When ophthalmologist Justine Smith (pictured) was given the chance to become Flinders University’s new Strategic Professor of Eye and Vision Health, she didn’t hesitate. Professor Smith, who completed her PhD at Flinders in 1998, says she was drawn back to the University because of “the outstanding research in ophthalmology and vision science that’s being conducted here”. “You wouldn’t find many other places in the world where so much high quality work is being done per capita, and...more

The public’s degree of trust in the different tiers of government is associated with the extent of services available – low service levels generally translate to less trust, according to Flinders researchers. The research project, run by the Discipline of Public Health at Flinders and funded by the Australian Research Council, used a telephone questionnaire to survey more than 1100 people to explore demographic indicators of levels of trust in federal, state and local government. “Groups t...more

Hundreds of students and alumni from China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia will be providing their input on the future of the University of South Australia and at the same time taking part in a unique international event. The online conversation – unijam – is supported by an IBM software platform that allows collaborative discussions worldwide in real time. It is a world-first for universities.   UniSA Vice Chancellor Professor David Lloyd says the discu...more

Nursing picture by Shutterstock In a South Australian first, the work of nurses and other health professionals dealing with victims of crime will be helped by a new online forensic healthcare short course developed in partnership by Flinders University School of Nursing and Midwifery and The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHSN), Maryland, USA. The JHSN is a global leader in nursing research, education, and scholarship.  Among US nursing schools, the Hopkins Nursing graduate program...more

Associate Professor Catherine Abbott (left) and Dr Claire Wilson Flinders University researchers are breaking new ground in a decade-long journey to pinpoint the function of two closely related proteins. They now have data that reveals a role for these proteins in regulating cell metabolism. Disturbances in metabolism underlie a number of human diseases including type 2 diabetes, obesity and cancer. The team, led by Associate Professor Catherine Abbott from the School of Biological Sciences, has...more

Establishing an integrated research and teaching institute for clean technology is the ultimate goal of one of Flinders University’s newest recruits, Professor Colin Raston (pictured). In an interview with Flinders Indaily, the SA Premier’s Professorial Research Fellow in Clean Technology says he hopes to play a leading role in the development of a University-based centre focused on creating cleaner technologies for a more sustainable future. The centre, he says, will have a strong focus on ...more

Flinders University has been listed among the QS World University Ranking’s top 200 elite institutions world-wide for its performance in three subject areas – medicine, psychology and sociology. Sociology was ranked in the top 100 globally. The University’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor David Day (pictured), said Flinders has also had a strong showing in the German-based CWTS Leiden Ranking system of scientific publications, appearing among the top 500 universities for the f...more

Asbestos hazard from Shutterstock Scientists from Flinders University are trying to develop a new treatment for a highly aggressive, asbestos-related lung cancer that is set to become more prevalent in the future. Led by Associate Professor Sonja Klebe, the researchers are testing a combination of drugs and gene therapy to block two proteins that help stimulate the growth of mesothelioma – a deadly tumour that develops on the surface lining of the lungs from exposure to airborne asbestos fibre...more

Professors Ma-Li Wong and Julio Licinio Moving to Flinders University has truly been a family affair for Julio Licinio and Ma-Li Wong, two world-renowned obesity and depression experts. The husband and wife team (both pictured) has just joined the University’s Department of Psychiatry from the Australian National University in Canberra, reuniting the pair with their daughter, Alice, who began a double degree in biomedical engineering and medical science at Flinders earlier this year. As the ne...more

The University of Adelaide’s new wine training centre will focus on innovative wine production while tackling the challenges being faced by the industry. The centre, based at the university’s Waite Campus, will seek to make the wines customers want in the face of challenges including climate change, water restrictions and rising wine alcohol content. Read more… http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news60921.html...more