Dr Ignacio Correa Velez
Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work
Biography
Dr Ignacio Correa-Velez is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology. Ignacio completed his PhD in Population Health (University of Queensland) in 2004. He has a MBBS (Universidad Javeriana, Colombia) and a Postgraduate Degree in Family Medicine and Community Health (Universidad del Valle, Colombia). Between 2004 and 2011, Dr Correa-Velez was Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the La Trobe Refugee Research Centre (La Trobe University, Melbourne). In 2006 he was awarded a NHMRC Postdoctoral Public Health (Australia) Fellowship (2006-10). Since the early 2000s, Dr Correa-Velez has been dedicated to research that helps improve the mental and physical health and wellbeing, and supports the successful settlement of refugees and migrants. Dr Correa-Velez’s research foregrounds the social and environmental determinants of health, especially as this applies to migrant and refugee communities. He has particular expertise in longitudinal studies and in cross-cultural, peer-led and mixed research methods. He has published over 60 journal articles, book chapters and reports. Between February 2019 and January 2022, Dr Correa-Velez was the Co-CEO of the Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma (QPASTT).Research interests
Refugee/migrant health; Health inequities; Social determinants of health; Mental health; Human rights; Impact of environmental disasters on marginalised communities; Cross-cultural research
Personal details
Positions
- Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work
Keywords
Cross-cultural research, Health inequalities, Human rights, Mental health, Migrant health, Refugee health, Social determinants of health
Research field
Public health, Other human society
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD Population Health (University of Queensland)
Publications
Filter publications:
A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/ignacio.correavelez
Selected research projects
- Title
- Developing Best Practice for Settlement Services for Refugee Women-at-Risk
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP140100609
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- Refugee Women; Health And Wellbeing; Settlement
- Title
- Becoming at home: the good starts for refugee youth cohort, transition to early adulthood and settlement outcomes
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP120101579
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Title
- Displaced twice? Investigating the impact of the Queensland floods on the wellbeing and settlement of a cohort of men from refugee backgrounds living in Brisbane and Toowoomba
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1027856
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Understanding and Addressing Suicidality among People of African Background Living in Queensland, Australia
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Jerico Pardosi, Adjunct Associate Professor Kate Murray - Understanding the impacts of disasters on mental health and help-seeking within Philippine urban and rural communities
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Christina Malatzky
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Exploring food and settlement for people with lived refugee experiences (2024)
- Climate Change, Food Security and Health in Kiribati; Investigating Community Resilience and Opportunities for adaptation in Kiribati (2021)
- Depression, Anxiety and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and their Correlates among Adults in Central Vietnam (2019)
- Being a Father in My New Society: A Phenomenological Study of the Migration Journey of Fathers of Refugee Backgrounds Living in South-East Queensland, Australia (2017)
- Majmawalas and Sexual Health Promotion in Bangladesh: An Ethnography of Street healers in Dhaka City (2017)
- Barriers to and Facilitators of Cervical Screening Practice among African Immigrant Women from Refugee and Non-Refugee Backgrounds Living in Brisbane (2016)
- Factors Affecting Antihypertensive Medications Adherence among Hypertensive Patients Attending a General Hospital in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia (2016)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.