[18 May 10] Public lecture (Sydney): Malnutrition- Worldwide, malnutrition affects one in three people (WHO, 2000). Protein-energy malnutrition, for example, plays a major role in half of all under-five deaths each year in developing countries (WHO 2000). Chronic food deficits affect about ...
[11 May 10] Public lecture (Sydney): Tropical infectious diseases- Between 14 and 17 million people die each year due to infectious diseases - nearly all live in developing countries. Infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS and lower respiratory infections, cause more than 40% of all deaths ...
Strategic news & DIISR-DEEWR
[10 Mar 10] Philanthropist’s $15M UQ gift has global impact- A visionary philanthropist will donate $15 million to a new University of Queensland institute that will target solutions for problems linked to global-scale change.
Her Excellency Dr Penelope Wensley AO, Governor of Queensland, announced the donation ...
[05 Mar 10] Release of NHMRC Biobanks Information Paper - NHMRC has released an Information Paper to facilitate best practices for the management and governance of biobank and tissue bank facilities, specific to an Australian research environment.
The Information Paper draws on relevant national and international ...
[04 Mar 10] Australian Collaborative Rangelands Information System (ACRIS) renewed- The Australian Collaborative Rangelands Information System (ACRIS) Management Committee recently met in Darwin, where it was announced that ACRIS has been funded by the Australian Government for another four years. Ninti One manages the ACRIS ...
[03 Mar 10] Government to introduce ‘My University’ website- The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Minister for Education. Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Social Inclusion, Deputy Prime Minister
Speaking at the Universities Australia Higher Education Conference this morning, Ms Gillard said that following ...
[01 Mar 10] Applications for AINSE 2010 Post Graduate Research Awards (PGRA) are now open. - The application form can be found at http://www.ainse.edu.au/ainse/for_graduate_students/post_graduate_awards.html
These top-up scholarships are for doctoral candidates holding an APRA or equivalent scholarship at an AINSE member university. Applicants will have a research project associated with nuclear science, ...
[05 Mar 10] NHMRC excellence award for research into chronic infections- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientist Dr Marc Pellegrini has received a 2010 National Health and Medical Research Council Excellence Award, recognising his efforts to understand human responses to chronic infections.
Dr Pellegrini is a laboratory ...