Dr Janelle Weise
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Dr Janelle Weise

Senior Lecturer
Sydney School of Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health

Dr Janelle Weise has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) (Hons), a Masters of Public Health and her PhD in intellectual disability health.

Dr Weise has worked across clinical, service delivery and managerial roles within the disability and health sectors. She is passionate about addressing the inequitable access to healthcare and poor health outcomes experienced by people with an intellectual disability and other populations. As a researcher she has worked on a range of initiatives to enhance the capacity of the healthcare sector to deliver accessible, effective and efficient healthcare to people with an intellectual disability.

She has expertise in mixed methods, co-design, and working with people with lived experience.

NHMRC Partnership Project: Preventive Health Care for People with Intellectual Disability.

Intellectual Disabiltiy Health Capability Framework Project.

Positive Cardiometabolic Resources for People with Intellectual Disability.

Cancer Screening for People with Intellectual Disability.

Leveraging AI to Support Colorectal Cancer Screening for People with Intellectu Disability.

Cancer, Neurosciences and Mental Health, Lifespan

Publications

Journals

  • Barrington, M., Fisher, K., Harris-Roxas, B., Spooner, C., Troller, J., Weise, J. (2025). Access to healthcare for people with intellectual disability: a scoping review. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. [More Information]
  • Barrington, M., Fisher, K., Harris‑Roxas, B., Spooner, C., Trollor, J., Weise, J. (2025). Accessibility of Australian government online cancer screening information for people with intellectual disability. Journal of Public Health. [More Information]
  • Grattan, S., Davies, K., Weise, J., Burns, N., Murray, R., Weldon, J., Ellis, R., Lappin, J. (2025). Development of a framework of the skills and attributes needed by mental health professionals to provide optimal clinical care to people experiencing complex psychosis: A Delphi consensus study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59(1), 60-73. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Chapparo, C., Govett, J. (2006). The Performance of typical Preschoolers on a Contemporary Clinical Observation of Posture, Movement and Finger Ciontrol. WFOT 2006: OTs in action: local and global, Sydney, Australia: University of Sydney.

2025

  • Barrington, M., Fisher, K., Harris-Roxas, B., Spooner, C., Troller, J., Weise, J. (2025). Access to healthcare for people with intellectual disability: a scoping review. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. [More Information]
  • Barrington, M., Fisher, K., Harris‑Roxas, B., Spooner, C., Trollor, J., Weise, J. (2025). Accessibility of Australian government online cancer screening information for people with intellectual disability. Journal of Public Health. [More Information]
  • Grattan, S., Davies, K., Weise, J., Burns, N., Murray, R., Weldon, J., Ellis, R., Lappin, J. (2025). Development of a framework of the skills and attributes needed by mental health professionals to provide optimal clinical care to people experiencing complex psychosis: A Delphi consensus study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59(1), 60-73. [More Information]

2024

  • Arnold, S., Bruce, G., Weise, J., Mills, C., Trollor, J., Coxon, K. (2024). Barriers to healthcare for Australian autistic adults. Autism, 28(2), 301-315. [More Information]
  • Brooker, K., De Greef, R., Trollor, J., Franklin, C., Weise, J. (2024). Intellectual disability healthcare in Australia: Progress, challenges, and future directions. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 21(1), e12497. [More Information]
  • Spong, J., Iacono, T., Weise, J., Trollor, J., Spong, L., Lenten, T. (2024). Preparedness and training needs of a regional public mental health service to support people with intellectual disability. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 32(4), 724-739. [More Information]

2023

  • Arnold, S., Higgins, J., Weise, J., Desai, A., Pellicano, E., Trollor, J. (2023). Confirming the nature of autistic burnout. Autism, 27(7), 1906-1918. [More Information]
  • Arnold, S., Higgins, J., Weise, J., Desai, A., Pellicano, E., Trollor, J. (2023). Towards the measurement of autistic burnout. Autism, 27(7), 1933-1948. [More Information]
  • Ong, N., Lucien, A., Long, J., Weise, J., Walton, M., Burgess, A. (2023). What do healthcare staff think about the quality and safety of care provided to children and young people with an intellectual disability? A qualitative study using the framework method of analysis. BMJ Open, 13(7). [More Information]

2022

  • Eagleson, C., Weise, J., Cvejic, R., Trollor, J. (2022). Evaluation of an intellectual disability mental health core competency framework. The Journal of Mental Health, Training, Education and Practice, 17(548), 391-407. [More Information]
  • Ong, N., Mimmo, L., Barnett, D., Long, J., Weise, J., Walton, M. (2022). Reported clinical incidents of children with intellectual disability: A qualitative analysis. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 64(11), 1359-1365. [More Information]
  • Ong, N., Long, J., Weise, J., Walton, M. (2022). Responding to safe care: Healthcare staff experiences caring for a child with intellectual disability in hospital. Implications for practice and training. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 35(3), 675-690. [More Information]

