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News

Summary report on use of e-cigarettes
Wednesday, 30 Sep 2020

Using e-cigarettes triples the chance of a non-smoker taking up cigarettes and there is "insufficient" evidence that they help smokers quit.

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Thursday, 24 Sep 2020

Dr Meru Sheel collaborates with the Australian Regional Immunisation Alliance which has been funded $3M to support immunisation activities in the region

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Wednesday, 16 Sep 2020

Professor Banwell and team awarded $199K to investigate the impact of COVID-19 social connectedness and mental health

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Wednesday, 02 Sep 2020

More than 50,000 people have accessed specialised pandemic training for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and health practitioners.

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Cartoon man walking through crowd with COVID-19 virus droplets
Tuesday, 25 Aug 2020

Experts warn of SARS-CoV-2 airborne transmission to better understand environmental transmission.

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Mother and child in Sierra Leone
Monday, 24 Aug 2020

A/Prof Kamalini Lokuge and team awarded $180,000 by the Waterloo Foundation to strengthen participatory approaches to adolescent sexual health in Sierra Leonne

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Events

Dr Donnell
5 Jul 2019 | 12 - 1pm

In this presentation, Prof O’Donnell will describe the initiatives at Nazarbehev University to enshrine principles of academic integrity.

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18 Apr 2019 | 12:30 - 1:30pm

A story about the rare addition to the Australian health care system – a new item on the Medicare Benefits Schedule for primary health care.

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26 Oct 2018 | 11am - 12pm

Professor Jackson will describe cohort studies which challenge the relevance of binary diagnoses of hypertension, dyslipidae, diabetes and CHD.

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21 May 2018 | 12 - 1pm

Richard has been the Director of the National Centre for Classification in Health, an international centre of excellence in health classifications, since 2006

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5 Nov 2016 | 12 - 1pm

This presentation will review the main challenges to primary care, discuss international comparisons and innovations, and describe the main features of Canadian and Ontario reforms. 

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12 May 2016 | 4 - 5pm

Dr Caroline Kabiru presents Adolescent health and wellbeing in Africa: What do we know and what next? Reflections from a Kenyan perspective.

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