An introduction for doctors to the documentary JABBED

JABBED – love, fear and vaccines is a documentary on vaccination, screening on SBS One at 8.30pm, Sunday 26 May 2013.

Vaccine-preventable diseases are still a problem in our community. While more than 90% of Australians support vaccination, some people are delaying or refusing vaccines. Whooping cough and measles in particular are appearing again. Meanwhile, some parents are anxious about the rare cases of serious reactions to vaccination.

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Today at ANSTO’s Discovery Centre at Lucas Heights, 14 of NSW’s future science leaders are participating in the NSW Fresh Science state final.

In total, 60 state finalists have been chosen competitively for their discovery and for the quality of their research.

Today, they will be trained in how to talk science to journalists, business and the public at a one day media and communication workshop.

And this evening, we’ll wrap up their training with a small networking reception where they’ll have one last challenge. Can they excite and inspire over a canapé?

The 2013 NSW state finalists are:

• Ummul Baneen, University of New South Wales
• Robin Beck, University of New South Wales
• Madleen Busse, University of Sydney
• Jessica Carilli, ANSTO
• Yee Lian Chew, University of Sydney
• Matthew Collins, University of Sydney
• Angela Crean, University of New South Wales
• Alex Donald, University of New South Wales
• Greta Frankham, Australian Museum
• Shayne McGregor, University of New South Wales
• Andrew Ong, University of New South Wales
• Anne Tiedemann, The George Institute for Global Health, The University of Sydney
• Chaofan Wu, University of New South Wales
• Jerry Zhou, The University of Sydney

The NSW state final is supported by ANSTO.

Science in Public worked with journalism students at RMIT University to produce a series of radio pieces about the projects supported by the government’s Inspiring Australia strategy.

Their work are being published online at http://inspiringaustralia.net.au/category/rmit/.

The students were asked to choose a story which explores how scientists and communicators across Australia have engaged with the public and inspired their involvement with science.

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Photo opportunity 1pm Friday 22 March: 2000 students from 80 countries will wear their flags in a march along the Yarra from the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre to Queensbridge Square.

They’ve got a message for the United Nations – they’re demanding a seat at the table for young people as world leaders debate future plans for international aid and development.

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Feel free to use these photos in any coverage of the Harvard World Model United Nations in Melbourne, 2013.

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The students will each represent a different country in model versions of the United Nations General Assembly and all its committees, including the World Bank, the World Health Organisation, the International Criminal Court and the UN Environment Program.

Read more about the committees and the topics they’ll be discussing:

• Committees List
• Conference Schedule
• Committee Session Locations

In Melbourne this week, 2000 young change-makers from 80 countries will meet for the world’s largest international student-led youth conference, the Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN), from 18-22 March.

Now in its 22nd year, with past meetings in Brussels, Geneva, London and Beijing, the world’s future leaders will be hosted here by students from Monash University and RMIT University at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

This year’s conference asks what will come after the UN’s Millennium Development Goals – eight targets in health, education, finance and human rights. As the 2015 deadline looms, the young delegates will plan towards the next set of goals in development, watched over by UN officials and mentors from the Red Cross, World Vision, UNICEF, and AusAID, the Australian government’s overseas aid agency.

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In Melbourne this month, 2000 young change-makers from 80 countries will meet for the world’s largest international student-led youth conference, the Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN), from 18-22 March.

Now in its 22^nd year, with past meetings in Brussels, Geneva, London and Beijing, the world’s future leaders will be hosted here by students from Monash University and RMIT University at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The conference is supported by all levels of government in Australia, and this year, for the first time, they’ve got the backing of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), our regional arm of the United Nations Secretariat.

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Launch and embargo 10.30 am, 18 February 2013
Centre for Eye Research Australia, Level 1, 32 Gisborne Street, East Melbourne

With patient advocate, researcher, and stem cells

Media contacts:
Niall Byrne: 0417 131 977, niall@scienceinpublic.com.au
Georgina Howden Chitty: 0419 391 057, georgina@scienceinpublic.com.au

For CERA:
Emily Woodhams: 0408 370 959, emily.woodhams@unimelb.edu.au

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