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School of Health Sciences Newsletter August 2014 CONTENTS Head of School Report Presentations (Teaching and Research) Did you know? Research News UniSA – PAFC Official Launch Publications by Staff and Students Staff Appointments and News School Administration Teaching and Learning HEAD OF SCHOOL Hi All Welcome to the August Newsletter. Staff Appointments I am pleased to report the appointments of Sandy Maranna as Lecturer in Medical Sonography; Cathy Cookson as Lecturer in Medical Sonography; Caroline Fryer and Emily Ward as Lecturers in Physiotherapy; Michael Dale as Lecturer in Human Movement and Narelle Korotkov as Academic Services Officer (Health Sciences and Occupational Therapy). Port Adelaide Football Club (PAFC) Partnership Launch TV personality and President of the club (David Koch) and Professor David Lloyd (Vice-Chancellor) presided over the PAFC partnership launch, with distinguished guests including Hon Tom Kenyon MP and Hon Susan Close MP, and Dr Ian Gould (Chancellor), Sir Eric Neal and representatives of SA’s leading sports organisations, commercial partners, stakeholders and friends of PAFC and UniSA. The University has a long relationship with PAFC which includes a sports science PhD scholarship, sponsored annual student prizes, cadetships, UniSA support for the annual Aboriginal Cup carnival and the Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous scholarship. The launch marked the signing of a MoU in June to form a high performance partnership centred on research and education in elite sport, a commitment to community engagement to provide effective communication to remote Aboriginal communities and the development of strategies to explore compatible connections in China and Asia. Among the exciting announcements made by David Koch and David Lloyd, were plans to launch a High Performance MSc preceded by a pilot program of two modules in 2015, development of a UniSA scholarship to conduct research in relation to PAFC’s WillPower program into communities in the APY lands and a scholarship to a student from a university in China to work with PAFC and UniSA. Some photos from the launch are within. Thanks especially to Kylie Fogarty, Raewyn Todd and Natalie Forde (Deputy Director: Research and Innovation Services) for help in organising the event, Professor Kerin O’Dea and Assoc. Prof Gaynor Parfitt for your panel contributions and of course, to our own students (pictured below) for their help on the day. Well done and thanks to all! Professor Roger Eston (UniSA), Dr Darren Burgess (PAFC), David Koch (PAFC), Professor David Lloyd (UniSA) and Keith Thomas (PAFC) together with UniSA School of Health Sciences cadets. HLS Newsletter August 2014 Page 1 School of Health Sciences Newsletter August 2014 PAFC PhD Scholarship Since the launch, I am delighted to announce a further PhD student scholarship generously sponsored by PAFC on maximizing player athletic development and focussing on physiological and psychological factors for team sport performance. The studentship will be advertised widely within the next few days with intention to appoint through a merit selection process in November 2014. The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr Darren Burgess, Assoc. Prof Gaynor Parfitt and me. Open Day Thank you to all staff and students who contributed to the success of Open Day. There was a real buzz around the campus and it was great to see the numbers of staff and students helping out throughout the day. As you will already know, the University is already pleased with the impact of opening up the City East Campus on Open Day. I hear through the grapevine that the program of offerings, atmosphere and level of activity was greater than our next door neighbour! Overall attendance at the various program presentations was significantly higher than last year (by +12%) with 2640 persons attending the program presentations across Human Movement, Physiotherapy, Medical Radiation, Occupational Therapy, Clinical Exercise Physiology, Health Sciences and Podiatry. I look forward to see if the level of interest translates into more first preferences. Some pictures I took on the day are below. HLS Newsletter August 2014 Page 2 School of Health Sciences Newsletter August 2014 HLS Newsletter August 2014 Page 3 School of Health Sciences Newsletter August 2014 Digital Learning Strategy (DLS) Following the Provost Allan Evans’ email regarding the Digital Learning Strategy, I encourage all staff to respond to the survey to share your views on digital learning https://lo.unisa.edu.au/course/view.php?id=3324. You are also encouraged to visit the Digital Learning Strategy learnonline site, which is available to all UniSA staff (with UniSA login): https://lo.unisa.edu.au/course/view.php?id=3324. The site includes information