Monday, November 30, 2009

PREMOCODE - named one of the best research projects of 2009!

The NeuroPAD team is happy to announce that the National Health and Medical Research Council named Dr. Julia Pitcher's "PREMOCODE" study as one of the ten best research projects of 2009.

Ten Australian health and medical research projects were chosen from among the 8,000 vital medical research projects underway in Australia today.

Read more by downloading "Ten of the Best Research Projects 2009" using the following link -

http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/file/publications/synopses/r44_tenofthebest2009.pdf

Listen to the interview with Dr. Pitcher using the following shortcut -

http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/media/podcasts/09/Julia_Pitcher_5min14sec.mp3

Read the transcript here -

http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/media/podcasts/pod09/julia_pitcher.htm

Friday, November 27, 2009

National Physical Activity Guidelines for Australians

The National Physical Activity Guidelines for Australians outline the minimum levels of physical activity required to gain a health benefit and ways to incorporate incidental physical activity into everyday life.


http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-phys-act-guidelines#rec_5_12

Welcome to the NeuroPAD blog!

Welcome to the NeuroPAD blog! Thank you for your interest in the research currently being conducted by members of our team.

Through this blog we hope to keep you up to date with all the latest news and information to come out of our laboratory. You can also expect to see periodical updates of the results and findings of our studies, as well as other items of interest. Interesting links will also be posted from time to time.

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