The Perry Cross Foundation has partnered with Bond University to provide funding for a three-year spinal injury research project.

The Foundation will provide $90,000 over three years to sponsor PhD student Rita Juneji, who will conduct the research into spinal and nervous system damage under the supervision of Bond University Professor of Anatomy and Histology, Kuldip Bedi.

In a unique aspect of their course, our Physiotherapy students ran a fundraising project as part of their Doctorates to support physiotherapy students in Tanzania.

Physiotherapy Lecturer, Mara Bennett, had a colleague working in Tanzania who gave her the idea.

The newly elected Health Sciences and Medicine Student Association has some significant initiatives planned for the coming year.

The 2009 HMSA President, William Peverill, says the primary goal is to have the HMSA running as efficiently as other Bond faculty student associations.

If careers are cyclical, Naomi Dwyer’s career is a prime example. In September, Naomi finished a four-year term as the Faculty Business Director, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, to take up the appointment as Chief Operations Officer (COO) for the Gold Coast Health Service District (GCHSD).

The new appointment represents a return to Queensland Health (QH) for Naomi, who seems to relish serious challenges with each career move.

We welcome Associate Professor Nancy Low Choy is the new Physiotherapy Program Co-ordinator at Bond University.

After graduating from the University of Queensland in 1972, Associate Professor Low Choy worked at Greenslopes Repatriation Hospital and Daw Park Repatriation Hospital.

Jess Daley has just commenced as Director of Bauer St Children’s Centre in Southport.

The 22 year old, who had always wanted to run her own pre-school, spent two years doing an education degree in Toowoomba but when she heard about Bond’s degree in Children’s Services she switched universities.

Tegan Dohnt commenced her degree in Children’s Services at Bond at the age of 21, after two unsuccessful attempts at another university.

Although she knew she wanted to work with children, Tegan said teaching and childcare were not specifically what she had in mind.

Chiron Weber has succeeded in securing employment with Queensland Health’s Forensic Science Services, within a few days of graduating from Bond earlier this year with a Masters in Forensic Science and a Bachelor of Biomedical Science.