Summer Vacation Student Presents at International Spark of Life Conference

Ms Stephanie Di Palma is a 3^rd year Bachelor of Biomedical Science student who was involved with the SPHPM’s Summer Vacation Program 2012. Ms Di Palma carried her research under the supervision of Professor Judith Finn and Dr Janet Bray in The Australian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (Aus-ROC). She presented her findings at the 9^th International Spark of Life (SOL) Conference in Melbourne, in April this year.

Ms Di Palma explains “I was both anxious and excited by the prospect of attending my first conference, and getting the opportunity to present our findings on behalf of my co-authors, to an audience of national and international experts in the field of resuscitation”.

She was also invited to speak at the inaugural Monash-Warwick International Conference of Undergraduate Research on the 10^th of May.