June news about Society Culture and Health

8 June 2018

Conference papers and posters

Leach L, Bennetts S, Giallo R, Cooklin A. Engaging fathers in research about parenting. Australian Fatherhood Research Symposium. 3-4th May 2018, Melbourne, Australia. This poster presentation (with brief oral talk) won best Poster Prize.

Funding received

Leach, L., Farrer, L., & Walsh, E. Exploring innovation in public health teaching: From scoping to practice. Funded for 2018. CHM, The ANU. $9,069.

Impact and engagement

Liana is working with PWC and the ACT Post and Antenatal Depression Support and Information Service (PANDSI) to provide a summary document about the costs of postnatal depression and anxiety in Canberra, and how PANDSI’s service reduces these social and health costs.

Jodie attended the ANU Thesis Writing Boot Camp, 11-13 May, and wrote over 20,000 words.

Jodie submitted an application for the Australian-French Entrepreneurship Challenge 2018

Anna made a submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2018. Her submission was referenced in the Committee’s final report.

Anna co-edited a Special Section on take-home naloxone which has been published in Drug and Alcohol Review.