions regarding disengaged youth: a phenomenological perspective. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 30 (4). pp. 388-405
• Te Riele K, Wilson K, Wallace V, McGinty S and Lewthwaite B (2017) Outcomes from Flexible Learning Options for disenfranchised youth: what counts? International Journal of Inclusive Education, 12 (2). pp. 117-130
• Lalloo R, Kroon J, Tut O, Kularatna S, Jamieson L, Wallace V, Boase R, Fernando S, Cadet-James Y, Scuffham P and Johnson N (2015) Effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit of a single annual professional intervention for the prevention of childhood dental caries in a remote rural Indigenous community. BMC Oral Health, 15. pp. 1-8
• Graham D, Wallace V, Selway D, Howe E and Kelly T (2014) Why are so many Indigenous women homeless in Far North and North West Queensland, Australia? Service providers' views of causes. Journal of Tropical Psychology, 4. pp. 1-9
• Wallace V, Graham D, Selway D and Kelly T (2014) Their story: homeless Indigenous women in Cairns and Mount Isa, Australia. Journal of Tropical Psychology, 4. pp. 1-11

Book Chapters

• Wallace V (2018) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people and staff 'talk up' the value of flexible learning options. In: Gauging the Value of Education for Disenfranchised Youth: flexible learning options. Innovations and Controversies: interrogating educational change. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands, pp. 43-62

Conference Papers

• Wallace V (2003) Entering the field of research: a beginning Indigenous researcher's experience. Proceedings of the NZARE/AARE Joint Conference. In: Educational Research, Risks, and Dilemmas, 30 November - 3 December 2003, Auckland, NZ

Other research outputs

• Meldrum K, Andersson E, Wallace V, Webb T, Quigley R, Strivens E and Russell S (2022) Approaches to the development of new mental well-being screening tools for Indigenous peoples: a systematic mixed studies review protocol. BMJ Open, 12 (8).

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

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

• ADAPTTS ? App-based Diet And Physical Activity Tools for the Torres Strait (PhD , External Advisor)
• Appropriate Use of Medications in Indigenous Patients in a Residential Care Facility: A patient?s, pharmacist?s and doctor?s perspective. (Masters , External Advisor)
• Evaluating the impact of hospital pharmacists on a health equity agenda in a regional Australian setting - more than just the medicines. (PhD , External Advisor)