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Providing the first community-based Post Traumatic Stress Disorder treatment for war veterans is just one of the achievements of Professor David Crompton, the latest recipient of the Margaret Tobin Award.
Named in honour of the late Dr Margaret Tobin, the prestigious honour is awarded to the Royal Australia New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Fellow who has made the most significant contribution to administrative psychiatry in the region over the preceding five years.
Professor Crompton is the new director of Griffith University’s Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP) and also the Executive Director of Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services. 
He said it is a tremendous honour to receive the Margaret Tobin Award, but that “it is a result of a fantastic team effort”.
20 year project
In 1998, Professor Crompton led the development of the first community treatment program in Strathpine for veterans with PTSD, mental health issues and substance abuse.
This led

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Knowledge of how to adapt to climate change in Australia is celebrated this week as NCCARF comes to the end of its second phase of operation and officially launches CoastAdapt, a resource to support coastal managers as they seek to respond to climate risks.
NCCARF is the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, which has worked since 2008 to build the knowledge and capacity of decision makers to manage and adapt to the risks of climate change. Funding for phase 2 came from the Australian Government through the Department of Environment and Energy.
“In Phase 2, we have had a particular focus on the risks to Australia in the coastal zone,” explained NCCARF Director, Jean Palutikof.
“If you are based in the coastal zone, you need to be thinking about your exposure and your risks and how you can respond. To support this thinking, we developed CoastAdapt, an information delivery and decision support

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Griffith University scientists hope to encourage more students into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through the creation of engaging children’s books.
Griffith’s That’s Rad! Science project was among 28 new ‘diverse and exciting’ Advance Queensland Engaging Science Grants recipients, sharing in almost $270,000 to increase STEM skills and engagement.
The project will support the creation of a series of illustrated children’s books for children aged five to nine that showcase Queensland women in STEM and their exciting fields and careers.
The three books, developed in collaboration with Queensland women in STEM, will be distributed free to 250 Queensland schools and will focus on these themes:

parasites
amazing nanoparticles including why butterfly wing have such vivid colours and nanoparticle ‘robots’ used for environmental sensing
science detective (forensics) or engineering

Professor Kathy Andrews, of the Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, is leading the That’s RAD! Science project. She and Associate Professor Qin Li, of the Griffith School of Engineering, are the

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Starring the best emerging acts from the Queensland Conservatorium Bachelor of Popular Music program, the launch will feature a performance from Tesla Cøils, who were named Breakout Artist of the Year at the Gold Coast Music Awards.
The series will feature performances by Hazel Mei, ROYES, Lucalion, M Ø N I Q U E, Sophia Koop Music,SEYKA, Tiahn Berg Music and Josh King Music.

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Happy Wednesday folks! To get you in the mood for our SEED Album Launch on Friday 19 May, we thought we’d share a sneaky clip of Sophia Koop Music. Can’t wait to see her smash it with a full band at NightQuarter! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Posted by SEED on Tuesday, 25 April 2017

There is something for everyone, with acts spanning a range of genres, including pop, rock, country and electronica – evidence of the

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Associate Professor Ian Glendon from the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing will be presenting a special seminar Tuesday regarding organisational identification (OID) and its relationship with antecedent and criterion variables.
“I think if people identify with the organisation that they are in then it has a sort of iterative context. People feel more comfortable working there or being there,” Glendon said.
“From an organisations point of view, if most of the people working for you identify with you, you are more likely to have a happier and productive workforce. Although having said that, when we looked at productivity as an outcome we have not found an association, but that is not to say there isn’t one, it is just difficult to find.”
Associate Professor Glendon’s seminar will break down the OID theory and explain how analysing some key variables such as job satisfaction, longevity and job prestige may help organisations make predictions

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​In the age of Trump and ‘fake’ news, amid the relentless 24/7 news cycle how do contemporary journalists navigate their way in a chaotic world?
Griffith University’s Associate Professor Susan Forde will address this question in the 2017 Arts, Education & Law Professorial Lecture tomorrow (Tuesday, May 16) at South Bank.
“Websites and social media off-shoots provide a limitless capacity for news content but the number of journalists reporting on an ever-more complex political scene is plummeting,’’ she said.
“Decreasing revenues have led to an urgent need to build audiences by whatever means necessary.
“For many news organisations, this means giving Donald Trump three times as much coverage as Hillary Clinton during the US election campaign because readers are far more likely to ‘click’ on a Trump story; or reporting a Paris robbery involving reality TV celebrity Kim Kardashian as the top news item of the day.”
Assoc Prof Susan Forde
While acknowledging the many challenges facing

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2017 has begun extraordinarily well. It’s a pleasure to recognise and celebrate the successes of our QCA students, graduates and staff in the May 2017 edition of the QCA newsletter.
documenta 14
Well-known emerging artist and current QCA PhD candidate, Dale Harding, and nationally acclaimed painter and QCA alumnus Gordon Hookey, have both had large-scale artistic projects featured within the world’s most prestigious art event, documenta 14. Dale and Gordon’s projects are currently displayed in documenta 14’s Athens exhibition, and both will have works featuring in documenta 14’s Kassel exhibition from June.
Griffith University Art Museum, QCA and Griffith’s Arts, Education, Law Group (AEL) have collaborated with the organisers of documenta 14 on the publication of two high-quality publications to support each artist’s project. The publications will be available from early June and distributed at documenta 14 and throughout Europe. They will appeal to anyone with an interest in contemporary Australian Indigenous art.
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