about DLS, information about Learnonline, details on UniSA’s innovative teaching spaces, showcases and case studies of staff using learnonline to support teaching, resources and literature, as well as information on upcoming events, relating to digital learning. Course coordinators in the School of Health Sciences have also been invited to respond to a survey from Associate Professor Kerry Thoirs on current involvement and application of digital learning as part of the Curriculum Innovation Process, in preparation for our meeting with the Provost in early October. If you haven’t done so yet – please take 5 minutes to respond. http://resource.unisa.edu.au/mod/feedback/view.php?id=89764 Myanmar Visit Professors Jason White, Carol Grech and Elina Hyppönen (UniSA) and Professor Bob Bauze (Adelaide University) and I visited Myanmar recently to meet with senior representatives of the respective Universities of Medical Technology; Pharmacy; Nursing and Population Health in Yangon and Mandalay. The visit also included productive meetings with senior representatives of the Department of Medical Sciences of the Myanmar Ministry of Health. The purpose of the visit was to prepare for a >$960,000 Australia Awards Fellowship submission led by UniSA to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to support Fellowships in Medical Radiation Sciences, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, Population Health and Nursing in 2015. We interviewed 20 prospective Fellows for 16 places at UniSA. HLS Newsletter August 2014 Page 4 School of Health Sciences Newsletter August 2014 Contributions to the HLS Newsletter Thanks again for all your contributions. The HLS Newsletter is publicly available on the School of Health Sciences website (http://www.unisa.edu.au/Global/Health/HLS/Documents/News/201407.pdf). News about research, national appointments, community engagements, awards, achievements, sporting endeavours, etc., are welcomed. Contact Kylie Fogarty [email protected] to keep us informed of all your news. I hope you enjoy this Newsletter! Cheers Roger Did you know? Sign of the times! Heads of Schools of Health Sciences (Professor Roger Eston); Pharmacy and Medical Sciences (Professor Jason White); Nursing and Midwifery (Professor Carol Grech) with Professor Bob Bauze (Adelaide University) chatting away at Singapore airport! HLS Newsletter August 2014 Page 5 School of Health Sciences Newsletter August 2014 Port Adelaide President David Koch, UniSA Vice-Chancellor Professor David Lloyd and Dr Darren Burgess at Adelaide Oval. HLS Newsletter August 2014 Page 6 School of Health Sciences Newsletter August 2014 1. Adelaide Oval. 2. Port Adelaide President David Koch. 3. Panel of experts – Professor David Lloyd (UniSA), Keith Thomas (PAFC), Professor Robyn O’Dea (UniSA), Paul Vandenbergh (PAFC), Associate Professor Gaynor Parfitt (UniSA) and Dr Darren Burgess (PAFC). 4. Invited guests. 5. Professor Kerin O’Dea and Paul Vandenbergh. Check out articles in The Advertiser 13 August 2014 and 15 August 2014. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/port-adelaide-fitness-coach-darren-burgess-stands-by-hard-yards-undertaken-by- players/story-fni5f9de-1227023437904 http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/port-adelaide-fitness-guru-darren-burgess-wont-be-giving-up-his-secrets-in- unisa-courses/story-fnia6ojc-1227024962884 HLS Newsletter August 2014 Page 7 School of Health Sciences Newsletter August 2014 STAFF APPOINTMENTS AND NEWS Congratulations to Dr Margarita Tsiros who recently received a Tall Poppy Science Award, presented to her at an award ceremony at Government House. The Tall Poppy Awards celebrate the enterprising research taking place in South Australia and the young researchers driving it. http://www.unisa.edu.au/media-centre/releases/unisa-scores-a-trio-of-tall-poppies-/ As part of the Tall Poppy program, Margarita then attended a round table meeting with the Honourable Gail Gago MLC (Minister for: Science and Information Economy; Employment, Higher Education and Skills; Status of Women; Business Services and Consumers). The Minister was keen to hear about the research being undertaken by this year’s Tall Poppy Scientists and ideas about how to promote and engage children in Science. The Minister expressed a desire for our ongoing involvement in the promotion of Science to the next generation over the coming year Congratulations to Dr Carol Maher who has become an Associate Editor for BMC Public Health. Dr Michelle McDonnell completed a four week research visit to the Tübingen University in Germany in July-August 2014, funded by an Early Career Researcher International Travel Award. Data collected will investigate whether the serotonergic system can facilitate motor learning. Members of the Musculoskeletal Research theme of iCAHE (Ryan Causby, Alvin Atlas,