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50 Voices
This year, as part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations, we have launched 50 Voices - a content series that celebrates the people who have made UOW what it is today. From labs to libraries, lawns to lecture theatres, hear unique stories from students, staff, alumni, donors, and community members who have had a lasting impact.
Articles
UOW’s first Indigenous Postdoctoral Research Fellow
For NAIDOC week 2020 we introduce you to UOW’s first Indigenous Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Yuin woman Dr Marlene Longbottom (@DrMLongbottom) - who also advocates for young researchers via UOW’s Early Career Researcher Disruption Committee.
Law, Politics and Society
In Pursuit of Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence
Associate Professor Julia Quilter from the School of Law is investigating whether existing laws and courtroom practices help or hinder justice for sexual violence victims with the support of an Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant of $239,322.
Health and Medicine
Public Health Response to COVID-19 for Aboriginal communities
A NSW Health funded research project led by the Ngarruwan Ngadju Health and Wellbeing Research Centre at UOW will address a gap in knowledge of how Aboriginal community controlled organisations are responding to the complex health and social challenges confronting Aboriginal communities in our region throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Environment and Energy
The 3 of us: Crystal Arnold, Jennifer Atchison & Anthony McKnight
The University of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ (UOW) is home to many high achieving PhD students who are working towards solving real world problems. Behind every great PhD candidate is a great supervisor (or two).
Science and Technology
Mobile phone exposure and child development
Since mobile phones were introduced to markets in 1983, mobile phone use has increased dramatically, with over 5 billion user subscriptions in 2019. Almost half of Australian children aged 6 to 13 now own, or have regular access to, the devices.
Environment and Energy
Safer electric vehicles
Chief Investigators Professor Haiping Du and Dr Shuaishuai Sun, both from the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, are developing suspension and advanced control techniques that have the potential to improve vehicle safety by reducing the prevalence of accidents, injuries and fatalities caused by unstable vehicle motion such as loss of handling and traction control and rollovers.