Bec Johnson – a life without limits
Curtin Adjunct Research Fellow doesn’t let type 1 diabetes hold her back and is showing others how to not only survive, but thrive with type 1.
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The outback pharmacist helping WA’s most isolated communities
Thousands of kilometres north of Perth, a lone car is making its way along a red dirt road to one of WA’s most remote communities. The driver is pharmacist and Curtin alumna Hannah Mann.
By Anne Griffin-Appadoo | Alumni news; Health | Leave a commentDisability no barrier for social work student
Meredith Grose is a self-confessed people person, so decided to pursue a degree in social work, despite the challenges of studying as a totally blind person.
By Arianne Chavez | Campus and community; Student News; Health | Leave a commentPhD research improving HIV disclosure practices in Malawi
Fatch Kalembo is a native Malawian and registered nurse whose PhD research at Curtin is set to dramatically improve HIV disclosure practices to children in Malawi.
By Zoe Taylor | Alumni news; Health and medicine; Research; Health | 1 commentGiant leaps on horizon for cerebral palsy
A top-notch international research collaboration looks set to deliver the best progress in more than a century in diagnostics and interventions for cerebral palsy.
By Karen Green | Health and medicine; Research; Health | Leave a commentTuning out the fear
We’re all afraid of something, but sometimes fear can overtake our lives. Curtin researchers are examining how we can ‘unlearn’ our irrational fears.
By Anne Griffin-Appadoo | Health and medicine; Research; Health | Leave a commentJoining the cultural dots
Curtin academics, mental health and drug and alcohol service providers are working with Aboriginal Elders to provide more culturally appropriate health and wellbeing services to Aboriginal people.
By Nicholas Brant | Health and medicine; Research; Culture, language and Indigenous; Health | Leave a commentStartling response from stroke patients
Curtin neuroscientists are helping stroke survivors regain control of their bodies by using unexpected bursts of noise to boost brain function and facilitate movement.
By Nicholas Brant | Health and medicine; Research; Health | 1 commentSisters who study together, succeed together
The Ramirez-Smith triplets are one step closer to becoming physiotherapists after graduating from Curtin’s Indigenous Pre-Medicine and Health Sciences Enabling Course.
By Zoe Taylor | Campus and community; Student News; Culture, language and Indigenous; Health | Leave a commentYoung alumni stories: Physiotherapist en pointe with ballerinas’ careers
Dance has always been in Danica Hendry’s blood. The physiotherapist and professional ballerina has worked for The Australian Ballet and Tim Minchin’s smash hit, “Matilda the Musical”.
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