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Lived Experience, Patient & Community Engagement 🧩 Governance & Regional Development 🔗 Wayfinding 💭 Chair, Regional Development Australia - Gippsland 🦘 Chair, Mental Health & Wellbeing IRB 💬 Mayor, Emeritus 👩‍⚖️ Gunaikurnai Land, Gippsland Australia 🏡
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It was an absolute pleasure to host the RWAV - Rural Workforce Agency Victoria Conference sub-theme "Working Together, Designing, and Innovating for Workforce Sustainability." #RWAVConference2025 #DreamingBig #DrivingChange #RuralHealth #WorkforceSustainability

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Great to see Gippsland so strongly represented in the enthusiastic audience for the first Q&A of 2025. A one-on-one with the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. It was fantastic to be in the audience for this discussion #RegionalDevelopmentAustralia #Gippsland #EconomicDevelopment

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An absolutely brilliant few days partnering with Rural Workforce Agency Victoria team. Thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to host the #Workforce panel discussions at #RWAVConference2025 #RuralHealth #MentalHealth #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement

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💭 Latest in a series of studies showing that milk is a highly effective drug-delivery vehicle. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #MedSky

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Our Regional Development Australia Gippsland work is informed by opportunities for economic growth and development in our region Always an absolute pleasure to spend time with the Australian Hydrogen Council team #RegionalDevelopmentAustralia #Gippsland #RDA #EnergyTransition #EconomicDevelopment

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Looking forward to hosting this richly informed conversation "Working together, designing & innovating for workforce sustainability" at the RWAV Conference 2025 #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Collaboration #MedSky

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💭 “They Only Silence the Truth”: COVID-19 retractions and the politicization of science journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #MedSky

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💭 While music’s effects on emotion are widely appreciated, its effects on cognition are less understood Your lo-fi study playlist might actually help you focus tinyurl.com/2usj23f5 #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #MedSky

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💭Maternal climate-related exposures and prolonged pregnancy: Findings from a statewide population-based cohort study in Western Australia www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RegionalHealth #Research #MedSky

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💭 Digoxin for reduction of circulating tumor cell cluster size in metastatic breast cancer: a proof-of-concept trial www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #MedSky

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💭 Bat genomes illuminate adaptations to viral tolerance & disease resistance Genes in bats that protect them from viruses could lead to new approaches to combat viral diseases. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #Health #Research #MedSky

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💭 Engineered commensals for targeted nose-to-brain drug delivery. Bacteria that colonize the nose have been engineered to ferry drugs to the brains of mice. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #Health #Research #MedSky

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How to sell your science without selling out A five-step guide to communicating your science ethically and accurately. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #MedSky

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💭 How to trick the immune system into attacking tumours Lab-grown viruses make cancer cells resemble pig tissue, provoking an organ-rejection response. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #Research #MedSky

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💭 Study finds gender gap with children when it comes to negotiating psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #Collaboration #MedSky

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💭 The associations of positive and negative mental well-being with physical activity during the COVID-19 across late adulthood tinyurl.com/2az57kcv #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #MedSky

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Congratulations, Neale Daniher AO on being named the 2025 Australian of the Year! Your tireless efforts in raising money and awareness to find a cure for MND have given hope to the thousands of other Australians.

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💭 Medical conditions that deprive testes of oxygen may be contributing to decline in male fertility www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #Collaboration #MedSky

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$6.35 million from the Australian Government’s Growing Regions Program for the brilliant Gippsland Lakes Shared Community Hub development in Paynesville. Growing Regions Program tinyurl.com/mryzzkyy #RegionalDevelopmentAustralia #RDAGippsland #Gippsland #Tourism #EconomicDevelopment

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💭Mosquito-borne virus cases triple #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #Collaboration #MedSky

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💭 Does the risk of long COVID, or post-COVID condition, differ by sex? Women more likely to have the condition jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #Collaboration #MedSky

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💭 Energetic costs of social dominance in wild male baboons royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #Collaboration #MedSky

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💭 Obesity drugs: study highlights new health risks - Ozempic/GLP-1 drugs. 11% increase in arthritis risk & a 146% higher risk of pancreatitis www.nature.com/articles/d41... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RegionalHealth #Research #MedSky

