Dr Diane Harland

Senior Research Officer

Dr Diane Harland

Dr Diane Harland (PhD) is the Joint Vision Orthopaedic Group Senior Research Officer. Diane is an experienced academic/research scientist having worked in medicine, health, and exercise science for over 25 years. Her research interests include lower limb structure and function, obesity, work boot design, surfing technique, lymphoedema, lung cancer/smoking cessation and advanced illness.

She has extensive clinical and translational research experience as a project manager/research fellow on government and industry national and international projects. Her PhD investigated the biomechanics of foot structure and function in overweight and obese children and her publications have been cited over 900 times.

Diane also works in the Graduate School of Medicine and the School of Education at University of Wollongong and in the School of Population Health at University of New South Wales where she lectures and supervises undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students.

Recent Publications

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Feasibility and acceptability of facilitated advance care planning in outpatient clinics: A qualitative study of health-care professionals experience.

Marshall KH, Riddiford-Harland DL, Meller AE, Kruger V, Krisebom M, Tran M, Caplan G, Naganathan V, Cullen J, Gonski P, Zwar N, O’Keeffe J, Krysinska, Rhee JJ. Feasibility and acceptability of facilitated advance care planning in outpatient clinics: A qualitative study of health-care professionals experience. Australas J Ageing, 2024, 43:314-322

Feasibility and acceptability of facilitated advance care planning in outpatient clinics: A qualitative study of patient and caregivers experience.

Marshall KH, Riddiford-Harland DL, Meller AE, Caplan G, Naganathan V, Cullen J, Gonski P, Zwar N, O’Keeffe J, Krysinska, Rhee JJ. Feasibility and acceptability of facilitated advance care planning in outpatient clinics: A qualitative study of patient and caregivers experience. J Appl Gerontol, 2024, 43:339-348

Expert perspectives on embedding smoking cessation into an Australian lung cancer screening program.

Harrison NJ, Riddiford-Harland DL, York S, Marshall H, Rhee J, Stone E, Yap ML, Sharman AR, Weber M, McCullough S, Byrne T, Paul C, Bowden JA, Bonevski B, Rankin NM. Expert perspectives on embedding smoking cessation into an Australian lung cancer screening program. Drug Alcohol Rev, 2023, 42:S85-S86

Embedding smoking cessation into a potential lung cancer screening program: Australian tobacco control expert perspectives.

Harrison NJ, Riddiford-Harland DL, York S, Marshall H, Rhee J, Stone E, Yap ML, Sharman AR, Weber M, McCullough S, Byrne T, Paul C, Bowden JA, Bonevski B, Rankin NM. Embedding smoking cessation into a potential lung cancer screening program: Australian tobacco control expert perspectives. J Thorac Oncol, 2023, 18:S108

Effect of work boot shaft stiffness and sole flexibility on boot clearance and shank muscle activity when walking on simulated coal mining surfaces: Implications for reducing trip risk.

Dobson JA, Riddiford-Harland DL, Bell AF, Wegener C, Steele JR. Effect of work boot shaft stiffness and sole flexibility on boot clearance and shank muscle activity when walking on simulated coal mining surfaces: Implications for reducing trip risk. Ergon, 2022, 65:1071-1085

Conference Presentations

Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Perth 2024 

Australian Orthopaedic Association, Brisbane 2024 

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Congress, Ōtautahi Christchurch 2024 

Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Scientific Conference, Adelaide 2023 

World Conference on Lung Cancer, Singapore 2023 

International Conference of Applied Strength & Conditioning, Sydney 2018 

International Society of Sports Biomechanics, Tsukuba, 2016  

Australasian Biomechanics Conference, Wollongong 2014  

International Society of Biomechanics, Brazil 2013 

Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society, Auckland 2012 

Australian Health and Medical Research Congress, 2008 

ESM (Energie- und Schwingungstechnik Mitsch GmbH) Scientific Meeting, Scotland 2008 

International Society of Biomechanics, Taipei 2007 

Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity, Adelaide 2007 

Annual Scientific Meeting of NAASO, 2006 

International Society of Biomechanics, Calgary 1999 

Research Grants

2021 National Health and Medical Research Council Ideas Grant (NHMRC - GA65812: Ideas Grant: $140,000) 

2021 University Research Major Equipment Grant Scheme (MEG: $54,870.45) 

2019 NUW Alliance 2019 Project ($315,000) 

2019 Translational Research Grants Scheme (Extension to original project: $112,000) 

2017 Confidential: Medical Devices ($326,650)

2014 NSW Department of Trade and Investment Research Attraction and Acceleration Program ($8,000) 

2013 HMRI Pilot Project Grants Program ($24,000) 

2012 Coal Services Health & Safety Trust ($210,000) 

2011 Faculty of Health & Behavioural Science Early Career Researcher Grant Scheme ($2873) 

2012 Research Infrastructure Block Grants (RIBG) Pool 2 ($62,693)

2005 Australian National Health & Medical Research Council funded project ($173,601)

2002 Research Infrastructure Block Grants (RIBG) Pool 2 ($21,000) 

 

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