Dr Matthew Dunn awarded grant to investigate the use of emerging psychoactive substances

Dr Matthew Dunn has been awarded funds through the School of Health and Social Development Small Grants Scheme to undertake a project investigating the use and harms associated with emerging psychoactive substances.

The project, undertaken in collaboration with researchers from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of NSW and the University of Tasmania, aims to understand people’s use of emerging psychoactive substances, such as mephedrone (sometimes referred to as ‘meow meow’), including why people choose to use these substances and the harms they may experience.

'There has been a large body of research conducted in Europe and the United Kingdom investigating why people take these substances and the harms that people report experiencing as a result of their use. However, aside from a few small studies, there is relatively little information about the use of these substances in Australia', Dr Dunn said.

Some of the substances being investigated are sold online as legal alternatives to illegal drugs, yet many of these substances are, in fact, illegal in Australia. In Europe and in the United Kingdom the response to these emerging substances has been to make these substances illegal, yet research has shown that this has not seriously dissuaded use.

'In Australia we do not have a good understanding of who is using these substances, and we have no knowledge as to why they are using them. Are they people who are already using illegal drugs, such as ecstasy and cocaine? Are they people who have never used an illegal drug in their life? These are important questions when considering how we respond to these emerging substances, as well as how we design and disseminate education and harm reduction messages to those who may use these substances.'

The findings from this project will contribute to a National Health and Medical Research Council funding submission in 2013.

Dr Babatsikos writes about Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs for Parents: Beyond Protective Behaviours

Dr Georgia Babatsikos of Deakin's School of Health and Social Development recently published a chapter entitled 'Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs for Parents: Beyond Protective Behaviours' in the book 'Child Abuse: Indicators, Psychological Impact and Prevention', edited by Raymond A. Turner and Henry O. Rogers and published by Nova Publications (USA).

This chapter presents some of the findings of her PhD on how Australian parents manage the risk of child sexual abuse, including prevention and early intervention strategies. She presents recommendations for enhancements to prevention programs, which teach parents and caregivers prevention and early intervention skills beyond teaching protective behaviours.

The collection of chapters in this book present current research around child abuse indicators, psychological impact, and prevention. The book can be ordered at a discount online by following the link below.

National Health Fusion Team Challenge

Looking for a relevant and innovative experience prior to graduation?

The National Health Fusion Team challenge will give you the chance to develop your skills in collaborative healthcare practice, represent your University in a prestigious national event and defend Deakin University’s title of National Champions.

The National Health Fusion Team Challenge is a prestigious national extracurricular competition held in Brisbane, Queensland, each year with teams of health students participating from universities across Australia and New Zealand for the national title. It provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate expertise in teamwork and collaborative practice as they work with colleagues from across the Faculty to develop a management plan for a client with complex health needs. Teams then present their management plans to a live audience and panel of expert judges on competition day.

Deakin University won the National Competition in 2011, which was a terrific achievement given it was the first year we entered a team in the event. We are now looking for a new interprofessional team of enthusiastic, collaborative, committed, team-orientated students to defend the title in 2012!

Who can take part?
Students in the latter part of their degrees from the following disciplines are invited to apply: medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, psychology, social work, clinical exercise physiology, and dietetics. A team of six students will be selected to represent Deakin University in this event.

When will the National Health Fusion Team Challenge take place?
The event this year will be held on Friday 31 August 2012, in Brisbane. The Faculty of Health will cover the cost of your flights, accommodation and transfers.


How will the event be run?
On the day of the event, each team will present their management plan in front of a live audience and panel of expert judges. At the completion of all presentations teams will be asked to respond to a series of questions or exercises designed to test their teamwork skills under pressure. During this process the judging panel may question teams about the case or the teamwork processes they used. The team that performs the best over the course of the day is then awarded first place.

How to apply
Applications are now open.

To apply, please email an expression of interest to the Faculty’s Interprofessional Education Coordinator, Catherine Ward, on catherine.ward@deakin.edu.au, stating in 100 words or less, ‘Why I should represent my profession in the National Health Fusion Team Challenge’.

Applications close on Friday 25 May 2012.

More information
For more information please visit the web page below or contact Catherine Ward on catherine.ward@deakin.edu.au or 5227 8437.

Dr Melissa Graham awarded grant to construct a picture of childless women’s health and wellbeing

Dr Melissa Graham was recently awarded a School of Health and Social Development Small Grants Scheme award to undertake an analysis of existing Australian longitudinal data in order to construct a picture of childless women’s health and wellbeing across the life course, specifically in relation to social support as one indicator of social inclusion.

This project will contribute to a program of research on the health and wellbeing of women without children in Australia being led by Dr Graham.

The outcomes of the study will contribute to the development of a longitudinal study of women’s social inclusion and health in relation to childlessness.

While childlessness is a growing phenomenon in many countries, there has been little examination of the health implications in recent decades. The current project will contribute to a National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant to be submitted in 2013 to explore the health and wellbeing of women with and without children, with a specific examination of social exclusion and its health consequences for this population group.

Occupational therapy student presented with prestigious award

The School of Health and Social Development would like to congratulate Rosie Pike (a current fourth-year occupational therapy student) on being awarded the prestigious Australian Unity Award. The Australian Unity Award is a prize for the student in the Faculty who submits the best fourth-year research project relevant to the topic of 'human wellbeing'.

Rosie will be attending a special event to honour all those who have been recognised for their scholarship and their dedication to their studies in November.

Please join us in congratulating Rosie.

Deakin University wins the 2011 National Health Fusion Team Challenge

On Friday 26 August an interprofessional team of Deakin students won the National Health Fusion Team Challenge, hosted by the University of Queensland in Brisbane. 2011 is the first time Deakin has entered a team in this national event, and the Faculty of Health and the broader University are thrilled with the success our students have had.

The Health Fusion Team Challenge (HFTC) is a national extracurricular competition between mixed Interprofessional teams of health students nearing the end of their studies. The event provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate expertise in teamwork and collaboration as they develop a management plan for a client with complex health needs. The highlight of each HFTC is the public competition where student teams come together to present their management plans to a live audience and panel of expert judges.

The 2011 event saw Deakin compete with teams from Flinders University, Griffith University, Monash University, Queensland University of Technology, the University of Melbourne, the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney.

Deakin’s winning team was made up of students from across the Faculty of Health: Marguerite Conley (Master of Dietetics), Emily Dalton (Bachelor of Nursing), Paul Dodemaide (Bachelor of Social Work), Radhika Sheorey (Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery), Penelope Watts (Master of Psychology (Clinical)), Vivian Winkler (Bachelor of occupational Therapy).

The students were tasked with compiling and presenting a management plan for a 23 year old man with an acquired brain injury caused by a motor vehicle accident the man had after he had been drinking. Ten months after the accident the man was left with memory loss, epilepsy and reduced motor control, which was leading to falls. He also had increased emotional outbursts, frustration, and lived in a very complex family situation.

The students had a four-week preparation period, during which they met on eLive and in person, and did their own research to come up with a management package for the patient. Health practitioners in the community and several Deakin staff acted as mentors during this period.

On the day of the National Health Fusion Team Challenge, after participating in a series of heats throughout the day, each team presented their management plan in front of a live audience and panel of expert judges. At the completion of all presentations each team was asked to respond to a series of timed extension questions or exercises designed to test their teamwork skills under pressure. During this process they were questioned by the judging panel about the case and the teamwork processes they used.

The students’ presentation was extremely professional, well researched and thorough. They were fantastic ambassadors for Deakin University not only in the final event, but also through the course of the entire day. They put in a great deal of preparation before the event and approached it with a high level of enthusiasm, and this was evident in their teamwork skills and the quality of their presentation.

