UOW launches new health research centre

May 21, 2007

The University of Wollongong will launch its new Centre for Health Initiatives (CHI) research institute on Thursday (24 May).

The Centre for Health Initiatives brings together some of the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences’ key research teams in six main streams of research, each co-ordinated by a stream leader.

The research streams and team leaders are:

Initiatives in Social Marketing – Associate Professor Sandra Jones

Initiatives in Media and Health – Associate Professor Sandra Jones

Initiatives in Aged and Dementia Care – Associate Professor Victoria Traynor

Initiatives in Health Workforce Change and Leadership – Professor Patrick Crookes

Initiatives in Individual Behaviour Change – Professor Don Iverson

Initiatives in Health Professional Education Research – Associate Professor Nicky Hudson

MEDIA INVITATION:

The media are invited to attend the CHI launch at 4.30pm on Thursday, 24 May at Function Room 3 in the UniCentre at the University of Wollongong. Associate Professor Jones is available for interviews prior to the launch (phone 4221 5106).

For more information, contact:

media@uow.edu.au
University of Wollongong
Ph: (02) 4221 5942; fax (02) 4221 3128