Turning tables on attitudes to smoking

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Can the colour of a cigarette stick or even the smoke that is exhaled influence whether someone chooses to be a smoker or not? This is one of the issues to be presented at this month’s International Social Marketing Conference (ISM 2012) in Brisbane, to be hosted by Griffith University at South Bank. More than […]

Top Fellowship for Griffith Health professor

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Griffith Health Institute Professor of Preventative Health, Suzanne Chambers has been awarded the prestigious William Rudder Fellowship for 2012 by Cancer Council Queensland (CCQ). The award is a travelling fellowship which Professor Chambers will use to deepen her research connections in the US, most notably through the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute in New York and […]

Applied Theatre students hit the mark

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The stage is set, the lines are learnt and now it’s just a matter of turning nervous energy into dynamic performances. Second-year Griffith University applied theatre students are taking to the stage in The STRANGE-itoreum as part of the Out of the Box Festival at the State Library of Queensland this week. Written and directed […]

Floods Commission misses chance

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The Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry was today labelled ___a missed opportunity___ by an adjunct professor at Griffith University’s School of Government and International Relations. Professor Jim McGowan (AM) says governments should approach disaster management as they do counter-terrorism, where resources are channelled into preparation and prevention. “Natural disasters in Australia are inevitable, yet the […]

Norfolk Island provides migraine hope

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New hope has arrived for migraine sufferers following a Griffith University study with the people of Norfolk Island. Led by Professor Lyn Griffiths from the University’s Griffith Health Institute, the team has identified a new region on the X chromosome as playing a role in migraine. The research provides compelling evidence for a new migraine […]

Graduate wins Charlie Perkins Scholarship

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Griffith University criminology graduate Krystal Lockwood was awarded a prestigious 2012 Charlie Perkins Scholarship in Canberra this week. Krystal (pictured right) is one of just three Australians awarded the scholarship presented by the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research Senator Chris Evans. The scholarships enable outstanding Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander graduates to […]

Griffith walks for reconciliation

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Attended by Elders, Indigenous and non-Indigenous students as well as senior staff including Vice Chancellor Ian O’Connor, Dean (Academic) of Health Debra Henly, several Heads of school, the walk began by crossing the Smith Street bridge, circling the campus and ended in a barbecue. John Graham, local Kombumerri man and Griffith Learning Assistance Officer performed […]