Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
We offer research, training and education in a broad range of areas including medicine, neuroscience, public health, allied health, psychology, cognitive science and linguistics.
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Research in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences spans the biomedical and clinical sciences, cognitive and brain sciences, health systems and health informatics, linguistics, physiotherapy, psychology and public health.
Areas of research excellence include neuroscience, innovations in healthcare systems, emotional health, expertise, multilingualism, language acquisition in children, reading, and speech and hearing.
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Many top athletes have finely-tuned their cognitive skills to excel in competition – and that’s part of the reason many can nail a comeback after injury or a break.
Voice assistants fail us at our most vulnerable, Macquarie University research has revealed.
New research shows that electronic medication support technology can reduce drug errors in children’s hospitals by as much as 40 per cent.
Hearing problems are common and yet many Australians are failing to take up life-changing hearing aids and cochlear implants. Macquarie researchers set out to discover why.
The educational mainstreaming of deaf and hard of hearing children is a triumph of Australia’s early-intervention strategies, but there is a downside.
Hearing loss accumulates over our lifespan – so the sooner you act to protect your hearing, the longer you will be able to hear well.
The first World Report on Hearing comes out in May - and will shine a light on the importance of promoting lifelong hearing health and hearing device use to improve social inclusion after hearing loss.
There’s no regulation of sound levels in restaurants, shopping malls and other places we gather – and that’s contributing to a national crisis.
Content owner: Medicine and Health Sciences Last updated: 12 Mar 2020 12:14pm