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Leading the charge against tropical diseases

Hear from Associate Professor Richard Bradbury about the neglected tropical diseases within Australia and the work being done to combat them.

OT degree opens doors for worldwide opportunities

Occupational Therapist Ryan Wynch has worked across Australia and the world. Most recently, he has been based in Dublin working for IT giant Google. Where can a JCU OT degree take you?

Legal eagle in the making

JCU Law graduate Madison Thieme is proving youth is no barrier to climbing the career ladder. The recent graduate has been appointed the associate to the Supreme Court Judge.

Pain-free futures

JCU Physiotherapy lecturer and pain expert Dr Carol Flavell details her journey from practicing physio to researcher and shares her insights into how the 3 million Australians suffering from chronic pain can manage their symptoms.

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Engineering a career in Cairns

JCU Alumni William Belcher shares his journey from creating websites for friends and family to working as full-time software engineer for an IT company in Cairns.

Balancing basketballs and a bachelor’s

JCU Bachelor of Education student Majella Carey is successfully combining study and basketball, keeping one eye on the court and one on her future.

Biomed under the microscope

JCU Senior Lecturer Dr Alexandra Trollope shares how she and her colleagues are doing the hard work to turn histology into a fun and engaging online experience.

Sustainability through biosecurity

JCU Alumni Dr Pauline Lenancker has pursued a career that's built on curiosity. Discover how her work with yellow crazy ants is contributing to Australia's environmental sustainability efforts.

Future-focused learning

As the JCU community celebrates the opening of the Engineering and Innovation Place at the Townsville, Bebegu Yumba campus, we've charted the rich history and exciting future of Engineering studies at JCU.

The future of engineering promises to be awe-inspiring.

The power of care

The benefits of a strong nursing sector extend far beyond our hospital walls. JCU Head of Economics and Marketing, Associate Professor Taha Chaiechi, reveals the economic power of quality nursing care and highlights the efficiency gains that come with adequate resourcing.

Determination in Doomadgee

Discover how helping his little sister through lockdown learning led JCU Bachelor of Education (Primary) student Jack Handley to a whole new career path in education.

An undersea pollution solution

Explore JCU Professor Jan Strugnell's research on the humble Blacklip Rock Oyster: the potential pollution Pac-Man of our oceans and waterways.

Where JCU can take you

Taking speech therapy from city to the outback

JCU alumni and speech pathology graduate Leah Zandonadi is passionate about improving the rural health services imbalance. Read more about how she brings speech therapy to outback Queensland children.

Venturing into the big blue Pacific

Six JCU students found a new perspective on the Pacific when travelling to Tahiti as part of a French language immersion excursion.

Exploring Cairns' newest CAVE

We spoke with Dr Sam Horseman about JCU’s CAVE, a visualisation lab fitted with floor-to-ceiling projection screens that aims to fully immerse people into a computer-generated environment.

Into the guts of it

Associate Professor Matt Field has used his expertise in bioinformatics to support a groundbreaking project in the genomic sequencing of dingos.

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