I’ll be talking about student mobility at this event next week. Specifically about the PICS program we run in the School of Psychology with Singapore (uow-pics.com.au). ⁦Stuart Johnstone⁩ ⁦Peter J Kelly⁩

New paper from UOW doctoral student Melvin Goh Enhancing Type 2 diabetes risk communication with message framing and tailored risk feedback: an online randomised controlled trial. Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities UOW Research Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute tandfonline.com/eprint/JTRUCHC…

New systematic review from UOW doctoral student Tayla Degan Health literacy of people living with mental illness or substance use disorders: A systematic review. Laura Robinson Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute UOW Research onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ei…

RT if you personally know someone with Covid right now.

Evaluating an #Aboriginal community controlled residential #alcohol and other #drug services: Use of benchmarking to examine within #treatment changes in wellbeing Peter J Kelly Joe Coyte Laura Robinson Kathleen Clapham UOW Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute The Glen #AOD #ACCO onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

New paper examining self-harm in primary school aged children. Estimated prevalence was 6.5%. School psychologists are vital in identification and support of children, and upskilling teachers and parents is required rdcu.be/cG56j

Calling all families with 18- to 24-month olds living near Wollongong! We’re exploring parent well-being, parenting and child development. Involves an online survey, interview and a parent-child session at the university. Expression of interest form: uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cw…

Our paper with The Glen onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11… It highlights the important role that Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations play in drug and alcohol treatment. UOW Research Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute @uow Kathleen Clapham Ngarruwan Ngadju Drug&AlcoholReview Laura Robinson @SophiePsyc @DrMLongbottom

Mental distress is rising, especially for low-income middle-aged women. Medicare needs a major shakeup to match need theconversation.com/mental-distres… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Such important research!

Important research by Melissa Eaton, please participate if you can or share with your networks

📣 PhD opportunity for a nutritionist or dietitian with interest in gastropsychology! Program involves working with multidisciplinary international team including the awesome Helen Burton Murray, Ph.D. Laboratory for Brain-Gut Axis Studies Brjánn Ljótsson laurenm_dietitian ⬇️ or 📧 me for more info.

Do you feel that you have experienced discrimination based on your weight (weight-stigma) while accessing health care & services related to your #mentalhealth? Are you aged 18 years or older & have or ever had a diagnosis of depression or anxiety? redcap.uow.edu.au/redcap/surveys…

Good news: we were able to secure funding from NHMRC to continue our loneliness research with the alcohol and other drug sector. Our team includes: Isabella Ingram @Genevieve132 Laura Robinson Robert Stirling UOW Research Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities UOW uow.edu.au/media/2023/cur…

We are seeking people to complete an anonymous online survey about sober-curious podcasts and the reasons for listening to these. If you are interested in participating, or you would like more information, click the link below! uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0T…

Beautiful (& hilly!) Mt Kembla trail 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️