The International Public Health Unit

News and Events

New Multidisciplinary Unit Developed by IPHU in Collaboration with Oxfam Australia to Commence in Semester 2 - July 2011
Monash University is offering six new interdisciplinary units known as Monash Passport Units for the first time in Semester 2, 2011. .
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Asian Collaboration for Excellence in Non-Communicable Disease (ASCEND) - June, 2011
The ASCEND (Asian Collaboration for Excellence in Non-Communicable Disease) Research Network was launched at Monash University Sunway Campus by Dr Lokman Hakim Solaiman, Deputy Director General of Health, Malaysia on Monday 13th June 2011.
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Australasian Peers for Progress Diabetes Project Peer Leader Mentor Workshop
Peer Leaders from the Australasian Peers for Progress Diabetes Project met in April 2011 for a 2-day mentor and refresher workshop.
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Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program
From the 28th to the 30th of May a workshop was held at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India, to discuss and progress plans for the Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program.
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5th AMREP World Health Day Conference 2011
On April 7th 2011, around 200 people, including local and international speakers, panelists and participants converged in Melbourne for the fifth annual Alfred Medical Research Education Precinct (AMREP) World Health Day Conference.
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TLC Diabetes
Diabetes Australia - Queensland and Victoria - are funding IPHU to update and further develop the capabilities of the Australian TLC Diabetes system, which has been shown to improve the glycemic control and mental-health-quality of-life of participants with type 2 diabetes in a recently completed randomised controlled trial - Aus TLC DM Mark II.
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IPHU Contributes to 'Go Red for Women' Campaign
PhD student, Adrienne O'Neil, was an invited panelist at the National Heart Foundation's 'Go Red for Women' Breakfast, which was held at Federation Square on Friday June 10
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Recent/Upcoming Events

- Registration form for the short course, Intervention Mapping 21-23 November 2011. Download (docx)

- IPHU in conjunction with the Parenting Research Centre will run a 3-day short course on Intervention Mapping presented by Professor Guy Parcel from the School of Public Health in Texas, USA - November 21-23, 2011
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- Launch of inaugural ASCEND program in Malaysia - 13th June - 1st July 2011.

- Initial discussions for Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program in India - 28th - 30th May 2011.

- Nearly 200 health researchers attend 5th Annual AMREP World Health Day Conference in Melbourne - 7th April 2011

- IPHU has been contracted by Diabetes Australia (Victoria and Queensland Branches) to conduct further research into prevention/detection/management of type 2 diabetes.