Congratulations also to Mrs Catherine Ward, Lecturer in Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare, School of Psychology. Catherine has coordinated Deakin’s efforts in the Health Fusion Team Challenge.

Left to right in the picture below: Paul Dodemaide, Margie Conley, Vivian Winkler, Penny Watts, Radhika Sheorey and Emily Dalton

Faculty of Health global citizens!

Congratulations to a number of students from across the Faculty of Health who were among a select group of students who were recently awarded the 2011 Deakin University Global Citizenship Award. Deakin held its first Global Chitizenship Award ceremony on Thursday 13 October at the Deakin University Melbourne City Campus. Vice Chancellor Professor Jane den Hollander; Executive Director Deakin International Mr Rongyu Li and other distinguished guests joined Deakin students and their family and friends to acknowledge and celebrate the significant achievements of the award winners.

Congratulations to the following students from the Faculty of Health who received 2011 Global Citizenship Awards:
Amy Beveridge
Maree Bouterakos
Sharyl Brockett
Luka Campbell
Tegan Cant
Rebecca Court
Claire Henty
Courtney Moule

Deakin’s Global Citizenship Program is aimed at supplementing students’ studies by recognising international activities such as international study experiences, participation in internationally-focused units, seminars on international topics, international internships, international-centred volunteering along with personal reflection and growth.

Global Citizenship Award winners must have achieved at least 100 points of international experience. Each international activity is weighted based on length of time and commitment by the student. A number of the 2011 award-holders have significant international experience, including volunteering in the developing world, significant other domestic/ international internships and semester-long study abroad. These students are leaders within Deakin University and should be commended for their achievements.

Follow the link below for more information about the Global Citizenship Program.

Back-to-back Lambda Literary Awards for Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli

Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli of the School of Health and Social Development has once again been awarded a prestigious Lambda Literary Award. Dr Pallotta-Chiarolli was shortlisted and subsequently awarded as joint winner in the fiction category of the 22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards, held in New York in May last year. This year she was nominated and shortlisted in the bisexual non-fiction category, and was announced as category winner at the awards ceremony in New York on 27 May.

The Lambda’s are awarded annually by the Lambda Literary Foundation to works celebrating or exploring lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender themes. Dr Pallotta-Chiarolli’s nominated book Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools is published by academic publisher Rowman and Littlefield. The first book of its kind internationally, it explores the experiences of bisexual students, mixed sexual orientation families, and polyamorous families in schools. It is testimony to Dr Pallotta-Chiarolli’s breadth of expertise and ability to write for multiple audiences that she has received this international recognition in both award categories.

Dr Pallotta-Chiarolli is internationally recognised as a leading writer, researcher, lecturer, consultant and activist in the issues of cultural, sexual and gender diversity and family diversity in health and education. Her first book for young adults, Tapestry, explored five generations of her family’s history in Australia and Italy and was short-listed by the Children’s Book Council of Australia and in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Dr Pallotta-Chiarolli is author of Girls’ Talk, Boys’ Stuff, Someone You Know, and When Our Children Come Out.

Student wins epidemiology award

The Australasian Epidemiological Association (AEA) recently announced their prizes for the Top Introduction to Epidemiology Students. The School of Health and Social Development is pleased to announce that undergraduate student Jennifer Marks has been awarded one of these prizes. Jennifer is currently undertaking the Bachelor of Health Sciences. Congratulations to Jennifer on this excellent achievement.

Deakin Population Health's strong impact at the 11th International Congress on Obesity

Deakin Population Health Strategic Research Centre sent a strong delegation of researchers to the 11th International Congress on Obesity (ICO), which was held in Stockholm in July. The ICO is held every four years and is organised by the International Association for the Study of Obesity.

Around 2000 international delegates, experts and opinion leaders in the field of obesity and its related conditions attended this year’s event.

Staff from Deakin Population Health delivered more than 30 presentations to the main and satellite conferences, and contributed nearly 20 per cent of papers in the conference’s public health stream.

Among the highlights was a presentation by Alfred Deakin Professor Boyd Swinburn, Chair of Population Health and Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention at Deakin. Alfred Deakin Professor Swinburn reported on the findings of an evaluation of the success of three community-based demonstration projects around the city of Geelong. The research found that community-based interventions aimed at preventing obesity in children appear to work best in those under the age of five.

‘Our results, together with the evidence from other demonstration projects conducted elsewhere,
suggest we should get moving to scale up efforts in the under fives’, Alfred Deakin Professor Swinburn said.

Other presentations by Deakin Population Health staff included:
• Decreasing Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among an Australian Population of Preschool Children, by Research Fellow Melanie Nichols.
• Romp & Chomp: Improving Young Children’s Eating and Activity Behaviours through an Environmental Intervention in Family Day Care, by Senior Research Fellow Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski.
• Policy Changes to Create Supporting Environments for Physical Activity and Healthy Eating, Which Options are the Most Realistic for Local Government?, by Associate Professor Steve Allender.
• Cost-effectiveness of Surgically Induced Weight Loss for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: Modelled Lifetime Analysis, by Senior Research Fellow Catherine Keating.
• Traffic-light Nutrition Labelling and Junk-food Tax: a Modelled Comparison of Cost Effectiveness, by Gary Sacks.

Health student international placements

Deakin University health students are invited to participate in a UniBreak International Health Sciences placement during their university holidays. These placements are tailored towards students studying occupational therapy, public health, exercise science, nutrition and dietetics, and other related areas. Placements provide students with a fantastic opportunity to travel overseas, apply their coursework in practical settings and gain valuable industry experience.

Applications are being taken for end of year placements (departing November 2010 and January 2011).

Please note that Deakin University does not guarantee credit will be granted for placements with this organisation.

2010/2011 Health Science Placements
Students may choose to live and work for four weeks (longer if desired) in Ghana, Cambodia, India and Nepal.

Health placements give students the opportunity to contribute to community health
projects and give something back to host communities. Students choosing to participate
in a health placement would need to be studying a health-related discipline. Health
placements offer invaluable clinical experience and insight into health practice in
resource-poor settings. In most cases, country policy stipulates that students have observer
status only. Students will be supervised at all times by local staff and will not be allowed to perform procedures on patients.

To make the most of this experience, health students must be flexible, self-sufficient and able to
direct their own learning. This may include working in different departments and where possible
placements will match student interests and experience.

Why Antipodeans Abroad?
Antipodeans Abroad is an Australian owned Sydney-based educational and volunteer travel company that specialises in creating high-quality experiential learning placements for school and university. Programs are structured, well-supportive, provide comprehensive risk management and offer unique learning opportunities for students in a global context.

UniBreak Program Information Night
Antipodeans Abroad hold UniBreak Information Nights each month for interested students.

Upcoming Information Night in Melbourne

Monday 2 August
5.30 – 6.30pm (Bookings Essential)
Business Centre
365 Little Collins St
Melbourne
Melways Reference Map 1A, J6
(03) 8676 0365

** Please Register Online at www.antipodeans.com.au/info-nights.htm

How to Apply
Applying for a place in the program is easy, simply fill in the Online Application Form
www.antipodeans.com.au/uni-break/interview-form.htm

Check out some previous Health Science students on the ground in our UniBreak video at the link below

For more information, please contact Georgia at georgia@antipodeans.com.au

Holistic Health Project

The Holistic Health Project

This research explores students’ perceptions of obesity and body image in order to identify pathways for discussing and promoting body acceptance and holistic health. This is an exciting arts-based health promotion project in collaboration with the School of Communication and Creative Arts within the Faculty of Arts and Education.

A recent qualitative study funded by VicHealth, which considered the course of weight gain, loss and subsequent regain, found interesting and recurring themes from data provided by adult participants via a web-based survey. The findings suggested that a focus on holistic health (not simply weight-loss per se) is required, and that a radical shift from current mainstream approaches is needed to address weight-related concerns to promote healthy eating and active living. If you are a student engaged with the project and wish to access the study’s findings, see attachment.

