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Knowledge of the beach is more than a matter of curiosity.
Current Research Projects
Research Opportunities
Our U-BEACH research is built on collaboration with people with lived experience, industry, and communities, ensuring outcomes that make a real-world impact. We welcome research partnerships and supervise higher degree reesearch through Master of Research and PhD programs. We also undertake contract research projects with industry and community partners, applying our expertise to solve practical challenges. If you're interested in working with us, we would love to hear from you!
Would you like to meet us, partner with us, or learn more about our U-BEACH research projects?
Please contact our project lead, Sasha Job:
(07) 4150 7702
Past Research Projects
Research Outputs and Success
Job, S., Heales, L., Obst, S. (2025).
Australian Physiotherapy Association Evolution Conference.
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Job, S., Heales, L., Obst, S. (2025).
Australian Physiotherapy Association Evolution Conference.
Update coming soon!
Job, S., Heales, L., Obst, S. (2025).
Australian Physiotherapy Association Evolution Conference.
Update coming soon!
Job, S., Heales, L., Obst, S. (2024). U-BEACH Workshop for Beach Accessibility. Australian Assistive Technology Conference.
Job, S., Heales, L., Obst, S. (2024). Beach use, preferences, and benefits for older people and people with disability: An Australian community survey. Australian Assisstive Technololgy Conference.
Job, S., Heales, L., Obst, S. (2024). Tides of change - Barriers and facilitators to beach accessibility for older people and people with Australian Assisstive Technololgy Conference.
Sasha Job, Luke Heales, and Steven Obst were awarded 2023 Australian Physiotherapy Association Pitchfest People's Choice Winner
Job, S., Heales, L., Obst, S. (2023). Beach use, preferences, and benefits for older people and people with disability: An Australian community survey. Australian Physiotherapy Association Ignite Conference.
Job, S., Heales, L., Obst, S. (2023). Oceans of Opportunity - Perspectives on beach-based therapy for people with disability: A survey of Australian physiotherapists and occupational therapists. Australian Physiotherapy Association Ignite Conference.
Job, S., Heales, L., Obst, S. (2023). Tides of change - Barriers and facilitators to beach accessibility for older people and people with disability. Australian Physiotherapy Association Ignite Conference.
Award: Best Conference Paper
Job, S., Heales, L., Obst, S. (2023). Tides of change - Barriers and facilitators to beach accessibility for older people and people with disability. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Sasha Job was awarded 2022 CQU Research Great Debate Winner
Sasha Job was awarded VYT People's Choice Winner
Sasha Job was awarded 3MT Runner Up and People's Choice Winner
Job, S., Heales, L., Obst, S. (2022). Oceans of opportunity for universal beach accessibility: An integrated model for health and wellbeing in people with disability. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.
Australian Physiotherapy Association Physiotherapy Research Foundation Grant
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