Research

Good data management is essential for good research.

PowerLab Director Prof Thomas Astell-Burt is part of a team awarded $1.45M for their project “Better Parks, Healthier For All?” led by UNSW, Glasgow University/MRC SPHSU in collaboration with UOW, UQ, CSIRO, South Western Sydney LHD, NSW DPIE, NSW Health, Parks and Leisure Australia, Greenspace Scotland, Glasgow City Council, Wollongong City Council and the Greater Sydney Commission.

The Graduate Research School, together with DVC(R&I), Professor Jennifer Martin and sponsor, Unibank, invites staff, students, family and friends to the UOW Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Final to be held as an online event on Tuesday 18 August from 3:30pm – 5:00pm.

Applications are now open for the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation’s Grants for Gambling Research Program (Round 11).

A Jakajima TV interview with Professor Marc in het Panhuis of the Surf Flex Laboratory at the Australian Institute for Innovative Materials based at the University of Wollongong in Wollongong Australia.

Distinguished Professor Xu-Feng Huang is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Leadership Fellow who received a 2019 NHMRC Investigator grant for schizophrenia research. With 252 scholarly publications under his belt, which have been cited over 12,955 times by scientists in over 93 countries*, he is considered a world expert. For Schizophrenia Awareness Week (which started 17th May) we caught up with Professor Huang to find out if he was any closer to finding the cause of and a cure for schizophrenia.

The NSW Environmental Trust is inviting Expressions of Interest to its Environmental Research Program.

The Scientist and the… is a podcast brought to you by the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute.

An in vitro testing model to better understand and treat skin infections in humans will not only reduce animal testing but also be more accurate.

Lead author Dr David Shormann says that since the discovery that a humpback whale’s unique flipper shape is key to their incredible maneuverability and control, many engineering applications have been tried; everything from wind turbines to bicycle wheels.

Online appointments are available for the Statistical Consulting Centre.

As part of our consultation process for the 2020-2025 Draft UOW Research & Innovation Strategy, we would like to invite UOW staff to join Prof Jennifer Martin, DVC-RI for a virtual morning tea to discuss and address questions about the Strategy from the campus community.

This group of awards recognises the contributions that academic staff and their partners are making towards research excellence and include awards for: 1)        Researcher of the Year The Research Excellence Award for Researcher of the Year acknowledges the outstanding contributions to research by UOW individual researchers and aims to recognise and encourage outstanding researchers with proven international reputations who have made significant contributions in advancing knowledge and achieving exceptional research outcomes.

Expressions of interest are invited from persons interested in the role of Chair of the Social Sciences Human Research Ethics Committee, commencing in July 2020.

The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes are the country’s most comprehensive national science awards, honouring excellence across the areas of research & innovation, leadership, science engagement, and school science.