Welcome to our new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) - Intranet

Welcome to our new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research). 18 July 2022. Professor Emma Johnston AO has joined the University as our new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research). Professor Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE joins us from UNSW, where she was Dean of Science and a former Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research). She is a leading authority in marine ecology and renowned environmental scientist, and has led major research projects for industry, government, the Australian Research Council and the Australian

Rural health collaboration at the heart of recent $4.8 million MRFF grant - Intranet

Rural health collaboration at the heart of recent $4.8 million MRFF grant. 12 May 2025. A multidisciplinary team from the University are working with community partners and international experts to improve the detection and management of hypertension in rural NSW. Dr Dean Picone, Professor Deb Jones, Catherine Sandford and Dr Niamh Chapman at the University Department of Rural Health, Broken Hill. In Australia, one in three adults has high blood pressure, but only 32% receive effective treatment

Professor Steve Vucic appointed Professor of Medicine (Neurology) - Intranet

Professor Steve Vucic appointed Professor of Medicine (Neurology). 18 May 2021. After an international search, the University of Sydney in partnership with Sydney Local Health District are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Steve Vucic to the Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney Medical School, Concord Clinical School, and Sydney Local Health District (Concord Hospital). Steve is an internationally acclaimed neuroscientist/clinical

Meet the students who co-developed an educational resource on generative AI - Intranet

Meet the students who co-developed an educational resource on generative AI. 24 August 2023. The DVC (Education) Portfolio worked together with the University Library and nine keen students to produce the innovative 'AI in Education' platform. University of Sydney students collaborated with staff from the Education Portfolio and the Library to develop 'AI in Education' – a resource on generative AI. Their goal was to create an accessible and public resource to increase knowledge around

New link to myHRonline - Intranet

New link to myHRonline. 4 August 2021. myHRonline is now available via a new link and you may enter or approve timesheets from last week if required. The University’s payroll management system myHRonline (Ascender) was migrated to the Cloud over the weekend. Using the new link. The new link to myHRonline is:. If you have trouble accessing the link, clear your browser cache. Old links to myHRonline will be automatically redirected. Enterprise planning, budgeting and reporting. Staff accessing

$6 million boost for industry research projects - Intranet

$6 million boost for industry research projects. 18 October 2024. Sydney has secured $6 million from the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) program to advance hydrogen storage and medicine discovery projects with industry partners. The hydrogen storage and export project, lead by Professor Cameron Kepert, from the School of Chemistry, will develop Rux Energy’s patented advanced nanoporous materials, to enable hydrogen storage at conditions specific to export,

Have you heard about the Baludarri Media Lab? - Intranet

Have you visited the Baludarri Media Lab? 3 June 2024. This facility in the heart of the Western Sydney Local Health district is available for all University of Sydney staff to produce high-quality, engaging content. With the University moving to more blended and flipped learning models, these DIY spaces have all the equipment you need to make engaging content that delivers concepts to students, staff and stakeholders. Martin Brown and Claudio Andres Corvalan Diaz are your friendly lab contacts

Fatigue management - Intranet

Fatigue is physical or mental exhaustion that can prevent you from functioning normally.

8 FMH researchers awarded Heart Foundation funding - Intranet

Eight FMH researchers awarded Heart Foundation funding. 4 November 2024. Heart Foundation funding is available for research in cardiovascular fields, conducted primarily in Australia. Congratulations to all our recipients. Professor James Chong. Future Leader Fellowship - $692,000. Professor James Chong, Westmead Institute for Medical Research. Professor Chong's project aims to harness regenerative therapies and spatial biology to advance cardiovascular disease treatments.

David Ellis reflects on two decades as Director of Museums and Cultural Engagement - Intranet

David Ellis reflects on two decades as Director of Museums and Cultural Engagement. 8 September 2022. David, who will retire in the new year, shared his thoughts on how the University's approach to museums has changed since he commenced in the role. David Ellis, Director of Museums and Cultural Engagement since 2003. After nearly two decades in the role, David Ellis, Director of Museums and Cultural Engagement at the University, has decided to retire. He will leave the role early in the new year

