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From TB to COVID-19 and back again

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/from-tb-to-covid-19-and-back-again

13 Dec 2023: Dr Clare Smith’s face is beaming. She’s standing in front of a small silver plaque fastened to a white brick wall. Underneath the name of her department, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, are two words that signal the start of a new chapter in
New Cardiovascular Research Flagship for Tasmania

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/new-cardiovascular-research-flagship-for-tasmania

7 Dec 2023: To tackle the prevalence of cardiovascular disease in Tasmania the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research has launched a new Cardiovascular Research Flagship. This Flagship will build on the success and impactful research
Personalised medicine for prostate cancer, a focus during Movember

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/personalised-medicine-for-prostate-cancer,-a-focus-during-movember2

28 Nov 2023: Dr Kelsie Raspin from the University of Tasmania’s, Menzies Institute for Medical Research works with the Tasmanian community to tackle prostate cancer. This Movember she’s pleased to see the focus firmly on men’s health issues. “Movember is a
Joanne Flinn, BEc, LLB 1990

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9 Oct 2023: After completing degrees in economics and law, Joanne launched her career consulting for Accenture in Sydney followed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) internationally. Joanne is a published author, speaker and strategist who specialises in integrating
Law alumna keen to share career options

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4 May 2023: Hailing from Blackmans Bay, Law alumna Georgina Barnes BEc-LLB(Hons) 2019, AssocDegPhil 2022, is now an Associate specialising in dispute resolution at Baker McKenzie in Sydney. Georgina works across a broad range of the law on matters which are in
New Director for Tasmania Law Reform Institute

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/new-director-for-tasmania-law-reform-institute

10 Feb 2023: The University of Tasmania’s Jeremy Prichard (BA/LLB ’97, BA Hons ’98, PhD ‘04) has been appointed Director of the Tasmania Law Reform Institute. "I look forward to working closely with the Institute’s Board to serve Tasmanians through
Many hands help the garden grow at Inveresk

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/many-hands-help-the-garden-grow-at-inveresk

19 Apr 2023: Since the Community Food Garden at Inveresk was established in 2022, it’s not only been growing food, but a community of people who are gathering, sharing skills and connecting in this new place. A wide variety of vegetables have been harvested by
Professor Andrew Palmer ranked in top 10 most prolific health…

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27 Jun 2023: Professor Andrew Palmer, who heads up the Menzies Institute for Medical Research health economics research group, has been ranked in the top 10 most productive authors in health economics research globally. Professor Palmer has extensive experience
Tall Poppy awards for two inspiring scientists

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21 Jul 2023: A multiple sclerosis (MS) genetics researcher and a climate change scientist from the University of Tasmania have been honoured with Tasmanian Tall Poppy Science Awards for 2023. The annual awards, created by the Australian Institute of Policy and
Learn how to live with fire

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11 Dec 2023: A free, online short course that explores the unpredictability of bushfires and how we live with them is teaching the community how to adapt in a changing climate. Dr Penelope Jones, who developed the short course, said this was a great opportunity
Tasmania’s first Professor of English celebrated

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20 Jan 2023: He was Tasmania’s first Professor of English, but William Henry Williams was also the only lecturer in the subject for the first three decades of the University’s life. Williams was one of just three academics hired as the entire teaching staff
Moira Finch, Prof Honours (Leadership HHS) 2021

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9 Oct 2023: “People caring for people” is a mission statement that rings true for Moira Finch, who this year took up her dream job as CEO of Port Macquarie Private Hospital, a service she is passionate about. Moira was appointed to the top job having worked
From dispensing pills to filling stills

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/from-dispensing-pills-to-filling-stills

8 Aug 2023: For Wendy Steinberg, it was the desire for a new challenge, a love of science and a need to just ‘make something’ that set her on a journey from pharmacist to working for Tasmania’s iconic Lark Distillery. After 12 years in pharmacy, Wendy knew
Antarctic researcher wins prestigious Fellowship to study in the US

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10 Feb 2023: A University of Tasmania Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) graduate has won a prestigious Quad Fellowship to investigate the historic impacts of climate change on glacial melting in Antarctica. Mika Bighin has arrived in the United
Preterm baby follow-up study reports findings of global significance

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/preterm-baby-follow-up-study-reports-findings-of-global-significance2

12 Sep 2023: A successful international clinical trial coordinated and run from the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research has recently had its two-year follow-up results published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical
New human movement Centre opens in Hobart

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/new-human-movement-centre-opens-in-hobart

24 Nov 2023: A new centre which allows scientists and clinicians to track precise human movements as part of vital work into Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological disorders has opened in Hobart. The only one of its kind in Tasmania, the new HIMAC
Spotlight on Yvette Maker, Senior Lecturer in Law

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/spotlight-on-yvette-maker,-senior-lecturer-in-law

3 May 2023: Dr Yvette Maker is a Senior Lecturer in Law and her work focuses on the disability- and gender-related dimensions of law, policy and practice. Yvette has expertise across the fields of human rights law, disability and mental health law, consumer law,
Clarice Chan, LLB 2011

