Academic Seminars :: Northern Rivers Department of Rural Health

Northern Rivers Department of Rural Health - Australia

Academic Seminars

NRUDRH Research Seminars
Semester 1, 2009

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, 4 - 5pm)

Date	Topic	Presenter
25^th February	Air pollution and mortality in New Zealand (title TBC)	Rupen Shrestha, Research Fellow, Northern Rivers UDRH.
25^th March	Staff Retention in Allied Health: Insights from the Rural Allied Health Workforce Study (RAHWS)	Sheila Keane, Senior Lecturer, Northern Rivers UDRH
22^nd April	Research with (not on) Indigenous communities - How WE do research	Dr Shawn Wilson, Research Fellow, Northern Rivers UDRH
27^th May	A minnow intervention sent to turn the tide on a tsunami of fractures - outcomes of the North Coast Preventing Future Fractures Study	Cecily Barrack, NCAHS and Northern Rivers UDRH
24^th June	Guided self-help ('low intensity') cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT): New fad or valuable adjunct to mental health services?	Associate Professor James Bennett-Levy

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.

This seminar series is supported by the NRUDRH PHCRED 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 Shianne on 6620 7570 or email shianne.ford@ncahs.health.nsw.gov.au