Health Check - Issue 33

HealthCheckG r i f f i t H H e a l t H Q u a r t e r l y

Issue 33, 2012

NursiNg aNd Midwifery iN LaosClinical placement experience lifts capacities and horizons.

the most complicated 1.3 kilograms known to humanity

griffith high heeLs circLe the gLobeGold Coast research stuns the world by proving the obvious.

faciNg fear aNd aNxietyPsychology goes mobile with new smartphone app.

Promoting Health, enabling Communities

The

Brain Issue

Welcome To a neW year and a neW look HealTH cHeck.

Each issue of Health Check will also now centre its content around a theme that profiles some activity within the Health Group. The first issue will feature the brain or as Dr Trevor Hine from Applied Psychology calls it, “the most complicated 1.3 litres of space known to humanity”.

A new year is also a time when we welcome our new staff and students to Griffith university. This is a time of significant development for the Health Group, particularly at the Gold Coast campus. The new Griffith Health Centre is starting to take shape alongside the new Gold Coast university Hospital. Together they will be the key components of the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct.

This year Griffith Health will launch two new academic programs - the Master of speech Pathology and a Graduate Diploma of exercise science. I’d like to take this opportunity to wish Associate Professor Libby Cardell and Dr surendran sabapathy all the best in directing their new programs.

Another new initiative being expanded is Griffith university’s development of rural health on the Darling Downs. The Health Group will soon build significant accommodation and teaching facilities in Kingaroy, Warwick and stanthorpe in collaboration with Queensland Health and Queensland Rural Medical education to support more students undertaking rural placements.

This investment will not only create improved facilities for the local communities, but opportunities for our rural students to undertake placements close to home and encourage more people from those communities to come to Griffith university. I’d like to acknowledge the significant support of the Federal Government’s Increased Clinical Training Capacity Program in funding this initiative.

Many staff have been finalising funding and grant applications over the last few

months, which will hopefully form the financial backbone to further research programs within the university. These applications can sometimes be extremely time-consuming and stressful, but well-funded research is the lifeblood of the Health Group so staff efforts are acknowledged and very much appreciated. I wish all staff every success with the applications for this round.

The summer semester break is also a time when many researchers take advantage of the student holidays to focus on their research. The quality of the research being undertaken across all schools and institutes within the Health Group is constantly improving. This is exemplified through the work presented at December’s Gold Coast Health and Medical Research Conference.

Cross-disciplinary research projects and partnerships are an important feature of the new research paradigm and it is pleasing to see these projects producing such positive results. A number of these projects feature in this edition of Health Check. I was particularly interested to read about Associate Professor Allison Waters’ work on child phobias with Virginia Tech, Dr Hine’s collaboration with Oxford university on his Brain Aid project and our Public Health collaboration with Peking Health science Centre.

Griffith university is already regarded as being among the top 10 universities for research in Australia and I am optimistic such collaborations will see this ranking rise in the coming years.

It’s already been a big start to a big year!!

Pro Vice Chancellor (Health)

Professor allan Cripps

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also inside this issue

> Nursing and Midwifery in Laos 3

> Griffith research circles the globe 4

> Welcome new staff, farewell old staff 4

> united Nations plugs into 1000 voices 5

> Griffith university to aid development of China’s public health system 5

> Dehydration, alcohol and risk-taking 6

> Facing the fear with a smart phone 7

> The keys to coping with anxiety and depression 7

> Young men and car accidents 8

> GHI researchers blast “Chemobrain” 8

> The diary in your head 9

> Digital neuroanatomy course 10

> Tackling our children’s deepest fears 10

> Migraine research changing lives 11

> Pes expands with new programs 12

> Chang Gung Nursing 13

> Queensland Child Protection symposium 13

> Natural disaster focus gets PM Award 14

> Tribute to medical research foundation 14

> Donors needed to boost fight against lymphoma 15

> Getting to the heart of the mood matter 15

a new year brings big developments and greater cross-disciplinary research.

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The school of Nursing and Midwifery has recently returned from clinical placement experience in Northern Laos as part of a partnership between the school and the seuang River Valley Community Development Project.

Midwifery lecturer Jane Menke and third-year student Coral Wilkinson were among a group of 18 students and three lecturers who home-stayed in the villages and ran health clinics attended by up to 200 villagers a day.

some clinics were held in very poor and remote villages which had never received any western-style health care.

Villagers are subsistence farmers working small plots in the mountains.

each day women from the village were invited to a session with Jane and Coral, where knowledge about safe birthing was shared with the help of local translators.

Traditional birth attendants were strongly encouraged to attend, to provide an opportunity for cross-cultural sharing of knowledge.

The sessions had a focus on the safe management of maternal post partum haemorrhage and the prevention of infection in newborns with clean umbilical cord care – two of the biggest killers of mothers and babies in developing countries.

sessions were fun and interactive with village women demonstrating (with a lot of laughter) how they birth their babies, with the use of upright positions aided by

ropes dangling from the ceiling of their bamboo huts.

The school of Nursing and Midwifery, in partnership with the Community Development project, will continue to build this program with the active involvement of midwifery and nursing students.

The positive relationship between the communities, Griffith university and the Development Project is delivering results that can be built on long into the future.

students also raised money for the building of a toilet and kitchen for a village health clinic, and the school is in the process of initiating a scholarship for Laos students to study in Luang Prabang to become Primary Health Care workers.

Photo: A Laos village birthing workshop in action

Nursing and Midwifery take clinics to remote laos

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Genius, as someone somewhere once said, is the art of seeing the obvious first, and in the case of GHI researchers Dr Neil Cronin, Dr Chris Carty and Professor Rod Barrett, it has taken their research all over the world.

The obvious in this case is that particularly masochistic form of footwear favoured by some women, the high heel. While adding to height and giving the legs some shape, no-one would argue they were particularly comfortable or good for your feet or back.

The odd thing was no-one had actually done the research, so the Centre for Musculoskeletal Research took up the challenge, testing the legs and feet of women who work in high heels, including local Gold Coast “Meter Maids”.

To say the media response was huge is an

understatement. More than 100 articles from all over the world were published, from the sober Houston Chronicle to the almost inconsolable Times of Oman.

“It went viral, didn’t it? Neil virtually had to hire a secretary for a week to answer all the enquiries that were coming in from all over the world.” said Professor Barrett.

First published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, Dr Cronin found high heels shortened the fibres in the calf muscles and put greater mechanical strain on the muscles, meaning heel-wearers needed more energy than those in flats.

The large muscle pressure that occurred when walking in heels could increase the likelihood of strain injuries.

Interestingly, the likelihood of injury continued when women changed to flat shoes or exercised in running shoes.

Griffith research circles the globe

Welcome new staff, farewell old staffThe Griffith university Health group would like to welcome the following people who have commenced work with us this year.

