Category: Regimen

BY BRIANNA HEINKEN — DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Australia is one of the safest places in the world to give birth. In fact, Australia consistently ranks in the top 10 countries to be a mother world-wide[1]. However, despite the safety of being a mother in Australia, recent data has shown that the maternal mortality rate…

BY SRESHTA SHERI — PRESIDENT Food has long been a part of the story of humanity. Our relationship with food has changed in significant ways over thousands of years but perhaps the most dramatic changes have occurred only in the last 50 years. Food has gone from merely a means of survival to a key aspect…

BY STELLA LIU — DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Biomedical research is a high-impact field with large returns to society that merits consideration as a career pathway. Biomedical researchers endeavour to improve health by investigating how the human body works. Those who pursue this career pathway can find themselves in academia, where they improve tools and…

BY BEN GRIFFITHS — COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECT MANAGER The world is simultaneously facing both a climate crisis and the harsh reality of global poverty, both of which require urgent action from all of us to resolve. However, pursuing one goal — either ameliorating global poverty or combatting climate change — can often involve exacerbating the other. For example, the…

INTERVIEWERS:BEN SMYTH — COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECT OFFICERHENRY SUNDRAM — COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECT OFFICER Centre for COMMUNITY CHILD CEALTH (CCCH) — THE ROYAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL At the Centre for Community Child Health, we’re striving for equitable health and developmental outcomes for all children. The Centre has been committed to improving the lives of children and families…

Hear from Strive’s Program Managers as they shed light on their teams’ exciting and impactful projects for Semester Two. We’re excited to see you at our events and volunteering opportunities! Strive Conference The Strive Conference is an annual event that captures our core values of health promotion and education via a panel with key leaders…

By Ben Griffiths — Community Engagement Project Manager Ben sheds light on how climate change mitigation strategies can produce health “co-benefits”, such as cleaner air, healthier diets, and increased physical activity, highlighting how climate action can simultaneously improve global health outcomes while addressing environmental challenges Understanding the links between climate change and public health is…

By Rachel Lim — Community Engagement Officer Rachel discusses how personalised medicine, particularly through genomic technologies, can tailor treatments, predict disease risk, and improve healthcare outcomes, while also raising ethical, privacy, and accessibility challenges that must be addressed for its future implementation. For years, physicians have strived to consider the environmental, behavioural and genetic factors…