Rebekah McWhirter
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Rebekah McWhirter
@bekmc.bsky.social
Health law and sociolegal studies, Australian National University
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The call for proposals is now up for our long awaited #AIMOS2025 conference in Sydney this November:
aimos-inc.github.io/aimos.confer...
August 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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For those unaware of this history, this practice (using higher radiation exposure during x-ray procedures) was due to the belief that the oral tissue of Black patients is more resistant to x-rays than those of White patients.
November 30, 2024 at 9:15 PM
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We’ve had nearly 3 years of review, review, review.

We need reviews, but it’s blindingly obvious that Australian research needs much greater Government investment while those reviews are done.

This was true 3 years ago. Still true now.

By @drjr.bsky.social
Falling enrolments and funding cuts force Australian universities to take stock
The Australian Universities Accord offers a roadmap for reform, but there are major challenges ahead.
www.nature.com
November 29, 2024 at 5:13 AM
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Save the date for the world's best-sized international law conference!

The 32nd ANZSIL Annual Conference will be held Wednesday 2 July – Friday 4 July 2025 at the Australian National University.

The Conference Theme is: ‘International Law: Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance’.

Please re-post!
November 27, 2024 at 4:48 AM
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We have a call for papers for @mja.com.au special issue on Indigenous health. Submission deadline is Dec 23rd. Please share with your colleagues! We had the first meeting of the wonderful guest editorial team today and are looking forward to the submissions! Info here www.mja.com.au/journal/indi...
November 25, 2024 at 10:35 AM