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Grants assist cutting-edge child health research
The Channel Seven Children's Research Foundation has allocated approximately $200,000 of its annual project grants to four UniSA researchers from the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, with projects earmarked to commence in 2010. more..

Graduate shortages hit country families hardest
Australian women and children are facing a future without sufficient pre and post natal care, assistance at births and satisfactory education due to a shortage of graduating midwives and teaching graduates willing to work in rural and remote areas. more..

Data links build the big picture for community health and well being
Researchers in South Australia and the Northern Territory will soon have access to some of the most comprehensive historical health and human services data in Australia with the foundation of SA NT DataLink. more..

Study to investigate nutritional supplementation for autism
South Australian scientists have embarked on a new research program looking at whether DNA damage is greater in children with autism than in children without autism. more..

Health experts join NHMRC
Two health experts from UniSA have accepted significant appointments with the National Health and Medical Research Council. more..

Trio of future fellows
Three top women researchers at UniSA have been named Future Fellows in the inaugural round of the new ARC funded Fellowships. more..

Supporting NZ's war on mozzies
Summer is approaching and unfortunately, so are the mosquitoes. But if a plan by the New Zealand Government goes well, our neighbours will have a lot less of the pests before too long. more..

New test for cobra venom doping
It is not uncommon for sports stars to be given drugs so they can play even though they may be struggling with an injury. The same can happen to horses in the racing industry. However, in the racing industry the use of some substances is illegal. more..

Building in Africa
In December this year, UniSA physio student Nicole Murray, is going to Mutumbu, a small village in Kenya, Africa to volunteer with World Youth International. more..

Demand high for med sci
UniSA's new Bachelor of Medical Science degree is attracting encouraging interest from school leavers. Preferences for the new degree program are high, with several hundred school leavers listing the program in their preferences and strong numbers placing it as their first choice. more..

Integrated care a key to longer life
Combinations of certain chronic conditions in the elderly can significantly decrease life expectancy, a South Australian study has found. more..

New Chair in Mental Health appointed
UniSA and SA Health have announced the appointment of a Chair in Mental Health Nursing to lead teaching, research and community engagement in mental health nursing in South Australia. more..

UniSA grows NHMRC research in health and wellbeing
UniSA has just been awarded more than $3.5 million for health research funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. more..

Fish oil for treatment of depression in heart disease
A new Adelaide study will investigate whether taking fish oil capsules can reduce the symptoms of depression in people with heart disease. more..

$4.7m for health simulation training facility
UniSA has been awarded more than $4.7 million in funding from the Federal Government to build a state of the art health-focused simulation learning facility at its City East campus. more..

UniSA leads valuable health research partnerships in SA
Building on its strong reputation for working in partnership with industry, business, and community and government agencies, UniSA has been successful in securing more than $2 million in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to support two major collaborative health research projects. more..

UniSA-Dubai partnership to give midwives global experience
In what is a first for nursing education in South Australia, eight final year students from UniSA's Bachelor of Midwifery will be part of a three week study tour to Dubai from today involving opportunities to work in one of Dubai's biggest teaching hospitals. more..

Doctor-pharmacist partnership reduces heart failure hospitalisation
If doctors and pharmacists work together to ensure people with heart failure take their medicines correctly, hospitalisations can be reduced, UniSA-led research has found. more..

Top insider to lead health
In a world where the competition for top jobs is definitely global it is not every day that a "home-grown" candidate is successful. more..

Tackling health priorities
The University of South Australia's flagship health and biomedical research institute will tackle key health issues identified as priorities both in SA and nationally. more..

Autism alternatives
New research developments into autism from scientists at UniSA were presented at an international conference in Sydney last month. And they were well received with much interest shown in the work. more..

Building a platform for success
As the middle of 11 children and with a huge extended family, Jharny Love is used to having a lot of support. Now, the recipient of the 2009 Terry Roberts Scholarship is hoping to give back to the community that has given her so much. more..

New medical degree on offer
A new degree to be offered by the University of South Australia will enable more students to study medicine and help meet future demand for medical researchers created by a new facility to be built in Adelaide. Article from The Advertiser, 7 September 2009, page 9 (PDF, 80kb). 

A good night's sleep the key to good health
Getting a good sleep each night could be critical in preventing chronic health conditions, according to a new sleep researcher at UniSA. more..

UniSA congratulates its Tall Poppies
Two young public health researchers from UniSA have been honoured as Tall Poppies at the annual South Australian Young Tall Poppy Science Awards. more..

SA autism research heads international conference
New research developments into autism from scientists at the University of South Australia will be presented at an international conference in Sydney this week. more..

Do low fat foods make you fat?
A free public lecture at UniSA this week will investigate whether the low fat food market is one of the drivers of the obesity epidemic. more..

Contagious work
The advent of swine flu has delivered a significant increase in workload for one UniSA Bachelor and Masters of Applied Science graduate who is employed at the forefront of virus control in the United States. more..

