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The realm of communications has dominated Renee Buckingham’s life since she graduated from Griffith University with a degree in journalism in 2001 and took her first steps into the hectic world of broadcast media. Six years reporting for Prime TV, Channel 9 and Channel 10 were followed by more than three years leading media and […]

Having operated since 1984 the program enables Year 11 and 12 students to experience a wide variety of science in labs on university campuses and in other research or science-driven industry environments. The program selects around 450 students from around 2000 applicants each year who are invited to attend a 12 day science immersion program […]

The understanding of diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s is set to take a step forward following groundbreaking technology which will enable cell analysis using automated 3D microscopy. An initiative between the Griffith’s School of Information Communication Technology and the Eskitis Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, the technology will allow the automated identification, separation […]

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 […]

Gillian Fisher had always dreamed of being a scientist so at age 40, she left her world as a pet shop owner and began life as a university student. Now aged 47 and a nationally recognised researcher, the PhD student is celebrating receiving a $57,000 National Health and Medical Research Council(NHMRC)scholarship for her study on […]