Research leaders making a difference
Research-informed teaching is but one of the exceptional qualities acknowledged in this year’s recipients of the Flinders Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Early Career Researchers. Eight outstanding recipients […]
VC awards for research excellence
Research into a wide range of topics, from nanotech to nutrition, has seen ten outstanding Flinders academics receive VC Awards for Early Career Researchers.
Early career researchers forge ahead
Animal behaviour, water resources and Indigenous archaeology are just some of the fields of research at Flinders to receive support from the 2015 Vice-Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher Awards.
Bright Flinders minds become Tall Poppies
Medical discoveries with the potential to treat conditions ranging from cancer to Golden Staph have earned two Flinders University researchers a prestigious Tall Poppy Award for 2014.
Uncovering an invisible network of care
Day-to-day palliative care in the community is mainly delivered by an “invisible network” of extended family members, friends and neighbours, Flinders University research shows.
What makes some cancers more deadly?
A Flinders University researcher is searching for answers as to why some leukaemia sufferers live a normal lifespan while others succumb to the disease within months.
Measuring water flow in the endangered Coorong
Flinders University groundwater expert Dr Margaret Shanafield is digging deep to find out how much water should be released upstream to replenish the endangered Coorong Wetlands.
Targeting symptoms of psychosis
A novel psychological treatment to reduce the severity of delusional episodes experienced by people with psychosis is being trialled in a new Flinders University study.
Will the solarium ban prevent skin cancer?
With the ban on commercial solariums coming into force this year, Flinders University’s Dr Ivanka Prichard is questioning whether the new law will actually reduce skin cancer rates.