Event News

• Allied in health[25 March 2013]

  

  Seven Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students specialising in physio, speech or occupational therapy have graduated from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Health Science on Friday 22 March. More

• Australia Awards Fellowships [19 February 2013]

  

  The AusAID-funded Australia Award Fellowship commenced at the Faculty of Health Sciences on Monday 18 February 2013. More

• Our alumni shine in 2012[30 October 2012]

  

  University of Sydney alumni shine in almost every conceivable area, with an impressive range of prime ministers, chief justices, astronauts, surgeons, artists, scientists and Nobel laureates graduating in the University's 162-year history. More

• The challenges of an extra lifetime in the 21st century: how to prepare for living into our nineties[14 September 2012]

  

  In a Sydney Ideas lecture, co-presented with the Faculty of Health Sciences' Ageing Work and Health Unit, the Hon Susan Ryan AO, Age Discrimination Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission discussed the challenges associated with rapid population ageing in the 21st century. More

• Literacy Stepping Stones - Speech Pathology Week Seminar[22 August 2012]

  

  Over 80 alumni and staff attended the faculty's 'Literacy Stepping Stones' Speech Pathology week event at Cumberland Campus on Monday evening. More

• Medal madness for University of Sydney[13 August 2012]

  

  University of Sydney Olympians have finished with a total of eight medal including a bronze won by a current health sciences' student and a silver medal secured by one of our alumni. More

• Thank you to the Dean - Professor Gwynnyth Llewellyn[3 August 2012]

  

  On the evening of Thursday 2 August, over 150 guests gathered in MacLaurin Hall, Camperdown Campus to pay tribute to the outstanding contribution Professor Gwynnyth Llewellyn has made to the Faculty of Health Sciences and the University of Sydney during her time as Dean from 2005 - 2012. More

• The future of breast cancer screening [21 June 2012]

  

  In Australia over 500,000 women undergo breast cancer screening using two dimensional x-ray mammography each year. While existing screening programs have been effective in boosting early detection rates, new technologies are increasingly showing promise. More

• Launch of research network for rural mental health[4 June 2012]

  

  The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney is integral to a Collaborative Research Network focused on improving mental health services in regional Australia, launched at the University of New England in Armidale today. More

• Faculty Awards 2012[4 June 2012]

  

  The annual Faculty of Health Sciences Awards Night was held on Tuesday 29 May at MacLaurin Hall, with Professor Archie Johnston (Dean of Engineering and Information Technologies and Chair of the Board of Health Sciences) and Professor Michelle Lincoln (Associate Dean - Undergraduate, Faculty of Health Sciences) keeping the audience engaged as special guest speaker and MC, respectively. More

• 3D virtual reality system lights the way for University of Sydney radiation therapy students[22 May 2012]

  

  Australia's next generation of radiation therapists will benefit from a new state-of-the-art 3D virtual reality training system at the University of Sydney. More

• Greatest challenges facing healthcare[8 May 2012]

  

  On April 18, over 120 guests attended a discussion of the greatest challenges facing contemporary healthcare. More