• Janice Bass – Nursing and Midwifery

• Pam Harnden – Nursing and Midwifery

• Jo everingham – Nursing and Midwifery

• Beth Pierce – Nursing and Midwifery

• stephanie Oliver – Nursing and Midwifery

• sohil Khan – Pharmacy

• Nathan Reeves – Physiotherapy and exercise science

• Courtney Clarke – Physiotherapy and exercise science

• Associate Professor Libby Cardell – Physiotherapy and exercise science

• Dr samantha siyambalapitiya – Physiotherapy and exercise science

• Dr Marleen Westerveld – Physiotherapy and exercise science

• Associate Professor Faruk Ahmed – Public Health

• Dr Mindaugas stankunas – Public Health

Griffith Health bids a fond farewell and thank you to staff who have departed or will be leaving soon.

• Jann Fielden – Nursing and Midwifery

• sarah stewart – Nursing and Midwifery

• Associate Professor Michael Rathbone – Pharmacy

• Dr Laetitia Hattingh – Pharmacy

• Prof Roger Hughes – Public Health, Nutrition and Dietetics

• Dr Michael Leveritt – Public Health

• Ms Alisha Lucas – Public Health

• Ms sonia Offord – Physiotherapy and exercise science

• Dr Jane Grayson – Physiotherapy and exercise science

Photo: Dr Neil Cronin investigating the effects of high-heels

Griffith Health has partnered with Peking Health science Center (PHsC) in Beijing to address public health concerns in China and across the Asia Pacific region.

Professor Peiyu Wang, PHsC International Relations and Research expert, visited Griffith university’s Gold Coast campus for the signing of a new agreement with Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Allan Cripps.

The Peking Health science Center selected Griffith university for its strengths across a number of health areas and, in particular, to aid in the development of a new, comprehensive public health model for China.

“essentially this partnership forms the basis of a bilateral program of assistance for the health sector in China,” said Professor Cripps.

“It will draw upon the benefits of each institution’s programs, collaborative links and industry, to build workforce capacity in China in the fight against respiratory and infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes,

stroke, hypertension and mental health issues.

“The solutions found through this collaboration will also be a unique and beneficial lesson to the Australian health care system. We can learn from our colleagues at Peking based on their strong links with government and their ability to influence national policy in preventive medicine and health.

“It will also increase our joint capacity and reputation in public health research globally, and see our students and staff welcome the opportunity to work together with Peking university on a multi-disease international health project with China’s number one university,” he said.

Griffith university has had a long history of engagement with Peking university and first partnered with Beijing Medical university in 1996 (which later became part of Peking university’s Faculty of Medicine) for scholarly exchanges and teaching collaboration.

Griffith to aid development of China’s public health system

The united Nations is set to collaborate on Griffith university’s innovative 1000 Voices disability research project.

1000 Voices is a web-based storytelling exercise which invites people with disabilities to describe their personal experiences. Its long-term aim is to record the voices of 1000-plus different participants from all over the world.

Professor Lesley Chenoweth, head of Griffith university Logan campus, travelled to Bangkok in January to participate in a workshop with delegates involved in a uN action research project on Disability, Poverty and Livelihoods.

“They are very interested in our methodology and it is possible that the framework used for 1000 Voices could be developed for a much bigger study across the Asia Pacific region,” she said.

Dr Naomi sunderland from the Griffith Health Institute’s (GHI) Population Health Research Program presented the 1000 Voices project to an expert group of uN delegates in Thailand last year. Her presentation triggered a keen interest that led to the Bangkok workshop.

This GHI initiative offers not only experience but also a potential model for the research to be implemented by the uN’s economic and social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (esCAP).

More than 120 narrators have logged on and detailed the most intimate and personal aspects of life with a disability since the project launched almost two years ago. These range from a teenager’s account of how pregnancy led to paraplegia to the tale of one man’s life with cerebral palsy and epilepsy.

“It’s a research project with a difference. It’s a public awareness project first and a research project second,” Dr Naomi sunderland said. “It’s a participant-led way of collecting data where we say ‘Let’s hear what your life is like’.”

united Nations plugs in to 1000 Voices

Photo: Professor Lesley Chenoweth (red) at the launch of 1000 Voices in 2011


the Brain issue

The connection between alcohol and dehydration has long been established, mainly in its contribution to crashing hangovers. Now Griffith university researchers have found there may be a far more dangerous connection and it could be a wake-up call for sportspeople and tradies.

Medical scientists attending the Gold Coast Health and Medical Research Conference in December heard that people who began drinking after exercise-induced dehydration were more likely to undertake risky activities, such as drink-driving, than non-dehydrated drinkers.

Research Centre for Clinical and

Community Practice and Innovation (RCCCPI) PhD scientist Chris Irwin set out to explore how the body absorbed alcohol after dehydration and changes in the body because of it, known as Pharmacokinetics.

The results of this avenue of research were inconclusive but the team noticed a significant difference in the way the research subjects behaved.

“The subjects all drank the same amount and kind of alcohol over the same time period while we monitored their blood and breath alcohol levels. We were looking for physical changes,” he said

“What we actually observed was, after exercising, the dehydrated group was significantly more likely to do things

like drink-driving.

“This could be partly explained by the fact the dehydrated subjects also reported experiencing significantly-lower effects of intoxication. They thought they weren’t drunk.

“The behaviour of elite athletes while intoxicated has been the subject of concern for some time, but they are less likely to be dehydrated simply because all elite programs try to minimise dehydration. It would more likely affect weekend amateurs,” he said.

Mr Irwin and his team are not only interested in athletes. As dehydration also affects tradesmen he is planning to extend his research to construction workers.

Dehydrated drinkers more likely risk takers

...dehydrated subjects also reported experiencing significantly lower effects of intoxication, they thought they weren’t drunk.

Chris Irwin


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For people suffering serious anxiety disorders the wait between visits to their therapist can seem an eternity, and then there’s what to do when someone experiences a period of heightened distress.

To help carry the benefits of the therapist in your pocket Bonnie Clough, a PhD student in the school of Applied Psychology, has developed a mobile therapeutic program accessible through a smartphone application (App).

The App aims to not only assist people to overcome their anxiety disorders but provides strategies for moving beyond those critical moments when it all falls apart.

The App contains a suite of techniques developed in conjunction with the therapist to act as a kind of tool box for the sufferer. The use of these techniques can also act as the homework assigned by the therapist and developed and practised together.

When the patient uses the App the data is recorded and sent to the therapist so they can analyse the relative success of the techniques.

Communication is also two-way.

“Compliance is a huge problem in psychology. Getting patients to regularly complete the exercises asked of them before their next session is one of the major impediments to successful treatment,” said Ms Clough.

“Having the exercises on the phone makes it more easily accessible and usable.

“Because it sends results in live to our remote server, if homework isn’t being done we can send out a little prompt,” she said.

Collecting data in real time means the therapist has actual information in front of them when the patient arrives for their next appointment.

so next time you see someone looking frustrated with their iPhone, it may be an issue with therapy, not telephony.

