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Dr Aparna Lal
Thursday, 05 Nov 2020

Dr Aparna Lal honoured with 'ACT Young Tall Poppy Science Award'

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Thursday, 15 Oct 2020

Increasing awareness and preventing disease on this Global Handwashing Day

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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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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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Thursday, 21 May 2020

Associate Professor Colleen Lau awarded $1.5M by NHMRC to strengthen disease detection & prediction.

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Events

19 Jun 2025 | 1 - 1:30pm

Understanding the relationship between foodborne gastrointestinal infections and environmental risk factors in Timorese infants that may lead to subsequent child malnutrition and stunting.

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Firefighting foam can contain PFAS chemicals
19 Jun 2025 | 12:30 - 1pm

Learn about the current state of knowledge regarding PFAS on health and human exposure.

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22 May 2025 | 12 - 1pm

Are you interested in applying for Australia's TEFINET accredited field epidemiology training program? Join our information session on the Master of Philosophy in Applied Epidemiology and find out more.

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Close up of hands under a tap with running water
15 May 2025 | 1 - 1:30pm

Investigating the combined impact of household food insecurity and inadequate access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities on the nutritional outcomes of children and anaemia status of mothers in coastal Bangladesh.

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A female doctor in a white coat demonstrates using a stethoscope to two young animated children in a classroom with an alphabet poster in the background.
18 May 2023 | 12:30 - 1pm

Examining the acceptability and impact of a school-based helminth education package in the Lower Mekong Basin.

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X-ray image of a human chest showing the ribs and lung area.
19 Aug 2021 | 1 - 1:30pm

This PhD thesis aims to explore the gaps in the TB and MDR-TB continuum of care in Zimbabwe.

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A bustling outdoor market scene with people trading goods, three smiling young girls in the foreground, and a seated camel to the side.
10 Dec 2020 | 12:30 - 1pm

This project aims to assess people's perceptions, knowledge, and health practices about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) using mixed methods.

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A screenshot of a document titled "Retraction—Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis" published in the Lancet, detailing the retraction reasons and acknowledgments.
23 Jul 2020 | 12:30 - 1:30pm

Panel discussion on the lessons learned following the retraction of Lancet and NEMJ articles and the implication for research practices.

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11 Jun 2020 | 12:30 - 1pm

Comparing recursive partitioning and Bayesian network methods with logistic regression in the context of STH infection. 

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