{"id":17669,"date":"2010-11-25T07:41:40","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T23:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/lifetime-of-achievement-in-health-policy-and-practice-rewarded\/"},"modified":"2010-11-25T07:41:40","modified_gmt":"2010-11-24T23:41:40","slug":"lifetime-of-achievement-in-health-policy-and-practice-rewarded","status":"publish","type":"media-release","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/lifetime-of-achievement-in-health-policy-and-practice-rewarded\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifetime of achievement in health policy and practice rewarded"},"content":{"rendered":"

C233\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Curtin University Professor has been awarded the 2010 Research Australia Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition and honour of the support he has given to health policy, practice and medical research.<\/p>\n

Professor of Public Health, Colin Binns, receives his award this evening at the Research Australia Awards ceremony, hosted by the Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, at Government House in Sydney.<\/p>\n

Professor Binns\u2019 landmark studies have provided the evidence for improving health outcomes in the fields of nutrition, breastfeeding, cancer, drug and alcohol abuse, Aboriginal health, primary healthcare, health services and health promotion.<\/p>\n

Recognised as a leader in health science research in Australia for more than 30 years, Professor Binns joined Curtin University in 1977. He went on to establish the School of Public Health at Curtin and a number of research centres including the National Centre for Research into the Prevention of Drug Abuse and the Centre for Health Promotion Research.<\/p>\n

Professor Linda Kristjanson, Curtin\u2019s Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Development said she was thrilled Professor Binns\u2019 work had been recognised with this award.<\/p>\n

\u201cProfessor Binns has dedicated his lifetime to research and health promotion and his work has brought increased understanding of nutritional health and broad benefits to Australia and across the Asia Pacific region,\u201d Professor Kristjanson said.<\/p>\n

Professor Binns said he was surprised but delighted to receive the award.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t made any major discovery, but have just kept plugging on with my work over time, focusing on the two critical research areas that have a wide-ranging impact: infant nutrition and nutrition and cancer,\u201d Professor Binns said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been privileged to work on the National Health and Medical Research Council dietary guidelines since the 1980s, and I have been involved in many of the public health nutrition documents at a national level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very pleased that my work has made a difference to public health policy and practice in Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n

Professor Binns remains highly-regarded internationally, including as Deputy Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, and is engaged regularly as an advisor to international governments and health bodies.<\/p>\n

Note to Editors:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now in its eighth year, the Research Australia Awards recognise the achievements and dedication of individuals and organisations whose efforts have helped further medical research in Australia. The awardees are nominated by members of Research Australia and decided by the Research Australia Board of Directors.<\/p>\n

There are five awards for 2010:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Griffith University Discovery Award
\n2.\u00a0Macquarie Group Foundation Great Australian Philanthropy Award
\n3.\u00a0Pfizer Australia Leadership and Innovation Award
\n4.\u00a0Advocacy Award
\n5.\u00a0Research Australia Lifetime Achievement Award<\/p>\n

Research Australia is a national alliance of more than 170 organisations, with a mission to make health and medical research a higher national priority. Independent of government and not-for-profit, Research Australia’s activities are funded by its members, donors and supporters from leading research organisations, academic institutions, philanthropy, community special interest groups, peak industry bodies, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, small businesses and corporate Australia.<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor Colin Binns, School of Public Health, Curtin University
\nTel: 08 9266 2952; Email: c.binns@curtin.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Curtin University Professor has been awarded the 2010 Research Australia Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition and honour of the support he has given to health policy, practice and medical research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_research-areas":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"research-areas":[],"class_list":["post-17669","media-release","type-media-release","status-publish","hentry","category-campus-and-global-community"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"additional_content":{"title":"","content":"","image":false},"related_courses":false,"credits":{"author":"","photographer":"","media":false},"display_author":true,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":false,"author_meta":{"first_name":"Curtin","last_name":"University","display_name":"Curtin University"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/17669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/media-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/17669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17669"},{"taxonomy":"research-areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-areas?post=17669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}