Ms Leanne Lester

Biostatistician

Telephone: (61 8)  9370 6108  
Facsimile: (61 8)  9370 6511  
Email: l.lester@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Mount Lawley  
Room: ML18.224  

 

Responsibilities

Leanne is a biostatistician at the Child Health Promotion Research Centre.

Staff Qualifications

  • M (Master Degree), Curtin University of Technology, 2004 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • The relationship between mental health outcomes and bullying trajectories of students transitioning from primary school to high school,  Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation),  Healthway - Scholarship(**),  2010,  $35,444.
  • The relationship between mental health outcomes and bullying trajectories of students transitioning from primary school to high school,  Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation),  Scholarship,  2009,  $34,427.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • Midford, R., Cahill, H., Ramsden, R., Davenport, G., Venning, L., Lester, L., Murphy, B., Pose , M., (2011), Alcohol prevention: what can be expected of a harm reduction focused school drug education program? Drugs; Education, Prevention and Policy. Drugs; Education, Prevention and Policy, Early online(Early online), 1-9, DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2011.639412.
  • Cross, D., Monks, H., Hall, M., Shaw, T., Pintabona, Y., Erceg, E., Hamilton, G., Roberts, C., Waters, S., Lester, L., (2011), Three-year results of the friendly schools whole-of-school intervention on children's bullying behaviour. British Educational Research Journal, 37(1), 105-129, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1080/01411920903420024.
  • Williams, A., Pienaar, C., Toye, C., Joske, D., Lester, L., (2011), Further psychometric testing of an instrument to measure emotional care in hospital. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 20(23-24), 3472-3482, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03846.x.
  • Cross, D., Monks, H., Hall, M., Shaw, T., Pintabona, Y., Erceg, E., Hamilton, G., Roberts, C., Waters, S., Lester, L., (2010), Three year results of the Friendly Schools whole-of-school intervention on children?s bullying behaviour. British Educational Research Journal, i-first article(1), 1-25, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1080/01411920903420024.