Helping young women in distress with cancer
Features
Helping young women live well after a cancer diagnosis is the aim of a new program being developed by members of the Women’s Wellness Research Group at Griffith University.
Improving knowledge and attitudes of sexuality for people with dementia
Features
Improving the knowledge and attitudes concerning sexual expression of people with dementia amongst health professionals, has been the goal of a Griffith study.
Animal robots can benefit dementia patients says Griffith study
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Using animal robots in the care of people with dementia has a modest but significant benefit, a new Griffith University study has revealed.
Healthier lifestyles for women with Type 2 diabetes
Griffith Health
Helping women with Type 2 diabetes to undertake a more healthy lifestyle is the aim of a wellness program developed by Griffith University, and is timely for this week’s National Diabetes Week 2017.
Alumni
Six Griffith affiliates named Fulbright scholars
Prestigious Fulbright scholarships have been awarded to six talented members of the Griffith University community.
Griffith Health
Wiser wound care focus of new Centre of Research Excellence
Improving the delivery of acute wound care services in hospital is the focus of a new NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence.
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Griffith academic acknowledged as top maternity researcherÂ
Professor of Midwifery and Clinical Chair Jennifer Fenwickhas beenacknowledged inThe Australian’sResearchmagazine as the researcher leader in pregnancy and childbirth.
Griffith Health
Midwifery conference calls to strengthen services
Strengtheningmidwifery education standardsto improve maternity serviceswas the call at the recent Trans-Tasman Midwifery Education conference.
Centre for Environment and Population Health
Mater Research planning for largest cohort study in Queensland
Mater Research is planning the largest group cohort study in the state since the 1980s, aiming to follow 10 000 Queensland families over three decades, in collaboration with Griffith.
Alumni
Awards showcase outstanding Health alumni
From paediatric palliative care and humanitarian dental work to a passion for astrophysics and groundbreaking scientific research into Malaria, the 2018 Alumni Awards showcase the rich diversity of Griffith’s Health and Science alumni.
Griffith Health
Improved dressings urgently needed for intravenous catheter failuresÂ
New ways of improving the effectiveness of dressings and securements for the prevention of peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) failure in adults is urgently required. This is according toProfessor Claire Rickardfrom the Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research, a part of Griffith’sMenzies Health Institute Queensland, following new researchpublished in The Lancet medical journal. PIVCs are […]
Arts Education Law
Griffith earns top marks on world stage
Griffith University has asserted its place as a global standout in the 2018 ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, earning noteworthy results for several of its courses.
Architecture, construction and planning
Griffith makes Australian top 10 on research publication rankings
Griffith University is in the top ten of Australian institutions according to anew performance measure ranking universities on a range of published research criteria.
Griffith Business School
Raising money for Stillbirth Foundation in London Marathon
Raising money for the Stillbirth Foundation Australia is the goal for Professor David Ellwood and his partner Associate Professor Anne Sneddon from Griffith’s School of Medicine as they get set to run next month’s London Marathon.
Alumni
National Teaching Award for Griffith Midwifery Program
Griffith’s internationally acclaimed Bachelor of Midwifery program has been recognised with a prestigious 2017 Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT) for Programs that Enhance Learning. The award was announced at the Department of Education and Training’s Australian Awards Presentation Ceremony in Melbourne. It was one of two AAUT awards won by Griffith with the Griffith […]
Features
Improving future care for people with dementia
Improving community service uptake and wellbeing for people with dementia and their carers during the early stages of the condition, is the focus of a new Griffith study.
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Midwives leading the way in reducing domestic violence during pregnancy
Reducing domestic violence during pregnancy is just one of the School of Nursing and Midwifery good news studies up for discussion at the upcoming International Confederation of Midwives Triennial Congress.
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Kathleen Baird: A champion against domestic and family violence
Increased reporting. Heightened campaigns. A commitment by the state government to combat the problem, domestic violence specialist courts and a domestic violence death and homicide review board. Dr Kathleen Baird leads the charge.