2016

University of Newcastle behavioural scientist Professor Christine Paul will work with Cancer Council NSW, Cancer Council Victoria and HMRI to help ensure that distressed cancer patients and their families receive the best possible health counselling when they phone for support.

Two University of Newcastle PhD candidates in reproductive biology, Sally Hall and Samantha Young, have been invited to communicate their science at the FameLab 2016 New South Wales semi-finals at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney on 7 April 2016.

Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, the Director of Australia China Research Centre for Crop Improvement (ACRCCI), was honored to be invited by the Australian Society of Plant Scientists to attend the Science Meets Parliament (SMP) on the 1st and 2nd of March, 2016 in Canberra.

Laureate Professor John Aitken from the University of Newcastle has been announced as the 2016 recipient of the prestigious Carl G. Hartman award, which recognises a researcher’s outstanding career and scholarly activities in the field of reproductive biology.

University of Newcastle staff and postgraduate students are welcome to borrow publications from the CEEHE office.

February saw the launch of the Faculty of Business and Law Health Services Research and Innovation Group.

Three young University of Newcastle (UON) biologists have hand-built a state-of-the-art laser microscope at HMRI that delivers clear three-dimensional cellular images with unparalleled speed and precision.

Professor John Maynard has been selected as one of the new 2016-18 Fulbright Ambassadors.

Professor Billie Bonevski is a health behaviour scientist at UON, dedicated to improving health in the community. Billie’s research looks at why people engage in unhealthy behaviours, like smoking, drinking too much alcohol, not being physically active or eating unhealthily, and uses that information to design programs and advise the Government and other health organisations, on policies to empower people to be healthier.

Faced with a clinical paradox where obesity seemingly offers a protective effect for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Hunter researchers have performed a world-first pilot study aimed at achieving weight loss without exacerbating respiratory symptoms.

Workplace POWER (Preventing Obesity Without Eating like a Rabbit) is a proven, multi-award winning program developed by the University of Newcastle’s Priority Research Centre in Physical Activity and Nutrition, teaching men how to adopt a realistic and sustainable approach to weight loss – without having to eat like a rabbit or give up beer.

KU Kintaiba pre-schoolers at the University of Newcastle are the first in the region to have been given a taste of The Little Scientists initiative through the university's own SMART Program.