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Master of Public Health (MPH), Medical Doctor (MD)
Javier is a health professional interested in understanding laypeople’s health risk perceptions and their contrast with health professionals’ risk assessments. His PhD research aims to increase understanding of the epidemiological and psychological risk of older pedestrians’ trauma, and how both risk assessments could be associated with active travel patterns.
DOCTORAL RESEARCH
“Epidemiological and psychological risk of elderly pedestrian trauma and its impact on active travel behavioural intentions”
THESIS SUPERVISORS
Professor Andry Rakotonirainy, Adjunct Associate Professor Mark King (External Supervisor) and Dr Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios (External Supervisor)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Risk analysis
- Risk perception
- Older pedestrian trauma
- Older active travel behaviour
- Health systems
AWARDS
2018 ATN-QUT post-graduate research scholarship