Tagged with Griffith Health Institute

The Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, will officially launch the first National Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing Interventions for Hospitalised Patients at Griffith University’s South Bank campus tomorrow(April 20). With $2.5 million funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council and an initial five-year program of research focus on skin integrity and […]

A twin-pronged research project into childhood phobias is underway at the Griffith Health Institute. Researchers at the Gold Coast and in Brisbane are seeking the participation of 140 children, aged between seven and 17, for a study which aims to develop new and effective treatments of children’s deepest fears. “If your child is afraid of […]

Up to 20 per cent of people who have heart attacks also have to deal with depression afterwards, and many never know. This is one of the links between the heart and mind being explored in an important new research project at Griffith University. Dr Chris Stapelberg from the School of Applied Psychology needs 120 […]

The underlying causes and knock-on effects of ambulance ramping at Queensland hospitals are explored and analysed in a ground-breaking report published today by the Griffith Health Institute. In the first official study of the phenomenon and the practices associated with ambulance ramping, researchers from Griffith University examined its impact on the delivery of emergency health […]

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. “We need more blood and saliva samples to advance this research,” Professor Lyn Griffiths, Director of the GHI (pictured), says. “We are looking for patients currently suffering from lymphoma […]

It’s a little known bacterium with a global reach and its presence in the human system can go unnoticed for a lifetime. Group B streptococcus (GBS) affects one third of the world’s female population at any given time but because of its miniscule and mysterious make-up it usually has little bearing on a person’s health […]

Medical science served MotoGP legend Mick Doohan well, helping to extend a glittering, all-conquering but injury-riddled career. The five-time world champion from the Gold Coast has now reconnected with medical science after joining the Griffith Health Institute’s Development Board. Managing director of the Gold Coast Bulletin, Sylvia Bradshaw has also taken up membership of the […]