Research success
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SAPHIRe researchers undertake multigenerational study into the health of SA families
This innovative project will identify the key factors that lead to ill-health across the generations and establish the basis for prevention of some of the major causes of illness and mortality - obesity, the metabolic syndrome, diabetes, heart disease, chronic respiratory disease, mental distress and frail ageing. Click here to read more.
Division wins over $1 million in research grants
In the latest round of ARC Linkage grants announced in Canberra, the Division of Health Sciences has won ARC funding for four research projects. The ARC grants awarded to the Division of Health Sciences total $1.2 million. Click here to read more.
Antibacterial coatings research gets NHMRC boost
Antibacterial coatings research gets NHMRC boost Research into antibacterial coatings for biomedical devices used in health care has been given a boost with a $273,000 development grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council awarded to UniSA’s Deputy Director (Industry) at the Ian Wark Research Institute, Professor Hans Griesser. Click here to read more.
Veteran's MATES project extended
The Veterans’ Medicines Advice and Therapeutics Education Services (MATES) project, run by the Sansom Institute’s Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre (QUMPRC) for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, has been extended for a further two years. It brings the total value of the project to more than $10 million over five years. Click here to view the media release.
Prof McMillen a great mind in health
Recently back from the Australia 2020 Summit, UniSA’s Deputy Vice Chancellor and Vice President, Research and Innovation, Professor Caroline McMillen (pictured left) has been featured in the April edition of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s podcast series, Great Minds in Health. Click here to view the media release.
Health economist on Taskforce
UniSA’s Foundation Chair in Health Economics, Professor Leonie Segal has been appointed to the Federal Government’s newly established National Preventative Health Taskforce. Click here to view the full story.
Keeping kids active - a tailored approach
A new study that tests this theory is about kick off at UniSA’s Nutritional Physiology Research Centre, the first of its kind focusing on children’s daily activity and physical function, to establish what key factors impact on children’s ability to move well and participate in life. Click here to read more.
Turning kids on to science through sport
UniSA researchers are finding that sport is the new way to turn kids on to science using real world examples that are relevant to the contemporary lives of students. Click here to read more.
Alone in a crowd: Supporting older Australians managing loneliness
Professor Julianne Cheek, Director of the Centre for Research into Sustainable Health Care, will lead a project team working on building crucial understandings and knowledge about loneliness as understood by older Australians. The ARC-Linkage project, partnered by Helping Hand Aged Care and RSL Care, will contribute to ensuring the optimum use and deployment of finite health and social resources.
For information on other current and completed research projects see our research concentration websites.
Relevant highlights from other Divisions
Nurse education protects children
The Australian Centre for Child Protection (ACCP) has just been awarded a $210,000 grant from one of Australia’s largest philanthropic trusts - The Ian Potter Foundation - to support maternal and child health nursing training in the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Click here to view the full story.
Research Degree Completions
The diverse, cross-disciplinary nature of our research is demonstrated in
the broad range of topics investigated by recent research degree candidates.
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view a list of completed research degree theses.
Current Research Degree Students
Students provide an insight into the projects they are currently conducting.