The aim of this project is to identify and deconstruct the views of a student cohort (in comparison to the community-based sample) in relation to obesity and body image, and further explore the themes emerging of the previous research. The objectives are to:
a) Using previous research as a starting point, gain further insights regarding the social construction and dominant discourses associated with body types and health, as they relate to the self and others.
b) Analyse images generated by the students that contemplate influences that shape identity and to examine the ways in which the body is perceived and experienced.
c) Identify personal and social perspectives on obesity, health and body image.

A balanced and more health-promoting view is currently missing in mainstream discourses on obesity and body image, and so this project seeks input from Arts students to assist with disseminating the research findings that promote a useful view, as well as ascertain what the personal views on obesity and body image are for the student cohort engaging with the project.

By exploring students’ creative expressions of these themes, the findings will further inform future development of The Holistic Health Project, which seek to promote body acceptance via various formats, including audio-visual exhibitions, documentary format, educational toolkits for health promotion and publications such as reports and journal articles.

Principal researchers:
Dr. Shane McIver (shane.mciver@deakin.edu.au)
Rasha Tayeh (rasha.tayeh@deakin.edu.au)

Prestigious ALTC citation for Berni Murphy

Berni Murphy, lecturer in the School of Health and Social Development, was among seven Deakin University staff members to have recently been awarded a 2010 citation for outstanding contributions to student learning from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. These highly prestigious awards recognise the sustained contribution made by individuals and teams to the quality of teaching and learning and the student experience. Congratulations to Ms Murphy on this significant achievement.

Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli wins coveted Lambda Award

Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli of the School of Health and Social Development recently won a prestigious Lambda Literary Award for her book Love You Two.

Dr Pallotta-Chiarolli shared first prize in the bisexual fiction category of the 22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards, which were presented in New York on Thursday 27 May.

‘I just can’t believe it’, Dr Pallotta-Chiarolli said. ‘Given the quality of all the submissions, it was exciting enough to be nominated’.

The Lambda’s are awarded annually by the Lambda Literary Foundation to works celebrating or exploring lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) themes.

A panel of 87 judges, made up of journalists, authors, booksellers, librarians, playwrights and illustrators, assessed 462 titles, narrowing the pool to 113 finalists from LGBT-specific presses, academic publishers and mainstream publishing houses. Of the 113 finalists, 24 award winners were announced across 23 award categories.

Love You Two (Random House Australia), Dr Pallotta-Chiarolli’s first novel, tackles bisexuality, polyamory, interracial relationships, AIDS, same-sex couples, gay grandparents and teen sexuality.

Dr Pallotta-Chiarolli is internationally recognised as a leading writer, researcher, lecturer, consultant and activist in the issues of cultural, sexual and gender diversity and family diversity in health and education. Her first book for young adults, Tapestry, explored five generations of her family’s history in Australia and Italy and was short-listed by the Children’s Book Council of Australia and in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Dr Pallotta-Chiarolli is author of Girls’ Talk, Boys’ Stuff, Someone You Know, and When Our Children Come Out.

University Award winners in the School of Health and Social Development

Staff members Helen Larkin, Teresa Capetola, Sonia Nuttman, Rebecca Patrick and Matthew Ebden have all recently received University awards for either their Teaching Excellence, Distinguished Teaching, Outstanding Achievement in Teaching and Outstanding Contribution to 'Rural and Regional'.

Deakin University WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention and the CO-OPS Collaboration 'Obesity Prevention Short Course'

The next Deakin University Obesity Prevention short course, hosted by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity prevention and the CO-OPS Collaboration of Community based Obesity Prevention sites will conduct their five day course from 28 June to 2 July 2010 at Deakin University Geelong Waterfront Campus.

Medical Research Week 4-11 June

Medical Research Week will be conducted from 4-11 June 2010. A Student Research Symposium designed for all Victorian medical research students will be conducted on Thursday 10 June. Three tertiary careers information evenings will also be conducted; Tuesday 11 May, Wednesday 19 May and Wednesday 26 May.

Master of Social Work and Master of Public Health approved for income support through Centrelink

The Master of Social Work and Master of Public Health have both been approved by the Minister for income support through Centrelink. This approval took effect from 27 November 2009

Rural Allied Health Scholarship Scheme

The Rural Allied Health Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme is open to individuals with a rural background studying various allied health disciplines. The scholarship provides $10,000 per annum to assist students with accommodation, living and travel expenses for the duration of their studies.

Applications for the 2010 academic year opened on 22nd September 2009 and close on 2nd November 2009.

Scholarships for Children of Veterans intending Tertiary Studies in 2010

In 2010 the Australian Veterans' Children Assistance Trust will be providing financial assistance for up to 65 students under many different scholarship schemes. All schemes help the selected children in need of the Australian veteran community with the costs of tertiary education. Applications close on 31 October 2009.

PhD Scholarships

MPH Information Night

Are you a health professional wanting to increase your qualifications?
Here is an exciting opportunity to gain an internationally recognized postgraduate degree while studying with four of Victoria’s leading universities.

Refurbishment complete at the Dennys Lascelles Building at Geelong Waterfront Campus

New facilities for nursing students at the Geelong Waterfront Campus are now available thanks to the major refurbishment of the Dennys Lascelles Building. The official opening ceremony was conducted on Wednesday 10 June by The Hon. Lisa Neville MP, Minister for Mental Health, Minister for Community Services and Minister for Senior Victorians.

Annual NOMAD wine tour

Deakin University’s rural health club, Nursing, Occupational Health, Medicine and Allied Health at Deakin (NOMAD), are heading on a tour of wineries on the Bellarine Peninsula with lunch at Terindah Estate.

Special guests, Dr Ashraf Takla and his wife, Annalaise, a local GP and radiographer from Boort in north-west Victoria, have been invited to attend to talk about their careers in a rural township.

The bus will depart at 9am on Saturday 20 April from the Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus. Tickets are limited and are only available to NOMAD members, so make sure you secure your place. For more information on the tour, please contact NOMAD via their Facebook page

New members are always welcome to join NOMAD – please visit their website to find out how:

Congratulations to Dr Matthew Dunn

The Sax Institute has awarded to Dr Matthew Dunn for the rapid research review on the performance and image enhancing drug (PIED) use.

Read more about Dr Matthew Dunn on his staff profile.

For more information on the Sax Institute visit their website.

New White and Yellow Pages cover Warrnambool

Clinical Associate Professor Sue Brumby has been chosen as the White Pages and Yellow Pages cover for the Warrnambool region for 2013-2014 under the theme Keeping Our Communities Healthy.

Sue is the Director for the National Centre for Farmer Health, a partnership between Deakin University and Western District Health Services. She also oversees Deakin’s Graduate Certificate of Agricultural Health and Medicine, which focuses on building specialist knowledge and skills for those wishing to improve the social, physical and mental health of agricultural communities across Australia.

More information on the Graduate Certificate of Agricultural Health and Medicine, including how to apply for the course, can be found at: Graduate Certificate of Agricultural Health and Medicine

NOMAD head to the Northern Territory

Congratulations to Simon Hume and Adrian Luscombe from NOMAD, Deakin University’s rural health club, for being invited to participate in the Top End Rural High School Visits Program 2013.

The program takes place in the Northern Territory, running from Saturday 27 April to Saturday 4 May and aims to promote further education and health career opportunities to high school students via workshops.

NOMAD is Deakin University’s rural health club and is open to students studying in Faculty of Health. More information on NOMAD, including how to join, can be found at https://nomad.nrhsn.org.au

Need Wireless?

'Deakin Open Wireless' is being turned off - connect to Eduroam.

The ‘Deakin Open Wireless’ pilot is now complete, and an evaluation of the service will be done for future wireless solutions.

