First Responder Network
The First Responder Network is made up of members of the UQ Community. First Responders provide a safe and supportive environment for survivors of sexual assault and sexual harassment to receive information on the support services that are available.
Please note that First Responders are not counsellors and cannot provide counselling support. For counselling support, support making a report, academic, accommodation or financial support, along with other forms of support, please contact the Sexual Misconduct Support Unit (SMSU).
Members of the First Responder Network also have other supportive roles around the university including; UQ Ally Network, Mental Health Champions and Discrimination and Harassment Contact Officer (DHCO).
Need emergency support?
If you are experiencing an emergency or need urgent support in relation to an experience of sexual assault or harassment, then you can call:
- +61 7 3365 3333 UQ Security for on campus emergencies
- 000 for immediate police or ambulance assistance
- 1800 Respect 1800 737 732 for 24/7 counselling support
- Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) 07 3646 5207 for 24/7 Acute Response
- External community support options in Queensland
Contact a First Responder
The Network is not an emergency response or counselling service. If you need counselling please book an appointment with our Sexual Misconduct Support Unit.
Name Pronouns Languages spoken Organisational unit
Location Other role Aideen McInerney-Leo The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute TRI a.mcinerney@uq.edu.au Alana Shortt she/her Duchesne College St Lucia a.shortt@duchesne.uq.edu.au Ali Mills Emmanuel College St Lucia UQ Ally, College Counsellor a.mills@emmanuel.uq.edu.au Andrea Strachan Student Services St Lucia andrea.strachan@uq.edu.au Ann Srisakhon she/her English, Thai Faculty of Medicine Herston UQ Ally, DHCO a.srisakhon@uq.edu.au Bernadette Yates Union College St Lucia b.yates@unioncollegeuq.com.au Catherine Fitzgerald Student Services St Lucia UQ Ally, DHCO c.fitzgerald3@uq.edu.au Charlotte Keenan School of Psychology St Lucia charlotte.keenan@uq.edu.au Chloe Ryan UQ Pro Bono Centre, TC Beirne School of Law St Lucia c.ryan@uq.edu.au Christopher Lilburne School of Chemical Engineering St Lucia UQ Ally c.lilburne@uq.edu.au Clare Scoble Student Employability Centre St Lucia UQ Ally c.scoble@uq.edu.au Clare Tarlington Student Services St Lucia c.tarlington2@uq.edu.au Clemence Belle she/her English, French Frazer Institute TRI c.belle@uq.edu.au Corinne Rice School of Communication and Arts St Lucia Courtney Wallingford she/her The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute TRI UQ Ally c.wallingford@uq.edu.au David Andersen UQ College St Lucia UQ Ally, Mental Health First Aid d.andersen2@uq.edu.au Dayle Osborn Southern QLD Rural Health with UQ Toowoomba Mental Health Champion d.osborn@uq.edu.au Desiree Van Aswegen Institute of Continuing and TESOL Education (ICTE) St Lucia d.vanaswegen@icte.uq.edu.au Diana McCluskey School of Political Science and International Studies St Lucia d.mccluskey@uq.edu.au Dino Willox they/them Student Employability Centre St Lucia d.willox@uq.edu.au Dony Rodriguez Spanish, English School of Law St Lucia Mental Health First Aid a.rodriguez2@uq.edu.au Doortje Hoerst she/her English, Dutch School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences St Lucia d.hoerst@uq.edu.au Emma Campbell she/her English, French Women's College (Dean of Students) St Lucia e.campbell@womens.uq.edu.au Emily Ascough Student Services St Lucia e.ascough@uq.edu.au Enaam Alghamdi she/her English, Arabic Frazer Institute TRI e.alghamdi@uq.edu.au Eunice Ngunu The Student Centre St Lucia UQ Ally, DHCO e.ngunu@uq.edu.au Franc Hayes Student Services St Lucia f.hayes@uq.edu.au Flic French she/her UQ Library St Lucia f.french@library.uq.edu.au Francesca Bartlett TC Beirne School of Law St Lucia f.bartlett@law.uq.edu.au Gayle Harris Women's College (Deputy Head of College) St Lucia g.harris@womens.uq.edu.au Gianni Ribeiro she/her School of Psychology St Lucia g.riberiro@uq.edu.au Heather Stewart UQ Business School St Lucia Mental Health Champion heather.stewart@uq.edu.au Jacinta Sinclair UQ Student Services St Lucia Mental Health First Aid jacinta.sinclair@uq.edu.au Jacki Drinnen she/her English School of Architecture St Lucia Mental Health First Aid j.drinnen@uq.edu.au Jackie Fuller she/her English Student Services St Lucia UQ Ally, Mental Health Champion j.fuller@uq.edu.au Jackie Gonzales UQ Student Union (UQU) St Lucia Mental Health Champion jackie.gonzalez@uqu.com.au James Fraser School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
