Academic Seminars :: Northern Rivers Department of Rural Health

Northern Rivers Department of Rural Health - Australia

Academic Seminars

NRUDRH Research Seminars
2010 Timetable

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
17^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
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
28th July	Recognising and responding to workplace bullying: Findings from a study of Australian nurses	Dr Marie Hutchinson, Lecturer, Southern Cross University
25th August	Blending the lines in the Allied Health workforce: Credentialed Therapy Assistants and inter-professional practice	Sheila Keane, Senior Lecturer, Northern Rivers UDRH
22nd September	Exploring the nutritional and environmental risk factors in Coeliac Disease: Results of a NSW survey	Joanna Harnett, PhD Candidate, Southern Cross University
27th October	Families’ experiences of adolescents and young people living with cancer	Jan Barling, PhD Candidate, Southern Cross University
24th November	Supporting mums to quit: Factors contributing to high smoking rates among pregnant Aboriginal women	Dr Megan Passey, Senior Lecturer, Northern Rivers UDRH

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