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Dr Penny Burns, disaster medicine, disaster response, RACGP award
Tuesday, 05 Oct 2021
  • News

Dr Penny Burns has made it her mission to ensure general practitioners are involved in planning and responding to disasters.

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Friday, 24 Sep 2021
  • Research story

A simple new first-aid technique could help avoid fatalities from shark attacks.

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Thursday, 16 Sep 2021
  • News

A feeling of belonging, to their neighbourhood and to Australia, is key to motivating people to adopt physical distancing and good hand hygiene behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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youth, mental health, suicide prevention, young people,
Friday, 10 Sep 2021
  • Research story

A new research project will explore how best to promote help seeking in people aged 16-25 years, assess why young people do or don’t access available resources, and understand how they’d like to use technology to gain information and support.

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Wednesday, 08 Sep 2021
  • News

Moving away from a shared identity to special freedoms for the "lucky few" is risky. An opinion piece by Professor Kate Reynolds.

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Wednesday, 08 Sep 2021
  • Student profile

Students Katie Dahl and Chloe Kummer experienced five weeks of life in Lightning Ridge, immersed in the community and the medical practice.

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Tuesday, 07 Sep 2021
  • News

An opinion article on the Aukland terrorist attack, police surveillance and rehabilitation.

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Matthew Waters, diabetes, type 1, type 2
Wednesday, 25 Aug 2021
  • Research story

Matthew Waters - a combined PhD/MChD student - was named a winner of the Australian Diabetes Society, Young Investigator and Poster Award sessions during the Australasian Diabetes Congress (ADC).

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Tuesday, 24 Aug 2021
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An award winning, one-of-a-kind, interdisciplinary undergraduate course known as The Exquisite Corpse is as distinctive in content as it is in name.

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