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Each month through the BRAVE public lecture series, our researchers present their insights on issues of local, national and global significance uncovered through research, and offer a chance for you to input to the discussion, and have your questions answered.
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6pm, Thursday 4 March (live stream)
Join Flinders’ Researchers Professor Jonathan Craig, Associate Professor Jill Carr and Professor Paul Ward as they discuss the behaviour of the COVID-19 virus, findings from the vaccine trials, the compliance issues and logistics of vaccinating our population, and how we understand vaccine hesitancy.
An online BRAVE miniseries of health, wellbeing and general COVID-19 information to help us all better understand the impact of COVID in a rapidly changing environment.
Each day we’ll be joined live by a Flinders expert for a 45-minute session on everything COVID, such as global and national trends, ways to stay physically healthy, simple guides to maintaining your mental health and wellbeing, ensuring good sleep patterns, how COVID is affecting our climate and more, all wrapped up with other essential information about dealing with the impact of our COVID-19.
Monday November 23 - 1.00—1.45pm
Wednesday November 25 - 1.00—1.45pm
Tuesday November 24 - 12.00—12.45pm
Thursday 26 November - 12.00—12.45pm
Professor Robyn Clark and guest panellists discuss how digital technologies can assist to help patients manage their conditions more easily.
Professor Mike Kyrios talked mental health, wellbeing and resilience building, and the importance of access to trusted information.
Prof Rebecca Golley discussed childhood obesity prevention, nutrition, and how to getter better nutrition onto kids’ plates.
Professor Don DeBats discussed the multiple factors that may influence the US elections in November 2020.
Professor Sarah Wendt and Associate Professor Kristin Natalier discussed women and children's experience of homelessness.
Professor Sally Robinson, and Mikaila Crotty from Purple Orange discussed how we can build safer lives for people with disability.
Professor John Spoehr discussed COVID-19 and the world's largest 'work from home' experiment.
Professor John Long discussed his thesis that big steps in human evolution took place well before fishes left the water to invade land.
Professor Alison Kitson presented on the fundamentals of care and other important care-related aged care issues.
Professor Craig Simmons discussed the drivers for future water quality and quantity globally, and how we can address these challenges.
Professor Danny Eckert presented on strategies to improve health through the science of sleep.
Our panel of researchers discussed why it took 14 years for Henry Keogh's murder conviction to be overturned.
Associate Professor Anna Ziersch discussed research on health and wellbeing for people from refugee or asylum-seeking backgrounds.
Associate Professor Kim Devery discussed how clinicians can improve the quality of end-of-life care to benefit patients and their families.
Professor Corey Bradshaw discussed the climate-change and extinction crisis we find ourselves facing, and what we can do to help.
Professor Phillip Slee presented insights into the effective implementation of anti-bullying programs in schools.
Leading researcher, Professor Bogda Koczwara, discussed the research behind a healthy lifestyle to avoid cancer.
Professor Sarah Wendt explored domestic and family violence, raising questions about the future of the workforce involved.
Dr Jackie Wright showcased research into the ill-health caused by living in a home previously contaminated by methamphetamine.
Award-winning researcher, Dr Justin Chalker, presented how he has converted waste into new polymers that benefit the environment.
Through our education and research programs, we encourage new ways of thinking and support experimentation and daring.
Our mission is to contribute on an international scale through ‘changing lives and changing the world’. We invite you to share and collaborate with us on our BRAVE journey.
We will impart our knowledge and new discoveries, elevate the discussion and inspire debate; all with the view to facilitate the betterment of our society.
Be BRAVE, be bold, be at Flinders.
Discover how Flinders is making a difference to our culture, economy, environment, society and world.
Flinders University Professor Alison Kitson presented an update on AI applications in the health sector.
A discussion on the mental and physical effects of perfect body aspirations and the ‘fitspiration’ movement.
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