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    Steps towards a safer workplace

    February 22, 2012

    ISCRR has funded a new study that will examine whether groups such as immigrants and older workers are more vulnerable to injury in the workplace, and why this is so.

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    Quad Bike Safety Devices: Summary of an Evidence Review

    February 21, 2012

    Read the findings of this recently completed literature review that assesses research studies on the effectiveness of the 'Quad Bar' - a crush protection device which can be fitted to Quad bikes.

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    United we stand: are we harmonising the right OHS law?

    February 20, 2012

    OHS legislation assumes that work-related health problems are distinguishable from those not related to work. This functions well for the prevention of injuries, but what about illness? CEO Professor Nick Ellis discusses the future of OHS legislation in The Conversation.

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    Research grants worth $400,000 announced

    January 12, 2012

    Eight new research projects focusing on return to work, occupational health and safety, injury prevention and neurotrauma have been funded through the $400,000 Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR) 2012 Development Grants Program.

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    Research grants worth $400,000 announced

    December 13, 2011

    Eight new research projects focusing on return to work, occupational health and safety, injury prevention and neurotrauma have been funded through the $400,000 Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR) 2012 Development Grants Program.

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    December 12, 2011

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    Back to the Future

    November 30, 2011

    Does the past hold the answers to work health and safety that is fit for the 21st Century? This is the focus of Katherine Crichton's feature article, 'Back to the Future' in the August edition of the National Safety Magazine. The article is based on Professor Niki Ellis' presentation of the findings of the Future Intitiative at the Queensland Safety Conference.

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    Generating neurotrauma research ideas

    November 22, 2011

    ISCRR recently hosted a series of workshops with members of the Victorian Spinal Cord Service and policy makers to generate ideas for future neurotrauma research.

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    Investigating injury outcomes

    November 14, 2011

    The prevention of work disability recurrences and recommendations on how to prevent the overuse of services will be the focus of a new Early Career Fellowship awarded by ISCRR.

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    Dead heat for Australia and NZ

    November 4, 2011

    Friendly rivalry between Australia and New Zealand raised its head again at last month’s Australasian and Compensation Health Research Forum with Helen Dougherty, Research Advisor with the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), NZ, and Dr Janneke Berecki-Gisolf, Senior Research Fellow of the Monash Injury Institute (MIRI) being declared joint winners of the Early Career Investigator Poster Award.

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