What it’s like going to university (and graduating) with your mum as a classmate…
And more importantly, what happens when you have to study sexology together?
By Hannah Barry | Alumni news; Health; Science and Engineering | Leave a commentpublic health
Young alumni stories: Four weeks on the high seas
A month aboard the Nippon Maru was a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’ for Jordina Quain.
By Arianne Chavez | Campus and community; Health | Leave a commentResearch reveals importance of whooping cough, flu vaccines for pregnant women
Dr Annette Regan says it’s critical for pregnant women to get flu and whooping cough vaccines to protect themselves and their unborn children from potentially fatal illnesses.
By Arianne Chavez | Feature; Research; Health | Leave a commentA healthy hand: the researchers providing solutions to public health problems
PhD researchers from Curtin’s School of Public Health are pushing marketing fallacies aside and providing accurate, well-researched solutions to contemporary public health issues.
By Zoe Taylor | Campus and community; Research; Research Featured; Health | Leave a commentClimate-adaptable grain could be key to human health
Farmers typically do not consider coloured sorghum grain ideal for feeding to pigs but the grain could be the answer to battling obesity and other chronic diseases in humans, Curtin University researchers have found.
By Simon White | Research; Agriculture, environment and sustainability; HealthProfessor Mike Daube awarded ‘Oscar’ of public health campaigning
Professor Mike Daube, Director of Curtin University’s Public Health Advocacy Institute, has been presented the 2012 Luther L. Terry Distinguished Career Award at the 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health held in Singapore last week.
By Kristy Jones | Campus and community; HealthLifetime of achievement in health policy and practice rewarded
A Curtin University Professor has been awarded the 2010 Research Australia Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition and honour of the support he has given to health policy, practice and medical research.
By Teresa Belcher | Campus and community; HealthAlfresco smoke risk to health
Air quality tests at Perth cafes and pubs show that when two or more people are smoking in alfresco areas, non-smokers are exposed to enough second hand smoke to put them at risk of respiratory symptoms.
By Ann Marie Lim | Research; Health | 12commentsCurtin forges international health education partnership with Kenya
Curtin University’s Health Sciences Faculty and the Kenyan Medical Training College (KMTC) have announced a new international partnership that will help to build environmental health practice capacity in East Africa.
By Ann Marie Lim | Campus and community; Health | 1 commentNew appointments at Curtin-Monash Accident Research Centre
Curtin University has made two significant appointments at its Curtin-Monash Accident Research Centre (C-MARC).
By Ann Marie Lim | Campus and community; Research; Health | Leave a comment