Leneen Forde
Chancellor of Griffith University, Leneen Forde was named a Queensland Great during Queensland Week celebrations in June. Ms Forde received the award for the significant role she has played in the history and development of Queensland, particularly with respect to the status of women.
Professor Florian Mack
Professor Florian Mack, from the School of Dentistry and Oral Health, has successfully defended his thesis for the degree of Dr Med Dent Habil (Habilitation)- the most senior research degree in the German system. His thesis, Dental and prosthetic status among elderly: prevalence, related risk factors and impact on quality of life, was based on epidemiological data from Germany's largest health survey, the Study of Health in Pomerania. Professor Mack and his colleague, Associate Professor Jeroen Kroon, are collaborating to establish epidemiological studies into the oral health status of the elderly on the Gold Coast.
Associate Professor Stephen Billett
Associate Professor of Adult and Vocational Education, Stephen Billett, was recently awarded an Associate Fellowship that will help integrate health student experiences in the clinical workplace and academic settings. The project aims to maximise student learning experiences in the fields of nursing, physiotherapy, midwifery and human services at Griffith, Monash and Flinders Universities.
Professor Amanda Henderson and Dr Heather Alexander
Professor Amanda Henderson (School of Nursing and Midwifery) and Dr Heather Alexander (School of Medicine) have been awarded Associate Fellowships from the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. Their joint project will bring final year nursing and medical students together for clinical education to encourage better communication and team work between the health professions. The team approach will improve the student learning experience and better reflect the realities of clinical practice. There are currently limited opportunities for undergraduate health professionals to learn together in clinical settings.
Brett Freudenberg
Brett Freudenberg, Taxation Lecturer in the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics has returned to Griffith University having spent four months in the United States on a Fulbright Scholarship. The Fulbright Scholarship is awarded to 20 Australians each year in different categories and is designed to increase the understanding between America and Australia. Based at the University of Illinois, Brett undertook in-depth research into limited liability companies (LLCs) and S Corporations, and their treatment under the US tax system. Brett's research will add to the understanding of LLCs and S Corporations, and explore whether Australia should adopt similar business forms.
Dr Christine Wells
Congratulations to Dr Christine Wells, for her win in the Queensland Premier's Awards for Health and Medical Research. Dr Wells took out the Post Doctoral Award for her work identifying novel repressors of inflammation. Chronic inflammation is a serious clinical, social and financial burden on the Australian community, affecting millions of Australians of all ages. Dr Wells' work studies the network of events engaged by macrophages - important parts of our immune system, and cellular mediators of inflammation - in response to early inflammatory events, in an effort to identify the molecular mechanisms normally engaged to switch-off inflammation.