As a Deakin University student or staff member, use your username and password to connect to Deakin's wireless network, Eduroam - a far superior wireless service. Go on, you're worth it!

Easy to use connection videos available here.

PhD Scholarship in Population Health SRC

Optimising Health Literacy to improve public health across Victorian communities

The research project

The research environment

The PhD Scholar

Eligibility

• Applicants must meet Deakin's PhD entry requirements and must hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a Master’s degree in a related field with a substantial research component (or equivalent).


• Applicants must be Australian or New Zealand citizens or Australian permanent residents.


• Candidates with clinical (e.g. occupational therapy, medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, psychology, social work) and other discipline backgrounds (e.g. public health, health promotion, health services research, program evaluation) are strongly encouraged to apply.

How to apply

Funding

For further information

Congratulations to Clare Land

School of Health and Social Development student Clare Land has been awarded the Isi Leibler Prize for best University thesis.

The Vice-Chancellor's Prizes and Awards recognise and celebrate our best students, and Clare has been the successful sole recipient of this award for her thesis ‘The Politics of Solidarity with Indigenous Struggles in Southeast Australia’, supervised by Professor Bob Pease. The Isi Leibler Prize is awarded to the student who has submitted a masters or PhD thesis approved over the previous year, in any Faculty of Deakin University, which best contributes to advancing knowledge of racial, religious or ethnic prejudice in any time or place, or to advancing knowledge of multiculturalism and community relations in Australia.

Congratulations to Dr Erin Wilson and Dr Kevin Murfitt

Synopsis:
A team from Deakin including Prof Matthew Clarke (Arts), Dr Erin Wilson and Dr Kevin Murfitt (Health and Social Development), and partners Save the Children and in-country Disabled Peoples Organisations, have been successful in the highly competitive AusAID Development Research Award Scheme for a project entitled: "Identifying the needs and priorities of children with disabilities in Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea (PNG)".

Knowledge of the needs and experiences of children with disabilities living in Vanuatu and PNG is limited and does not include data collected directly from children themselves. This project will establish a method of data collection to determine the self-reported needs and priorities of children living with disabilities in Vanuatu and PNG. The project involves a multi-staged capacity building approach between PNG Assembly of Disabled Persons (PNGADP), Disability Promotion and Advocacy Association Vanuatu (DPA), Save the Children, and Deakin University. The project also includes a focus on service delivery and policy actions in response to the findings. The project will be undertaken across 2 years with the awarded funding of AUD$ 771,361.

Congratulations to both Dr Erin Wilson and Dr Kevin Murfitt.

Newly opened Warrnambool city centre

Called Deakin On Timor, the newly opened site, is based in the historic Regal Cafe building owned by the city council.

It includes spaces for meetings for students and lecturers, a functions room, boardroom and corporate lounge. There is on site staff providing course advice and general information.

The University also provides free wi-fi access for students and staff using the adjacent Civic Green.

“Imagine our Deakin students scattered across the Civic Green using their laptops courtesy of the free wi-fi,” head of the Warrnambool campus Professor Greg Wood said.

“It contributes to Warrnambool’s vision of being recognised as a smart city and builds on the city’s cultural and education precinct.

“Students and lecturers will be able to strengthen connections with our community partners,” he said.

Deakin last had a CBD presence about 20 years ago.

Although the building will no longer be a public cafe it will have coffee facilities for students. It will be staffed by co-ordinator Anna O’Keeffe, part-time co-ordinator Sarah Evans and community relations manager Geraldine Moloney.



So if you are planning a trip to visit Warrnambool or going there for work, pop into the centre and see what it's all about.

Workplace giving

A new initiative for 2012, Deakin hopes to have at least 350 Deakin staff members giving to our community partners or scholarships or research programs through the Workplace giving program.

Have a look at the video. How many staff members do you know?

Smart Geelong Research Awards

Congratulations to the staff from the Faculty of Health, who won research awards or commendations at the recent Smart Geelong network:

Early Researcher Award

Dr Sharon Brennan, Deakin University School of Medicine for “The influence of social and psychosocial factors upon musculoskeletal disease onset, progression and health care utilisation”

Living with a Disability Award

Helen Larkin, Deakin University School of Health and Social Development for “Design for diversity: enhancing interprofessional learning for architecture and occupational therapy students”

Research of the year (highly recommended – Helen came a close second)

Helen Larkin, Deakin University School of Health and Social Development for “Design for diversity: enhancing interprofessional learning for architecture and occupational therapy students”.

What a great effort and it is wonderful that our staff are recognised for their outstanding achievements.

The New Deakin VPN

Deakin eSolutions has improved and simplified the way we access IT resources remotely.
When you need to access a resource which is not available, there is the Deakin VPN.
The previous VPN was frequently blocked by hotel firewalls and conference venues becoming unreliable. As a result Deakin has upgraded to a Deakin Secure Access SSL VPN solution.

Your new VPN has been automatically pushed out to your Deakin Desktop. Once it is installed you can connect to the new SSL VPN using your Deakin username and password.

Please note:

For laptops that do not operate with the Deakin Desktop image, the software is available for download via the Deakin Software Library, Apple iStore and Google Play.

The current VPN will be phased out in January 2013.

Questions?

A help sheet on using the client has been made available here.

Deakin Image Library

Deakin University has compiled images from across the Faculties. You can access this image repository, look through the different libraries and request the use of an image.

Deakin image library

Deakin University's Service Awards

What a fantastic outcome for the 2012 service awards! These awards were presented by our PVC - Health, Brendan Crotty, across the different campuses, in recognition for staff members' years of service and great support to Deakin University.

Awards by area of employment:

PVC's Office - Health
20 years awards

• Mr John Colley, Administration Officer (Student Advice) within the Health - Student and Academic Services (HSAS) group


• Associate Professor Bernie Marshall, Associate Dean (teaching and learning)

• Ms Jane Acopian, Associate Lecturer (Educational Technology)


• Mr Steve Sawyer, Manager, Collaborative Programs & Research

• Mr Bill Atasever, Web Team Leader


• Ms Deanna Errey, Executive Assistant to the Pro Vice-Chancellor


• Mr Matthew Ebden, Coordinator Barwon and SW REgion Partnerships and Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Development


• Mr Ben Letson, Technical Projects Manager


• Mr Jamie Mulholland, Technical Officer

• Dr Jan Garrard, Senior Lecturer

• Ms Natalie Hakman, Associate Lecturer


• Dr Elizable Hoban, Senior Lecturer


• Professor Karen Stagnitti, Personal Chair


• Ms Rebecca Stockdale, Lecturer

• Mr Scott Lee, Research Officer

• Professor Alister Ward, Associate Head of School (Research)

• Associate Professor Mark Lawrence, Associate Professor


• Professor Rod Snow, Chair in Exercise Physiology

• Dr Torie Foletta, Research Fellow


• Ms Anne Griffiths, Research Officer


• Mr Brendan Henderson, Technical Officer


• Dr Anna Timperio, Senior Lecturer

• Professor Mari Botti, Chair in Nursing

• Ms Suzanne Coulson, lecturer


• Professor Maxine Duke, Head of School and Deputy Dean


• Ms Kerry McNamara, Administrative Officer (PDU)


• Ms Lauren Mc Tier, Lecturer

• Professor Martine Powell, Personal Chair

• Mr Luke Barisic, Lecturer


• Ms Ann-Marie James, Administrative Assistant


• Ms Daniele Newton, Casual Research


• Associate Professor Mark Stokes, Associate Professor

Dr Bruce Avolio seminar

The School of Psychology would like to invite you to a seminar by international guest speaker, Dr Bruce Avolio.
In this presentation, Dr Avolio will discuss the leadership systems we traditionally have, from the inside out.
Details: Monday 3 December, 10am - 1pm, Burwood Campus, hd3.008.

