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Professor Helen Marshall - a Leading Light
The University of Adelaide’s Professor Helen Marshall, AM has been named South Australia’s 2022 Woman of the Year, in the Advertiser, Sunday Mail, SkyCity Inspirational Women of the Year Awards, acknowledging her dynamic contribution to medical research.
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Adelaide Business School appoints new MBA Director
The University of Adelaide’s Adelaide Business School at has appointed a new MBA Director, Associate Professor Gary Bowman.
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Research Tuesdays: Covid pawsitive . . .
Our most loyal companions could soon be among our most valuable frontline health workers.
Study shows household and family ties significant in staving off dementia
In a global study, researchers in evolutionary medicine at the University of Adelaide have found that people living in larger households are at reduced risk of dying from dementia and could stave off the progression of the disease for longer.
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Ageing in place successfully could be all about where you live
Research from the University of Adelaide has shown that neighbourhood characteristics – from the location of medical services and how much green space there is, to the number of people involved in volunteer activities - can have a significant impact on older people’s ability to age successfully at home.
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University scientists lead the conversation on growing the space economy
The University of Adelaide’s Professor Matthew Gilliham is guiding a session on the technologies needed to support long-term space habitation at the Andy Thomas Space Foundation 13th Australian Space Forum.
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New appointments boost international expertise in psychology, neuroscience, and public engagement
The University of Adelaide has welcomed two new international appointments - Professors Elaine Fox and Kevin Dutton - to its School of Psychology, deepening its research expertise in neuroscience and psychology, and psychopathy.
University community remembers George Duncan
It was half a century ago this year that a quiet and unassuming law lecturer at the University of Adelaide lost his life after being thrown into the River Torrens in a hate crime that shocked the nation.
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Australia needs to ‘level up’ on research commercialisation
The University of Adelaide’s Professor Mark Hutchinson who is President at Science and Technology Australia (STA) and Director of the Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), will address the National Press Club on why Australia needs to ‘level up’ on research commercialisation – and how to do it.
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