Dr Amanda Timler

Dr, PhD, MA, BSc
Program Coordinator, Health Promotion

Email: amanda.timler@nd.edu.au
Phone: 9433 0296

  • Biography

    Amanda is currently the Program Coordinator for the Health Promotion degree in the School of Health Sciences. She is actively involved in research within the fields of mental health and well-being, assessing quality of life and aging, and motor performance, including elite athletes.

    She received a BSc and a MA (in international health) at Curtin University of Technology. In 2018 she completed her PhD at the University of Notre Dame Australia exploring if an adolescents level of motor competence influenced their sense of self and wellbeing. She continues to work closely with the institute for health research providing training and support for staff and students in qualitative research.

    Amanda enjoys working on a range of research projects and is currently supervising many higher degree by research students.

  • Teaching Areas

    • Populations approaches to health promotion (HLTH2620)
    • Health research methods (HLTH3620)
    • Reading and Conference (HLTH4900)
    • Health Promotion Industry Practicum (HLTH 1504/1505, 2504/2505, 3504/3509)

  • Research Expertise and Supervision

    Research Expertise

    • Motor performance and wellbeing
    • Quality of life and aging
    • Athlete training
    • Qualitative research

    Supervision

    PhDs

    • 2022 - current Dr Ainsley Robinson - Leading bachelor-level curriculum in nursing from the perspective of "future proofing" nursing education arising from national recommendations: A classic Grounded Theory study
    • 2021 - current Kristie Balding - The exploration of midwifery students’ perceptions of emotional intelligence and its alignment with the attributes of a 'good midwife': A convergent mixed methods study

    MPhil

    • 2020 - current - John Kriticos - Caring for Patients who have used Methamphetamine: A pilot study exploring the experiences of West Australian nurses working in an Authorized Mental Health Unit
    • 2021 - current - Chris Haydock - Exploring Associations Between Mental Health Literacy, Factors of Help-Seeking, Masculine Norms and Stigma in Rural and Urban West Australian Young Males.
    • 2022 - current - Bianca Mettam - Physical Activity perceptions and habits in individuals with Endometriosis

    Honours

    • 2022 - current - Angelie Maestre - Examining the proficiency of the overarm throw among adolescents
    • 2022 - current - Molly Coventry - Why do we report: Elite, Australian athletes’ perspectives on the usefulness and burden of self-reported outcome measures of training exposure
    • 2022 - current - Karlien Van Wyk - Endometriosis and polycystic ovarian syndrome in high-performing athletes

  • Books

    • Earnest. J., de Mori, G. & Timler, A. (2010) Strategies to enhance the well-being of students from refugee backgrounds in Universities in Perth, Western Australia.  Refereed report prepared for Heathway, the WA health promotion foundation. ISBN 978-0-646-53047-6
    • Learning Interactively for Engagement (LiFE; 2010) - Meeting the pedagogical needs of students from refugee backgrounds. Refereed Report prepared for the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC). Canberra, Australia. ISBN: 978-0-646-53243-1. (assisted in development of report and acknowledged in the report):
    • * Student Modules: Short Intensive Programme.  Learning and teaching modules designed to meet the pedagogical needs of students from refugee backgrounds who are commencing university studies for the first time. Modules developed as an output of a collaborative ALTC project grant involving Murdoch and Curtin University in Western Australia. ISBN: 978-0-9807965-4-4.
    • * Academic Modules: Short Intensive Programme.  Learning and teaching modules designed to meet the pedagogical needs of students from refugee backgrounds who are commencing university studies for the first time. Modules developed as an output of a collaborative ALTC project grant involving Murdoch and Curtin University in Western Australia. ISBN: 978-0-9807965-5-1.