Invitation to South East Healthy Communities Partnership (SEHCP) Climate Change forum

The State of Victoria faces a number of significant impacts from climate change, such as:

• Increased frequency and intensity of heat waves;


• Increased occurrences of fire weather and more intense bushfires;


• Sea-level rise, coastal erosion and coastal flooding due to storm surges;


• Inland flooding due to heavy rainfall;


• Prolonged droughts and less reliable rainfall; and


• Increasingly variable weather patterns.




The impacts of climate change are experienced by individuals and organisations across many different ways. Climate change impacts also vary depending on local and regional social and economic conditions, including population density, the regional importance of some economic sectors, and the level of awareness of climate change issues found among residents, business owners, community leaders and visitors.

Presenters at this forum will review climate change, its impacts, and what can be done to adapt from individual, organisational and community perspectives.

Guest Speakers:



• Professor Helen Ross, University of Queensland


• Emily Hamilton, Senior Research and Policy Officer, ACOSS


• Emeritus Associate Professor Rae Walker, La Trobe University


• Dr Brenda Lin, Research Scientist, CSIRO




When: Tuesday 20 November 2012

Time: 9:00am registration for 9.15 start– 1.00
(followed by a light lunch)

Venue: The Rehearsal Room, Drum Theatre
(Dandenong Town Hall), Cnr Lonsdale &
Walkers Street, Dandenong 3175, Victoria.

Please register before by close of business on 13 November 2012.

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Faculty of Health Marketing Reference guide

Not sure of some of the Deakin's style? Or where to find out about templates? Who should you contact for help? You will find helpful information and answers to these questions and more. Please note: You will need an active Deakin staff member log in to view this publication.

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Congratulations to Kate Hills - BAppSc(HealthProm)2005

In recognition of her outstanding contributions to charitable causes.

Through her volunteer work, Kate Hills has demonstrated an unwavering and selfless commitment in working with the disadvantaged in our community over the last decade.

Miss Hills has worked with many charitable organisations including: Salvation Army, Oaktree Foundation, Make Poverty History Campaign, Burnett Institute, Reality NGO (Mumbai, India), Brotherhood of St Laurence, Go for your Life program and the Cancer Council of Victoria. She has also performed volunteer work with orphanages and schools in Thailand and Kenya and worked for the AusAid Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development program as a Community Health Education Officer in Indonesia. She worked closely with newly arrived communities during her role as a Health Promotion Officer in Melbourne’s west and is also an English tutor to refugees with the Adult Multicultural Education Service.

In 2007 Ms Hills was selected as one of Australia’s Brightest Young Minds by the BYM organisation. This is an initiative that brings together young people from around Australia who are passionate about exploring and implementing solutions to current problems in society.

Ms Hills is currently a Community Development Officer with the City of Greater Dandenong in Victoria.


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Happiness and its causes

Now in its 8th amazing year and for the first time in Melbourne, Happiness & Its Causes is the world's leading forum examining the varied causes of a happy and meaningful life. Join special guest His Holiness the Dalai Lama and 35+ amazing speakers in a fascinating exploration of human happiness and wellbeing.

If you're interested in exploring the following questions ...
Why are we here? How can we be happy? How should we live?
... then you'll thoroughly enjoy this extraordinary event!

Hear from the world’s leading speakers in science, education, psychology, economics, spirituality and the arts including:
• His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
• Professor Ed Diener, USA, pioneering psychologist and world’s foremost expert on the science of happiness and life satisfaction
• Dr Helen Fisher, USA, renowned anthropologist and leading expert on romantic love
• Professor Carol Dweck, USA, acclaimed psychologist and researcher in the field of motivation
• Linda Lantieri, USA, pioneering educator and expert in social and emotional learning
• Carl Honoré, UK, leading proponent of the Slow Movement and award winning journalist
• Michael Leunig, much loved cartoonist, philosopher, poet, artist and Australian National Living Treasure
• Clare Bowditch, Aria award winning Melbourne singer and songwriter
• Nigel Westlake, one of Australia’s foremost composers

35+ SPEAKERS 2000+ DELEGATES

THE EARLIER YOU BOOK, THE MORE YOU SAVE!
Book before 21 December and save $200 off the full 2 day conference fee and $340 off the full gold pass fee!

PLUS our members and contacts are eligible for a further 10% discount on all fees.

Book online using promotion code ELBM or call (02) 8719 5118 to register and save up to $490.

Note: In addition to the two day conference, there are 9 workshops on offer which are bookable separately or as part of a gold pass. Your 10% member discount applies to all workshops also.

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Worldly website gets nominated for global 'Site of the Day'

'Awwwards are the awards that recognize and promote the talent and effort of the best developers, designers and web agencies in the world.'awwwards.com.

Have a vote for your university and help raise awareness of the efforts of our staff members for creating this site.

Every vote counts. You can register, or vote through your Facebook, Google or Yahoo accounts.



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Community spirit helps inner city families flourish

Inner Melbourne families, with young children, are found to be more community focused than their outer suburb counter-part families.

The research, run by researchers in the School of Health and Social Development, shed light on a crucial difference between inner and outer suburb families; inner city families developed community friendships through incidental meetings, where outer suburb families meet friends through organised services, such as a kindergarten or play group.

''The inner city women drew quite heavily on their neighbours as a support for helping them to raise their children,'' said Dr Fiona Andrews. ''However, that wasn't the case for the outer suburban women … they tended to draw much more from organised groups to get support.''

While inner suburbs families relied on public spaces for social interaction, outer families tend to use their car more, which impacted the opportunities for coincidental meetings with neighbours.

The study also discovered that fathers who lived in inner-city locations were more involved in the care of their children than those in outer areas, due in part to the shorter commute time to and from work.
''Outer suburban women had a lot less involvement from their partners and a lot of that had to do with the distance that men had to travel to work,'' said Dr Andrews. ''They often had to leave for work earlier and they got home later, often after children were in bed.''
The research findings were presented at the Australian Institute of Family Studies conference 2012.


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Alliance a prescription for a healthy workforce

AN Australian-first partnership will work to address local health workforce issues and help Deakin University health students gain practical experience in the field.

Head of Deakin University’s School of Health and Social Development, Professor Catherine Bennett, said the network would provide the university with direct access to local preventive health measures that would help shape curriculum and teaching practices.

She said it would also give SWPCP and agency staff the opportunity to influence student learning.

Senior lecturer from the Deakin University School of Health and Social Development Matthew Ebden said it would benefit both organisations as well as students and the wider community.

“It will help Deakin to support the region with new graduates with expertise around health promotion,” Mr Ebden said.

“We will identify, develop and implement projects in key health priority areas and give students an opportunity to pick up real research as part of their studies.”

Mr Ebden believed it was the first time a university and PCP organisation had co-located and agreed to work in partnership. SWPCP executive member and Timboon District Healthcare Service CEO Wayne Weaire said the arrangement would help the community to address shortages in local health professions.

The new arrangement aims to improve workforce recruitment and retention.

SWPCP is now based at Deakin’s Warrnambool campus as part of the three-year pilot program.

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Health Impact Assessment short course 21-24 June 2011

This four-day course will enable practitioners to understand how to conduct, commission, review or coordinate future health and social health assessments within a range of realistic work settings. Case studies and activities will be used to develop skills for those in Government, not-for-profit and corporate sectors. The principle focus of the training will be on impact assessment methodologies and techniques and their application in policy, program or project contexts.

Please refer to the link below for registration form and more details


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US Lambda Literary Award nomination for Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli

Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli has once again been nominated as a finalist (top 114/500) in the prestigious US Lambda Literary Awards. Dr Pallotta-Chiarolli was shortlisted and subsequently awarded as joint winner in the fiction category of the Awards last year. This year she has been nominated and shortlisted in the Academic/Non-fiction Category.

