Zohra Lassi
Zohra Lassi Disparities in health exist at geographical and socio-economic levels, and developing countries share the highest burden of deaths among mothers and children. In countries with all income levels, health and illness follow a social gradient: the lower the socioeconomic position, the worse the health. Dr Zahra Lassi leads a multidisciplinary team with a…
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Tatiana Soares da Costa Effective herbicides are critical for agriculture. Without them, weeds outcompete crops for resources such as sunlight and nutrients, leading to reduced crop quality and yield. Worryingly, our current herbicides are failing because weeds are evolving mechanisms to become resistant to their effects. Dr Tatiana Soares da Costa leads a multidisciplinary research…
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Sam Elliott Organised youth sport can be an emotional context that undermines parenting behaviours and attitudes. Less desirable forms of parental involvement can negatively impact children’s enjoyment, motivation, psychosocial development, and long-term participation. Dr Elliott’s research focuses on how the broader youth sport environment influences parents’ capacity to provide social, emotional, and logistical support for…
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Rong Zhu Australian face significant challenges in relation to labour, education and health. Dr Zhu’s economics research focuses on the causal analyses of these important policy-relevant topics. Rong’s examination of significant social and economic issues is based on large-scale individual-level data and advanced econometric modelling. For example, his recent quantitative research shows that Australia’s ongoing…
Read More »Renly Lim
Renly Lim Almost everyone will take medicines at some point in their lives. Medicines have many benefits but can also cause harm. A total of 250,000 hospital admissions annually are medicine-related, costing $1.4 billion annually. Recognising the significant medicine harms, the Australian government declared Quality Use of Medicines and Medicines Safety as a National Health…
Read More »Qi Wu
Qi Wu Artificial intelligence is able to respond to a variety of verbal questions, but it cannot see the world around it and answer interesting questions about visual environments. Dr Qi Wu is working on the problem of Visual Question Answering, which requires a machine to answer questions that are related to images and videos….
Read More »Jiawen Li
Jiawen Li Heart attack occurs when a blood vessel supplying the heart is suddenly blocked due to the rupture of a high-risk plaque. Despite significant advances in cardiology, the accurate diagnosis of high-risk plaques before they become life-threatening remains a challenge. Dr Jiawen Li is addressing this challenge by developing a hair-sized 3D-printed imaging devices,…
Read More »Erinn Fagan-Jeffries
Erinn Fagan-Jeffries It’s estimated that only a third of Australia’s 200,000 insect species are formally named and described. This is a huge problem for conservation, biosecurity and ecological applications, as despite insects being critical components of all ecosystems, we don’t even know what most of the insects in Australia are yet! Erinn’s research aims to…
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