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/clarice-chan,-llb-2011

16 Oct 2023: Law alum Clarice Chan’s hard work and passionate advocacy have led to change at the highest levels of Malaysia’s judiciary. Since completing a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Tasmania in 2011, she has established a distinguished legal
Multiple sclerosis rising and accelerating in Australia new data shows

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/multiple-sclerosis-rising-and-accelerating-in-australia-new-data-shows

15 Feb 2023: The number of Australians living with multiple sclerosis (MS) is increasing at a significant and accelerating rate. The latest data showed that 33,335 Australians were living with MS in 2021, an increase of 30% (7,728) over the four years since the
MS research at Menzies boosted by significant new grant funding

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/ms-research-at-menzies-boosted-by-significant-new-grant-funding

23 Feb 2023: Four researchers from the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research are amongst the recipients of 22 grants awarded by MS Australia in its latest funding round for multiple sclerosis (MS) research, providing a major boost in
Charitable trust makes enduring impact

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/charitable-trust-makes-enduring-impact

4 Apr 2023: The year before her death, Irene Phelps reflected on her life: the girl from a former gold mining town in northern Tasmania, who had started out sweeping floors at a women’s apparel store, had travelled the globe, established a new life in
Education alumna’s placement turned into flood relief

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/education-alumnas-placement-turned-into-flood-relief

26 Jun 2023: Tegan McDougall (BEd 2023) never expected her teaching degree to include sandbagging and delivering supplies to flood victims. But that’s just what happened when the rural Victorian town Tegan was undertaking her final teaching placement in was
Unis establish national air quality and pollen service

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/unis-establish-national-air-quality-and-pollen-service

21 Nov 2023: The University of Melbourne and the University of Tasmania today announced their investment into the newly established start-up “AirHealth”, the first integrated, Australia-wide service that will provide access to real time, location specific
River’s Edge building opens in Launceston

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/rivers-edge-campus-building-opens-in-launceston

28 Jul 2023: The University of Tasmania’s new Launceston campus has reached a milestone today (Friday, 28 July) with the opening of the River’s Edge, a state-of-the-art learning and teaching facility for students and staff in the North. Vice-Chancellor
Voon Aoon Chin, BE (Electronics & Communications) 1995

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/voon-aoon-chin,-be-1995

14 Jun 2023: In health care, less visible does not mean less critical. This is the case for Voon Aoon Chin, Director of Biomedical Engineering in the Sydney Local Heath District. His role puts him at the coalface of the New South Wales public healthcare system,
Blacksmith and sculptor Pete Mattila on witnessing transformation

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/blacksmith-and-sculptor-pete-mattila-on-witnessing-transformation

4 Apr 2023: When US born sculptor and blacksmith Pete Mattila (BCA Hons 2010, MFA 2013) forges steel into art he witnesses transformation – and it is the magic of that that has kept him so passionate about his craft. “It’s like a little journey we’re
Bumper funding for research into Epstein-Barr virus and multiple…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/bumper-funding-for-research-into-epstein-barr-virus-and-multiple-sclerosis-connection

13 Jul 2023: The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) has announced $2 million in funding for new multiple sclerosis (MS) research at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, providing a further boost to its MS Research Flagship’s
A shared goal to reduce the impact of multiple sclerosis

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/a-shared-goal-to-reduce-the-impact-of-multiple-sclerosis

13 Dec 2023: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating disease of the central nervous system. Both environmental and genetic risk factors contribute to its development as the most common chronic neurological disease affecting young adults. There are more than
International consortium honours work across Indigenous education

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/international-consortium-honours-work-across-indigenous-education

9 Mar 2023: Associate Professor Clair Andersen, who has spent a lifetime promoting education opportunities for Australia’s First Nations people, has been recognised for those efforts on an international stage. She has been inducted to the World Indigenous
Spotlight on Kim Beasy, Senior Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/spotlight-on-kim-beasy,-senior-lecturer-in-curriculum-and-pedagogy

26 Jun 2023: Dr Kim Beasy specialises in education for sustainability. Kim’s teaching and research engage diverse communities in the social, environmental, economic and cultural dimensions of sustainability. She seeks to inform and show how transitions toward
Nicola Maddern, BPharm 2010

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/nicky-maddern

13 Nov 2023: Nicola (Nicky) Maddern describes her role in establishing the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) pharmacy service in Tasmania as the greatest achievement of her working life. The vital role she played in establishing the service, first as project lead,
North-West local takes the reins as new Cradle Coast Pro…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/north-west-local-takes-the-reins-as-new-cradle-coast-pro-vice-chancellor

19 Jun 2023: From an early age, Associate Professor Sonya Stanford knew she wanted to attend university to forge a positive future for herself and others. Born in Devonport, she’s a proud North-West local who has experienced the barriers and challenges of
Daniel Edwards' (BEd 2013) Infectious STEM teaching fires a new…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/infectious-stem-teaching-fires-a-new-generation-of-learners