St Lucia Mental Health First Aid, First Aid j.fraser5@uq.edu.au James Lewandowski-Cox UQ Library St Lucia UQ Ally, DHCO j.cox1@uq.edu.au Jenny Berkman she/her Frazer Institute TRI j.berkman@uq.edu.au Jessica Sinclair she/her English School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences St Lucia jessica.sinclair@uq.edu.au Jia Yi Hee she/her English, Mandarin Chinese, Hokkien Chinese Frazer Institute TRI j.hee@uq.edu.au Jo Williams she/her School of Pharmacy St Lucia UQ Ally, DHCO, Mental Health First Aid jo.williams@uq.edu.au Karen McKeeman School of Clinical Medicine, Greater Brisbane Clinical School, Mental Health Centre Herston k.mckeeman@uq.edu.au Karin Sellberg German, English School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry/Centre for Western Civilisation St Lucia UQ Ally k.sellberg@uq.edu.au Katie Gollschewski School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology St Lucia UQ Ally k.gollschewski@uq.edu.au Katie Smith Student Employability Centre, Global Experiences Team St Lucia UQ Ally k.smith10@uq.edu.au Katsu Shike he/they English, Japanese, Mandarin Student Services St Lucia UQ Ally, Mental Health First Aid k.shike@uq.edu.au Kayley Taaffe she/her Student Services St Lucia k.taaffe@uq.edu.au Kelly Matthews Institute of Teaching and Learning Innovation St Lucia k.matthews1@uq.edu.au Keryn Eaton she/her School of Agriculture & Food Sciences, Faculty of Science Gatton UQ Ally k.eaton@uq.edu.au Kristen Adlard School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences St Lucia k.adlard@uq.edu.au Kris Frost Property and Facilities – Security Section St Lucia k.frost@uq.edu.au Lara Atzeni she/her School of Mathematics and Physics St Lucia l.atzeni@uq.edu.au Lauren Aoude she/her Frazer Institute TRI l.aoude@uq.edu.au Lena Oestreich School of Psychology St Lucia l.oestreich@uq.edu.au Lesa Ostini she/her TRI Scientific Services Team TRI lesa.ostini@tri.edu.au Letitia Norton Student Services Gatton letitia.norton@uq.edu.au Lisa Dingwall Faculty of Medicine, UQ Centre for Clinical Research St Lucia UQ Ally, Mental Health Champion l.dingwall@uq.edu.au Louise Hallo Emmanuel College St Lucia l.hallo@emmanuel.uq.edu.au Lynda Cheshire School of Social Science (Head of School) l.cheshire@uq.edu.au Lynda Shevellar School of Social Science St Lucia UQ Ally l.shevellar@uq.edu.au Lyndell Schmidt she/her UQ Vets - Clinical Study Centre Gatton lyndell.schmidt@uq.edu.au Margaret Dunn Student Services St Lucia margaret.dunn@uq.edu.au Marloes Dekker Nitert School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science St Lucia UQ Ally, Mental Health First Aid m.dekker@uq.edu.au Melita Gratwick she/her English, Japanese Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation (ITaLI) St Lucia Mental Health First Aid m.gratwick@uq.edu.au Michael Crome Cromwell College St Lucia m.crome@cromwell.uq.edu.au Mitchell Sullivan he/him Mater Research Institute at UQ TRI mitchell.sullivan@mater.uq.edu.au Moira Sheppard she/her School of Vetinary Science, Veterinary Medical Centre Gatton m.sheppard@uq.edu.au Morgan Love he/him UQ Library St Lucia Mental Health Champion m.love@library.uq.edu.au Nancy Lachner School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Scinec St Lucia UQ Ally, Mental Health Champion, DHCO n.lachner@uq.edu.au Natalie Scott they/them Student Services, Faculty of Science, UQ Ventures St Lucia UQ Ally, Mental Health First Aid n.scott@uq.edu.au Natasha Jansz she/they Mater Research Institute at UQ TRI natasha.jansz@uq.edu.au Nikita Rosendahl she/her/hers Mater Research Institute at UQ TRI n.rosendahl@uq.edu.au Oriana Marchetti