Deakin Matters

Fantasy football. An interview with Adam Karg, a Deakin lecturer on sports management. Adam spoke to us about research he is currently undertaking in to the latest craze of fantasy football.

'Not Dark Yet: A personal history' is the title of recently launched a book by David Walker, a Professor of Australian Studies at Deakin University.

An interview with Dr. Luke Henderson, who has recently received a grant which will be put towards researching a cure for cancer. The project will investigate the delivery of new chemotherapy agents via attachment to a gold nanoparticle.

Foundation Director and Chair in Optometry at Deakin, Harrison Weisinger, spoke with us about Macular degeneration, an eye disease that affects many ageing Australians; as well as providing an update on Deakin’s exciting new optometry program, commencing in 2012.

Executive Director of Deakin’s Information Technology Services Division, Peter Brusco recently achieved an Australian first certification for providing high quality IT security at Deakin.

Deakin Jobshop Team Leader Sarah Milne spoke with us about the careers and employment services the Jobshop offers to Deakin students.

Developing Research Leaders is the name of the research mentoring program that Associate Professor Karen Stagnitti oversees within the honours program in the Occupational Science and Therapy program at Deakin.

Deakin Lecturer in Exercise and Sport Science, Dr Andrew Dawson teaches Sport and Exercise Psychology and Sport Coaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Andrew is currently completing his PHD investigating the management of coach career development and will talk to us about a recent study taking place, involving looking into the aspects of sports coaching on all levels.

An Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral fellow, Jonathan Ritchie spoke to us about a program “Papua Where?” that aims to increase awareness and knowledge about the country of Papua New Guinea.

The rates of hip fracture are declining among our population. Julie Pasco who is a clinical associate professor in the School of Medicine at Deakin has currently been working on a research