A group of former Griffith university Applied Psychology students has developed a new tool to help people suffering from stress, anxiety and depression and has channelled the results into an emerging business.

The MindAid Coping Keys won the Health Group prize at the 2010 Griffith university Innovation Challenge (GuIC), and in the 18 months since has generated a great deal of interest and positive feedback.

The Coping Keys are a set of 20 keys, or cards, that contain helpful statements to help individuals cope effectively with emotionally-difficult situations, as a personal support aid or in conjunction with psychological treatment.

Team members Leah Pischek, Magnus Reiestad and Janita stocks believe the GuIC program was essential to getting the product from concept to market.

“Griffith university arranged business coaches to assist us throughout the process, and to keep us motivated and confident, especially leading up to the presentations and judging,” said Ms Pischek.

sales are going well, with the Coping Keys currently selling online, via a resource website for psychologists, and in some local pharmacies and psychology clinics.

The keys evolved from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy research a form of psychological therapy based around helping a person understand, manage and change their thoughts (cognitions) and actions (behaviour).

“Good mental health is so vital and we feel strongly about our goal to help people to think well and live well. It has been worth the effort, and we are grateful for what we have learnt over the last year and a half,” said Ms Pischek.

Mr Reiestad said the business had many other ideas in the pipeline.

“We are implementing some product enhancements already, and are currently looking into an iPhone/smartphone app for the Coping Keys”.

facing the fear with a smart phone

Photo: (L-R) Magnus Reiestad, Janita stocks and Leah Pischek with the Coping Keys

The keys to coping with anxiety and depression


early identification and treatment of prospective memory impairments has the potential to improve outcomes and independence of individuals with early psychosis.

accidents waiting to happen

How do we stop our young men from driving like maniacs and killing themselves and others?

Research by Griffith Health Institute’s (GHI) Behavioural Basis of Health program has found it may be harder than we think, with neurological research indicating young men’s brains are predisposed to risk taking and seeking approval for risk taking, particularly from their peers.

Applied Psychology Associate Professor Ian Glendon’s findings came from reviewing neurological research from the post-MRI era (1990s onwards).

“When you take an evolutionary perspective it’s not surprising. Who are the ones who will go into battle against the next village or hunt wild animals?

“The brains of young men can make them predisposed to risky activities. Put them behind the wheel of a car and you have the possibility of some very dangerous outcomes,” he said.

A shifting balance between the limbic and cortical areas of the brain, which govern risk taking and reward seeking, is one of the predisposing conditions for young men engaging in extreme acts.

This is backed by the earlier development of subcortical regions, which results in many young men seeking immediate rewards (eg. peer approval) over longer-term rewards.

Overlapping this is the relatively slower development of the prefrontal cortex, which increases the liability of becoming frustrated and the potential for disorganised or irrational decision making.

The final ingredient to the cocktail is the lack of development of the executive functions of the prefrontal cortex which doesn’t occur until a person’s 20s, initiating an individual’s emotional maturity and a lessening of their need for peer approval.

Dr Glendon’s ongoing research program is concerned with what we can do to change the situation.

Photo: courtesy sarah G

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Applied Psychology research blasts “Chemobrain”


Remembering future events is one of the most important aspects of memory and, as everyone who has ever forgotten their partner’s birthday knows, can have enormous repercussions. It is called prospective memory (PM).

PM is mediated by the prefrontal cortex and is instrumental in educational, vocational, psychosocial, and everyday functioning.

A study conducted by Professor David

shum, Deputy Director of the Griffith Health Institute, and his colleagues in 2011 investigated the extent to which PM in individuals with early psychosis can benefit from a memory enhancement technique.

The technique, called Implementation Intentions, is a simple process of getting participants to repeat what they are supposed to remember and to visualise doing it.

Professor shum presented his findings as a keynote speaker at the first annual Mental Health Conference organised by the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of sciences in Beijing, China.

early identification and treatment of PM impairments has the potential to improve outcomes and independence of individuals with early psychosis.

However, few studies have examined whether individuals with early psychosis suffer from PM impairment, and whether this group could benefit from memory enhancement techniques.

To explore this phenomenon, the researchers recruited 30 individuals with early psychosis from the Gold Coast Integrated Mental Health early Psychosis service and 33 healthy participants aged 17-25 years. Results indicated PM performance of participants with early psychosis was more impaired than that of healthy individuals.

The memory enhancement technique was found to be beneficial for both groups of participants.

Taken together, such results indicate that memory enhancement techniques may be effective in improving PM in individuals with early psychosis, though more research is needed before this technique can be generalised to everyday settings.

The diary in your head

Photo: Deputy Director of Griffith Health Institute, David shum

sufferers call it “Chemobrain” or “Chemofog”, the memory loss and cognitive problems that accompany cancer treatment.

unfortunately for many survivors, the fog doesn’t lift once the cancer is beaten, leaving some people with significant memory or attention problems

For a long time doctors felt powerless to observe let alone confront this condition. However in recent years neurologists have been able to measure changes in brain function through electroencephalography (eeG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and have found the condition not only exists, but can persist for years after chemotherapy ends.

Behavioural Basis of Health researcher Dr Heather Green is leading a team of

researchers from the school of Applied Psychology to find possible treatments for this condition, which can affect up to a third of all patients being treated for non nervous-system cancers.

Dr Green’s cognitive rehabilitation program seeks to treat not just objective “chemobrain” sufferers, but subjective (unobservable) sufferers as well.

“We developed a program involving a variety of tools from mnemonics to imagery to help patients develop new memory and attention strategies.

“We developed it as a group activity, and then to test the results we put three groups together – one was cancer survivors doing our program, the others were cancer and non-cancer survivors not doing our program.

“The comparison groups got slightly better, but the people in our program significantly improved their memory and cognitive performance over the life of the program,” Dr Green said.

significantly for Dr Green, improvement was found in both the objective and subjective groups.

The next step for the program is to repeat the process and the results and, if successful, refine the process into a recognised and respected treatment program.

Dr Green’s findings will be presented at the International Cognition and Cancer Taskforce (ICCTF) conference in Paris later in the year.


Parents looking for solutions to their children’s phobias may soon find hope if a study beginning this year at Mt Gravatt and the Gold Coast proves successful.

About 80 per cent of adult phobias develop in childhood and about 12 per cent of all children develop some kind of phobia.

The international study into childhood

phobias involves researchers from Griffith Health Institute’s Behavioural Basis of Health program and the Child study Center at Virginia Tech university in the usA.

Researchers are looking for 140 children in Brisbane and the Gold Coast to take part.

Behavioral Basis of Health researcher

Associate Professor Allison Waters is leading the project and believes the study could lead to a breakthrough in helping children and their worried parents overcome fears, which can develop into life-long anxiety problems if left untreated.

“Researchers at Mt Gravatt will focus on a computer-based attention-focusing program and the Gold Coast will use a pharmaceutical method to enhance a single session of exposure therapy,” Associate Professor Waters said.