she/her UQ Vets - Clinical Study Centre Gatton o.marchetti@uq.edu.au Pamela Doherty Student Services St Lucia UQ Ally pamela.doherty@uq.edu.au Paris Renzella School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science St Lucia p.renzella@uq.edu.au Paul Young School of Music St Lucia paul.young@uq.edu.au Peter Walker Grace College St Lucia UQ Ally p.walker@grace.uq.edu.au Rachel Zheng Faculty of Medicine, Child Health Queensland Clinical Unit Queensland Children’s Hospital, South Bank UQ Ally, DHCO Rachel.Zheng@uq.edu.au Rani Whiddett she/her Mater Research Institute at UQ TRI UQ Ally, Mental Health First Aid rani.whiddett@mater.uq.edu.au Rebecca Argent Graduate School, HDR Liaison Team Health Herston r.argent@uq.edu.au Rebecca Lush Faculty of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences Herston UQ Ally r.lush@uq.edu.au Rebekah Scotney School of Veterinary Science Gatton Mental Health First Aid, Mental Health Champion rebekah.scotney@uq.edu.au Remash Ismail School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences St Lucia r.ismail@uq.edu.au Renee de Simone Student Services St Lucia r.desimone@uq.edu.au Renee Patta Faculty of Humanities and Social Science St Lucia r.patta@uq.edu.au Rita Lok she/her School of Social Science, Michie Building St Lucia h.lok@uq.edu.au Roxana Paterson Grace College St Lucia UQ Ally deputy@grace.uq.edu.au Ruby Wallace Global Engagement St Lucia ruby.wallace@uq.edu.au Ruth Lee she/her Mater Research Institute at UQ Mater Hill, South Brisbane ruth.lee@mater.uq.edu.au Ryan Ver Mass he/him School of Psychology St Lucia UQ Ally ryan.vermass@uq.edu.au Sabrina Monaghan she/her School of Mathematics and Physics, Physics Annexe (06) (Reception) St Lucia s.monaghan@uq.edu.au Sally Babidge she/her English, Spanish School of Social Science St Lucia UQ Ally, DHCO deanofstudents@womens.uq.edu.au Sallyanne Graham Student Centre St Lucia UQ Ally s.graham2@uq.edu.au Samantha Kempster UQ Vets - Clinical Study Centre Gatton s.kempster@uq.edu.au Sandy Richardson Mater Research Institute at UQ TRI sandra.richardson@mater.uq.edu.au Sarah Kirkland School of Psychology (Undergraduate Admin Officer) St Lucia s.kirkland@uq.edu.au Sarah Robinson she/her School of Dentistry (School Manager) Herston Mental Health First Aid sarah.robinson@uq.edu.au Sarah Walker Grace College St Lucia sarah.walker1@uq.edu.au Sarah Waters she/her Student Services St Lucia UQ RAPN Partner, Mental Health First Aid sarah.waters@uq.edu.au Selina Lucy Student Services St Lucia UQ Ally s.lucy@uq.edu.au Shamara Pitiyage Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, School of Communication of Arts St Lucia UQ Ally s.pitiyage@uq.edu.au Simon Scott Halls of Residence Gatton s.scott@uq.edu.au Soi Cheng Law English, Mandarin, Malay Mater Research Institute at UQ TRI UQ Ally soi.law@mater.uq.edu.au Sol Rojas-Lizana School of Languages St Lucia UQ Ally, DHCO i.rojaslizana@uq.edu.au Sophie Simpson she/her Grace College St Lucia UQ Ally s.simpson@grace.uq.edu.au Sou McPhail she/her English, Thai, Lao Duchesne College St Lucia s.mcphail@duchesne.uq.edu.au Stacey Trimble School of Pharmacology PACE s.trimble@uq.edu.au Stephanie Workman she/her Mater Research Institute at UQ TRI stephanie.workman@mater.uq.edu.au Suaditya C Mohan (Suady) School of Social Science St Lucia UQ Ally s.mohan@uq.edu.au Sumaira Hasnain Mater Research Institute at UQ TRI UQ Ally sumaira.hasnain@mater.uq.edu.au Tanae Davidson Student Services St Lucia tanae.davidson@uq.edu.au Tania Kapp Student Services St Lucia t.kapp@uq.edu.au Tracey Scott UQ Sport St Lucia traceyS@uqsport.com.au Tyler Kiernan St Leo's College St Lucia UQ Ally t.kiernan@stleos.uq.edu.au Tyler Okimoto he/him UQ Business School St Lucia UQ Ally t.okimoto@business.uq.edu.au Valeska Wood Student Services St Lucia UQ Ally v.wood@uq.edu.au Wayne Kollegger Halls of Residence Gatton w.kollegger@uq.edu.au Yohan Nair International House St Lucia y.nair@inthouse.uq.edu.au Yvonne Thursby she/her English School of Dentistry Herston y.thursby@uq.edu.au
*Contact with this First Responder will likely be via email and phone only as they generally sit externally to UQ campuses.