Health Sciences
Empowering Nurses: New Course on Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Awareness
Reading time: 2 minutes Hospital presentations for nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) are increasing every year, making it more important than ever…
Making Milestones: Fostering a balanced approach in preterm birth and performance research
Reading time: 7 minutes When a PhD opportunity presented itself through a professional network, Mike jumped at the chance to…
Making Milestones: Bridging the gap between health theory and practice
Hayley’s initial plan wasn’t to do a PhD or go into research. But after a missed opportunity and some encouragement…
Making Milestones: Intervening for the future of menstrual education
From cold calling a Curtin Professor with a research idea, Felicity has developed an award-winning research project aimed at equipping…
Embracing Nursing with a Hands-On Approach
Everline was initially motivated to study nursing by her desire to help people and wear scrubs. Initially starting with a…
Nurturing a Passion for Healthcare and Community through Nursing and Volunteering
Meet Monika, a passionate Bachelor of Science student whose career path was inspired by her hardworking registered nurse mother. Her upbringing…
Making Milestones: Training the brain for a functional future
Caerwen wasn’t always sure where a human biology and maths degree would lead her. But a chance 2-month long internship…
Devoting one’s life to giving back
Meet Abhilash, a first-year medicine student, who embarked on his academic journey with a clear goal in mind – to…
Making Milestones: Novel discoveries for the future mind
At 34, Melissa took 6 months off her mining engineering job. She was bored, too young to retire and needed…
From Wildlife Photojournalism to Conservation Science
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to switch gears in your academic journey? Meet Caitlin McKeown, an adventurous student…