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💭 #Paralysed man flies virtual #drone using brain implant www.nature.com/articles/d41... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #Collaboration #MedSky #brain

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💭 Research shows oysters could help in the fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #Collaboration #MedSky

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Gippsland has experienced the devastating impact of disasters on our communities. The Disaster Ready Fund is the Australian Government’s flagship initiative for disaster resilience & risk reduction. Round Three Guidelines lnkd.in/gBMYRif3 #DisasterFund #RegionalDevelopmentAustralia #Gippsland

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💭 Data-driven discovery of associations between prescribed drugs and dementia risk: A systematic review alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #MedSky

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💭 Mental Health Victoria welcomes the announcement of Local Health Service Network groupings tinyurl.com/2s4b2enx #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #MedSky #MentalHealth

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💭 Why more #men than #women are diagnosed with deadly #heartdisease www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #Collaboration #MedSky

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💭 Testing the mediating mechanism of alcohol use on the association between retirement and depressive symptoms www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #MedSky

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💭 #largelanguagemodels, such as #ChatGPT-4, demonstrate an unexpected capacity to solve tasks typically used to evaluate the human ability known as “#theoryofmind.” tinyurl.com/3c3869hy #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #Research

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💭 Willingness to care for others stems from the earliest relationships at home. Understanding origins of your own compassionate love, insight into your relationships psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d... #PatientExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RegionalHealth #Research

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💭 Researchers have successfully repaired damaged mouse #hearts using a #protein from #zebrafish www.nature.com/articles/s44... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #MedSky

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💭 Does the implementation status of gender provisions affect the implementation of a peace agreement? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research

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💭 Diet quality from early pregnancy through 1-y postpartum: a prospective cohort study www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #Collaboration #MedSky

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💭 Counting What Matters: How to classify, account and track spending for prevention demos.co.uk/research/cou... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #Collaboration #MedSky

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💭 Automatic Generation of Dynamic Arousal Expression Based on Decaying Wave Synthesis for Robot Faces Breakthrough in technology for lifelike facial #expressions in #androids. www.fujipress.jp/jrm/rb/robot... #PatientExperience #PatientEngagement #Health #Research #MedSky

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💭 The price of a cigarette: 20 minutes of life? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #Collaboration #MedSky #Smoking #Addiction

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💭 A person-centered approach to explore how personality traits from the HEXACO & Dark Triad cluster into profiles. Behavioral deviance & prosociality. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #PatientExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #Research #MedSky

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✍️ The best of: First Dog on the Moon cartoons 2024

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Why start STEM early? Engaging kids in STEM activities at a young age can boost confidence, break stereotypes, and inspire a lifelong love for science! Read more on our recent Blog Post : junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com/engaging-chi... 🚀👩‍🔬🧪 #STEMForKids #JuniorEinsteins #FutureInnovators

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💭 Why do some Labradors overeat? Do cats and dogs dream like humans do? Is your cat actually obsessed with you? www.scientificamerican.com/article/5-ni... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #MedSky

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💭 Systems dynamics, an open-access full guide www.systemsinnovation.network/posts/ebooks... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #Collaboration #MedSky

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💭Researchers have reconstructed the complete wiring diagram, or #connectome, of the fruit fly’s adult #brain—a feat akin to mapping all the buildings, avenues, and streets in a complex city. bit.ly/4hc6BmO #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #Health #Research #MedSky

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💭 Personality differences between birth order categories Enduring question whether adult personality is related to birth order & number of siblings. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #Research #MedSky

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💭 The weekend warrior effect: Consistent intermittent exercise induces persistent cognitive benefits www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #MedSky

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💭 Life Course Associations of Sibling Relationships and Cognitive Functioning in Late Adulthood academic.oup.com/psychsocgero... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #MedSky

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💭 Transitioning to fatherhood: Prospective effects of wellbeing on future depression symptoms www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #MedSky

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💭 Generative language models exhibit social identity biases www.nature.com/articles/s43... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #Collaboration #MedSky

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