Events Calendar | Public Lecture | Griffith University

11 Sep

Supporting care recipient/carer dyads in the early stages of dementia

Menzies Health Institute Queensland Optimising Health Outcomes Program Seminar with Dr Gillian Stockwell-Smith
In association with Dementia Awareness Month, this presentation reports on the outcomes from a mixed-methods study that sought to establish the effectiveness of early intervention in improving self-efficacy, wellbeing and dyadic relationship outcomes for care recipient/carer dyads in the early-stages of dementia.

07 Sep

Chronic pain: is cure a step too far?

Menzies Health Institute Queensland 2017 Lecture Series with Professor Kathryn Refshauge.
âPain is a universal experience. Chronic pain is not. Despite the investment of many millions of dollars in investigations of chronic musculoskeletal pain, particularly low back pain, we are apparently no closer to solving the enigma of why some people develop chronic pain while others recover from an acute episode.

07 Sep

Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar: The IMF and Armenia: Fiscal consolidation at any cost?

Iyanatul ['Yan'] Islam is Adjunct Professor, Griffith Asia Institute. He is also affiliated with the South Asia Economic Modelling Network (SANEM), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Until recently, Yan held a director-level appointment at the International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland with supervisory responsibility as Chief, Employment and Labour Market Policies Branch, Employment Policy Department, ILO Geneva.

07 Sep

Delirium: the invisible illness

Menzies Health Institute Queensland Optimising Health Outcomes Seminar with Assoc Prof Andrew Teodorczuk
In association with Dementia Awareness Month - Typically misdiagnosed as dementia or depression, a state of the science update will be presented on how to spot, stop and treat delirium. âNew understandings about the relationship with dementia will be covered as well as an in-depth deconstruction of healthcare practice in relation to delirium care.

06 Sep

Griffith Asia Institute 2017 Asia Lecture: A contested Asia: what replaces US strategic predominance?

Mr Varghese took up his position as the fourteenth Chancellor at The University of Queensland on 11 July 2016. Prior to this appointment, Mr Varghese was Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 3 December 2012 to 1 July 2016. His diplomatic appointments include High Commissioner to India (2009-12), High Commissioner to Malaysia (2000-02) and postings to Tokyo, Washington and Vienna.

31 Aug

Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar: What is a 'foreign' firm, and does it matter?

How should we define a firm as 'foreign' and/or 'domestic' in our complex globalising world? Large MNEs increasingly utilize detailed and complicated ownership structures that, in part, seek to hide direct ownership patterns for tax and financial reasons. So, how prevalent are 'foreign' firms in local economies? Is there a better way to categorise foreign and domestic firms, and how does this aï¬ect existing understandings (good and bad) of MNE activity?