QUT News & Events Wrap

NEWS

How Pokemon Go is helping road safety researchers: Pokemon Go is giving a glimpse of how gaming can keep drivers safer behind the wheel, according to QUT’s Dr Ronald Schroeter.

Australian first study finds massive diabetic foot disease costs: New research from QUT shows preventable hospitalisation from diabetic foot disease is costing Australia hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

Taking a carrot and stick approach to workplace safety: Adopting a carrot and stick approach is the key to reducing deaths, injuries and illnesses on the job, according to QUT researcher Dr Jason Edwards, who is working with Queensland industry to come up with positive ways to improve workplace safety performance.

Raising the stakes: Gambling with the future of universities: Prosperity in the future depends on our ability to play our part in a more globalised, technologically-enhanced knowledge economy, says QUT Vice Chancellor Professor Peter Coaldrake in a new edition of Raising the stakes: Gambling with the futures of universities co-authored with Dr Lawrence Stedman.

Masters of the woven word: Qld Poetry Festival & QUT host internationally acclaimed poets: A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist are both heading to Brisbane for the country’s premier poetry festival, the Queensland Poetry Festival, in a new partnership with QUT’s Creative Writing & Literary Studies department.

CARRS-Q to host International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology: International experts will meet in Brisbane to share the latest in road safety research with the aim of reducing the global road toll.

EVENTS

Now - Aug 14: Frontier imaginaries: the life of lines (free) @ QUT Art Museum
Now - Sept 4: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Costume Exhibition (pictured below, with designer Marion Boyce) @ Old Government House



Now - June 18, 2017: William Robinson: Genesis (free) @ William Robinson Gallery
July 19: Triple P parenting seminar (free) @ Gardens Point
July 19-23: Snugglepot & Cuddlepie @ Gardens Theatre
July 19-Aug 19: Femel_Fissions exhibition @ The Block
July 24: Miss Fisher's Lawn Party @ Old Government House
July 28: Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame 2016 Induction Dinner @ Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
July 31: QUT Open Day (free) @ Gardens Point
Aug 2: 2016 QUT Outstanding Alumni Awards @ Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Aug 2-5: 2016 International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology @ Brisbane Convention Centre
Aug 8-13: Angels in America, featuring QUT acting students @ Gardens Theatre
Aug 18: Murri-Ailan Way (free) @ QUT
Aug 21: Caboolture Campus Open Day (free) @ QUT Caboolture
August 25: SuperGirly: Return of the Pop Princess @ Gardens Point
Aug 28: CreateX (free) @ Kelvin Grove
April 5-7: 2017 Times Higher Education (THE) Young Universities Summit @ Gardens Point

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

- Jenny Woodward previewed the Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Costume Exhibition at Old Government House on ABC TV nationally and ABC online. The exhibition was also covered by Brisbane Times and Loop throughout the Pacific.
- The ecological soundscape research of PhD candidate Jessie Cappadonna and members of Professor Paul Roe and Dr Susan Fuller’s teams featured on ABC Catalyst and was shared by ABC online and Can Mua.
- 9 News featured Dr Peter Lazzarini and Dr Jaap Van Metten’s research into the deadly consequences of diabetic foot disease.
- Dr Ronald Schroeter explained to Car Advice, True Viral News and Duurzaam Bedrijfsleven how Pokémon Go-style augmented reality games could keep us safer behind the wheel.
- Computer scientist Associate Professor Daniel Johnson (pictured) spoke to 7 News, ABC Drive statewide and ABC Gold Coast Radio (at 1hr 15 mins) about the benefits of Pokémon Go.
 - And Gourmand and Gourmet told locals QUT was a good place to catch yourself a live-action Pokemon.
- Professor Peter Coaldrake and Dr Lawrence Stedman’s new edition of Raising the Stakes: Gabling with the future of Universities featured in The Australian and on The Conversation.
- Stephen Whyte was on 4BC Drive to discuss sperm donors, with his research also on ABC Online and ABC radio news.
- Dr Matthew Rimmer discussed Apple blocking iPhone cameras at live events with The Daily and 2SER.
- Associate Professor Gary Mortimer (pictured) told the Daily Mail and ABC Radio shoppers have come to trust private label products. He also spoke to ABC North Queensland about loyalty cards, to News Corp about Woolworths’ advertising, to Fairfax about bottled water, and to Smart Company about defunct retailer Dick Smith.
- Dr Bill Lott's regular talkback session with ABC’s Overnights Trevor Chappell looked at scientists using stem cells to grow meat.
- Professor Peter Waterhouse, Professor Roger Hellens and Associate Professor Robert Speight discussed the CRISPR breakthrough on Radio National’s Future Tense.
- Dr Mark Harrison explained to Scope viewers how he analyses plants for the vitamins animals need.
- Dr Gregoire Larue from CARRS-Q featured in Railway Digest regarding research on drivers' perceptions of trains' speed.
- Professor Adrian Barnett's views on grant applications made the top 33 list in a Vox Science and Health survey asking hundreds of scientists what they’d change about science.
- Dr Arjun Poudel was quoted on health website 6 minutes regarding prescribing multiple drugs for elderly patients.
- Dr Matthew Phillips’ work on the evolution of mammals featured in TerraDaily.
- Dr Mary Crawford (pictured) compared Pauline Hanson’s past and present policies on Radio National’s Late Night Live.
- Alistair McAdam spoke to Senior Au about superannuation changes.
- PR Wire, eGlobal Travel Media and Rust Report reported that QUT won an Australian Information Industry Association state iAward for its interdisciplinary project Reduce Your Juice (Thanks Professor Marcus Foth, Professor Rebekah Russell-Bennett, Associate Professor Daniel Johnson, Research Assistant Ella Horton, Rory Mulcahy, Heather Hill, Heather McKinnon and Alireza Rezaeian).
- Dr Esther Lau told the Australian Journal of Pharmacy why HIV is still spreading despite effective therapies meaning fewer people are progressing to AIDS.
- True Viral News sought David Warne’s expertise for its story about drones that can think and learn like people, while Professor Duncan Campbell talked about the future of drones on ABC Radio Gold Coast.
- Blot Gaming reported on QUT’s finals spot in the UniGames League of Legends competition.
- Ian Faulks talked bus seatbelts with ABC Radio Canberra.
- Peter Black talked tech and Susan Hetherington talked theatre in their regular segment with Spencer Howson on 612 Brisbane.
- Dr Cheryl Desha (pictured) discussed a new solar storage project in north Queensland on ABC Drive statewide.
- Dr Rachel Colley's obesity research was in a Women`s Health & Fitness story about slim versus the gym.
- Radio 4GR discussed CARRS-Q’s Alana Hawkins' latest study about learning to drive in a simulator.
- CARRS-Q research scholar Ian Faulks talked to 6PR about the the difficulty in adopting a zero blood alcohol limit.
- Mark Schutze told ABC Gold Coast about the good things Queensland fruit flies bring as well as how to stop the spread of the insect.
- Professor Lisa Nissen told the ARM there was a disconnect between health data on wearable devices and information in hospital files, and told The Daily Telegraph health professionals pushing apps were not as tech-savvy as they should be.
- Dr Charmaine Glavas and Dr Kate Letheren wrote an article for The Conversation on the impact of decentralised autonomous organisations on traditional boards of directors, which also ran in Business Daily and the NZ Herald.
- Dr Rouhshi Low’s Conversation article explained how the paperless property market works.

Release date: Monday, July 18, 2016
Media contact: media@qut.edu.au

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