Professor Tom Ollendick from the Child study Center at Virginia Tech, has developed a program which can treat many phobias in a single session of exposure therapy, but recognises only 60-70 per cent of children respond to any treatment.

“If you can control your fear you can control your anxiety. A phobia is a learned fear, if you can learn it you can unlearn it,” said Professor Ollendick.

The Gold Coast group, lead by Dr Lara Farrell, is using an antibiotic traditionally used to cure tuberculosis (D-Cycloserine), but which has been discovered to improve the brain’s learning receptors.

each child will receive a thorough assessment, receive a single session of treatment and will be monitored until the end of 2013.

For more information http://www.griffith.edu.au/health/behavioural-basis-health

Tackling our children’s deepest fears

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The human brain – what it looks like, how the bits go together, where they are located and how it works – make up the essentials of an introductory neuroanatomy course.

Wrap those elements together in a high-definition, digital package and you have BrainAID, the world’s first digital anatomy learning tool to feature the complete dissection of a human brain and produced by Griffith Health.

The digital course began life in 2007 as a collaboration between Dr Trevor Hine and Dr Karen Murphy from Applied Psychology and Dr Helen Massa, then Head of the

school of Anatomy, from Medical science.

Realising there was a gap in the education tools for understanding what Dr Hine calls “the most complicated 1.3 litres of space known to humanity”, the three set about finding a way of filling it.

The dissection and commentary was performed by neuroanatomist Dr Clare Aland, who has recently become Director of Anatomy at Oxford university in the uK.

“Fundamentally, all students need to know the structure and organisation of a human brain, whether they are Medical, Nursing, Dentistry, Psychology or Physiotherapy students,” said Dr Hine.

“BrainAID provides a primer of brain structure, function, locations and interactions.

“It will be an excellent tool for students everywhere and an invaluable resource for use in remote areas to aid student learning.

“It gets the students closer to the brain than they get in a lecture, they can watch it over and over again and, as opposed to many other products available, it’s an actual human brain,” he said.

The BrainAID project was funded by Griffith university and is being developed in partnership with Griffith enterprise.

Digital neuroanatomy course on the way


Medical research can often be a lonely, gruelling profession with little personal payoff or connection to the end result of your research, if indeed there is an end result.

However world-leading migraine research at the Griffith Health Institute (GHI) is making a substantial impact, with scientists able to assist some sufferers of the debilitating events only months after the initial clinical trial.

Mrs Karen Richardson, a Redcliffe resident, had been told since she was a child that she was a “headachy little girl”, growing up drinking Disprin in her cordial.

“The headaches grew more intense and

more regular into adulthood and by the age of 40 had become events which left me seeing flashing lights and vomiting for days,” said Mrs Richardson.

“I was at breaking point where if I didn’t find something to help I felt I was going to lose control of everything. It was around this time that I heard a Griffith university person on the radio talking about the (migraine) trial.”

The trial, led by GHI director Professor Lyn Griffiths, involved vitamin treatment directed towards overcoming a genetic mutation that researchers had identified in about 20 per cent of migraine sufferers.

“About six years ago we identified a

genetic mutation in migraine sufferers and from then progress has been steady and promising,” said Professor Griffiths.

Mrs Richardson was given the treatment developed from the trial of B vitamins, with nearly immediate effect.

“I genuinely believe they gave me some control of my life back again,” said Mrs Richardson.

Mrs Richardson has recently found her son may suffer similar symptoms, but feels some comfort that a treatment may not be far away.

http://www.griffith.edu.au/health/genomics-research-centre

Genomic research changing lives for migraine sufferers


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Orientation week marked the launch of two new postgraduate programs for the school of Physiotherapy and exercise science: the Master of speech Pathology and the Graduate Diploma of exercise science.

The Master of speech Pathology will fill the increasing need for specialists working with children and adults to develop or rediscover clear, concise speech and the social confidence that comes with it.

Thirty-five students make up the first cohort of the program and they have already started observation placements since the close of orientation week.

The official Master of speech Pathology program opening was attended by staff, students and clinicians from across the state.

Dr Petrea Cornwell, Queensland Branch Manager for speech Pathology Australia, was on hand for the launch, and said she looked forward to working with Griffith university in the coming years.

Associate Professor elizabeth Cardell will be the foundation Program Convenor for the Master of speech Pathology and is joined by Dr samantha siyambalapitiya and Dr Marleen Westerveld.

Griffith Health is collaborating with a wide range of service providers in southeast Queensland and northern New south Wales to ensure students have the best clinical placement opportunities.

The Graduate Diploma of exercise science also commenced teaching with fifteen

students recruited for the launch of the program which will combine advanced exercise science coursework with clinical placement.

Teaching will focus on application and integration of exercise science knowledge, competency in the assessment management and treatment of chronic disease, appropriate professional communication and team relationships in the clinical environment.

Program Convenor Dr surendran sabapathy, Mr Nathan Reeves and Ms Beth sheehan make up the teaching team for the program which will produce graduates able to practice as Accredited exercise Physiologists (AeP).

school of Physiotherapy and exercise science expands with new programs

Photo: The first students to begin the Master of speech Pathology


Griffith university researchers were at the forefront of discussions about issues affecting vulnerable Australian children at the Queensland Child Protection Research symposium held at south bank in November.

The major themes that emerged were improving children’s participation in decisions affecting their lives, enhancing children’s wellbeing in care, especially their health and educational attainment.

More action was also demanded to address the alarming level of over-representation of Indigenous children in care in Australia.

Head of school, Human services and social Work, Professor Patrick O’Leary opened the symposium and talked about his work on child protection in emergencies and disaster situations in international settings.

The aims for the symposium were to showcase current and recent child protection research in Queensland and to explore opportunities to strengthen research and practice through possible collaborations and links.

The auditorium at south Bank was full to capacity with child protection researchers, policy makers and practitioners, demonstrating the high degree of interest in research and contemporary practice in this field.

The Health Group was represented by presenters Professor Clare Tilbury, Dr Rae Thomas, Mr Peter Walsh and Dr Julie Clark. Ms sue Rayment-McHugh from the Griffith Youth Forensic service also presented.

Queensland Child Protection research symposium

Three Nursing students took up Griffith Health’s commitment to broaden professional experience by taking up study tours in Taiwan.

During late November 2011, three second-year nursing students were invited by Chang Gung university of science and Technology in Taiwan to complete a 10-day international study tour.

Jennifer Besgrove, susan Robinson and Barbara Willis from Logan, Gold Coast and Nathan campuses undertook clinical observation at the enormous Chang Gung

Memorial Hospital in the ear nose and throat ward and emergency Department.

They also participated in lectures provided by the various specialists and medical staff.

The Chang Gung Memorial Hospital is the largest hospital in Taiwan with about 3,500 beds, 80 operating theatres, 3,500 nurses and about 300 doctors on staff.

The Outpatients department alone sees about 10,000 patients per day.

