Furry friend or fearsome foe?
Research by PhD candidate Kate Mornement has resulted in the BARK protocol, a tool to help shelters determine the adoption suitability of dogs.
Life skills
They deal with the most severe medical emergencies, victims of road, rail and air disasters, house fires and crime. They are elite Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance (MICA) paramedics, unique to Victoria. They are trained by Monash University.
Link between poor language skills and problem behaviour
A Monash University researcher has called for early detection of poor language skills in children because of the link to disadvantage and offending.
Rocky and Spike make a splash
These Barrier Reef stonefish aren't your typical aquatic specimen. They're venomous: one sting from their spines can cause intense pain, temporary paralysis, and sometimes death - if untreated.
Medical alumnus flies high
Dr David Mitchell (MBBS 2000), who served in East Timor, Bali, Cyprus and Lebanon as a GP with the Royal Australian Air Force, has received one of the 2008 Monash Distinguished Alumni Awards.
The Vice-Chancellor's Ancora Imparo Student Leadership Program
Applications are now open for positions in the 2009 Vice Chancellors Ancora Imparo Student Leadership Program. The aim of the program is to provide students with an understanding of the visionary and inspirational principles that guide current leaders and have guided leaders in the past. For more information please visit Student Leadership Program, or email leadership.enquires@adm.monash.edu.au
