The Sydney Medical School is recognised internationally for the quality of its teaching and research, and attracts higher degree students from around the world. Research students come from a range of first degrees, and include people from medical and non-medical backgrounds.
There are over 800 research students studying for postgraduate degrees in Medicine, mostly PhD candidates. [...]
With Australia’s ageing population, diseases like dementia are on the rise. Researchers from The University of Queensland are at the forefront of research dealing with a range of dementia-related issues thanks to recent funding from the National Health and Medical Research Centre.
Associate Professor Nancy Pachana from UQ’s School of Psychology has received $547,250 from the [...]
The University of Otago is a research-intensive University and the Division of Health Sciences has the highest overall annual research income within the University (>NZ$64M pa).
Professor Graeme Young’s work on preventing and detecting bowel cancer is saving lives around the world. Since his appointment as foundation Professor of Gastroenterology at Flinders University in 1997, he has developed a strong multidisciplinary research team with expertise covering population screening, clinical research, epithelial biology and molecular biology.
The focus of Curtin’s Centre for International Health is public health in the developing world and working with vulnerable or marginalised population groups. Disturbingly, given Australia’s first-world status, Aboriginal health is in the ‘developing world’ category.
For Professor Sam Berkovic the brain is the most complex and fascinating organ in the body. The major focus of Professor Berkovic’s work involves the study of the genetic basis of epilepsy. He and his research team showed that many types of epilepsy have a significant genetic component.
Once this was established, Professor Berkovic’s team looked [...]
Professor Patrick McGorry’s team at the ORYGEN Research Centre, Victoria, has recently been awarded $10 million to continue its wide-ranging studies into mental disorders in young people.
The studies examine neurobiological, personal and social factors that affect the way a person moves from early symptoms to chronic disability, to reduce the impact of illness on a [...]
Until now, customers had to make an important decision when purchasing a multi-detection microplate reader: filter-based or monochromator-based. With BioTek’s Hybrid Technology, there is no need to choose, since both systems are available within the same compact product. This document summarizes the advantages and limitations of filter systems and monochromator systems, and highlights the benefits [...]
Since its introduction at ASTRO in 2007, Varian’s RapidArc™ radiotherapy technology has been rolling out around the world, making it possible for clinicians to deliver advanced image-guided intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatments in less than two minutes – two to eight times faster than could be accomplished with Varian’s technology for delivering dynamic fixed-beam IMRT.
Driven by a longstanding commitment to values such as social justice, much of Griffith University’s research agenda focuses on the challenges of chronic diseases and equity in health outcomes.
