Research Australia grassROOTS spring 2014

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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


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