14 Jul 2023: Daniel Edwards (BEd 2013) is passionate about STEM (Science Technology and Engineering and Maths) and it’s infectious. At his North-West primary school, Montello, in Burnie, 60 students attend an afterschool club called Code Club – where they
Spotlight on Cleo Hansen-Lohrey, Lecturer in Law

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/spotlight-on-cleo-hansen-lohrey,-lecturer-in-law

22 Aug 2023: Cleo is a Lecturer in Law and coordinates the administrative law and civil procedure units in the undergraduate law degree. Cleo is also a co-coordinator of the Law Honours program and a convenor of the faculty’s International Law Discussion Group.
Researchers identify first genetic marker for multiple sclerosis…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/researchers-identify-first-genetic-marker-for-multiple-sclerosis-severity

29 Jun 2023: Scientists identify the first genetic marker for MS severity, opening the door to preventing long-term disability. A study of more than 22,000 people with multiple sclerosis has discovered the first genetic variant associated with faster disease
Dr Zakiya Leeming, BCA(Hons) 2005

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/zakiya-leeming

13 Sep 2023: The sounds of science There’s art and there’s science, but the magic that happens when the two work together is another thing altogether. In Zakiya Leeming’s current project the beauty of chamber opera pays homage to the development of the
Record-breaking medical research funding to target some of Tasmania’s …

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19 Dec 2023: The University of Tasmania has been awarded more than $14. 8 million in highly competitive funding for medical research projects that will target some of the State’s most pressing health concerns. The funding is the largest amount ever awarded to
Plan bee, C and D: more alternatives may have a role to play in…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/plan-bee,-c-and-d-more-alternatives-may-have-a-role-to-play-in-pollination-process

30 Mar 2023: While bumblebees are a feral species, they have proven to be effective pollinators that researchers are keen to learn more about. First discovered in a garden in the inner Hobart suburb of Sandy Bay in 1992, it is thought the bumblebee arrived from
Twins take TikTok by storm

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/twins-take-tiktok-by-storm

12 Sep 2023: Tassie twins Sarah and Ella Fitzpatrick shot to TikTok fame this year as “THE FITZY TWINS” when their news-style videos went viral, clocking up millions of views and giving the world a glimpse into their life living in Hobart. With the “Fitzy
River's Edge opens at Inveresk

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/rivers-edge-opens-at-inveresk

13 Dec 2023: River’s Edge has opened in Inveresk, transforming the experience of studying and working at the University in Launceston. Members of the public, too, are invited to use the quintessentially Launceston building which, through outstanding
Professor Craig Johnson

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/professor-craig-johnson

10 Feb 2023: BSc Hons 1980University of Tasmania ecologist and alumnus Professor Craig Johnson has spent his career underwater. He has dived under the ice with the navy in Canada, studied the rich kelp forests off South Africa, and researched the crown-of-thorns
Six steps towards achieving sustainability goals

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/six-steps-towards-achieving-sustainability-goals

8 May 2023: For many years our University has been working hard to deliver more sustainable outcomes for Tasmania, and from Tasmania to the world. We know that our mission is a pressing one. Now is the time to create a society based on a climate positive and
From the north-west to wolves and a career in STEM

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/from-the-north-west-to-wolves-and-a-career-in-stem

8 Mar 2023: I grew up in a farming community on the far north-west coast of Tasmania, from a place few people have heard of: Nabageena. When I was in my mid-teens in the late 1980s, and thinking about going to university, my pop - and patriarch of our farming
Space probe JUICE in line of sight for Tassie telescopes

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/space-probe-juice-in-line-of-sight-for-tassie-telescopes

21 Sep 2023: Ten years of preparation led University of Tasmania space scientist Dr GuifrÃ Molera CalvÃs from the School of Natural Sciences to a career highlight. The researcher is among dozens of scientists across the world contributing to the European Space
Healthy soil, healthy stock

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/healthy-soil,-healthy-stock

10 Feb 2023: Greenhams’ far manager Aiden Coombe is Circular Head born and bred. The region includes some of Tasmania’s most productive farming properties and Circular Head is well known for its reliable rainfall and fertile green pastures. The area supports
International Day of Women and Girls in Science

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science

9 Feb 2023: Communities around the world will observe International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Saturday 11 February 2023. This year’s focus is the contribution of women in science to tackling the UN sustainable development goals; working towards
John Clark AM

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9 Mar 2023: BA Hons 1954, MA 1956, honoris causa 2003John Clark AM, Director of Australia’s National Institute for Dramatic Art (NIDA) for four decades, has an eye for talent. An eye too for story and for teaching. A firm believer in practicing what you preach,
Law alumna breaks glass ceiling to become a Malaysian federal minister

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/law-alumna-breaks-glass-ceiling-to-become-a-malaysian-federal-minister

10 May 2023: Malaysian member of parliament Hannah Yeoh (LLB 2001, GradCertLegalPrac 2003) has created history in her country. In 2013, prior to becoming a federal minister, she was appointed Selangor Legislative Assembly Speaker – the youngest speaker and the