Specialist Expertise at Bond

Evidence-Based Medicine

Evidence Based Medicine is the integration of clinical expertise, patient values, and the best evidence into the decision making process for patient care ensuring optimal clinical outcomes and quality of life.  Evidence based medicine requires new skills of the clinician, including efficient literature-searching, and the application of formal rules of evidence in evaluating the clinical literature. Professor Chris Del Mar and Professor Paul Glasziou are acknowledged as some of the world's leading authorities of Evidence Based Medicine and are successful winners of the most prestigious ARC Fellowship award to continue research within this area.

Forensic Science

Professor Angela van Daal is internationally recognised for her cutting edge research in DNA profiling.  In the early 90's Angela introduced PCR DNA testing procedures into the courts and was one of the first in the forensic world to use this technology that allowed DNA typing from the smallest trace of evidence.

Sustainable Development

Bond's Institute of Sustainable Development and Architecture, comprises internationally renowned corporate consultants with high level academic qualifications seasoned by their practical experience in the field.  Dr George Earl is one of Australia's most respected authorities in the field of community planning and property management. Dr Earl has conducted and coordinated extensive research projects, with particular emphasis on the areas of strategic asset management, housing and finance.

Criminology

Bond University has emerged as a pre-eminent institute of criminology education in Australia, with a specific emphasis on the forensics area.  It was the first to introduce a dedicated subject on criminal profiling.

Service-Based Learning

Amy Kenworthy is the most visible and experienced service based learning practitioner in Australia and the only international researcher to be awarded a service learning fellowship to the US Academy of Management Service Learning Fellows Program in 2001(only one of four awarded worldwide).  Amy's work ensures that Bond students engage in activities that address human and community needs together with structured opportunities intentionally designed to promote student learning and development and also benefit industry and community groups.

Internet Law

IT law researcher Dr Dan Svantesson from Bond's Faculty of Law is examining how legal actions have motivated the use of internet technologies that restrict access to websites based on the web-surfer's geographical location.

Business Skills

Through our partnerships, business units, research and teaching, Bond University offers industry and extraordinary array of business skills and benefits. Our academic staff are internationally recognised researchers committed to excellence in teaching and learning. Marketing, finance and our corporate governance units are just some of the areas that demonstrate Bond University's expertise in business.

Communication and Media Studies

Bond University is at the forefront of the communication and media industry with the amount of applied research conducted by Associate Professor Jeffrey Brand with the main regulatory industry bodies.  Dr Brand's research includes exploring the cognitive and behavioural effects of electronic media on young audiences and researching video games as a dominant form of communication as well as  heading up the School of Communication and Media in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Dr Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik is investigating how both steroids and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) can change the immune system. Working within the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Sonya's research will benefit people with with CFS and will also help identify drug use in sporting competitions.