News in 2012

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December

• 14th: "Not so much a roadmap, more a dead-end pass" opinion piece by Sebastian Rosenberg in the Canberra Times.
• 9th: "Better outcomes or better access - which was better for mental health care?" letter to the Medical Journal of Australia from BMRI's Sebastian Rosenberg and Professor Ian Hickie.
• 6th: "New ways to stop smoking" video interview from the Smoking Cessation Program's Update Day.
• 6th: "An ode to mental health nurses" published in the ACMHN 'News' magazine referencing BMRI's Dr Elizabeth Scott and James Southan from headspace Central Sydney.
• 5th: "Support for Parkinson's sufferers at risk" featuring A/Prof Simon Lewis.
• 3rd: "Concern new diagnostic criteria will affect autism services" on ABC Radio's AM, featuring Prof Ian Hickie.
• 1st: "Parkinson's disease patients concerned about their fate" on ABC TV featuring A/Prof Simon Lewis.

November

• 28th: "Losing sleep over semi-somnia" interview with A/Prof Nick Glozier on Channel 7's The Morning Show.
• 27th: "What's missing from the first national mental health report card" article by Sebastian Rosenberg for Croakey.
• 27th: "Paul Murray Live - Mental health with Prof Ian Hickie" interview on Sky about mental health and suicide rates.
• 27th: Released today, the National Mental Health Commission report card on mental health and suicide prevention. Prof Ian Hickie is one of eight commissioners.
• 27th: "Pathway to better treatment" article about Dr Barnett's telemedicine clinic in Dubbo.
• 12th: "Telemedicine boost for people with MS and CF"
• 9th: "How zebrafish regrow brain cells" article in COSMOS magazine featuring comment from PhD student Adam Svahn.
• 9th: "Better access to specialist neurological care for regional NSW" article about Dr Barnett's telemedicine clinic in Dubbo.
• 6th: "Scientists pinpoint earliest ever Alzheimer's signs" article on The Conversation, with comment from A/Prof Michael Valenzuela.
• 6th: "Success across the board in latest round of ARC grants", Dr Yazi Ke awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) grant to better understand the role of the protein tau in dementia.

October

• 24th: "What if we didn't feel fear or sadness?" on ABC 702 Sunday, featuring Prof Ian Hickie
• 19th: "How to prevent Alzheimer’s and related dementias"
• 19th: Positive computing for young people’s mental health
• 16th: The Brain & Mind Research Institute 2011 & 2012 Annual Report.
• 5th: "Scientists trial curry chemical in dementia fight" article on ABC News.
• 1: Research spotlight: Associate Professor Adam Guastella, BMRI.

September

• 25th: "Online brain training: does it make you smarter?" article on ABC online featuring comment from A/Prof Michael Valenzuela.
• 18th: "New research to help trials for schizophrenia drugs" article in the Sydney Morning Herald featuring comment from Prof Ian Hickie.
• 12th: "Life goes on, and it's time we prepared for living into our 90s" article in the Sydney Morning Herald featuring comment from Prof Ian Hickie.
• 10th: "Not feeling tip-top? You'd better sleep on it" article in the Australian featuring comment from A/Prof Nick Glozier.
• 5th: "Adolescent pathways to depression" presentated by Prof Ian Hickie for the Sydney Idea's Festival "21st Century Medicine" lecture series.
• 4th: Prof Ian Hickie spoke about the positive influences of the internet on mental health for Channel 10's "The Project" story on internet addiction.

August

• 11th: "Reform pace irks experts" article in The Australian featuring comments from Prof Ian Hickie.
• 7th: "Doctors welcome Parkinson's drug on PBS" featuring A/Prof Simon Lewis.

July

• 25th: "ABS accused of putting a spin on suicide rates"
• 18th: "Try this quick quiz" article in Sydney University Alumni Magazine about Associate Professor Sharon Naismith's research that is helping people with early signs of Alzheimer's or memory loss.
• 18th: "Of mice and mental illness" article in Sydney University Alumni Magazine about Associate Professor Lars Ittner's research into a vaccine for Alzheimer's that's effective in mice.
• 10th: "The Athenian Society" story about the history of the Society established by Professor Max Bennett at the University of Melbourne.
• 2nd: "Parkinson's disease: research offering new hope for more effective treatment" on ABC TV's Health Quarter, featuring A/Prof Simon Lewis.

June

• 28th: "Sunday Brunch with Prof Ian Hickie"
• 24th: "Boarding house of horrors" story on ABC Radio National with comment from Prof Tim Lambert.
• 22nd: "New way to scan moving rats" featuring research conducted by Andre Kyme, A/Prof Roger Fulton and Prof Steve Meikle.
• 22nd: "PET scans might be used to diagnose cancer" featuring research conducted by Andre Kyme, A/Prof Roger Fulton and Prof Steve Meikle.
• 21st: "Scan on rats in motion opens new areas of research" featuring research conducted by Andre Kyme, A/Prof Roger Fulton and Prof Steve Meikle.
• 21st: "Internet 'helping youth mental health'" on Prof Ian Hickie's presentation at the Young Minds forum.
• 21st: "Scan on rats in motion opens new areas of research"
• 20th: "Tracking frees up PET scanned lab rats" article on ABC Science.
• 20th: "Scientists lead rat race for better PET scan"
• 8th: "Keeping your memory" story on A Current Affair about protecting your brain from memory loss, featuring A/Prof Michael Valenzuela and his work on Alzheimer's disease.
• 7th: A/Prof Simon Lewis interviewed on ABC TV News about his work into Parkinson's disease.
• 7th: "Mental health costs billions, says report" with comment from Prof Hickie
• 6th: "Breaking the silence on mental health" Prof Ian Hickie featured on the University of Sydney's What Matters website.
• 4th: "Brain power: why using it helps stop losing it" article by A/Prof Michael Valenzuela.
• 3rd: "Improving mental health care matters to Ian Hickie" video interview on YouTube with Prof Ian Hickie.
• 1st: "To improve men's mental health, focus on education, employment and providing services that men want to use" article on Crikey health blog by Sebastian Rosenberg.
• 1st: "A Cautionary Tail supports headspace Central Sydney"

