Dr Ashokkumar Manoharan
Dr. Ashokkumar (Ashok) Manoharan’s work tackles the persistent and often overlooked barriers faced by people with cognitive disabilities (PwCD) and migrant employees in securing meaningful employment—both in Australia and internationally. While diversity is a common talking point in corporate agendas, his research reveals that genuine inclusion remains rare, representing a missed opportunity to build more…
Read More »Dr Nina Wootton
Plastic pollution is a widespread and escalating threat to marine ecosystems. It impacts species health, food safety, and the cultural and economic values tied to ocean environments. Yet, we still lack a clear understanding of where plastic ends up, how it moves through systems, and how to effectively measure and reduce its impacts. Dr Nina…
Read More »A/Prof Courtney Ryder
Injury is a significant yet often overlooked public health issue in Australia, affecting every individual at some point in their lifetime. For many, it results in long-term disability, psychological trauma, and financial hardship, contributing to rising healthcare costs. The burden of injury is not created equally – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are disproportionately…
Read More »Dr Sarah Scholten
Aboard every satellite of the Global Positioning System (GPS) is an incredibly precise atomic clock – a clock based on measuring the unchanging structure of atoms. By using timing and location signals from at least four satellites, a GPS user can pinpoint their exact location on Earth. However, these GPS signals are extremely weak, meaning…
Read More »Dr Amy Hutchison
Dr Hutchison’s research mission seeks to forge new nutrition strategies to improve health outcomes and prevent chronic disease. Her research explores chrono-nutrition – the interaction of food with the natural 24-hour rhythms in the body. Her research to date has helped to untangle the physiological mechanisms underlying the observed benefits of intermittent fasting and time-restricted…
Read More »Dr Ben Singh
Dr Singh is a physical activity researcher working to tackle the global problem of people not being active enough. Although we know that being physically active has many benefits for both physical and mental health, many people remain physically inactive and don’t do enough activity to stay healthy and well. Dr Singh’s work focuses on…
Read More »Dr Sarah Boyle
Breast cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related death in women, largely due to invasion, metastasis and recurrence. These processes are aided by the cancer cells’ interactions with their immediate environment, including with non-cancerous cell populations, structural changes in the extracellular matrix that physically holds the tissue together, chemical signals, and physical stresses that are…
Read More »Dr Georgina Falster
Dr Georgy Falster is a climate scientist who studies how Earth’s rainfall patterns are changing because of climate change, with a particular focus on Australian droughts. Droughts can severely impact the Australian economy and society, so we need to know the range of drought lengths and severities to be prepared for in the future. Dr…
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