In spite of “challenging times for policy and practice that seeks to improve population health and reduce health inequalities”, Professor Fran Baum’s The New Public Health offers some optimism for the future, said Lancaster University’s Professor Jennie Popay today.
With recent events in Paris, the Hon Tim Fischer’s topic for Thursday’s Dean Jaensch Lecture, ‘Security of Australia: the role of DFAT, Diplomats and Defence Attachés’, is all too pertinent.
Adelaide astronaut Andy Thomas trained with the best in Russia, and among them were this year’s Flinders Investigator Lecture presenters Sergey Treshcheov and Alex Akulov.
Flinders University’s new Tonsley facility has been recognised as the best building of its type in Australia by the Master Builders Association of Australia.
Flinders students will be doing eye tests in Nepal and physio in Malawi next year, thanks to the award of $332,000 funding in Endeavour Mobility grants .
The Helpmann Academy’s awards for emerging artists, announced on Wednesday evening, have put the stars of two Flinders honours graduates in the ascendant.
The majority of parents wouldn’t physically allow a stranger unsupervised access to their kids, yet most Australian children are exposed to the influence of strangers every day through mass media.
Flinders researcher Melanie Fuller’s work in improving the efficiency of gene therapy in treating Cystic Fibrosis through nanotechnology has been recognised with a place in the finals of this year’s ‘Winnovation Awards’.
For a migrant family from Lebanon, their oldest son’s graduation from Flinders has been a crowning achievement.
