ISSUE EIGHT 02 A Message From The CEO 03 Philanthropy for Health &
Medical Research Conference
04 New Therapy may assist Voice-Hearers
05 Looking for Natural Born Healers 06 Novartis to License Google “Smart Lens” Technology
08 Why does Brain Cancer Kill more
Children than any other Disease?
10 Letter from Michaelia Cash, Minister Assisting The Prime Minister for Women
11 Counter-Advertising protects Parents from Junk Food Marketing
12 High Value Philanthropy delivers World Class Research
14 Seeing the World Differently 15 A United Front against Blood Disease 16 Imagining Clinical Practice in 2114 18 Grants make all the Difference to Cystic Fibrosis Researcher
19 Women and Heart Disease
– Is it Time for a New Public Health Approach?
20 Ugliness is Represented in the Brain 22 Real-Life Patient Outcomes to Inspire Type 1 Diabetes Researchers
23 New Biosecure Lab up for the Fight 24 HEARing CRC Funding Boost to Hearing Healthcare
26 Practitioner Toolkit for Managing Menopause
27 Bravo: New Concert Initiative Hits the Right Note
28 New Building Aims High 29 Fresh Approach to Community Engagement in Research
RESEARCH AUSTRALIA
AN ALLIANCE FOR DISCOVERIES IN HEALTH
30 Free App to Support the Assessment of Dementia
31 Regional Wellbeing Critical to Australia’s Future
32 Board of Directors 32 Editor’s Corner
SPRING 2014