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Danger asbestos sign
Thursday, 16 Feb 2017
  • Research story

The ANU has released the third report of its ACT Asbestos Health Study which examined the health concerns of people who have lived in a house with loose-fill asbestos insulation.

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Gay Pride
Tuesday, 14 Feb 2017
  • News

A study led by the Centre for Research on Ageing, Health & Wellbeing (CRAHW) has challenged a common perception that homosexual and bisexual people are at risk of poor mental health and suicide.

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Kathryn Bowen
Tuesday, 14 Feb 2017
  • Research story

Dr Kathryn Bowen has been invited to be a Lead Author for The Global Environment Outlook 6th report - GEO-6 which is the flagship publication for the United Nations Environment Programme.

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Latrine and view in Hlalmeta
Saturday, 11 Feb 2017
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Dr Susana Vaz Nery’s research seeks to minimise diseases that are transmitted through contaminated soil. She recently won funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to continue he

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Tuesday, 07 Feb 2017
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Reducing soil-transmitted helminth (STH) disease burden in resource limited environments:  an investigation into the impact of the ‘BALatrine’ on improving the health and sanitation of local communities in Indonesia.

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Tuesday, 07 Feb 2017
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People who work more than 39 hours a week are putting their health at risk, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) has found

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Monday, 06 Feb 2017
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Congratulations to our PhD candidate Kathina Ali who was invited to attend the Global Young Scientist Summit (GYSS), which was held in January in Singapore.

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Mitchell McMaster
Thursday, 02 Feb 2017
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PhD student, Mitchell McMaster, has won the 2017 Phyllis Montgomerie Commonwealth Award from the Royal Commonwealth Society (ACT).  The award is for his work on a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to determine the effectiveness of a multidomain dementia risk reduction program for people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

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Monday, 30 Jan 2017
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The latest edition of Insight has been released and is packed full of information.

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