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Lauren Ball

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Professor of Community Health & Wellbeing @UQMedicine @UQHealth, Director @UQCCHW, @NHMRC Investigator. Championing knowledge leadership for a better world.

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Position available! (apps close in 2 days)
Work w Health and Wellbeing Queensland as Manager โ€“ Project Management Office ๐Ÿ‘ Lead in the development, coordination and implementation of critical and multiple strategic projects aligned to HW's vision and strategic direction.
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An important message to share! ๐Ÿ’ฌ
Dietitians Australia urges the government to invest in the future of the preventive health workforce and revise the placement program to include support for more professions in need (including nutrition and dietetic students!).

An important message to share! ๐Ÿ’ฌ @dietitiansaus urges the government to invest in the future of the preventive health workforce and revise the placement program to include support for more professions in need (including nutrition and dietetic students!).
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Being productive is essential for success as a researcher. In my latest newsletter I discuss ๐Ÿ”‘ strategies I use myself.
1. Plan your time
2. Have a system for managing email
3. Streamline the research process
Let me know your productivity hacks too!
๐Ÿ”— loom.ly/bryZtu0

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The Dietitians Australia 2024 awards are now open! Nominate a colleague who deserves recognition for their outstanding contribution to the profession. Nominations close at 11:59pm (AEST) on Tuesday 4 June 2024. Check out each award: bit.ly/49W3qLk

The @dietitiansaus 2024 awards are now open! Nominate a #dietitian colleague who deserves recognition for their outstanding contribution to the profession. Nominations close at 11:59pm (AEST) on Tuesday 4 June 2024. Check out each award: bit.ly/49W3qLk
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A great alumni event with a stellar panel being led by @UQ_news Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences ๐ŸŒŸ
โ€˜Building a Healthy Businessโ€™. Learn how to plan, start and grow a successful allied health business!
Thurs 6 June 6-8pm
Register here ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Yet another reason to develop !
This new study indicates that having within a neighbourhood can help lower the risk of developing dementia, with proximity to these areas more important than the total amount of parkland ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿƒloom.ly/KpUOpIE

Yet another reason to develop #healthycommunities! This new study indicates that having #greenspaces within a neighbourhood can help lower the risk of developing dementia, with proximity to these areas more important than the total amount of parkland ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿƒloom.ly/KpUOpIE
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Walking and cycling paths will get a $100 million boost in the upcoming federal budget, in the biggest national active transport investment in more than a decade ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿšด๐Ÿšถโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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My colleagues working in health care in the UK - do you have 5 mins to share your opinion on the ratio of staff to staff-only toilet facilities in your workplace? Link below ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿšฝ๐Ÿงป

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Who is joining me in attending the NSA event to hear Prof Sarah McNaughton & Dr Tim Crowe guide us through the noise of conflicting nutrition info!?
12 July
6-9PM (AEST)
Kedron-Wavell 21 Kittyhawk Dr, Chermside 4032
Register Now โžก๏ธ ow.ly/r2qr50RtrC1

Who is joining me in attending the @nutsocaus event to hear @McNaughtonSarah & @CroweTim guide us through the noise of conflicting nutrition info!? 12 July 6-9PM (AEST) Kedron-Wavell 21 Kittyhawk Dr, Chermside 4032 Register Now โžก๏ธ ow.ly/r2qr50RtrC1
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The South Asian Genes and Health in Australia (SAGHA) study is the first genomic study focused on the South Asian pop in Aus, is now open for recruitment!
๐Ÿ‘‰ Head to loom.ly/aYyDE1s for more info and to register.
An in-person event to be held 18th May @SpringfieldQLD.

The South Asian Genes and Health in Australia (SAGHA) study is the first genomic study focused on the South Asian pop in Aus, is now open for recruitment! ๐Ÿ‘‰ Head to loom.ly/aYyDE1s for more info and to register. An in-person event to be held 18th May @SpringfieldQLD.
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Nutrition plays an important role in cancer survivorship!
๐ŸšจOur NEW review supports the effectiveness of PC dietetic interventions w cancer survivors (esp w respect to intentional wt & fat loss in breast cancer survivors)
Dietitians Australia Henriette Ryding
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Nutrition plays an important role in cancer survivorship! ๐ŸšจOur NEW review supports the effectiveness of PC dietetic interventions w cancer survivors (esp w respect to intentional wt & fat loss in breast cancer survivors) @dietitiansaus @HenrietteRyding ๐Ÿ”—loom.ly/Ke92EK0
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This ๐Ÿ†• Bite Back report has claimed that food companies are using bright colours & cartoon characters in an โ€œunethicalโ€ effort to manipulate children into wanting the sweets and crisps they make. Read it here ๐Ÿ”— bb2030.co/svgC

This ๐Ÿ†• Bite Back report has claimed that food companies are using bright colours & cartoon characters in an โ€œunethicalโ€ effort to manipulate children into wanting the sweets and crisps they make. Read it here ๐Ÿ”— bb2030.co/svgC #brandsoffourkids
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Wow, this new ๐ŸŒ review has found that women lived longer than men but endured higher levels of non-fatal illness throughout their lives.
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Our systematic review exploring the relationship between health & non-weight centric eating behaviours is out now! ๐ŸŽ‰

What did we find?

๐Ÿ‘‰Across 86 studies, and 297 outcomes, we found eating in a way that had a HEALTH, not weight focusโ€ฆ

sciencedirect.com/science/articlโ€ฆ

Our systematic review exploring the relationship between health & non-weight centric eating behaviours is out now! ๐ŸŽ‰ What did we find? ๐Ÿ‘‰Across 86 studies, and 297 outcomes, we found eating in a way that had a HEALTH, not weight focusโ€ฆ sciencedirect.com/science/articlโ€ฆ
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I recently spoke to @UQ_news Contact magazine for an article that asked experts to weigh in on old-school health advice like taking vitamins and exercise. Such a fun one to be involved in and the visual layout of the article is beautiful.
Read it here โžก๏ธ loom.ly/9L0igMs

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Great to see this pub out ๐Ÿ˜
The youth unemployment rate in Aus is more than DOUBLE the national average. We evaluated the OzHarvest Nourish Program (a FREE hospitality-focused pathway) to support employment & engagement for young people ๐Ÿ‘‡ loom.ly/87uOf7k

Great to see this pub out ๐Ÿ˜ The youth unemployment rate in Aus is more than DOUBLE the national average. We evaluated the @OzHarvest Nourish Program (a FREE hospitality-focused pathway) to support employment & engagement for young people ๐Ÿ‘‡ loom.ly/87uOf7k
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The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care has seen remarkable growth in the past 5 years.
A new Review from The Lancet Digital Health examines how AI could improve care management, clinical decision-making efficiency, and further research areas ๐Ÿ‘‰ hubs.li/Q02v0wl50

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care has seen remarkable growth in the past 5 years. A new Review from @LancetDigitalH examines how AI could improve care management, clinical decision-making efficiency, and further research areas ๐Ÿ‘‰ hubs.li/Q02v0wl50
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A crucial step in making sure that your journal article reaches the right audience is to have the best keywords ๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ In this short 2-minute video I share my top tips on choosing the RIGHT keywords! ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: How can researchers maximise their productivity? I write about the tips I use personally and advice I've heard from others. Academic Chatterโ„ข Academic Mom, PhD Voices of Academia Academics Write UQ Centre for Community Health & Wellbeing linkedin.com/pulse/how-can-โ€ฆ

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