Jennifer, susan and Barbara also had an opportunity to understand how

Chinese traditional medicine, nutrition and medical cosmetology worked in a hospital setting.

The students were welcomed by the President of the university and each of the students was partnered with a nursing student. This allowed them to integrate into university life visiting the night markets at the university, a Confucian Temple and enjoying some local cuisine.

It is anticipated the program could be an ongoing exchange with nursing students from Chang Gung university of science and Technology visiting Griffith university.

Chang Gung Nursing


Gold Coast Public Health student Nicola Banwell travelled to Canberra in February to collect a Prime Minister’s Australia Asia endeavour Award.

Ms Branwell’s research focuses on mental health following natural disasters.

The award, valued up to $53,000, allows top university students to spend six to 12 months in Asia as part of their degree, followed by an internship or work placement in Asia.

Nicola will spend 18 months in China where her honours year research project will focus on the effects of natural disasters on mental health, and what measures are in place to prevent mental health problems.

The 21-year-old will develop her research plan at the highly-rated Peking university for six months before embarking on a year-long internship through regional communities affected by floods, drought, landslides and earthquakes.

“I’m hopeful that my study can inform

management of natural disasters in Australia, mainly because in China they have so many more of these weather events,” Nicola said.

“I will examine individual coping strategies and how competent and efficient people are when a natural disaster happens.

“I will also focus on self-esteem and confidence. A person’s ability to take action can be affected when these are undermined.

“In China, the work in this area is more upstream with a preventative focus through education helping people to be more prepared and able to deal with natural disaster.”

Her research will take her into some of China’s most rural communities affected by natural disaster, to be selected by her Griffith university supervisor Dr Jing sun.

The Australia Asia endeavour Awards are open to Australian undergraduates and postgraduates in any field of study.

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In December Pro Vice Chancellor, Professor Allan Cripps, paid tribute to the sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation which won the HMRI Great Australian Philanthropy Award at the gala Research Australia Awards ceremony in Melbourne.

“A key achievement of the Foundation has been its investment in young medical researchers, particularly through its highly-competitive and much sought-after medical research grant programs,” Professor Cripps said.

The sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation was established in 1992 with an initial bequest of about $60 million to benefit organisations and institutions involved in medical research into diseases, and the alleviation of hardship of the aged and sick.

Today the Foundation is worth about $150 million.

George Curphey OAM, chair of the sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation, accepted the prestigious Research Australia Award.

Along with long-term partnerships with The salvation Army, Cancer Council Queensland and Prevent Blindness Foundation, the Foundation has helped almost 100 researchers to further their careers through its medical research program.

“The Foundation’s flagship program is the senior Medical Research Fellowship worth $975,000 over five years to support outstanding researchers to establish a research career in Australia,” Professor Cripps said.

The Foundation has also provided vital and significant backing for cancer research since 1998, with its funding for the pilot phase of a key melanoma screening trial leading to breakthrough results in 2001.

“During this time, over 16,000 people were screened for melanoma and the rate of diagnosis of early curable melanoma more than doubled in the towns receiving the program,” Professor Cripps said.

The annual Research Australia Awards recognise achievements in the health and medical research community.

tribute to medical research foundation

Photo: Brisbane 2011

Natural disasters and mental health attracts PM Award


up to 20 per cent of people who have heart attacks also have to deal with depression during the recovery period, and many never know. This is one of the links between the heart and mind being explored in an important new research project at the Griffith Health Institute.

Dr Chris stapelberg from Griffith university’s school of Applied Psychology needs 120 recruits for a 12-month study that could lead to a breakthrough in understanding both conditions and how they interact with each other.

“If you’ve had a heart attack, your risk of developing depression is about four times higher than it is for the general population. If you’ve suffered from depression, your risk of developing heart disease is at least doubled,” said Dr stapelberg.

Cardiovascular disease is the largest cause of death in Australia.

“If this research can help with the detection of depression then that would be a significant step forward in its own right.”

Four groups of 30 people will take part in the clinical trial. The first group will include people in good health who have not been diagnosed with depression and with no heart problems.

A second group will have been diagnosed with depression but will not have suffered a heart attack, while members of the third group will have had a heart attack but no experience of depression. The final group will have experienced both conditions.

In the case of those diagnosed with depression, Dr stapelberg is seeking people who are currently not taking antidepressant medication.

Dr stapelberg will run the research from the Lakeside Rooms practice in Robina in collaboration with Professor David shum and Associate Professor David Neumann from Griffith’s school of Applied Psychology and Professors Harry McConnell and Ian Hamilton-Craig from the Griffith Health Institute.

http://www.griffith.edu.au/health/heart-foundation-research-centre

Getting to the heart of the mood matter

Donors needed to boost fight against lymphoma

A breakthrough in the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is within reach for researchers at the Griffith Health Institute, who have renewed an appeal for public support.

Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is the most common blood-borne cancer. Its prevalence in Australia is increasing at a rate of four per cent each year, and it is the sixth leading cause of death in the country.

The disease is manifested by abnormalities in the blood-stream affecting the lymphoid glands and organs of the immune system.

Research by Professor Lyn Griffiths’ Genomic Research Clinic team on the Gold Coast has identified new genes involved in the development and progression of lymphoma.

Any new understanding of lymphoma and the diverse biological and genetic mechanisms behind the disease is likely to help with developing more sensitive clinical tools and improving

survival rates for patients.

“We need more blood and saliva samples to advance this research,” said Professor Griffiths.

“We are looking for patients currently suffering from lymphoma, or people who have previously had lymphoma to take part in the study.

“Importantly, we are also looking for healthy donors too because we need their samples to use for comparisons.

“This is a priority for us now. There is an extensive need to develop new treatments for this disease and we need public help. Anyone in any part of Australia can participate.”

since 2008, research has focused on determining genes involved in lymphoma development and also genes that could be suitable targets for new therapeutic drugs.

http://www.griffith.edu.au/health/molecular-basis-disease

Photo: Professor Lyn Griffiths


Research needing volunteers

Photo: Dr Chris stapelberg

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Boislard PM, & Zimmer-Gembeck MJ (2011), Sexual subjectivity, relationship status and quality, and same-sex sexual experience among emerging adult females. Journal of educational and Developmental Psychology, 1, 54-64.

Bhattarai, s., Bunt, C., Rathbone, M., & Alany, R. G. (2011). Phase behavior, rheological and mechanical properties of hydrophilic polymer dispersions. Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, 16(3), 259-268.