2024 Wrapped - Intranet

2024 Wrapped. 16 December 2024. 2025 is just around the corner, so we're taking a moment to remember some of our faculty successes that we've shared throughout 2024. Please enjoy the highlights from FMH News stories throughout the year, and photos from last week's end of year party. Thank you for sharing your stories and contributions to FMH News throughout the year so we can celebrate all the great work and engagement across medicine and health. You can share your wins and achievements via our

Responsibility centres - Intranet

Responsibility centres. A responsibility centre (RC) is an organisational unit headed by a manager who is responsible and accountable for its activities and results. All RC codes are five characters in length. Find RC codes. You can find an RC code in two ways. Run the SUGLQ101 GL RC ChartFields query in PeopleSoft Financials. Download the list of codes (PDF Active only, or xlsx full list with filter). Amend or create RC codes. Please coordinate via your local Finance team to use

FASS Teaching Awards 2023 - Intranet

FASS Teaching Awards 2023. Congratulations again to all the winners of this year’s FASS Teaching Awards. Hosted by the Dean Lisa Adkins and the Associate Dean (Education) Bruce Isaacs, awardees celebrated with family, friends and colleagues in the Sutherland Room, Holmes Building on Wednesday 15 November. Thanks to all applicants for this year’s awards and for all attendees for making the ceremony a memorable occasion. Winners missing from photographs are Anastasia Burkovskaya, Robert

Eight years of partnership: Allied Health and Sydney Local Health District - Intranet

What drives a successful partnership? 9 December 2024. Investing in and supporting its people is at the heart of this successful, ongoing Allied Health partnership between Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) and FMH. Founded eight years ago, this formalised partnership builds on over 140 years of partnering with SLHD, and is grounded in the shared vision, “to be a world leader in allied health research and education, driving excellence in health and healthcare while generating community,

How Sydney Medical School adapted clinical education during COVID-19 - Intranet

How Sydney Medical School adapted clinical education during COVID-19. 10 June 2020. Professor Louise Baur provides a first hand account as Head of School of Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School. I’ve been encouraged today to briefly tell the story of how the Sydney Medical School (SMS) adapted quickly and flexibly to providing ongoing clinical education to the majority of our medical students during the COVID restrictions. It’s a great story of collaborative and collegial work under

35 additional currencies helping researchers - Intranet

PeopleSoft adds 35 more currencies to its invoice system. 21 February 2020. Within an hour of going live, researchers took the opportunity to use the additional 35 currencies now available for billing options in the University’s finance system, PeopleSoft. Previously, the only currencies available for invoices in PeopleSoft included Australian dollars (AUD), US dollars (USD), Great British Pounds (GBP) and Euros (EUR). Quick to take advantage of the new currency options, researchers and their

FMH researchers secure over $2m in research grants - Intranet

FMH researchers secure over $2m in research grants. 17 March 2025. FMH researchers have been awarded funding from Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA) Ignite program. These grants will advance basic research, laboratory testing, and establish proof-of-concept in industry-relevant settings. Advanced Chemistry and Manufacturing of a Novel Peptide-Drug Conjugate . $499,935. We are developing a next-generation peptide-drug conjugate (PDC) to provide a safer, more effective treatment for

Meet our EMCRs: Dr Hannah Yejin Kim - Intranet

Meet our EMCRs: Dr Hannah Kim. 23 October 2023. Dr Hannah Kim is an EMCR in Sydney Pharmacy School. She's working on the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Fungal Priority Pathogens List, the first global effort to systematically prioritise fungal pathogens. At the moment I'm working on. WHO Fungal Priority Pathogens List: We performed 19 systematic reviews to describe each pathogen according to the predefined criteria. These reviews together with the multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA)

125m-Million-Minds-Mental-Health-Research-Mission - Intranet

$125m investment for mental health research. 12 June 2025. Under Professor Maree Teesson’s leadership, the MRFF’s Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission is investing $125 million for mental health research to support the development of new approaches to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and recovery. This Mission supports research to improve mental health by translating research outcomes into practice. More than 3.8 million Australians aged between 16 and 85 experience a mental

Register for the staff fitness program - Intranet

Register for the staff fitness program. 8 February 2021. Register now for the next block of the staff fitness program, running both online and in the Susan Wakil Health Building. What is the staff fitness program? Staff Fitness is a placement site for undergraduate students in the Sydney School of Health Sciences requiring experience with apparently healthy clientele. It is an educational experience for our students and an opportunity to be a part of their growth and development as future

Pages: