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19 Feb 2018

Smart phones used to monitor and predict mental health episodes

University of Melbourne researchers are using smart phones to track the lives of patients with bipolar disorder to understand, monitor and even predict sudden swings between their manic and depressive episodes.

Image of a portable prefabricated structure being lowered by a crane.

14 Feb 2018

Prefab schools of the future, miles away from old portables

University of Melbourne researchers are working with BHA Project Management and the Victorian Government to improve the design and delivery of 100 prefabricated schools in Victoria over a four-year period.

12 Feb 2018

Inaugural Director of Buxton Contemporary

Ryan Johnston will be the inaugural Director of Buxton Contemporary, the new purpose-built home for the Michael Buxton Collection embedded at the University of Melbourne’s Victorian College of the Arts.

Image of Dr Harry Georgiou and Dr Megan Di Quinzio pictured here in a lab.

12 Feb 2018

Pre-term babies could benefit from study of Melbourne mums

Melbourne researchers are to begin a major study that could result in a test to accurately predict if women will experience pre-term labour during their pregnancy.

9 Feb 2018

Singing study to support people with dementia and their carers

The ‘Remini-Sing’ study is seeking participants with dementia living at home with family carers to examine the effects of therapeutic choirs to stimulate memories, emotions and social connection through music participation.

Image of Triennial Voices exhibit in NGV.

8 Feb 2018

NGV Triennial: University of Melbourne ‘Voices’ bring research and art to life

University of Melbourne thought leaders from five disciplines – arts, creative arts, engineering, medicine and architecture – have created research-based installations accessible online and via a specially designed exhibition space set within the heart of the NGV Triennial exhibition.

7 Feb 2018

Multiple chronic diseases leave patients with adversely high costs

Current strategies for treating patients with several chronic diseases are putting an unnecessary financial burden on countries’ health systems and individuals, a global study led by the National University of Singapore and the University of Melbourne has found.

Image of a puppy getting an intravenous drip.

2 Feb 2018