Broadley s, Patsopoulos NA, de Bakker PI, esposito F, Reischl J, Lehr s, Bauer D, Heubach J, sandbrink R, Pohl C, edan G, Kappos L, Miller D, Montalbán J, Polman CH, Freedman Ms, Hartung HP, Arnason BG, Comi G, Cook s, Filippi M, Goodin Ds, Jeffery D, O’Connor P, ebers GC, Langdon D, Reder AT, Traboulsee A, Zipp F, schimrigk s, Hillert J, Bahlo M, Booth DR, Brown MA, Browning BL, Browning sR, Butzkueven H, Carroll WM, Chapman C, Foote sJ, Griffiths L, Kermode AG, Kilpatrick TJ, Lechner-scott J, Marriott M, Mason D, Moscato P, Heard RN, Pender MP, Perreau VM, Perera D, Rubio JP, scott RJ, slee M, stankovich J, stewart GJ, Taylor BV, Tubridy N, Willoughby e, Wiley J, Matthews P, Boneschi FM, Compston A, Haines J, Hauser sL, McCauley J, Ivinson A, Oksenberg JR, Pericak-Vance M, sawcer sJ, De Jager PL, Hafler DA (2011) Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies novel multiple sclerosis susceptibility loci. Annals of Neurology. 70(6): 897-912.

Crowley, J., Ball, L., Wall, C. and Leveritt, M. (2012). Nutrition beyond drugs and devices. A review of the approaches to enhance the capacity of nutrition care provision by general practitioners. Australian Journal of Primary Health, ePub, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY11116.

Desbrow B, Biddulph C, Devlin B, Grant GD, Anoopkumar-Dukie s, Leveritt M (2012). The effects of different doses of caffeine on one hour cycling performance. Journal of sports science 30(2): 115-120.

Duell BL, Carey AJ, Tan CK, Cui X, Webb RI, Totsika M, schembri MA, Derrington P, Irving-Rodgers H, Brooks AJ, Cripps AW, Crowley M, ulett GC (2011). Innate Transcriptional Networks Activated in Bladder in Response to Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Drive Diverse Biological Pathways and Rapid Synthesis of IL-10 for Defense against Bacterial Urinary Tract Infection. Journal of Immunology. 2012 Jan 15;188(2):781-92. epub Dec 19.

Duell BL, Cripps AW, schembri MA, ulett GC (2011). Epithelial cell coculture models for studying infectious diseases: benefits and limitations. Journal Biomedicine Biotechnology. epub Oct 5.

Duell BL, Tan CK, Carey AJ, Wu F, Cripps AW, ulett GC (2012). Recent insights into microbial triggers of interleukin-10 production in the host and the impact on infectious disease pathogenesis. FeMs Immunology Medicine and Microbiology, ePub 23 Jan.

Fernandes PT, snape DA, Beran RG, Jacoby A (2011) Epilepsy stigma: What do we know and where next? epilepsy & Behaviour. 22(1): 55-56.

Foster, L., Knox, K., Rung, A., Mattheos, N. (2011). Dental Students’ Attitudes Toward the

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Freeman LM, Lam A, Petcu e, smith R, salajegheh A, Diamond P, Zannettino A, evdokiou A, Luff J, Wong PF, Khalil D, Waterhouse N, Vari F, Rice AM, Catley L, Hart DN, Vuckovic s (2011) Myeloma-induced alloreactive T cells arising in myeloma-infiltrated bones include double-positive CD8+CD4+ T cells: evidence from myeloma-bearing mouse model. Journal of Immunology, 187(8): 3987-3996.

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Gordon LG, eckermann s, Hirst N, Watson DI, Mayne GC, Fahey P, Whiteman DC (2011) Healthcare resource use and medical costs for managing oesophageal cancer. British Journal of surgery. 98(11): 1589-1598.

Gottlieb T, Nimmo GR (2011) Antibiotic resistance is an emerging threat to public health: an urgent call to action at the Antimicrobial Resistance Summit 2011. Medical Journal of Australia. 194(6): 281-283.

Green, H. J., steinnagel, G., & Morris, C. (2011). Using the commonsense and transtheoretical models to understand health behaviours after diagnosis with prostate or breast cancer, In J. C. Holland & M. Watson (eds.) Abstracts of the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, Antalya, Turkey, Psycho-Oncology, 20 (suppl. 1), New York: Wiley, pp. 271-272.

Hamilton-Craig C, Hamilton-Craig I (2011) Coronary calcium scan and coronary CT angiography: chalk and cheese. Cardiology Today. 1(3): 9-16.

Hamilton-Craig I, Watts GF, sullivan DR, Poplawski N, van Bockxmeer F, Clifton PM, O’Brien R, Bishop W, George P, Barter PJ, Bates T, Burnett JR, Coakley J, Davidson P, emery J, Martin A, Farid W, Freeman L, Geelhoed e, Juniper A, Kidd A, Kostner K, Krass I, Livingston M, Maxwell s, O’Leary P, Owaimrin A, Redgrave TG, Reid N, southwell L, suthers G, Tonkin A, Towler s, Trent R; (2011) Familial hypercholesterolaemia: A model of care for Australasia. Atherosclerosis Supplements. 12(2): 221-263.

De Gioannis A, De Leo D (2012). Managing suicidal patients in clinical practice. Open Journal of Psychiatry 2(1):49-60.

De Leo D, Cimitan A, Dyregrov K, Grad O, Andriessen K (2011). Lutto Traumatico: L’aiuto Ai Sopravvissuti (Bereavement from Traumatic Deaths: Helping the Survivors) Alpes, Italy: pp 224.

De Leo D, Milner A, sveticic, J (2012). Mental disorders and communication of intent to die in suicide cases of indigenous people of Qld. suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, Published online: 10 Feb 2012. DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.00077.x

Holden L, scuffham PA, Hilton MF, Ware Rs, Vecchio N, Whiteford HA (2011) Health-related productivity losses increase when the health condition is co-morbid with psychological distress: findings from a large cross-sectional sample of working Australians. BMC Public Health. 11(1): 1-9.

Itthagarun A, Verma s, Lalloo R, King NM, Wefel Js, Nair RG (2011). Effects of fluoridated milk on artificial enamel carious lesions: A pH cycling study. Journal of Dentistry, 39, 817-24.

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Lalloo R, Johnson NW, Blinkhorn A, Ichim P. (2011). Australian dental students views on a compulsory internship scheme. Health education Journal, 70, 468-474.

Masuda A, Poelmans s, Allen T, spector P, Lapierre L, Cooper C, Abarca N, Brough P, Ferreiro P, Fraile G, Lu L, Lu C, siu O, O’Driscoll M.P, simoni A, shima s, & Moreno-Velasquez I (2012). The relationship of flexible work arrangements with work-to-family conflict, job satisfaction and turnover intentions: a comparison of three country clusters. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 61(1), 1-29.

Mathieson LC, Murray-Close D, Crick NR, Woods Ke, Zimmer-Gembeck, MJ, Geiger, TC & Morales, JR (2011). Hostile intent attributions and relational aggression: The moderating roles of emotional sensitivity, gender, and victimization. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39, 977-987.

Matias MA, saunus JM, Ivanovski s, Walsh LJ, Farah Cs. (2011) Accelerated wound healing phenotype in Interleukin 12/23 deficient mice, Journal of Inflammation, 20;8(1):39, London.

