{"results":[{"title":"‘Wait with me until it’s over’: what teens want you to know about dissociation","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/conversation-dissociation-card-944x522.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/october/wait-with-me-until-its-over-what-teens-want-you-to-know-about-dissociation","publisheddate":"2025-10-27","summary":"
Some teens zone out not from rudeness but dissociation, the brain's way of coping with overwhelming stress or trauma.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Health and medical leaders join top national academy","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/dawn-bessarab-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/october/health-and-medical-leaders-join-top-national-academy","publisheddate":"2024-10-24","summary":"
An Indigenous health and social worker, cardiovascular disease specialist, two infectious disease paediatricians and a cardiovascular exercise physiologist have been elected to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"School of Human Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"}]},{"title":"Vale Kay Van Norton Poche AO","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/poche-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/june/vale-kay-van-norton-poche-ao","publisheddate":"2024-06-21","summary":"
The University of Western Australia is deeply saddened by the loss of Kay Van Norton Poche AO a remarkable advocate whose dedication to Indigenous health and wellbeing has left an indelible mark on the community. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"WA Centre for Rural Health"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Our People"}]},{"title":"Study investigates link between Indigenous hearing loss and mental health","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/indigenous-hearing-health-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/october/study-investigates-link-between-indigenous-hearing-loss-and-mental-health","publisheddate":"2023-10-20","summary":"
New federal funding announced today will enable researchers to undertake the first study of its kind to investigate how untreated hearing loss could increase the risk of mental-health issues and dementia in Indigenous people.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"}]},{"title":"Public lecture to focus on Indigenous wellbeing, self-determination and the Voice","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/pat-dudgeon-card-1.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/september/public-lecture-to-focus-on-indigenous-wellbeing-self-determination-and-the-voice","publisheddate":"2023-09-05","summary":"
Prominent Indigenous scholar Professor Patricia Dudgeon from UWA will shine the spotlight on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing, self-determination and the upcoming Voice Referendum at a free public lecture next week.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Centre for Social Impact"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"Social Work"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Early childhood dental health program takes off in the Great Southern","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/dental-students-great-southern-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/may/early-childhood-dental-health-program-takes-off-in-the-great-southern","publisheddate":"2023-05-02","summary":"
Dental students from UWA have been getting hands on training in the Central Great Southern as part of an initiative aimed at improving the long-term health outcomes of young children.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Current students"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Prospective students"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"School of Allied Health"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Ground-breaking medical research projects awarded $22 million","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/mrff-grants-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/march/ground-breaking-medical-research-projects-awarded-22-million","publisheddate":"2023-03-14","summary":"
Researchers from have been awarded more than $22.3 million to support nine vital health research projects.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"Pharmacy"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"WA Centre for Rural Health"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Featured"}]},{"title":"Awards and Achievements October","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2022/charmaine-green-card-image.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2022/november/awards-and-achievements-october","publisheddate":"2022-11-01","summary":"
 The University of Western Australia has a continual roll call of awards, scholarships and prizes presented to staff and students.
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An experienced researcher and social scientist from UWA with a commitment to Indigenous health has been awarded an Early Career Research Fellowship from Healthway to build research capacity in Aboriginal communities.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"School of Population and Global Health"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Four UWA researchers recognised in Premier's Science Awards","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2022/nikhilesh-bappoo.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2022/august/four-uwa-researchers-named-scientist-of-the-year-winners","publisheddate":"2022-08-30","summary":"
An artificial intelligence developer, an inventor of cancer imaging devices and PhD students researching aneurysm growth and attitudes towards transgender young people have been honoured in the 2022 Premier's Science Awards. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Centre for Social Impact"},{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"}]}]}