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Message from the Pro Vice-Chancellor
At Charles Darwin University, our vision is to be Australia’s most connected university by delivering the education, training and research that matters to the people of the Northern Territory, Australia and beyond.
The Faculty of Health leads CDU’s commitment to Australia’s health and community sectors. Delivering health education and research that is locally embedded and world-class, we focus on issues of national and regional significance, including the management of chronic health conditions, mental health, rural, remote and First Nations health.
We are currently developing a range of initiatives to support the health and workforce needs of the Territory. This includes a suite of new courses designed to educate and grow the health workforce in areas of need identified by the sector. Our courses will provide innovative learning opportunities and supported career pathways to attract and retain quality health professionals in, with and for the NT.
The student experience
What you can expect when studying a health course at CDU.
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CDU Menzies Medical Program
The CDU Menzies Medical Program is a partnership with Menzies School of Health Research and National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC).
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Health Hub
The CDU Health Hub is committed to delivering an inclusive teaching and an inter-professional training and research environment, to benefit the health of our community. We are Northern Territory's first student-run, multi-disciplinary health centre. We believe in a holistic approach to health - healthy mind, healthy body, healthy community.
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Student Nominated Awards
We would like to celebrate our partner organisations' contribution to excellence in our health student education with the Faculty of Health Student Nominated Awards.
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News
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Keep calm and carry on: Can Australian nurses really be ready for anything?
Australian nurses have responded to hundreds of disaster events over the last six years, but new research led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) suggests they still aren’t ready for the impact of catastrophe.
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CDU enters first-of-its-kind partnership to boost health literacy in Territory schools
A groundbreaking new initiative aimed at boosting health awareness and outcomes across the Northern Territory’s secondary schools has launched for the first time in Darwin.
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New breakthrough from CDU researchers could improve detection of potentially fatal sleep disorder
Many Australians could be suffering from undiagnosed Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA), with CDU researchers developing a new technique to screen for the potentially fatal condition.
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