Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at UniMelb

Funding, recognition and impact across our community this May 👏

Highlights include:
🔗 Associate Professor Dan Buchanan, Associate Professor Shuai Li and Professor Tracy Putoczki awarded more than $7 million through a joint NHMRC and Cancer Australia initiative to investigate the rise of early-onset cancers → unimelb.me/4uuF71T

🔗 Congratulations to Professor Katherine Kedzierska, Professor Sherene Loi and Professor Laura Mackay on being elected Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science, recognising their outstanding contributions to scientific discovery → unimelb.me/49oeeEs

Warm homes matter, and so does the air inside them 🏠

Researchers at the our Healthy Housing Centre for Research Excellence explain why ventilation matters and share practical ways to manage moisture and indoor air quality this winter.

Tap through for simple tips you can try at home → unimelb.me/4uJ9amV

A new pathway into medicine is opening for students from Melbourne’s west.

In partnership with Victoria University, Melbourne Australia, graduates from approved degrees can now apply for a streamlined entry into the Doctor of Medicine North Western Pathway.

The initiative aims to strengthen the primary care workforce in Melbourne’s west and north-west, while giving students interested in becoming GPs access to additional GP placements, mentoring and electives through the University’s new Enhanced Primary Care Stream.

Applications are now open. Learn more → unimelb.me/49GOzH6

We celebrated 30 years of Nursing at The University of Melbourne on International Nurses Day 💙

At the annual Marian Barrett Lecture, students, alumni and staff came together for a keynote presentation from Professor Sanchia Aranda AM and to celebrate this year’s student award recipients, recognised for their achievements across clinical practice, research, learning and compassionate care.

Congratulations to everyone recognised, we loved celebrating with you all 👏

Would you let AI write your wedding vows? Your retirement speech? A eulogy for someone you love?

In this new opinion piece, Associate Professor Grant Blashki explores why AI-generated language can feel strangely “off”, and what happens when we outsource some of our most human moments to machines.

From psychology research to the rise of AI-written speeches, he looks at why authenticity still matters. More from Pursuit → unimelb.me/4tsn8bj

So many students, great conversations and lots of curiosity about where a future in health could lead 💙

Thanks to everyone who joined us for Health Week this year. It was great seeing students connect with staff and students across the Faculty, explore different pathways, and get a closer look at the world of health.