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Professor Kamalini Lokuge
Monday, 27 Jul 2026

From the Ebola outbreak to the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor Kamalini Lokuge has been driven to provide humanitarian health care wherever in the world it may be needed.

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Australia's smoking rates hit historic low despite illicit tobacco concerns
Friday, 17 Jul 2026

Australia’s smoking rate has reached its lowest level on record, with new results from the country’s most trusted national survey showing fewer people are smoking than ever before.

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Quit smoking for your brain health. Image: Make Smoking History
Thursday, 04 Jun 2026

Cancer Council WA has launched a new campaign with a focus on brain health, following alarming research revealing people who smoke had a 64 per cent higher risk of dying from dementia compared to people who had never smoked.

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Contemporary tobacco and nicotine products, particularly e-cigarettes, are deliberately designed, marketed, and distributed to maximize youth appeal, uptake, dependence, and use.
Sunday, 31 May 2026

Youth uptake is a predictable outcome of systems designed to maximise product availability, appeal, and addictiveness.

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Jennifer Welsh
Friday, 22 May 2026

A project led by Dr Jenny Welsh has secured major funding of $833,354 from the Australian Research Council.

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Fair recognition for health care consumers involved in research. Image: Adobe Stock
Wednesday, 25 Mar 2026

Consumers involved in health research would receive a standard hourly remuneration rate under a framework developed by NCEPH researchers in partnership with Research Australia. 

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Events

A woman sleeping in her bed under blue lighting.
25 Nov 2021 | 1 - 1:30pm

This undergraduate project investigates whether a relationship exists between mitochondrial function and autonomic symptoms in people with ME/CFS.

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Split image: on the left, a stylized brain graphic divided into four colored puzzle pieces; on the right, a smiling woman in a red blazer outdoors.
13 Oct 2021 | 10:30 - 11:30am

Learn strategies that can increase emotional agility by holding emotions loosely, facing them, and living a values-driven life.

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Two men in overalls in a boat on a river, with the phrase "Teach a man to fish" written above them.
2 Jun 2021 | 6 - 8pm

Big Sing Inc is holding a fundraiser to help support the work it is doing connecting Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians through singing and choral music.

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A woman's face overlaid with colorful digital data and code, creating a futuristic visual effect.
13 May 2021 | 1 - 1:30pm

Using AI to conduct systematic reviews of the human & animal literature to uncover patterns that will support our understanding of ME/CFS physiology & pathology

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A mural on a brick wall featuring an abstract design of puzzle pieces in black, red, and a central yellow circle.
13 May 2021 | 12:30 - 1pm

Understand the health & wellbeing of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children & families who have been admitted to Paediatric ICUs in Australia

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A computer screen displaying multi-colored code from a web development project.
11 Feb 2021 | 1pm - 11 Mar 2021 | 1:30pm

An introductory discussion of the probabilistic and statistical analysis of “string-counts” arising in fields such as genetic analysis.

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An abstract digital illustration featuring a human brain outlined within a glowing circle, surrounded by a complex blue circuit board pattern.
25 Feb 2021 | 12:30 - 1:30pm

Sharing methods & expertise in data analysis across RSPH & beyond.

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A newborn baby sleeps peacefully on a soft blue blanket.
4 Feb 2021 | 12:30 - 1pm

This PhD aims to provide insight into how to most effectively tailor BEmONC services in a range of humanitarian crises.

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A woman in a maroon veterinary shirt smiles while holding two black and white puppies outdoors.
26 Nov 2020 | 1 - 1:30pm

Investigating One Health approaches for Aboriginal communities in Australia and their contribution to health, and consider models for the future.

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