A renewed focus on localised and networked water systems could increase water supply capacity and improve the resilience of critical water delivery systems, a new briefing paper has suggested.
The paper Distributed Water Systems: A networked and localised approach for sustainable water services describes how, instead of just relying on water services from large centralised, energy [...]
A new McCaughey Centre publication is now available on our website, at http://www.mccaugheycentre.unimelb.edu.au/publications/searchpublications. This report, entitled Something to Take Notice of: Exploring the value and challenges of peer-interviewing as a participatory research method was authored by Dr Rosemary Mann and Dr Deb Warr of the McCaughey Centre.
Researchers at the McCaughey Centre have recently completed a report commissioned by the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development entitled Climate Change and Community Engagement: Benefits, Challenges and Strategies.
The report was prepared by Professor John Wiseman, Lara Williamson, and Jess Fritze and was based on a series of roundtable discussions with representatives of state [...]
The McCaughey Centre is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Research Fellow to coordinate and participate in priority Cochrane systematic reviews and contribute more broadly to the activities of the Cochrane Public Health Review Group. The successful applicant will demonstrate expertise and experience in understanding the principles of public health and processes involved in evidence-informed public [...]
The McCaughey Centre is seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Research Fellow to coordinate final data collection for fun ‘n healthy in Moreland!, an innovative randomised controlled trial of a school community-based child health promotion and obesity prevention intervention study. The Research Fellow will need to be highly organised to manage the coordination, collection, data management [...]
November 14, 2008 – 2:44pm
Professor Ian Anderson was invited by the Assembly of First Nations to address an expert meeting on Global Indigenous Tuberculosis in Toronto, Canada which was held on 13-14 November 2008. He provided a presentation on the social determinants of health to Indigenous health leaders, political leaders, global Tuberculosis expert, and government officials, as well as [...]
November 10, 2008 – 9:18am
By Janine Sim-Jones
A new community-based research program which aims to help close the gap in child health inequalities in Victoria has been launched jointly by the University of Melbourne and the Jack Brockhoff Foundation.
Under the program a University of Melbourne team will work with community organisations, schools, local councils, hospitals and welfare organisations to implement [...]
Media Release, Tuesday 8 July 2008
Women who have risk factors commonly associated with Type 2 diabetes also have much greater odds of being diagnosed with an advanced breast cancer, according to research to be presented today (Tuesday 8 July 2008).
University of Melbourne researcher Dr Anne Cust was a key collaborator on an international study which [...]
Media Release, Monday 7 July 2008
More aggressive treatment of childhood eczema may be an important step in preventing asthma, says a new Australian study.
The study, published online in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, calls for trials of aggressive therapies against childhood eczema in attempt to reduce the incidence of asthma in later life.
Media Release, Thursday 5 June 2008
Use of mammography and breast ultrasound procedures soared by over 30 per cent among women aged 25-44 in the six months following Kylie Minogue’s breast cancer diagnosis, says a new study from the University of Melbourne.
There was also a sharp rise in the number of women aged 25-34 years [...]