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Fix this textTHE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Fix this textNo. 198 (No. 18 of 1984)
Fix this textPublished fortnightly by the Public Affairs Unit
Fix this textRegistered by Australia Post—Publication No. NBF 4388
Fix this text9 November 1984
Fix this textUNSW maintains strength
Fix this textin research grants
Fix this textUNSW maintained its relative position in the allocation of Australian Research Grants
Fix this textScheme awa'Ms for 1985 at a time when the Scheme is under great pressure from a flood of
Fix this textgood quality and insufficient funds to support them.
Fix this textThe samt lb onstraints are not apparent on support through the National Health and Medical
Fix this textResearch Council and the National Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Program.
Fix this textNH&MRC grafts to UNSW staff are up 16 per cent to $2,156,831, including one commitment
Fix this textof half a n" 1 ' n dollars over five years, and NERDDP grants are up 11.6 per cent, to $838,064,
Fix this textwith severa its of more than $lOO,OOO (see story page 3).
Fix this textARGS
Fix this textUNSW ran s second to the University of
Fix this textSydney in the number and total amount of grants
Fix this textthrough ARGS, with 135 projects funded at a total
Fix this textcost of $2,765,372. This compares with support for
Fix this text148 projects in 1984 at a total cost of $2,531,991.
Fix this textFar fewer new UNSW projects have received ARGS
Fix this textgrants for 1985 than for the previous year 36 as
Fix this textopposed to 64.
Fix this textAustralia-wide, 1,226 grants amounting to
Fix this text$23.88 million have been made through ARGS for
Fix this text1985. This is a 6.5 per cent money increase over last
Fix this textyear.
Fix this textThe drop-off in the number of new projects
Fix this textfunded by ARGS was referred to by its Chairman,
Fix this textProfessor Peter Sheehan, recently (see story page 2).
Fix this textHe said the increase in the Budget allocation for
Fix this textARGS of 6.5 per cent was well below what the
Fix this textScheme had been led to expect. This, with a 16 per
Fix this textcent rise in the number of applications, meant a 90
Fix this textper cent increase in the funding shortfall. 'ln order
Fix this textnot to reduce the average grant given to researchers
Fix this textin 1985, the Scheme was forced to fund only 331
Fix this textinitial applications Australia-wide and to terminate
Fix this text14 per cent of its renewal projects.'
Fix this textMost of the largest ARGS grants for 1985 are
Fix this textfor continuing projects. One of them, Dr Artur Stolz's
Fix this textinvestigations in the School of Surveying into the use
Fix this textof space techniques to measure crustal motions in
Fix this textthe Australian region, has been converted to a pro-
Fix this textgram grant, with a commitment of $408,000 over
Fix this textthe next six years.
Fix this textProgram grants are new for ARGS and only 16
Fix this textof them have been awarded around Australia.
Fix this textThe biggest new ARGS grant for UNSW is
Fix this text$89,717 to a group from the Remote Sensing Centre
Fix this textfor Australian multi-experimental assessment of
Fix this textspace shuttle synthetic aperture radar in remote
Fix this textsensing of earth resources.
Fix this textAmong the other large new grants;
Fix this text• Dr Peter Barry of the School of Physiology and
Fix this textPharmacology received $31,201 for work on
Fix this textion permeation through single end-plate chan-
Fix this textnels in muscle fibres;
Fix this text• Dr John Smith of Physics has been awarded
Fix this text$32,319 for research into inter and intra cellular
Fix this texttransport in plants by AC electrical measure-
Fix this textments;
Fix this text• Dr Deedee Woodside of Zoology has been
Fix this textgranted $31,118 for a comparative study of the
Fix this textecho location strategies used by co-existing
Fix this textspecies of bats.
Fix this textThere were three continuing ARGS grants of
Fix this textmore than $50,000, to Associate Professor Ross
Fix this textCrozier (Zoology), Dr Michael Archer (Zoology) and
Fix this textAssociate Professor Martin Green and Professor Lou
Fix this textDavies (Electrical Engineering and Computer
Fix this textScience).
Fix this textSee pages 4 and 5 for the complete ARGS list.
Fix this textIMH&MRC
Fix this textThe NH&MRC distributed more than $45 mil-
Fix this textlion Australia-wide. This will support 734 projects
Fix this text($26 million); of these, 277 are initial grants. Of the
Fix this texttotal, $5.5 million went to 18 program grants, two
Fix this textof which are new.
