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Research stories

As an integral part of the ANU College of Science and Medicine, we are committed to cross-disciplinary research that will provide solutions to health problems which beset our community. In addition, we continue to pride ourselves on our commitment to the training and mentoring of the young medical researchers of the future.

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Thursday, 19 Jan 2023
  • Academic profile

Dr Alexandra Tyson is the Phase 2 Medical Advisor for our medical students. She is able to provide assistance and advice about issues specific to medicine that are impacting on your mental wellbeing.

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Monday, 16 Jan 2023
  • Impact story
  • Research story

Clinical and social psychology researchers have created a group-based program that addresses social isolation and loneliness, decreasing the burden on the healthcare system.

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Wednesday, 14 Dec 2022
  • Academic profile
  • News

The theme ‘Our World, Our Future’ offered students the chance to examine global and high impact issues through the lens of various professions.

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Margaret Palazzo, bioethics, student essay, Max Charlesworth prize, assent, paediatric oncology
Wednesday, 16 Nov 2022
  • Research story
  • Student profile

Medical student, Margaret Palazzo has won the Australian Association of Bioethics and Health Law's (AABHL) Max Charlesworth prize.

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Wednesday, 16 Nov 2022
  • Research story
  • Student profile

Ms April Thompson's 3+1Q presentation about TikTok's alorithm and anti-faccine content has been chosen to repsent ANU at the MDANZ Resarch Educator Network event.

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Friday, 14 Oct 2022
  • News
  • Research story

Researchers from psychology and medicine spent time at the ANU Classics Museum to consider health and the human experience through art and history.

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Tuesday, 20 Sep 2022
  • Academic profile

When she's not working with the Social Foundations of Medicine team, you'll find Caitlin singing, dancing, bushwalking or cooking.

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PRIDoC, psychology, medicine, Indigenous health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, research
Thursday, 18 Aug 2022
  • Research story

Medicine and psychology researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) brought their expertise to the Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2022.

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Jessica Hewitt, Cassidy Shaw, eating disorder, muscle dysmorphia, body image, women,
Tuesday, 16 Aug 2022
  • Research story

PhD scholars Ms Cassidy Shaw and Ms Jessica Hewitt presented their research at the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders Conference.

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Tuesday, 16 Aug 2022
  • Academic profile

Nicole Vargas is a Lecturer in Exercise Physiology and post-doctoral researcher focused on extreme heat and its impact on the body.

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Thursday, 28 Jul 2022
  • Research story

The Dangerous Consumptions Colloquium brings together researchers from around Australia and New Zealand to discuss ‘dangerous’ and contested consumption.

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Groups4Health, social, isolation, BMI, obesity, higher weight, group program, therapy
Wednesday, 20 Jul 2022
  • Impact story
  • Research story

The Groups4Health program is open to anyone 18 years and older with a BMI of 30 or more. See if the program is suitable for you.

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