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Sharon Pickering Professor of Criminology, Dean of Arts

Ending family violence is everybody’s responsibility

Monash is recognised for the strength of its gender scholarship, health and legal research, education, industry engagement and commitment to social justice.

Monash is recognised for the strength of its gender scholarship, health and legal research, education, industry engagement and commitment to social justice.

Technology And Engineering

Khu Soon-Thiam Head of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Malaysia School of Engineering

A river restored runs through it

Pressures of land management and poor waste management have reduced many of the world's rivers to waste dumping grounds.

Pressures of land management and poor waste management have reduced many of the world's rivers to waste dumping grounds.

Ryan Hoy Senior Research Fellow, Occupational and Environment, Health Sciences

Deadly dust disease hope

A pregnancy hormone may provide the first effective treatment in combating the silicosis epidemic.

A pregnancy hormone may provide the first effective treatment in combating the silicosis epidemic.

Business and economy

Charles Livingstone Head of Gambling and Social Determinants

Business and economy

Crown fools

Regulatory failure in gambling runs deep, and is a major political problem.

Regulatory failure in gambling runs deep, and is a major political problem.

Paul Wood Adjunct Professor in Biotechnology

Overcooked!

Meat substitutes and alternatives might play a positive role but they aren't going to save the planet.

Meat substitutes and alternatives might play a positive role but they aren't going to save the planet.

Margaret Simons Associate Professor, Journalism

Fixing journalism

The ACCC Digital Platforms Report recommends several ways to revive journalism in the social media age, including A$50m in direct grants to local news services.

The ACCC Digital Platforms Report recommends several ways to revive journalism in the social media age, including A$50m in direct grants to local news services.

Mary Jean Walker Research Fellow, Philosophy

Ethical concerns over drug-testing plan

Drug testing of welfare recipients does not pass the test of being worth the costs and is not ethically acceptable policy.

Drug testing of welfare recipients does not pass the test of being worth the costs and is not ethically acceptable policy.

Carolina Weller Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Sore spot in aged care

Using pressure injury rates to target underperforming nursing homes is critical to improving Australia’s aged care system.

Using pressure injury rates to target underperforming nursing homes is critical to improving Australia’s aged care system.

Technology And Engineering

Mark Banaszak Holl Professor and Head, Department of Chemical Engineering

Dead legs tell knee tales

New research shows that, rather than single-force events, most ACL injuries are the result of continued-use damage that hasn’t repaired quickly enough.

New research shows that, rather than single-force events, most ACL injuries are the result of continued-use damage that hasn’t repaired quickly enough.

Jade Bilardi Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Sexual Health Clinic

Doctors, we've got a problem 'down there'

It's the most common vaginal infection affecting women of reproductive age, but is often considered a non-serious condition – and that needs to change.

It's the most common vaginal infection affecting women of reproductive age, but is often considered a non-serious condition – and that needs to change.

Elspeth Hutton Research Fellow, Department of Neuroscience

Tackling pain head-on

Upcoming trials may offer hope to those who suffer from debilitating cluster headaches and chronic migraines.

Upcoming trials may offer hope to those who suffer from debilitating cluster headaches and chronic migraines.

Philip Russo Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery

Hospitals that make us sicker

A surprising number of people are catching pneumonia or urinary tract infections in hospital, a new Australian study shows for the first time.

A surprising number of people are catching pneumonia or urinary tract infections in hospital, a new Australian study shows for the first time.

Science

The secret life of teeth

A new study reveals the lives of human ancestors who died millions of years ago.

Luca Fiorenza Senior Lecturer, Anatomy and Developmental Biology, BDI

A new study reveals the lives of human ancestors who died millions of years ago.

Jorja Collins Adjunct lecturer, Nutrition Dietetics & Food

Greening up the health sector

Work is under way on how to best teach our future health workforce about environmental sustainability and its impacts.

Work is under way on how to best teach our future health workforce about environmental sustainability and its impacts.

Simon Bell Professor, Centre for Medicine Use & Safety

Refining pill regimes

Sixty-three per cent of Australian aged care residents take at least nine different medications regularly.

Sixty-three per cent of Australian aged care residents take at least nine different medications regularly.

Carl Grodach Professor, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

From fields of green to a '20-minute city'

With Melbourne’s population continuing to boom, urban planners and academics have a vision for the city to become a network of connected communities where people will be able to walk or cycle to amenities.

With Melbourne’s population continuing to boom, urban planners and academics have a vision for the city to become a network of connected communities where people will be able to walk or cycle to amenities.

Design and architecture

Design And Architecture

Design and architecture

Reframing our future technology fears

Don’t worry, your self-driving car won’t kill you – as long as research focuses on people and society, too.

Sarah Pink Director, Emerging Technologies Research Lab, and Professor, Design

Don’t worry, your self-driving car won’t kill you – as long as research focuses on people and society, too.

Michael Selgelid Professor, Monash Bioethics Centre

Ebola bites back

Urgent action is needed to combat the second-biggest outbreak of the deadly virus that's claimed more than 1500 lives.

Urgent action is needed to combat the second-biggest outbreak of the deadly virus that's claimed more than 1500 lives.

Michael Selgelid Professor, Monash Bioethics Centre

The ethics of experimental vaccines

Deliberately infecting people with a disease-causing agent as part of medical research can be ethically acceptable, and even necessary.

Deliberately infecting people with a disease-causing agent as part of medical research can be ethically acceptable, and even necessary.