The nominated book 'Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools' is published by academic publisher Rowman and Littlefield. It is testimony to Dr Pallotta-Chiarolli's breadth of expertise and ability to write for multiple audiences that she has received this international recognition now in both fiction and non-fiction categories.



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Dr Lisa Barnett wins prestigious NHMRC postdoctoral research training fellowship

Dr Lisa Barnett of the School of Health and Social Development has been awarded a four-year NHMRC postdoctoral research training fellowship valued at $290 032. Dr Barnett’s program of research is ‘Understanding the role of motor skill ability and motor skill perception in physical activity behaviour’. She will be supervised by Professor Catherine Bennett (School of Health and Social Development) and Professor Jo Salmon (Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research).

The research program is an extension of Dr Barnett’s PhD studies through the University of Sydney. Her PhD found that children who have better object control skills (i.e. catching, kicking and throwing) developed into adolescents who were more physically active and fitter, and who also had higher perceived sports competence. Dr Barnett is interested in how socio-ecological factors (e.g. parental and environmental factors) associated with motor skill competence impact on children’s physical activity. Her investigation will focus on children ranging in age from pre-school to adolescence.




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Public lecture and workshop by Professor Nancy Mayo, McGill University

The Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences in conjunction with the Developing Research Leaders Program invites you to attend a lecture and workshop presented by Professor Nancy Mayo on Tuesday 27 April at the Melbourne Campus at Burwood.

Professor Mayo is a James McGill Professor in the Department of Medicine, McGill University. She is also Research Scientist at the McGill University Hospital Centre Research Institute where she is the head of the Health Outcomes Axis. Professor Mayo’s research focus is on disability from a rehabilitation, health services and epidemiological perspective. Her research has focussed mainly on stroke and the elderly and has included activities such as surveillance, health services optimisation, and clinical trials of rehabilitation interventions. Methodologically, Professor Mayo’s expertise lies in the conduct and analysis of clinical trials and longitudinal studies, and in measurement theory and quality of life research.

The public lecture ‘Bridging the gap: how complex interventions analysed simply can take you down the wrong path’ will illustrate the complexities of designing and analysing interventions that are individually tailored to patients’ needs.

The half-day workshop on ‘Application of modern methodological reasoning to designing clinical research’ will outline advances in methodological reasoning and illustrate their application in the modern research proposal. Attendees will have the opportunity to apply a series of methodological frameworks to their own research areas.

Workshop
Tuesday 27 April
9 am – 12.50 pm
GA1.29 Greenwood Park
Melbourne Campus at Burwood

Public lecture
Tuesday 27 April
2.15 pm – 3.45 pm
Lecture Theatre 6 (B.4.12)
Melbourne Campus at Burwood

For further information, please contact:
Professor Richard Osborne
Chair in Public Health
9244 6999
richard.osborne@deakin.edu.au

To register for the workshop, please contact:
Crystal McPhee
9244 6292
crystal.mcphee@deakin.edu.au


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Creating Sustainable Futures

Join us in the first cross-faculty, interdisciplinary unit for 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate students around environmental sustainability.

The aim of the unit SHD201/301 Creating Sustainable Futures, (offered Trimester 2, at the Melbourne Campus at Burwood) is to provide you with the vision, tools and inspiration to meet challenges such as climate change and peak oil. No prior knowledge of the environment is needed.

- Creating Sustainable Futures is offered as an elective

- You will work with students from other faculties

- You can enrol online via StudentConnect or find out more information via the Handbook through unit search.

Below are some comments from students involved in the 2009 trial program:

'It was beyond my expectations...in that I made such good connections within the group and across faculties...I actually became more passionate about the whole thing and I didn't think it would evoke that feeling in me.'

'This project inspired me beyond belief, why not give other students the opportunity to see what is really going on in the world and let them get passionate about it.'

'The overall program was really good. Was planned and implemented by the students and the dedicated Deakin staff. Hats off for arranging a "green snacks" to go along with the subject.'

Sonia Nuttman
School of Health and Social Development

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Australian European Public Health Education (AUS-EUPHE) Joint Mobility Project

The Australian European Public Health Education (AUS-EU PHE) Joint Mobility Project is a three-year project designed to enable public health students and staff to undertake exchange at one of the School of Health and Social Development’s four European partner universities:
• University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg, Germany
• Kaunas University of Medicine in Kaunas, Lithuania
• Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
• University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark

The first year of the Project has been very successful, with a number of milestones reached. The School received its first two exchange students from the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg, Germany, and the first three public health students from Deakin are currently on exchange studying at
the University of Southern Denmark in Esbjerg. Additionally, three more public health students are preparing to travel to the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg for Trimester 1, 2010.

Dr Emma Miller and Dr Melissa Graham were the first members of staff to travel under the scheme and have visited each of the partner universities. During these visits each university’s public health programs were explored to identify commonalities and opportunities. These visits also provided the opportunity to explore international research collaborations. The main outcome of the visits was the
strengthening of the School’s relationship with each partner institution.

In early October each of the four Australian partner universities (Deakin University, Curtin University of Technology, Flinders University, and Griffith University) along with the University of Applied Sciences and Jagiellonian University in Brisbane met to develop a shared international curriculum on health equity, human rights, social exclusion and cultural competencies for an international public health workforce. The outcome of this two-day meeting was the development of three areas of study for inclusion into Deakin’s public health programs.


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Celebrating partnerships that enhance student learning and build partner capacity

‘A key action for building capacity to promote health is for organisations to work in partnership (DHS 2009)’

On Thursday 8 October the School of Health and Social Development held a partnership forum as part of its broader capacity building strategy to enhance work integrated learning (WIL) within public health / health promotion (PH / HP) courses. The full-day forum, which was held at a local community venue in Manningham, attracted over 80 partners from within the public health / health promotion field. There was an essential mix of industry partners (representing community and women’s health, local government, not-for-profit and charitable organisations) as well as third-year health students, former graduates of the PH / HP courses, the School’s academic staff and Deakin staff from teaching, learning and careers departments.

The objectives of the day were to:
• showcase work integrated learning currently undertaken within the PH / HP program, and offer partners an insight to how they may be able to link into WIL opportunities in the future
• create an opportunity for partner agencies through workshop activities, to share skill and competency areas that the sector consider pertinent to graduate readiness and transition to the PH / HP workforce.

The highlights of the day were guest speakers Associate Professor Dineli Mathers’ in her role as the Victoria President of the Australian Collaborative Education Network who contextualised the emerging value of WIL in the higher education sector, and Alischa Ross CEO YEAH (Youth Empowerment Against Aids) who spoke about her experience of starting from scratch an organisation built on the
energy and enthusiasm of volunteers and students on placement.

There was a strong student presence with presentations by the Deakin Promoting Health Network committee and WIL research presentations by recent graduates Myra Purcell and Ashlee Richmond.

MC Stephen Bendle from YMCA Victoria facilitated a lively mid-morning panel discussion debate about the opportunities and challenges inherent to WIL partnerships and PH / HP practice. A fresh, healthy and long lunch provided all with an opportunity to celebrate networks and build new relationships. In the afternoon a series of workshops were held around professional development,
career progression and partnership sustainability. A focus group was also facilitated by a Deakin third-year student who has been developing a WIL toolkit in her work placement unit, HSH303 Health Promotion Practicum.

The forum evaluation and broader project outcomes report (including a mapping of WIL within the PH / HP degree) will be available in early 2010. Anecdotally, though, the following participant quotes sum up some of the main outcomes of the forum:

Industry partner: ‘I feel I understand the context of the student placements better as a result of today and I’m motivated to engage further with Deakin’.

Student partner: ‘I saw in practice today the value of partnership development and why work placements and volunteering can really make the difference when you go for jobs’.