2021

  • Higgins, J., Arnold, S., Weise, J., Pellicano, E., Trollor, J. (2021). Defining autistic burnout through experts by lived experience: Grounded Delphi method investigating #AutisticBurnout. Autism, 25(8), 2356-2369. [More Information]
  • Walsh, J., Weise, J., Eagleson, C., Trollor, J., Cvejic, R. (2021). Expert consensus on the operation of an adult tertiary intellectual disability mental health service in New South Wales, Australia. Australasian Psychiatry, 29(6), 635-643. [More Information]
  • Weise, J., Srasuebkul, P., Trollor, J. (2021). Potentially preventable hospitalisations of people with intellectual disability in New South Wales. Medical Journal of Australia, 215(1), 31-36. [More Information]

2020

  • Weise, J., Cvejic, R., Eagleson, C., Trollor, J. (2020). A Scoping Study of a Tertiary Intellectual Disability Mental Health Service: A Family Member and Support Person Perspective. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 13(2), 141-156. [More Information]
  • Weise, J., Fisher, K., Turner, B., Trollor, J. (2020). What is the capability of the Australian mental health workforce to meet the needs of people with an intellectual disability and co-occurring mental ill health? Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 45(2), 184-193. [More Information]

2019

  • Davies, K., Eagleson, C., Weise, J., Cvejic, R., Trollor, J. (2019). Clinical capacity of Australian and New Zealand psychiatrists who work with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Australasian Psychiatry, 27(5), 506-512. [More Information]
  • Reppermund, S., Weise, J., Cvejic, R., Trollor, J. (2019). How Can We Provide Better Healthcare for People With An Intellectual Disability? Frontiers for Young Minds, 7(124), 1-9. [More Information]
  • Eagleson, C., Cvejic, R., Weise, J., Davies, K., Trollor, J. (2019). Subspecialty training pathways in intellectual and developmental disability psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand: current status and future opportunities. Australasian Psychiatry, 27(5), 513-518. [More Information]

2018

  • Cvejic, R., Eagleson, C., Weise, J., Davies, K., Hopwood, M., Jenkins, K., Trollor, J. (2018). Building workforce capacity in Australia and New Zealand: a profile of psychiatrists with an interest in intellectual and developmental disability mental health. Australasian Psychiatry, 26(6), 595-599. [More Information]
  • Weise, J., Trollor, J. (2018). Preparedness and training needs of an Australian public mental health workforce in intellectual disability mental health. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 43(4), 431-440. [More Information]
  • Weise, J., Fisher, K., Whittle, E., Trollor, J. (2018). What can the experiences of people with an intellectual disability tell us about the desirable attributes of a mental health professional? Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(3), 183-202. [More Information]

2017

  • Trollor, J., Eagleson, C., Weise, J., McKay, R. (2017). Development and dissemination of a core competency framework. The Journal of Mental Health, Training, Education and Practice, 12(4), 237-248. [More Information]
  • Weise, J., Fisher, K., Trollor, J. (2017). Establishing Core Mental Health Workforce Attributes for the Effective Mental Health Care of People with an Intellectual Disability and Co-occurring Mental Ill Health. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 30(Suppl 1), 22-33. [More Information]
  • Weise, J., Pollack, A., Britt, H., Trollor, J. (2017). Primary health care for people with an intellectual disability: an exploration of consultations, problems identified, and their management in Australia. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 61(5), 399-410. [More Information]

2016

  • Weise, J., Pollack, A., Britt, H., Trollor, J. (2016). Primary health care for people with an intellectual disability: an exploration of demographic characteristics and reasons for encounters from the BEACH programme. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 60(11), 1119-1127. [More Information]
  • Weise, J., Fisher, K., Trollor, J. (2016). The utility of a modified on-line Delphi method to define workforce competencies: lessons from the intellectual disability mental health core competencies project. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 13(1), 1-85. [More Information]

2015

  • Jeon, Y., Conway, J., Chenoweth, L., Weise, J., Thomas, T., Williams, A. (2015). Validation of a clinical leadership qualities framework for managers in aged care: a Delphi study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(7-8), 999-1010. [More Information]

2014

  • Jeon, Y., Govett, J., Low, L., Chenoweth, L., Fethney, J., Brodaty, H., O'Connor, D. (2014). Assessment of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in the era of the aged care funding instrument. Internet Journal of Psychiatry, 3(1), 1-9.

2013

  • Jeon, Y., Govett, J., Low, L., Chenoweth, L., McNeill, G., Hoolahan, A., Brodaty, H., O'Connor, D. (2013). Care planning practices for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in residential aged care: A pilot of an education toolkit informed by the Aged Care Funding Instrument. Contemporary Nurse, 44(2), 156-169. [More Information]

2012

  • Jeon, Y., Black, A., Govett, J., Yen, L., McRae, I. (2012). Private health insurance and quality of life: perspectives of older Australians with multiple chronic conditions. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 18(3), 212-219. [More Information]

2006

  • Chapparo, C., Govett, J. (2006). The Performance of typical Preschoolers on a Contemporary Clinical Observation of Posture, Movement and Finger Ciontrol. WFOT 2006: OTs in action: local and global, Sydney, Australia: University of Sydney.