Life membership for meritorious service
Professor James Smith – Deputy Dean of Rural and Remote Health NT, and Matthew Flinders Professor (Health and Social Equity) at Flinders University – has become the first person in Australia to be named as both a Fellow and a Life Member of the Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA). Recently awarded Life Membership for his distinguished, meritorious and special service as a mature leader in health promotion in Australia and for his significant contribution to the purpose and objectives of the Association, Professor Smith is only the 11th person to be named a Life Member.
Praise for Digital Health team
Associate Professor Niranjan Bidargaddi (pictured second from right) and the Flinders Digital Health team recently won the Australian Information Industry Association Award (AIIA). This team’s efforts over more than five years has resulted in the successful development and deployment of an AI platform within South Australian public mental health services. This essential component of the SA Health system represents a significant stride towards facilitating real-time access to health data and enables the deployment of interventions for broader clinical and public health research endeavours.
International Academy recognises Australia’s best
Two Flinders University nursing experts have been inducted into the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) Fellows. Co-leaders of the Cardiac Stroke Research Focus Area in the Caring Futures Institute Professor Robyn Clark and Professor Jeroen Hendriks are the only two Australians who have been accepted into the AAN Fellows in 2023. The ANN Fellows are international nursing leaders in education, management, practice and research, and represent the private, public and education sectors.
Immersive installation on winter solstice
A brilliant new immersive installation from Dr Sean Williams saw crowds gathered on winter solstice to reach beyond the written word and capture his experiences at the Casey Research Station in Antartica.
Across almost four hours, Hyperaurea: Echoes of Midwinter uses ambient music – piano, drones, and textures evoking weather and human activities – to chart a course through the ice, sky, water, weather and rock of a precious and hostile landscape that few people ever visit.
The installation benefits from artwork from Katie Cavanagh and Shane Bevin of VEED, whose visual responses provide an extra dimension to the audible components; and Professor John Long, who has made available his Antarctic expedition diaries.