Fix this textOf the 52 projects at UNSW to be supported in
Fix this text1985 by NH&MRC, 18 are new and 34 continuing
Fix this textcommitments. Forty-eight UNSW projects were
Fix this textfunded for 1984, at a total cost of $1,739,652. A
Fix this textprogram grant to UNSW’s Professor Wicken, and
Fix this textProfessor Knox of the Institute of Dental Research,
Fix this textfirst announced last year, is again being funded (see
Fix this textpage 6).
Fix this textAmong the largest NH&MRC grants (all new for
Fix this text1985):
Fix this text• Professor Colin Chesterman, School of Medicine,
Fix this texthas been granted $53,415 for structural and
Fix this textbiological studies of platelet derived growth
Fix this textfactor;
Fix this text• A group including Associate Professor Ron
Fix this textPenny, School of Medicine, and Dr D.A. Cooper,
Fix this textSchool of Microbiology, has been granted
Fix this text$79,984 for an immunoepidemiological analysis
Fix this textof host factors in the development of AIDS;
Fix this text• Associate Professor Jonathan Stone, School of
Fix this textAnatomy, has been granted $105,658 for 1985
Fix this textand a commitment of more than $lOO,OOO for
Fix this texteach of the following four years for research
Fix this textinto cell birth and differentiation in the devel-
Fix this textoping retina;
Fix this text• Dr Erica Potter and Professor lan McCloskey,
Fix this textSchool of Physiology and Pharmacology, have
Fix this textbeen awarded $57,442 for 1985 and further
Fix this textcommitments to 1989 for work on neural con-
Fix this texttrol of the heart.
Fix this textIn addition, there are nine continuing grants for
Fix this textmore than $50,000 for 1985.
Fix this textSee the complete NH&MRC grants list, with
Fix this textcomparative tables, on page 6.
Fix this textJazz on campus
Fix this textUNSW patrolman John Boak and his Ad
Fix this textLib Swing Quartet gave a jazz concert in
Fix this textthe Sir John Clancy Auditorium on 23
Fix this textOctober where they played a selection of
Fix this textEllington, Gershwin, Goodwin and other
Fix this textswing music. The band featured David
Fix this textColton on electric guitar, who also plays
Fix this textwith the well-known Errol Buddie
Fix this textquartet. John Boak himself played trum-
Fix this textpet and flugel horn, Wally Temple
Fix this textplayed tenor sax and claronet, and Ralph
Fix this textde Silver played acoustic bass.
Fix this textNow, John Boak would like to start a
Fix this textjazz workshop on campus. He wants to
Fix this textrun it along the lines of the Jazz Action
Fix this textSociety, and it will have top qualified
Fix this textmusicians to teach a class. If you're
Fix this textinterested in attending, please ring him
Fix this texton 697 5453.
Fix this textMarathon effort not needed
Fix this textfor health, say experts
Fix this textProlonged endurance exercise like marathon running and daily aerobics classes are unnec-
Fix this textessary for good health and may even alienate a person from home and family, it is claimed.
Fix this textDr John Brotherhood, Senior Lecturer in environmental health at the Commonwealth
Fix this textInstitute of Health, says the average Australian only needs to exercise 'moderately' half an hour
Fix this texteach day and 'vigorously' about three times a week to achieve optimum fitness and reduce the
Fix this textrisk of heart disease.
Fix this text'Daily endurance exercise is totally unnecessary
Fix this textand puts most people off,' Dr Brotherhood says. 'We
Fix this textare busy people, after all, and the bloke who runs
Fix this textfor an hour every morning is probably being pretty
Fix this textunfair to his family.'
Fix this textDr Brotherhood will be one of ten medical and
Fix this texthealth experts discussing exercise and its benefits at
Fix this textseminars to be held at the University of NSW on 30
Fix this textNovember.
Fix this textThe seminars have been organized by the Uni-
Fix this textversity's Centre for Continuing Medical Education.
Fix this textIn each seminar, formal contributions will be kept to
Fix this texta minimum with most of the time being given over
Fix this textto discussion between the panellists and questions
Fix this textfrom the audience. In each, the aim is to clarify the
Fix this textdistinction between reasonable exercise and fitness
Fix this textfanaticism.
