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Wednesday 17 June 2026
UOW partners with Illawarra Disability Alliance to enhance local services
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UOW celebrates the life of former Vice-Chancellor Ken McKinnon AO
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Health and Medicine
Prof Heather Yeatman wins Sidney Sax Award for public health
UOW’s Public and Population Health expert and Head of School of Health and Society, Professor Heather Yeatman, has been awarded the prestigious 2016 Sidney Sax Award by the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA).
Health and Medicine
UOW-led consortium selected to deliver national dementia training program
A national consortium led by the University of Wollongong has been selected to deliver a national dementia training program as part of an Australian Government initiative to improve support for people with dementia and their carers.
Health and Medicine
Better equipping our nurses for aged care
Researchers at the University of Wollongong (UOW) are calling on Registered Nurses to help them assess the competencies of nurses in the aged care system.
Health and Medicine
In the mind of an elite athlete: what do sportspeople think when they excel?
Christian Swann, University of Wollongong
Health and Medicine
Psychologists collaborate on Australia’s largest suicide prevention trial
Illawarra-Shoalhaven region chosen as one of four locations across NSW to implement new suicide prevention trial.
Health and Medicine
Study probes effects of missing persons to help those left behind
Researchers at the University of Wollongong (UOW) are seeking participants to help them explore the emotional processes people go through when a loved one goes missing.