  • Journal Articles and Proceedings

    • Timler, A., Bulsara, C., & Hands, B. (2021). Physical and emotional development of adolescents with low motor competence: Mothers’ perspectives.  British Journal of Occupational Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1177/03080226211031805
    • Timler, A., Bulsara, C., Bulsara, M., Vickery, A., Smith, J., & Codde, J. (2020). Use of cannabinoid-based medicine among older residential care recipients diagnosed with dementia: Study protocol for a double-blind randomised crossover trial. Trials, 21(1), 1-11. doi:10.1186/s13063-020-4085-x
    • Plumb, S. M., Hands, B., McIntyre, F., & Timler, A. (2020). Self-Report Motor Competence in Adolescents Aged 12–18 Years in Regional and Rural Victoria (Australia). Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2020.1739606
    • Hands, B., Rose, E., Chivers, P., McIntyre, F., Timler, A., & Parker, H. (2020). The Relationships Between Motor Competence, Physical Activity, Fitness and Self-Concept in Children and Adolescents with DCD. Current Developmental Disorders Reports. doi:10.1007/s40474-020-00189-8
    • Timler, A., McIntyre, F., Harris, S. & Hands, B. (2020). Does level of motor competence affect the associations between identity health and self-perceptions in adolescents? Human Movement Science 74: 102710.
    • Timler, A., McIntyre, F., Rose, E., & Hands, B. (2019). Exploring the influence of self-perceptions on the relationship between motor competence and identity in adolescents. PLOS ONE, 14(11), e0224653. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224653. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0224653
    • Timler, A., McIntyre, F., Bulsara, C., Rose, E., & Hands, B. (2019). The Influence of Motor Competence on Adolescent Identity Health: A Mixed Method Study. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 1-14. doi:10.1080/02701367.2019.1643821
    • Timler, A., McIntyre, F. & Hands, B. (2018) Factors contributing to Australian adolescents’ self-report of their motor skill competence. Journal of Motor Learning and Development. 6, S281-S300. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmld.2016-0069
    • Timler, A., McIntyre, F. & Hands, B. (2018).  Adolescent self-report motor assessments may be more realistic than those of their parents. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 81(4), 1-7. Doi: 10.1177/0308022617743681
    • Timler, A., McIntyre, F., Cantell, M., Crawford, S. & Hands, B. (2016). The development and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Adolescent Motor Competence Questionnaire (AMCQ) for Teens. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 59, 127-137. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2016.08.005
    • Timler, A., McIntyre, F., Cantell, M., Crawford, S. & Hands, B. (2015). Abstracts: 11th International Conference on Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD-11) Developmental Coordination Disorder and other neurodevelopmental disorder: A focus on comorbidity, Journal of Comorbidity, 5 (23), 32-109 DOI: 10.15256/joc.2015.5.52.

  • Conference Papers

    • Timler, A., Vickery, A., Bulsara, M., Bulsara, C. & Codde, J. (2022). Reflections on the challenges experienced from a randomised cross-over trial: Examining the effects of cannabinol-based medication (CBM) among those living with dementia.  Australian Medical Research Symposium at Harry Perkins Institute, Perth Western Australia June 10th, 2022.
    • Timler, A., Vickery, A., Bulsara, M., Bulsara, C. & Codde, J. (2021) Using cannabinoid based medicine for people with dementia: A randomised crossover trial. Presented at the Science on the Swan, Perth, Western Australia. May 16th – 18th, 2021.
    • Timler, A., McIntyre, F. & Hands, B (2019) Does the relationship between self-perceptions and identity health differ between adolescents with low and high motor competence? Presented at the Developmental Coordination Disorder Conference 13, Jyvaskyla, Finland. June 6th – 8th, 2019
    • Plumb, M., Hands, B., McIntyre, F. & Timler, A. (2019) Comparisons of Self-report Motor Competence in Adolescents aged 12-18 yrs in Regional Victoria (rVIC) and Western Australia (WA) using the Adolescent Motor Competence Questionnaire (AMCQ). Presented at the Developmental Coordination Disorder Conference 13, Jyvaskyla, Finland. June 6th – 8th, 2019
    • Timler, A., McIntyre, F. & Hands, B (2018) Developmental Coordination Disorder: What is it? How you can help?. Presented at the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER), Perth, Western Australia. November 26th -28th, 2018
    • Timler, A., McIntyre, F., Rose, E. & Hands, B (2018) Self-perceptions in social domains mediate the negative relationship between low motor competence and identity health in adolescents. Presented at the Science on the Swan Conference, Perth, Western Australia. May 3rd – 5th, 2018
    • Timler, A., McIntyre, F., Bulsara, C., Rose, E. & Hands, B (2017) The who.i.am study Presented at the Developmental Coordination Disorder Conference 12, Perth, Western Australia. July 5th – 8th, 2017
    • Timler, A., McIntyre, F., Cantell, M., Crawford, S. & Hands, B (2015) The development and evaluation of the Adolescent Motor Competence Questionnaire (AMCQ) Presented at the Developmental Coordination Disorder Conference 11, Toulouse, France. July 2nd – 4th, 2015
    • Timler, A., McIntyre, F., Cantell, M., Crawford, S. & Hands, B (2015) Examining how identity formation might differ between adolescents with high and low levels of motor competence Presented at the Brain Development and the Mental and Behavioural Health, Perth, Western Australia. May 16th, 2014
    • Earnest, J.; deMori, G.; & Timler, A. (2010). Refugee Youth in Universities in Western Australia. Paper presented at the 40th Public Health Association of Australia Annual Conference, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia.
    • Earnest, J.; deMori,G.; Timler, A.; & Jorge, M. (2010). Strategies to enhance the well-being of refugee youth in universities in Western Australia. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Teaching Learning Forum. Educating for Sustainability, Edith Cowan University, Perth: Western Australia.

  • Original Creative Works

    • Earnest. J., Timler, A., Jorge, M. & de Mori, G. (2010) Uni Guide: A resource for University success.  CDs prepared for Refugee students and university academics as an output for Healthway, the WA health promotion foundation. ISBN: 978-0-9807965-0-6

  • In the Media

    • Chanel 9 Sunday exclusive, 2019
    • Sunrise interview, 2019

  • Professional Affiliations

    • Australian Health Promotion Association

  • Awards

    • 2021 - Rising Star Award, Science on the Swan