The importance of the arts
Renowned actor, artist and musician, Geoff Morrell awarded Honorary Doctorate
Beloved UOW academic awarded posthumous PhD
Immense contribution of Dr Kimberley Livingstone recognised as her family accept degree on her behalf
Tailor your career in fintech at UOW India
Get set to make your mark with a world-class course offering
Navigating troubled waters
Why the BBNJ Agreement marks a critical turning point for ocean protection
Putting healthy snacks on the global map
Innovating accessible health food
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Articles
Health and Medicine
Shining a light on gestational diabetes
Gestational diabetes is the most common pregnancy condition - so why is it not more widely discussed?
Health and Medicine, Science and Technology
Can we rewire the nervous system to fight MND?
Approximately 2,100 Australians are currently living with motor neurone disease (MND), a devastating neurodegenerative disease.
Health and Medicine, Science and Technology
Meet the UOW researchers broadening the scope of mental health research
Associate Professor Kelly Newell and Dr Katrina Green are dedicated to understanding the differences between the brains of people with and without mental illnesses.
Community, Health and Medicine
What is toxic positivity?
As NSW continues its second and strictest COVID lockdown, there has been plenty of focus on maintaining a positive outlook.
Health and Medicine
New anti-viral drugs to combat herpes
Dr Gökhan Tolun and Distinguished Professor Antoine van Oijen, both from the School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, Molecular Horizons and IHMRI, have been granted $636,368 from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) over three years for their project, “Revealing the molecular mechanistic details of viral DNA recombination towards developing novel anti-viral drugs”.
Health and Medicine
Identifying mutations in cancer cells
Professor Marie Ranson and A/Prof. Bruce Ashford have been funded by the NHMRC to work on a project to identify specific mutations in cancer cells which could be used to more reliably predict metastasis in skin cancer.