December 2020

Celebrating 30 years of service

Date

December 17, 2020 - 09:03am

Healthy Tomorrow December edition | Associate Professor Heidi Smith-Vaughan celebrates 30 years of service.
A 25-year journey with Menzies

Image: Professor Joan Cunningham (L) with Associate Professor Gail Garvey (R). A social epidemiologist, with a core focus on equity in health and health care, Professor Joan Cunningham celebrated 25 years with Menzies this year. In 1993, Joan first visited Darwin and Menzies from...
Researcher profile | Dr Marita Hefler

Dr Marita Hefler’s health research career began in 2005 at a health service for young people in Sydney who were homeless or at risk of homelessness. “I was a health promotion officer, and one of the projects I ran was a trial to provide nicotine replacement therapy...
Research reducing sales of sugary products

Reducing in-store merchandising of unhealthy foods and drinks can reduce the purchase of those items, new research conducted in remote communities has found. The research, Healthy Stores 2020, examined how the store environment can be modified by working with retailers and store...
Associate Professor Kelvin Kong honoured with Menzies Medallion

Australia’s first Aboriginal surgeon and highly acclaimed ear, nose and throat surgeon, Associate Professor Kelvin Kong has been awarded the prestigious Menzies Medallion. The Menzies Medallion is the highest award given by Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies). A/Prof...
Growing a local biomedical and health sciences workforce

A new centre to provide training and develop career pathways in the biomedical and health sciences sector has been established at Menzies. The Ramaciotti Regional and Remote Health Sciences Training Centre is developing a sustainable, local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
Finding out What Matters across the life course

A new research program focused on finding out wellbeing measures across the life course for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, youth and adults is highlighting the importance of culture. The What Matters Wellbeing Research Program (What Matters), is working to develop...
Trainee Profile | Zyana Gall

Born on the Gold Coast and raised in Brisbane, Menzies trainee Zyana Gall hopes to one day work in emergency medicine and get her PhD. Zyana is a proud Palawa Aboriginal woman and her country is Lutruwita/Tasmania. She began her traineeship with Menzies in February 2020 with the...
Photo Gallery | Long Service Awards

2020 is the seventh year of Menzies long service awards, recognising 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30-year service milestones recorded in the calendar year. 25 members of staff were eligible for this year’s awards. Scroll down for the full list of award recipients. Associate...
Photo Gallery | Snapshot of 2020 award winners at Menzies

Ask the Specialist | A cultural education podcast ‘Ask the Specialist’ is a cultural education podcast which answers doctors’ questions about working with Aboriginal patients at Top End hospitals. “The Specialists” are Larrakia Elder Bilawara Lee, Tiwi...

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