Academic partner: ‘Today was an acknowledgement of the goodwill that exists and that WIL multiplies the benefits of our curriculum’.

For further information about the WIL project outcomes please contact: rebecca.patrick@deakin.edu.au or jan.moore@deakin.edu.au in the School of Health and Social Development.


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Faculty teaching staff recognised in Vice-Chancellor's Awards

Congratulations to Berni Murphy from the School of Health and Social Development on receiving not one but three well deserved teaching awards:
* 2009 Deakin University Award for Teaching Excellence
* 2009 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching
* 2009 WJC Banks Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Learning and Deakin University Teacher of the Year.

Other recipients include:
* Dr Diane Phillips - Teaching Excellence
* Dr Lynne Riddell - Teaching Excellence
* Dr Nicky Konstantopoulos - Research Excellence
* Dr Aaron Russell - Research Excellence
* Dr Karen Campbell - Outstanding Contribution to Research: Early Career Researcher
* Professor Joseph Graffam - Outstanding Contribution to 'People, Culture and Change'

Congratulations to the following staff who were awarded citations from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
* Associate Professor Bernie Marshall - Creating conditions that nurture and inspire teaching and learning excellence.
* Dr Greg Tooley, Ms Susie Macfarlane, Associate Professor Alex Mussap - Transformation of the teaching approach in the School of Psychology through redevelopment of content, delivery and student and staff engagement into a model of excellence.

Each Citation recognises recipients' contribution to quality teaching and learning, and commitment to improving the overall student experience. Awardees also receive a grant of $10,000 which may be used to advance their work on teaching and learning. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on 10 August.


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Master of Social Work to commence January 2010

The new course Master of Social Work, H703 is now active, commencing 1st January 2010 having received Council approval at the June meeting. The course will be offered OFF campus only to Domestic and International students.

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Teaching awards for Berni Murphy

Congratulations to Berni Murphy, Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Development, on receipt of not just one but three well deserved teaching awards:

• 2009 Deakin University Award for Teaching Excellence
• 2009 Vice Chancellors Award for Distinguished Teaching
• 2009 WJC Banks Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Learning and Deakin University Teacher of the Year

Congratulations Berni!



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School staff win ARC Linkage Grants

The following staff from the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences have recently been successful in winning an ARC Linkage Grant. Congratulations to the recipients:

Dr C Hume, Ms A Carver, Associate Professor J Salmon, Dr V Cleland, Dr J Veitch, Associate Professor K Ball and Professor D Crawford of the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences. ‘Individual, social and physical environmental influences on children's active transport and independent mobility’
Total funding over three years: $74 996

Associate Professor Kylie Ball, Professor D Crawford, Dr S McNaughton, Dr V Inglis, and Ms J McWhinnie of the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences.
‘Improving eating behaviours in low-income communities’
Total funding over three years: $70 000


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Congratulations to Associate Professor Rod Snow - Chair in Exercise Physiology

I am very pleased to announce that Associate Professor Rod Snow has been appointed by the University to the position of Chair in Exercise Physiology. Rod is recognised to be one of the country’s most respected Exercise Scientists, and is internationally recognised for his research in exercise physiology. He has been a major contributor to the School’s success in both teaching and research, and has been a mentor for many staff across the School. Rod has also played a key role in the leadership of the Exercise and Sports Science group, and as a member of the School’s Executive group. I believe this to be a fantastic appointment. Please join me in congratulating Professor Rod Snow on this well-deserved recognition.


Alfred Deakin Professor David Crawford
Head of School
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences


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Perfect five for the Behavioural Epidemiology Group

The Behavioural Epidemiology Group within Deakin University’s Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research (C-PAN) in the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences had scored a perfect five.

‘We put in for five research fellowships through both the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the National Heart Foundation of Australia (NHFA)’, said the Head of School and recently appointed Alfred Deakin Professor, Professor David Crawford.

‘I knew we would do well because all our grant applications these days are always highly competitive. But when we got five out of five, especially when you consider the normal success rate with these applications nationally is about 15-20 per cent, well, that¹s an astonishing result.’

The famous five are:
• Dr Verity Cleland ¬NHMRC Public Health (Postdoctoral) Fellowship ‘Understanding and promoting physical activity amongst socioeconomically disadvantaged women’.

• Dr Kylie Hesketh NHFA Australian Career Development Award ‘Promoting physical activity and reducing sedentary behaviours during early childhood to prevent overweight’.

• Dr Clare Hume ¬NHFA Postdoctoral Research Fellow ‘Influences on physical activity among children living in urban and rural areas’.

• Dr Sarah McNaughton ¬NHFA Postdoctoral Research Fellowship ‘Dietary patterns and diet quality in population health: developing the evidence-base for public health nutrition’.

• Dr Jenny Veitch ¬NHFA Postdoctoral Research Fellowship ‘Influences of the neighbourhood physical and social environment on children¹s physical activity, sedentary behaviour and overweight on obesity’.

‘I think this result highlights the trajectory we are on at Deakin’, Professor Crawford said. ‘I guess 10 years ago winning one of these fellowships would have been a great outcome. Our expectation as a group now is that we will do at least as well at the national average in these schemes.

‘With this particular group I would have been very disappointed if we didn¹t get at least four of the five and I was very chuffed when we picked up the fifth of the five. It just tells me the University is going places, that our reputation on the national and indeed international stage has grown in recent years.’


For previous newsletter stories on Dr Verity Cleland visit:
www.gsdm.com.au/newsletters/deakin/aug08/verity.html

For previous newsletter stories on Dr Jenny Veitch visit:
www.gsdm.com.au/newsletters/deakin/Nov08/veitch.html

For previous newsletter stories on Dr Clare Hume visit:
www.gsdm.com.au/newsletters/deakin/Apr08/Research%20coup.html




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Open Days

Deakin University Open Days 2009

Sunday 9th August
10am - 3pm
Geelong Campuses

Sunday 16th August
10am - 2pm
Warrnambool Campus

Sunday 23rd August
10am - 4pm
Melbourne Campus at Burwood



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Health Career Week

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MPH Information Evening

Here is an exciting opportunity to gain an internationally recognized postgraduate degree while studying with four of Victoria’s leading universities. For more information please open attachment below.


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HIA Short Course

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Jigsaw Symposium

On the behalf of the HDR Student Support Group Jigsaw, I'd like to take the time to invite you to the upcoming Jigsaw Symposium, which is the first 'formal' activity for the School of Health and Social Development in 2008. The symposium will be held on Tuesday 19th February 4pm-6pm in the Richard Searby Room (hd2.006 - Just past Mista Luca's Resturant). Drinks and nibbles will be available at the conclusion of the presentations.

It's a chance to celebrate some of the ground-breaking research that our HDR students are carrying out.

The program will be;
Introduction

Symposium welcome (Julia Shelley & Jigsaw Committee)
Opening address (Prof. Ann Taket, Head of The School of Health and Social Development)

Presentations

Erin Hill 'The descriptive epidemiology of hysterectomy for menstrual problems - From Honours to PhD'
Hayley McKenzie 'Conceptualising a study of the child support scheme for low-income single parents'
Dionne Holland 'An ‘ecological’ model of program impacts'
Clare Land 'Decolonising solidarity'
Emma Bruce 'Evaluation of the Asthma Friendly Schools Program'


Closing

Guest speaker (Prof. Richard Ingleby, Vice Chancellor’s Office)

Could you please RSVP by 13th February 2008 to Dionne Holland

We look forward to seeing you there!!