Fix this textThe Centre's Program Director, Mr Charles
Fix this textMoess, says exercise is wholeheartedly endorsed by
Fix this textthe medical profession and the public, but few
Fix this textthoroughly understand its benefits and its problems.
Fix this text'Some people have developed unrealistic expec-
Fix this texttations about protection against coronary heart
Fix this textdisease, only to be shocked by the news that the
Fix this textguru of running, James Fixx, died of a heart attack
Fix this textwhile jogging in Vermont last July', Mr Moess says.
Fix this text'Unfortunately, the family doctor, apart from
Fix this textsome basic physiology, has never received any
Fix this textinstruction on giving practical advice to patients on
Fix this textexercise such as: What are the contra indications?
Fix this textWhat type? How much? How to monitor its effects?'
Fix this textDr Brotherhood believes images of endurance
Fix this textsportsmen like Robert de Castella have confused
Fix this textAustralians about what kind of exercise program
Fix this textthey should follow to get fit.
Fix this textDespite increasing enthusiasm for lunch-time
Fix this textjogging in the city, only five per cent of the popu-
Fix this textlation are actually 'fitness nuts', he says.
Fix this textFor the remaining 95 per cent including
Fix this textthose 'who do nothing' 35 minutes of just walking
Fix this texteach day is extremely beneficial.
Fix this text'The need to increase the community's exercise
Fix this texthabit is as important as discouraging smoking'. Dr
Fix this textBrotherhood says. Epidemiological studies have also
Fix this textshown that exercise can reduce some ill-effects of
Fix this textsmoking such as heart disease.
Fix this text'But jogging or any sport carried out too much
Fix this textcan significantly increase the injury load. I am totally
Fix this textagainst those programs which say you can run a
Fix this textmarathon in six months with training.
Fix this text'Vigorous exercise like jogging, squash or
Fix this texttennis three times a week will probably give you
Fix this textall the benefits without the side-effects.
Fix this textThe first exercise seminar, beginning at 4.30 pm
Fix this texton 30 November is for doctors and other health
Fix this textprofessionals. It will be chaired by Professor lan
Fix this textWebster, Head of UNSW’s School of Community
Fix this textMedicine.
Fix this textThe second seminar, starting at 8.15 pm, will be
Fix this textopen to the public. It will be chaired by Mr Robyn
Fix this textWilliams of the ABC's Science Show.
Fix this textThe same panel of experts will be at both sem-
Fix this textinars. They include Dr David Garlick, Senior Lecturer,
Fix this textin the School of Physiology and Pharmacology at
Fix this textUNSW, Associate Professor Don Chisholm, from
Fix this textUNSW's School of Medicine, and nutritionist Mrs
Fix this textRosemary Stanton.
Fix this textTopics to be discussed in the doctors' seminar
Fix this textinclude pre-exercise screening, metabolic effects of
Fix this textexercise, orthopaedic complications and exertion
Fix this textinduced by heat exhaustion.
Fix this textThe public seminar will focus on exercise as
Fix this textprevention against heart disease and will attempt to
Fix this textanswer the question; How could James Fixx get it so
Fix this textwrong or did he?
Fix this textDr Zelman Freeman, a Macquarie Street special-
Fix this textist who is contributing to the seminars, says health
Fix this textfanatics like James Fixx often believe they are
Fix this textimmune from heart attacks and consequently avoid
Fix this textregular medical check-ups.
Fix this textHe says jogging is no guarantee against a heart
Fix this textattack. He warns that anyone considering taking up
Fix this textjogging for the first time, particularly if they are 40
Fix this textyears or older, needs a thorough medical check-up
Fix this textbefore they start.
Fix this textThe seminars will be held in UNSW's Sir John
Fix this textClancy Auditorium, entered via Gate 9in High Street,
Fix this textFtandwick. The doctors' seminar costs $lO (including
Fix this textafternoon tea), and the public seminar $4.
Fix this textTickets can be bought at the door or ahead of
Fix this texttime through Charles Moess at the Centre for Con-
Fix this texttinuing Medical Education on 697 3061 or 697 3060.
Fix this textExams are 1
Fix this textaround the corner
Fix this textHints and notices p. 3
Fix this textPublic Affairs Unit
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