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Mudge AM, Denaro CP, scott AC, Atherton JJ, Meyers De, Marwick TH, Adsett JA, Mullins RW, suna JM, scuffham PA, O’Rourke PK (2011) Exercise training in recently hospitalized heart failure patients enrolled in a disease management programme: design of the EJECTION-HF randomized controlled trial. european Journal of Heart Failure. 13(12): 1370-1375.


Newall AT, scuffham PA (2011) Uncertainty and variability in influenza cost-effectiveness models. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 35(6): 576-577.

Nusem I, Moghaddam AK (2011) Darrach’s ulnar resection and ulna intercalary bone graft for non-union of the distal radius: two birds one shot. european Journal of Orthopaedic surgery and Traumatology. 21(5): 345-349.

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Perks s, Robertson s, Haywood A & Glass B (2012). Clozapine repackaged into dose administration aids: a common practice in Australian hospitals. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 20(1), 4-8.

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syrmis MW, Moser RJ, Whiley DM, Vaska V, Coombs GW, Nissen MD, sloots TP, Nimmo GR (2011) Comparison of a multiplexed MassARRAY system with real-time allele-specific PCR technology for genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 17(12): 1804-1810.

Thomas, R., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2011). Accumulating evidence for best practice: The case of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and child maltreatment. Child Development: special Issue on Raising Healthy Children, 82, 177-192.

Venturato, L., Moyle, W., & steel, A. (2011). Exploring the gap between rhetoric and reality in dementia care in Australia: Could practice documents help bridge the great divide? Dementia: The International Journal of social Research and Practice, published online, 7 November 2011.

Wasiak J, spinks A, Costello V, Ferraro F, Paul e, Konstantatos A, Cleland H (2011) Adjuvant use of intravenous lidocaine for procedural burn pain relief: A randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial. Burns. 37(6): 951-957.

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Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J, Ducat, W., & Collins, W. A. (2011). Autonomy development during adolescence. In B. B. Brown & M. Prinstein (eds.), encyclopedia of Adolescence (pp. 66-76). New York: Academic Press.

Zimmer-Gembeck MJ (2012). Adolescent sexual behavior. To appear in R. J. R. Levesque (ed.). encyclopedia of adolescence. New York: springer.

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Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Lees, D, & skinner, e. A. (2011). Children’s emotions and coping with interpersonal stress as correlates of social competence, Australian Journal of Psychology, 63, 131-141.

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conferencesAlfarsi, M., Hamlet, s., Ivanovski, s. The influence of titanium surface hydrophilicity on human macrophage proinflammatory cytokine gene expression. Gold Coast Health & Medical Conference, 1-2 December 2011, sea World Resort, Gold Coast.

Davey AK, McDemott C, Perkins A, Grant G, & Anoopkumar-Dukie s (2011). Pyocyanin toxicity in respiratory, astrocytoma and urothelial cells in vitro. Gold Coast Health and Medical Research Conference. Gold Coast.

Davey, A.K., Haywood, J., & Woods, A.e. (2011). The effects of insufflation conditions on rat mesothelium. surgical Research society AsM, Adelaide.

Desbrow B. Caffeine and Sport, when two addictions collide. Australia New Zealand Nutrition society Conference, Queenstown, New Zealand, Dec 2011.

Doan N, Xiao Y, Crawford R, Reher P. Ten years retrospective study of dental implants outcomes of 1241 dental implants using flapless techniques in two private dental practices in Brisbane, Australia. 20th International Congress of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, 1-4 November 2011, santiago, Chile.

elshiyab, s., swain M.V., Waddell, J.N. The effect of sandblasting and annealing on the bi-axial flexural strength of yytria tetragonal zirconia polycrystalline. Gold Coast Health & Medical Conference, 1-2 December 2011, sea World Resort, Gold Coast.

George R. Modified laser fiber optics in endodontics. Pan Arab endodontic Conference, 12 January 2012, Dubai, uAe.

Glass B, Victoria L, Robertson s, Mylrea M, & Haywood A (2011). Implications on stability of repackaging drugs into Dose Administration Aids.


Australasian Pharmaceutical science Association Annual Conference 2011, Adelaide, Australia, 11-14 December.

Gopalakrishnan VL, Itthagarun A, King NM. Remineralization potential of CPP-ACP (ToothMousse) applied for one minute in vitro. Australia and New Zealand Branch of society of Paediatric Dentistry, 24-28 August 2011, uluru, Australia.

Green HJ, steinnage G, & Morris C. Using the commonsense and transtheoretical models to understand health behaviours after diagnosis with prostate or breast cancer. Poster presented at the 34th Annual National Conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy, sydney, Australia 26-30 October 2011.

Hamlet, s. Regeneration and reconstruction: Research overview. Gold Coast Health & Medical Conference, 1-2 December 2011, sea World Resort, Gold Coast.

Hall, T. (2011). Pharmacy practitioners – Experiences from a pharmacist led pain clinic. Medicines Management 2011, the 37th sHPA National Conference, 10-13 November, Hobart, Australia.

Hattingh, H.L., & Higgins, s.J. An evaluation of community pharmacists’ responses to ethically challenging requests for emergency contraception. Australian Pharmaceutical science Association Annual Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 11-14 December 2011.

Hope, D., Hattingh, L., & Haywood, A. Safe dispensing practice: development and evaluation of a blended learning tool to enhance dispensing in pharmacy practice education. ICeRI 2011. 4th International Conference of education Research and Innovation, Madrid, 14-16 November 2011.

Hsieh JT, Chen J, Reher V, Lalloo R, Reher P. Referral patterns from general medical practitioners to dentists prior to the use of oral bisphosphonates in Australia. 20th International Congress of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, 1-4 November 2011, santiago, Chile.

Huang e, snyman C, Hamlet s, Ivanovski s. Osteogenic signalling pathways of human mesenchymal stem cell in response to different titanium surfaces. Gold Coast Health & Medical Conference, 1-2 December 2011, sea World Resort, Gold Coast.

Hughes-stamm s, Ashton K, Warnke F, van Daal A. STR Genotyping of Environmentally Challenged Skeletal Samples. The 22nd International symposium on Human Identification, , 3-6 October 2011, Washington DC, usA.

Ivanovski, s. Molecular mechanism of Osseointegration. Gold Coast Health & Medical Conference, 1-2 December 2011, sea World Resort, Gold Coast.

Johnson NW. Micro-organisms of the Human Mouth: the Mostly Good; Occasionally Bad. Pathology update, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, 5 March 2011, Melbourne.

Johnson, NW. Oral Manifestations as Sentinels and Signposts of HIV disease. Faculty of Dentistry, university of Papua New Guinea, 4 February 2011, Port Moresby, PNG.

Johnson NW Prevention of Oral Cancer in the Asia-Pacific Region: Time for New Directions & New Initiatives. symposium on oral cancer, tobacco and oral health, 3-4 June 2011, Mumbai, India.

