October 2017 archive

CHSS newsletter

The latest CHSS Newsletter is now available to read or download on our website. We hope you enjoy our latest news, events, publications and staff updates. This issue has a global feel. We feature Professor Sally Kendall’s project in Western Australia working with Aboriginal mothers. ‘CHSS People’ (p6) profiles Dr Erica Gadsby, and her experiences of working in global …

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WATCH: Stephen Peckham presentation: Citizens Conference on Fluoride, Washington

Fluoride and Thyroid In September, Professor Stephen Peckham was a guest speaker at the 6th Citizens Conference on Fluoride in Washington. The CHSS Director presented an overview of a recent observational study which found an association between fluoridated water and underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism). Rick Woychik PhD was another keynote speaker at the Conference. Rick is Deputy …

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NEW PhD opportunity with CHSS!

CHSS is offering a 3 year (fulltime) or 5 year (part time) PhD studentship to undertake research in health services and evaluation based in the Centre commencing in September/October 2018. We are looking for a student who is enthusiastic about health services research and can become part of the research endeavour within CHSS. Applicants will …

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New blog from CHSS Senior Research Fellow – ‘Hunger and obesity – a 21C paradox’

CHSS Senior Research Fellow Dr Erica Gadsby works in public health, health policy and systems research. In a new Guest blog published on the Royal Society for Public Health website, she discusses how the media’s focus on obesity is obscuring another concern affecting children in our poorer households: that of hunger. **Erica will also feature in our …

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