Seminar/Forum

MHIQ Program Seminar Series Disability & Rehabilitation GCORE - New ways to look at muscle mechanics
10 Oct

MHIQ Program Seminar Series Disability & Rehabilitation GCORE - New ways to look at muscle mechanics

MHIQ Program Seminar Series Disability & Rehabilitation GCORE
Assoc Professor Justin Fernandez will discuss efforts to encapsulate traditional continuum muscle mechanics models with machine learning for rapid prediction and translation to the clinic. Secondly, I will discuss an alternative mechanics-based method to estimate muscle fibre directions compared to diffusion tensor imaging. Both studies will be presented with a focus on the gastrocnemius.
Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar | Are microfinance borrowers born or made? An analysis of the personality characteristics of microfinance borrowers in Pakistan, Nicaragua, and Bhutan
03 Oct

Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar | Are microfinance borrowers born or made? An analysis of the personality characteristics of microfinance borrowers in Pakistan, Nicaragua, and Bhutan

In this presentation, Dr Katherine Hunt, Program Advisor and Financial Planning Lecturer from the Griffith Business School, Griffith University will provide an analysis of the personality characteristics of microfinance borrowers in Pakistan, Nicaragua, and Bhutan.
2019 MHIQ Lecture Series - Health system stewardship - a critical attribute of the contemporary health professional
03 Oct

2019 MHIQ Lecture Series - Health system stewardship - a critical attribute of the contemporary health professional

2019 MHIQ Lecture Series
Professor McColl draws our attention to the fact that with an increasingly complex health care system the contemporary health professional has an additional responsibility to contribute beyond the individual patient and actively support a safe and effective health system. In this presentation the concept of health system stewardship will be explored in the context of the continuum of health professional education and training.
World Environmental Health Day - special address from guest, Prof Anthony Capon - Planetary Heath: Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch
26 Sep

World Environmental Health Day - special address from guest, Prof Anthony Capon - Planetary Heath: Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch

Come join us on World Envionmental Health Day with a special address from guest, Prof Anthony Capon, on "Planetary Heath: Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch' followed by light refreshments.
Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar | Labour Migration in Southeast Asia: The Political Economy of Poor and Uneven Governance
26 Sep

Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar | Labour Migration in Southeast Asia: The Political Economy of Poor and Uneven Governance

In this presentation, Dr Kelly Gerard, Australia Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia will discuss the political economy of labour migration in Southeast Asia by examining the specific sectoral interests that underpin governance, and associated tensions and conflicts.
MHIQ Program Seminar Series Disability & Rehabilitation GCORE - Host Professor David Lloyd
26 Sep

MHIQ Program Seminar Series Disability & Rehabilitation GCORE - Host Professor David Lloyd

MHIQ Program Seminar Series - Disability & Rehabilitation GCORE
The presentation by Prof Juha Töyräs focuses on development of quantitative techniques for arthroscopy, delayed CT arthrography and modelling of joint function. Dr Antônio Padilha L Bó will discuss how neuroengineering, robotics, VR, smart sensing, and improved control interfaces may be used to create new rehabilitation devices