May

• 31st: A/Prof Adam Guastella interviewed for Channel 7 Sunshine Coast News on the use of eye tracking as a novel biomarker of social dysfunction in humans.
• 23rd: "Cell Biology: Alzheimer's Disease" research spotlight on the Universityof Sydney home page, featuring Dr Claire Goldsbury, Head of the Alzheimer's Cell Biology Laboratory.
• 14th: Bupa Health Foundation Award winner A/Prof Adam Guastella featured in this video, at time 1:35.
• 14th: "More Parkinson's nurses needed" article referencing A/Prof Simon Lewis' study in the Shoalhaven region.
• 13th: "DIY autism treatment raises alarm" article in the Sydney Morning Herald about A/Prof Guastella's Bupa grant and oxytocin research.
• 12th: "Arana Taumata family has helped him back from the brink" article in the Daily Telegraph referencing Prof Ian Hickie.
• 9th: "Mental health and the federal budget" article on Crikey health blog written by Sebastian Rosenberg.
• 4th: "Australian health initiatives receive $2.5 million boost". The BMRI is one of eight award recipients.

April

• 25th: "Protecting your brain: 'Use it or lose it'" article on A/Prof Michael Valenzuela's study in brain ageing.
• 25th: "Hope for Parkinson's disease" interview with A/prof Simon Lewis on Channel 10 news.
• 13th: Welcome to Associate Professor Michael Valenzuela and his team

March

• 27th: "Desperate need for mental health care" comment from Prof Ian Hickie.
• 26th: "Ian Hickie critical phase of development" video interview from Under Your Influence.
• 26th: "Ian Hickie other problems of teenage drinking" video interview from Under Your Influence.
• 8th: "Community nurse solution for Parkinson's" article in Australian Ageing Agenda about A/Prof Simon Lewis' Parkinson's disease study .
• 6th: "National alcohol guidelines being ignored" story on ABC Radio featuring comments from Prof Ian Hickie.
• 5th: "Closing Ranks" story on ABC's Four Corners program, and "Shooting deaths spark call for mental health overhaul" article on ABC News website featuring comments from Prof Ian Hickie.

• 3rd: "Reform stalled by Rudd" article in The Australian featuring comments from Prof Ian Hickie.
• 2nd: "Specialist carers help Parkinson's disease study" featuring A/Prof Simon Lewis on ABC News.

• 2nd: "Lawrence dives in for Parkinson's" article in the Fraser Coast Chronicle featuring research by A/Prof Simon Lewis.
• 2nd: "Parkinson's patients to swamp homes" AAP article featuring comments from A/Prof Simon Lewis.
• 1st: "Online is a lifeline for many teens" article featuring comments from Prof Ian Hickie.

February

• 27th: University of Sydney student Andre Kyme wins award article about Andre Kyme and A/Prof Roger Fulton's research in the North Shore Times.
• 26th: Vitamin D trial to prevent Multiple Sclerosis Channel 10 story on this world first trial.
• 20th: Sleepless elite: quest for the Thatcher gene article in the Sydney Morning Herald about sleep requirments, with comments from A/Prof Nick Glozier.
• 17th: Stop tinkering and start reforming opinion piece on the national health system by Sebastian Rosenberg in the Sydney Morning Herald.
• 16th: How to scan a waking brain article in the New Scientist about PhD student Andre Kyme and A/Prof Roger Fulton's research into awake-animal imaging.

January

• 31st: "Is retirement bad for our brain?" article in the Melbourne Age about the mental health benefits of working, with Prof Ian Hickie.
• 30th: "New diagnosis could confuse mental health care" interview on ABC News Radio with Prof Ian Hickie.
• 28th: "Parents fear new definition of autism" article in the Daily Telegraph with comment from Prof Ian Hickie.
• 25th: "Funding boost for Multiple Sclerosis research" about a NSW Government grant for the MS Research Australia Brain Bank, based at the BMRI.
• 24th: "New mental health chief informed by experience" article in the Sydney Morning Herald.
• 19th: "Mental health reform roadmap needs work" article by Alan Rosen for Crikey.
• 6th: "Brain's function fails at 45" interview with A/Prof Sharon on research into how mid-life health is related to dementia.
• 2nd: Assoc Prof Sharon Naismith speaks to Warren Moore on Radio 2GB about recent research showing that elderly brains can be as fast as younger brains, if they focus less on accuracy and more on reaction time.