Johnson NW. Reducing the Burden of Oral Cancer in Sri Lanka: New Directions & New Initiatives. Workshop on Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Oral Cancer, Ministry of Health, 15-17 November, Faculty of Dentistry, university of Peradeniya, sri Lanka.

Johnson NW. Trends in Oral Cancer and OPMD in the Indian Subcontinent: overview with emphasis on Risk Factor Modeling and Primary Prevention. Keynote address: Indian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologists, 19 November 2011, Hyderabad, India.

Kroon J. Evaluating the costs and benefits of water fluoridation. Gold Coast Health & Medical Conference, 1-2 December 2011, sea World Resort, Gold Coast.

Kroon J, Van Wyk PJ. Is water fluoridation still a viable option for dental caries prevention in South Africa? Gold Coast Health & Medical Conference, 1-2 December 2011, sea World Resort, Gold Coast.

Kularatna s, Whitty J, Johnson N, schuffam P. Health state valuation in low and middle income countries: a systematic review of the literature. Gold Coast Health & Medical Conference, 1-2 December 2011, sea World Resort, Gold Coast.

Lalloo R, evans J and Johnson NW. Students’ reflections on a rural dental clinical placement. Gold Coast Health & Medical Conference, 1-2 December 2011, sea World Resort, Gold Coast.

Manakil J. Periodontal diseases and the bidirectional relation with the systemic diseases. Gold Coast Health & Medical Conference, 1-2 December 2011, sea World Resort, Gold Coast.

Mattheos N. Healthcare Practice in the Age of Internet: Potential and Dangers of a New Era. Gold Coast Medical and Health sciences Conference, Radisson Resort Gold Coast, 28-29 October 2011.

Mattheos N, storrs M, Oberholzer T. An innovative model for inter-professional, team-based treatment planning in comprehensive care clinic. Gold Coast Health & Medical Conference, 1-2 December 2011, sea World Resort, Gold Coast.

Reher P, Reher VGs, Gribel BF. Supra-apical posterior ostectomy and zygomatic miniplate anchorage – a new approach to treat severe skeletal anterior open bites. 20th International Congress of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, 1-4 November 2011, santiago, Chile.

Rao s, Xu D, Davey AK, Xu M, Lin L, & Wang J (2011). The effect of isosteviol on hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia in rats fed with high-fat emulsion. Australasian Pharmaceutical science Association Annual Conference 2011, Adelaide, Australia, 11-14 December

shah A, Hamlet s, Ivanovski s. Bone regeneration using modified hydrogel biomatricies. Gold Coast Health & Medical Conference, 1-2 December 2011, sea World Resort, Gold Coast.

speicher D, Johnson, NW. Evaluation of a new commercial kit for examining HHV-8 shedding and subtype in saliva. Gold Coast Health & Medical Conference, 1-2 December 2011, sea World Resort, Gold Coast.

speicher DJ, Wanzala P, D’Lima M, Dimba e, Nijiru A, Perera R, Chindia ML, Johnson NW. Diagnosis of oral and cutaneous Kaposi’s sarcoma in Africa: Challenges involving histology and molecular detection. 23rd Annual conference of the Australasian society for HIV Medicine. 26-28 september, 2011, Canberra.

speicher DJ, Johnson NW. Evaluation of a new commercial kit for examining HHV-8 shedding and subtyping in saliva. Australian society for Microbiology Annual scientific Meeting. 4-8 July 2011, Hobart.

sun J, Buys N, Wang X (2011). The characteristics and capabilities of new Chinese Entrepreneurs and their emerging small to medium size enterprises. The 8th sMes in a Global economy Conference 2011: “Rising to the Global Challenge: entrepreneurship and sMe development in Asia”, Nong Khai Campus,

Khon Kaerr university, Thailand, 9-11 November.

Teo C, Chai L, George R, Walsh, LJ. Spectral emissions of near infrared lasers in root canals. Research Day, school of Biomedical sciences, university of Queensland 20 October 2011, Brisbane.

Van staden R, Guan H, Reher P, Johnson NW. Short dental implant: finite element analysis of stress characteristics in posterior maxilla. Gold Coast Health & Medical Conference, 1-2 December 2011, sea World Resort, Gold Coast.

Vaquette C, Fan W, Xiao Y, Hamlet s, Hutmacher D, Ivanovski s. A biphasic scaffold for simultaneous alveolar bone and periodontal ligament regeneration. Gold Coast Health & Medical Conference, 1-2 December 2011, sea World Resort, Gold Coast.

Warnke F, Liu Q, Voss e, Warnke PH. Alveolar crest preservation with osseoplugs. Australian New Zealand Association for Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons annual conference, 13-15 October 2011, Melbourne.

Warnke F, Liu Q, Voss e, Warnke PH. Calcium sulfate (CaSO4) coated polymer-ceramic composite plugs for alveolar crest preservation. Gold Coast Medical and Health sciences Conference, Radisson Resort Gold Coast, 28-29 October 2011.

Warnke, P.H., Liu, Q., Warnke, F., Brady, M.A. Coupling of two stem cell pathways - In vitro engineering of biological joint replacements. Australian New Zealand Association of Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons annual conference, 13-15 October 2011, Melbourne.

GraNtsBalfour Ms, Moyle W, Cooke, ML, Dunn JP (2011). Playful engagement and dementia: understanding the efficacy of applied theatre practices for people with dementia in residential aged care facilities, ARC (L) $200,000 $65 000 (2012), $80 000 (2013), $55 000 (2014).

Battle A, Dukie s, Nirthanan N, & Brown C (2012). Studying stretch active ion channel properties using the patch- and pressure-clamp. Griffith university Research Infrastructure Program. $50,000.

Battle A, Martinac B, & Cornell B (2012). Multidrug resistance - targeting membrane effects on bacterial mechanosensitive (MS) channels. Griffith university New Research Grant scheme. $13,576

Martinac B, Battle A, Friedrich O, Wagner s, & schürmann s (2011). The role of mechanosensitive (MS) channels in Ca2+ signalling in cardiomyocytes. Group of eight German Academic exchange service, Australian contribution, $20,000, european contribution, €30,000.

Mercado F (2011). Biomaterials for peri-implant tissue regeneration. NHMRC Postgraduate scholarship, $109,358

Moyle, W. & Cooke M. (2011). Emotional and Caregiver Robots. Griffith university Infrastructure Grants, $40,000

speicher D, Amarasinghe H, Johnson N (2011). Salivary diagnostics for HHV-8 and HPV in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: a controlled study of HIV positive and negative subjects. Australian Dental Research Foundation Research Grant, $10,271.

Waters, Zimmer-Gembeck, Pine, Craske, Mogg, Bradley (2012-2014). The Future of Childhood Anxiety Treatment: Translating Cognitive-Neuroscience Insights into Clinical Practice, Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery scheme National Competitive Grant $250,000.

Woods, P. (2012). Understanding the capabilities and knowledge required for the effective management of community pharmacies. Pharmaceutical society of Australia, Queensland Branch. $3,850.


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