Posted by Leanne Towerzey

Student filmmakers and producers from the Griffith Film School have touched down in France this week to take part in the market place of the Cannes Film Festival, starting today. The 10 short films will be screened in the Cannes Court Metrage; an initiative within the festival designed to encourage emerging talent. Griffith Film School’s […]

Griffith University ecologists have published a review of the human and biological communities of wadis, arroyos, gulches, washes, and other intermittent flows. In the May issue of ESA’s journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, they contend that dry river ecology is under-researched and under-appreciated. ‘When the River Runs Dry’ is a familiar song in […]

The Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, will officially launch the first National Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing Interventions for Hospitalised Patients at Griffith University’s South Bank campus tomorrow(April 20). With $2.5 million funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council and an initial five-year program of research focus on skin integrity and […]

A twin-pronged research project into childhood phobias is underway at the Griffith Health Institute. Researchers at the Gold Coast and in Brisbane are seeking the participation of 140 children, aged between seven and 17, for a study which aims to develop new and effective treatments of children’s deepest fears. “If your child is afraid of […]

Up to 20 per cent of people who have heart attacks also have to deal with depression afterwards, and many never know. This is one of the links between the heart and mind being explored in an important new research project at Griffith University. Dr Chris Stapelberg from the School of Applied Psychology needs 120 […]

A breakthrough in the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is within reach for researchers at the Griffith Health Institute who have renewed an appeal for public support. “We need more blood and saliva samples to advance this research,” Professor Lyn Griffiths, Director of the GHI (pictured), says. “We are looking for patients currently suffering from lymphoma […]

A passion for helping Indigenous children realise their potential has led Griffith University Master of Education student Susan Kersland to dedicate her life to ‘closing the gap’. After graduating with an Honours degree in education, Susan taught in Brisbane for two years, then in March 2011 moved to the remote Cape York community of Laura, […]