Danish Research Seminar
The School of Nursing welcomes a dynamic team of Researchers and Clinical Leaders from Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark. The Research team will be presenting their research in; competencies and the future of operating nurses, alcohol related health promotion in hospitals, exercise for dialysis patients and sexology counselling in outpatient setting. The Clinical Leadership team will [...]
Visiting PhD student presentation
Visiting PhD student, Homeira Khoddam, presented to School of Nursing staff on Tuesday 26 February. Homeira is a PhD student of Nursing from Tehran Medical Sciences University, Iran. She is spending a 6 month sabbatical leave at the School of Nursing, the University of Adelaide, under supervision of Professor Alison Kitson. During her presentation, Homeira [...]
Staff in Myanmar
In January, Associate Professor Judy Magarey and Philippa Rasmussen were part of a delegation that visited Myanmar. The aim of the visit was: Complete the activities of AusAID ALAF 11 Extend the acquaintance and collaboration of senior Myanmar and Adelaide Health Professionals in Education and Research, and of their Institutions and disciplines from Adelaide: The [...]
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Swedish Visitor Presentation
School visitors, Dr Agneta Wennman-Larsen and Dr Elisabeth Kenne Sarenmalm, who are Nurses and Researchers from Sweden, presented their research and studies around cancer projects conducted in Stockholm. Their current studies are around the social consequences of returning to work after breast cancer surgery. Many staff, visitors and PhD [...]
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Inaugural Eleanor Harrald Post Doctoral Fellowship
Congratulations to Åsa Muntlin Athlin for being awarded the School of Nursing Inaugural Eleanor Harrald Post Doctoral Fellowship on Friday 7 September.
Research Conversazione
Themed ‘Through the looking glass’ – visioning research in the School of Nursing’, this year’s Spring Research Conversazione shaped up to be the most successful yet! The event involved a diverse range of presentations and armchair conversations from staff, students and service partners. It was a successful day with positive feedback received from our growing [...]
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Nurses and Midwives Research Symposium
As part of International Nurses week the 2012 Nurses and Midwives Research Symposium was held at the National Wine Centre on 8 May. The event, in its third year, was hosted by the School of Nursing, the University of Adelaide. The annual symposium is organised jointly between the Schools of Nursing and Midwifery at Flinders [...]
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Researcher in Focus: Adjunct Professor Alison Tierney
Whilst Professor Alison Tierney was in Adelaide in May, we sat down with her for a one on one discussion about her experiences and career in Nursing. Alison’s contributions to nursing research and its development are recognised in her conferment as a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing (UK); in her appointment as a [...]
Welcome Åsa – Visiting Scholar Åsa Muntlin Athlin (Sweden)
Åsa is visiting the School of Nursing from Sweden, where she will be until the end of June 2012. Åsa is being supervised by Professor Alison Kitson; having been involved in two research projects with School of Nursing: * Fundamentals of Care * Prevention and Reduction of Weight Loss (PROWL) Åsa is the Leader of [...]
Welcome back Ma’en
On June 6, we welcomed back Dr Ma’en Zaid Abu-Qamar to the School of Nursing. Dr Zaid Abu-Qamar is a nursing researcher from Mu’tah University, Jordan. We first saw Ma’en in February 2006 when we he arrived to complete his Doctor of Nursing here at the University of Adelaide. After three years of rigourous research [...]