Mastering a healthy diet
UniSA is launching a new degree program to prepare accredited dieticians with the skills to help tackle some of South Australia's most significant public health issues. more..

Oats may improve the way we think
A bowl of oats for breakfast each morning could improve our memory and mental wellbeing into old age, according to UniSA researchers. more..

UniSA's commitment to student learning shines
Associate Professor Ieva Stupans joins 12 other UniSA staff members who have been acknowledged for their exceptional work by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) this month. more..

Team UniSA set to shift into overdrive
UniSA's involvement in the Australian HPV Super Series has reached another level, with Team UniSA set to contest the Round 2 Endurance race at Victoria Park this Sunday. more..

Mastering a healthy diet - UniSA builds skills in nutrition
Broadening and strengthening its approach to education in population health, UniSA is launching a new degree program to prepare accredited dieticians with the skills to help tackle some of South Australia's most significant public health issues. more..

The Health 'Hubs and Spokes' Project
A collaborative program between the University of South Australia and the Australian National University to give students of medical and allied health professions increased and enriched opportunities. more..

Pint Size Bates Delivers On A Grand Scale
Read UniSA student, and third place winner of the UCI 1.1 race from Halle to Ingooigem, Gene Bates' story. more..

Experience. The Difference
Register your interest for the 2nd joint biennial evidence based healthcare conference hosted by the University of South Australia and Univeristi Malaysia, Sarawak. more..

Study to investigate benefits of yoga for stroke
UniSA will begin a new study into the benefits of yoga and meditation for the mental and physical healing of a person who has suffered a stroke. more..

Diet the key to disease prevention
A healthy Mediterranean diet could greatly reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, certain cancers and diabetes, according to the Director of UniSA's Sansom Institute for Health Research. more..

Riverland study a key to health impacts of tough times
Riverland residents will have an opportunity to play a significant role in a vital new research project looking at the health impacts of continued tough times on rural communities when UniSA launches a new study this month. more..

UniSA wins strong support for real world research
UniSA has retained a leading position in South Australia in attracting Australian Research Council funding for research projects partnered with industry. more..

Scholarships and grants boost student opportunities at UniSA
Disadvantaged students and those with outstanding academic ability will receive important financial support for their studies when UniSA holds its 2009 Scholarships and Grants Ceremony tomorrow night. more..

Making a difference to regional SA
UniSA's two regional campuses have celebrated their students' graduations in two separate events. more..

Physio brothers united
Treating South Australia's elite soccer players is all in a day's work for Adelaide physiotherapists John-Paul and Peter Chitti. more..

Scholarships to aid healthy development
Seven young Adelaide researchers have been awarded PhD top-up scholarships to help them continue research into healthy development. more..

Career dream on track for Port Pirie scholarship student
The generosity of a former Port Pirie couple is helping one of the town's ambitious young people get a head start in university life. more..

How to avoid sleepless nights with daylight savings gone
A leading researcher into children's sleep needs says the end to daylight savings this Saturday doesn't have to lead to sleepless nights for worried parents. more..

UniSA launches world first allied health text book
UniSA's Centre for Allied Health Evidence (CAHE) has produced a world first textbook dedicated to teaching allied health (AH) practitioners about sourcing evidence for patient care. more..

Oats may improve the way you think
Researchers at UniSA's Nutritional Physiology Research Centre are now embarking on a series of studies that will look at how an extract from wild oats can potentially improve memory and other brain functions. more..

New Chair in Mental Health
UniSA and SA Health are establishing a Chair in Mental Health which will play a lead role in teaching, generating research and encouraging community engagement around mental health. more..

Physical function study to help overweight children
Helping overweight children to be physically active and participate fully in everyday life is the focus of a new study being undertaken in Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane by the ATN Centre for Metabolic Fitness, with support from the Physiotherapy Research Foundation. more..

Children mirror parents' eating
New UniSA research shows not only are children as young as five able to recognise healthy food choices when it comes to what they eat, but they tend to follow their parent's lead, despite many other influences. more..

Getting to the heart of the positive power of red wine
With cardiovascular disease still ranked as the leading cause of death in Australia, researchers at UniSA's Nutritional Physiology Research Centre (NPRC) are embarking on a new study to look more closely at the potential of polyphenols found in red wine in reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. more..

UniSA breaks ground on bone growth research
Based at UniSA's Sansom Institute and led by Associate Professor Cory Xian, UniSA researchers are undertaking ground-breaking research into understanding normal bone growth, growth plate injuries, and bone defects caused by growth through injury and cancer chemotherapy. more..

UniSA secures lead role in population health research for SA
One of the University of South Australia's newest professorial appointments, John Lynch, has just been awarded a prestigious National Health and Medical Research Council Australia Fellowship.  The Australia Fellowship is the highest level of individual funding awarded by the NHMRC and will provide $4 million over the next five years for the development of an advanced research program in population health. more..

South Australia's top pharmacist
UniSA graduate Justin Turner has been named as the 2008 South Australian Pharmacist of the Year by the South Australian Branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia for his "outstanding commitment to professional pharmacy services".  more..