Dionne Holland


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Health Information Evenings 2008

Sport
Melbourne Campus at Burwood, Thursday 8 May, 6.15pm, Lecture Theatre 12, Building X

Health Sciences and Public Health and Health Promotion
Melbourne Campus at Burwood, Thursday 15 May, 6.00pm, Lecture Theatre 12, Building X

Nutrition
Melbourne Campus at Burwood, Thursday 8 May, 7.30pm, Lecture Theatre 12, Building X

Psychology
Melbourne Campus at Burwood, Thursday 22 May, 6.00pm, Lecture Theatre 12, Building X

Geelong Campus at Waurn Ponds, Wednesday 21 May, 6.00pm, Building ka3.406

Warrnambool Campus, Tuesday 20 May, 5.30pm, Building J2.01

Nursing
Melbourne Campus at Burwood, Wednesday 30 July, 6.00pm, Lecture Theatre 1, Building I

Warrnambool Campus, Friday 18 July, 7.30pm, J2.01

Geelong Waterfront Campus, Thursday 10 July, 6.00pm,
Percy Baxter Theatre

Medicine
Melbourne Campus at Burwood, Wednesday 7 May, 6.00pm, Lecture Theatre 13, Building HE

Geelong Campus at Waurn Ponds
Tuesday 6 May, 6.30 - 7.30pm
Lecture Theatre 1

Ballarat
Ballarat Base Hospital, Drummond Street, Ballarat
Thursday 8 May, 6.00 - 8.30pm,
Ballarat Hospital Education and Resource Centre

More course information on each of these areas will be available at university Open Days
Geelong Campuses, 10 August 2008

Warrnambool Campuses, 17 August 2008

Melbourne Campus at Burwood, 24 August 2008

For more information please contact:
Deakin University, Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences
Faculty Student Centre
Phone: 03 9251 7777
Email: hmnbs-support@deakin.edu.au
Or visit www.deakin.edu.au/hmnbs


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Revolutions for Women

Final report - Jan Garrard, Sharyn Crawford, Natalie Hakman


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Christmas pudding fundraiser

It's time again to raise money for the HOPE Project Cambodia, and receive yummy Kings Christmas Puddings in return! 100% of the money raised from the sale of the puddings goes towards HOPE Project activities. In amongst the numerous initiatives the project is involved in, Getting the Kids to School Program is the main focus of the Pudding fundraiser. Last year 26 children received education scholarships and this year we are hoping to increase this number to 40!

I have attached an order form which you need to complete and return to me in J5.16 on the Burwood Campus (if sending via internal mail please email me first for further details on how to do so safely). All orders and money need to be on my desk by midday on Monday 3rd of December. You can pay by cash (preferred) or cheque (made out to Kipco Pudding Company), but I must have payment at the time of order. Please speak to me if you need another method to pay.

While we are running this from within the School of Health and Social Development at Deakin, it is not 'our own fundraiser' and we strongly encourage support from other Schools, Faculties, Divisions and external partners. If you not from the School of health and Social Development and have been sent this email we would appreciate you forwarding this on to your colleagues. For those who are not on the Burwood campus you can still order your puddings (previously we have gone through the mailroom with great success).

Please show this order form around to family and friends and collect outside orders. It will be great to see some large pudding orders, but regardless of how many you order if everyone brought just one pudding we could make a vast difference to the lives of so many in Cambodia.

And if you don't like Christmas puddings? You can buy them for gifts or we are more than happy to receive a donation to the project.

For those who haven't been a part of the Christmas Pudding Fundraiser before here is a little information on what HOPE is all about?

The HOPE Project Cambodia is a community based organisation that works in three villages in Chup Commune Prey Net Preah District Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia. They work with local authorities and the communities to develop sustainable social and economic initiatives that will improve the health and wellbeing of the poorest and most vulnerable families in these communities. The HOPE project is run by two Cambodian women who live and work in the project villages. Liz Hoban (Senior lecturer in the School of Health and Social Development) is the founder and technical advisor.

The HOPE Project is involved in a number of initiatives including; providing education scholarships to children; working with artisans to export their work and secure work within Cambodia; the constructions of drilled wells to provide villagers with water for drinking, personal hygiene and domestic use; and coordinating a sewing project to employ and train women to make clothing and others items to sell.

If you would like more information please let me know.

I will be distributing orders on the 17th and 18th December. If you are already on leave at this time please let me know I can organise to have it delivered to your home.

If you have any questions please email me (dionne.holland@deakin.edu.au) or phone (924 46561).

I look forward to receiving your orders!

Dionne

Dionne Holland
Research Fellow
School of Health and Social Development
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway
Burwood
Vic 3125

Phone: 03 9244 6561
Fax: 03 9244 6261
Email: dionne.holland@deakin.edu.au


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Attention students and supervisors involved in Honours, Masters by Coursework and Graduate Diplomas who are conducting human research projects

Attention students and supervisors involved in Honours, Masters by Coursework and Graduate Diplomas who are conducting human research projects
you are required to submit your DUHREC ethics final report / annual report / extension to the DUHREC HMNBS Subcommittee.

The direct web link to the form is:
http://www.deakin.edu.au/hmnbs/research/ethics-documents/f4-annual-report-request-extension.doc

Final/annual/extension DUHREC ethics report forms are due by November 20 2007. Early submissions would be appreciated.

Please complete the report and forward to:

Steven Sawyer
Manager, Collaborative Programs & Research
Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences
Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway
Burwood, 3125


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Deakin University & DHS (Barwon South Western Region) Partnership

Please see the attached brochure for more information and feel free to circulate this to other networks.

Date: Thursday 22 November 2007
Time: 4.00-6.00pm
Venue: Deakin University, Geelong Waterfront Campus

RSVP essential- robyn.perlstein@deakin.edu.au



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Victorian Consortium for Public Health

Are you a health professional wanting to increase your qualifications.
Here is an exciting opportunity to gain an internationally recognised postgraduate degree while studying with four of Victoria's leading universities.


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Faculty rowing - 2007 Australian Corporate Head of the River

On Saturday 13 October the Barwon River in Geelong will come alive with corporate crews competing in the 2007 Alcoa Australian Corporate Head of the River, which raises money for Geelong's United Way and Melbourne's Lord Mayor's Charitable Trust to help support health and human organisations.

Two novice crews from the Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences have been training hard over 4 weeks and will be competing this year: "Float Your Boat" from Burwood, and "Oarsomely Healthy" from Geelong.

So, come on down to the river to cheer on the Deakin staff and students in this 10th anniversary event: a lot of laughs, a fun family day including food, drinks, water show extravaganza, and fireworks ... to say nothing of the rowing!!


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A Critical Perspective - Ronnie Egan

Social Work supervision in Australia - A critical perspective - Ronnie Egan from Victoria University


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Writers' workshop

Have you ever thought of writing for publication...


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Supporting Functional Family

Supporting Functional Family
Greg Roberts BSW (Hons) & current Deakin HDR student


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Supporting Functional Family Relationships in Death and Beyond

Supporting Functional Family Relationships in Death and Beyond.
Greg Robers BSW (Hons) & current HDR student


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Masters of Public Health Information Night

The Master of Public Health course provides graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct public health research; develop, analyse and implement policy; and to plan and evaluate health services and programs.

Study full-time or part-time.

COME TO OUR INFORMATION NIGHT
Wed 31 October 2007 6:30pm – 8:30pm



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Tackling Mental Health Drought Initiatives 2006-2007

Tackling Mental Health Drought Initiatives 2006-2007

Produced for the Department of Human Services

Written by the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Unit in the School of Health and Social Development

For further information please contact Jenny-Lyn Potter on +61 3 9251 7215 or via email on jenny-lynn.potter@deakin.edu.au

Download Tackling Mental Health Drought Initiatives 2006-2007 report




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Workshop: Introduction to Health Coaching for Health Professionals -Two Day Workshop

Workshop:Introduction to Health Coaching for Health Professionals -Two Day Workshop

Venue: Balmoral Receptions, 66 Hyland St (Hamilton Highway), Fyansford, VIC

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