Academic Seminars :: Northern Rivers Department of Rural Health

Northern Rivers Department of Rural Health - Australia

Academic Seminars

NRUDRH Research Seminars
Semester 1, 2010

This free seminar series promotes the transfer of research into practice by providing a forum for researchers to present their work to others in the Northern Rivers health care community. Both experienced & early career researchers have the opportunity to present. All health professionals, including private practitioners, are invited to attend.

Wednesday Afternoon Seminars: (4th Wed, 3.45 - 4.45pm)

Date	Topic	Presenter
24^th February	Refugee women survivors of torture and trauma: How do they experience Western naturopathic treatments?	Dr Judy Singer, PhD Graduate, Southern Cross University
24^th March	Identifying the chronic heart failure self-management needs in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: A secondary needs analysis	Assoc Prof Janelle Stirling and Ms Lindy Swain, Northern Rivers UDRH
21^nd April	Early infant outcomes and health care service utilisation: results of a study into remote maternal infant health care in remote Australia	Professor Lesley Barclay, Director, Northern Rivers UDRH
26^th May	A study into the possible causes of a cleft lip and/or palate in children	Graeme Wallace, PhD Candidate, Southern Cross University
23^th June	Tackling climate change on the North Coast: Health Promotion’s role in developing an effective organisational network	Eric van Beurden, Denise Hughes, Annie Kia, Uta Dietrich, Suman Kavooru, NCAHS, and Jeffrey Fuller, Flinders University of SA

Please note: although every effort is made to keep to a schedule of every 4^th Wednesday in the month, due to public holidays and presenter availability - some dates may be altered.

WHERE: Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health (NRUDRH)

61 Uralba St, Lismore (opposite Lismore Base Hospital)

Presentations are video-conferenced free to Grafton, Murwillumbah, Broken Hill and Moree. Other sites by special arrangement, however there may be some costs.

Seminars are part of the NRUDRH Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Dvelopment (PHC RED) program, which is funded by the Commonwealth Government Department of Health and Ageing.

If you would like to attend a particular seminar, or to organise video-conferencing - please phone or email.

Call Tani Lienert on 6620 7570 or email tania.lienert@ncahs.health.nsw.gov.au