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Engaging Indigenous people within Higher Ed

CQUniversity's Office of Indigenous Engagement recently hosted a visit from the Oodgeroo Unit of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), at Rockhampton Campus.

Professor Anita Lee Hong, Director of the Oodgeroo Unit, and Lone Pearce, Project Officer, met with Office of Indigenous Engagement staff to discuss employment issues and best practice models for engaging Indigenous people within the higher education sector, including governance matters.

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Presentation looks at ways of fighting bad bug 

Published on 28 May, 2009 

Persistent infections caused by a common bacterium were the topic of a public presentation by CQUniversity's Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Scholarship & Industry) Jennelle Kyd in Rockhampton on Friday May 22...

LINK here for a video stream of the presentation

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is renowned for producing persistent infections in areas such as the lungs and is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients.

PhotoID:7116, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Jennelle Kyd.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Jennelle Kyd.It is also one of the most prevalent infectious agents for those with burns, neutropenia, long-term catheters or with compromised immunity.

The bacterium is notoriously difficult to eradicate even with long-term therapy.

The presentation, An infection we hope we don't get: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, explored some of the current research approaches in treating these infections.

For more information about this presentation or others in this seminar series contact Jim Douglas from CQUniversity's Institute for Health and Social Science Research (IHSSR) on 4930 9371 or j.douglas@cqu.edu.au  or visit http://www.ihssr.cqu.edu.au/ .