Tabitha Carvan
Articles
Student profile
The science of genetics is written into Amber’s story
Where most people might learn about the science of genetics from a textbook, for Amber, it’s never been separable from her lived experience of it.
Research story
Brains and bellies: In menopause, bigger can sometimes mean better
Research shows postmenopausal women have larger brain volumes than premenopausal women. But what does this actually mean?
News
The talking cure: how contact tracers use 'great conversations' to stop the spread of coronavirus
Sometimes something can be both mundane, and very important.
Analysis and opinion
If this is an existential crisis, then why am I so hopeful?
We’ve entered a new reality. It’s not great, but it has something going for it: we don’t know how this one ends. Yet.
Research story
We know what stopped Ebola - and we know what can stop COVID-19
“The vast majority of our community are doing the right thing and that’s what makes me optimistic.”
Research story
Close now to where it must be
In 1968, blood samples collected from Galiwin'ku in Arnhem Land were sent to ANU for research. They are now being returned to their island home.
Research story
How doctors deal with breaking bad news
How can doctors be helped to perform their most dreaded task?
Research story
Baby did a lab, lab thing: the families being studied for science
What’s it like to be studied by researchers for your entire life – including in your own home?
Analysis and opinion
How do we go on?
Paralysed by climate despair, I’m finding it hard to think about the end of the world and what to make for dinner – but I know where to look for help.
Academic profile
On balance: gender equality in science, health and medicine
To celebrate #BalanceforBetter, the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, we ask researchers to reflect on gender equality in their research schools.