Good Health and Well-Being

The City of Ipswich has partnered with Griffith University and the University of the Sunshine Coast to conduct a three-year analysis about the identification of Urban Heat Island (UHI), the residents’ perceptions about urban heat and how changes in urban design might mitigate these effects. Methodologically, three sites…

Responding to Cognitive Concerns “ReCog” interventions are a suite of 4-session cognitive rehabilitation programs that were designed at Griffith University to assist people who experience problems with thinking and memory when they have had cancer. The interventions have been tested in 5 published clinical trials up to 2023, with further…

The Climate Change Adaptation programs are designed to give professionals from any background a sound interdisciplinary knowledge of climate change, the ability to analyse its impacts, and the creative skills needed to build resilience across society and the environment. This includes the ability to develop and deploy adaptation strategies to…

Though a sunburnt country is part of her charm, Australia’s temperature has been steadily rising. Since 1910, average temperatures across the nation have increased by 1.44 oC and are expected to continue rising annually. As per the Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…

iDEA is Doctors for the Environment Australia’s annual conference, which brings together hundreds of medical professionals and students across Australia who share an interest in planetary health, the impact of climate change on health, and sustainable healthcare.

This online short course engaged participants from South Asia, North Africa and the Pacific. The program explored climate change mitigation and adaptation, with a specific focus on best practices in water resources management (WRM) and water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) for achieving water security outcomes. The course included twelve modules…

The aim of this project is to direct food choices to more plant-rich dishes on Griffith University Campuses, thereby reducing the environmental footprint of food outlets. The goals are two-fold: making climate-friendlier dishes more visible/available and shifting behaviours so that more customers pick those options. The program uses pre-and-post consumer…

The Making Tracks in Children’s Health (MaTCH) project is working to co-design a health service to address weight management in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families. Funded by a Woolworths Nutrition-Related Health Services Research Grant, the project brings together the Queensland Health departments (Child and Youth Clinical…

Transport is one of the key enablers of tourism development and growth. The emerging innovations in tourism transport include micromobility (small, lightweight devices such as electric scooters or bicycles) and microtransit (on-demand and flexible public transport). These can both can be integrated using Mobility as a Service (MaaS) –…

The First Peoples Health Unit held a competition for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community members and Griffith Students. The theme of the competition was ‘Health and Healing’. The awards evening held at HOTA, Home of the Arts in the Gold Coast was a fantastic celebration of First Peoples…