Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI) is a partnership between the University of Wollongong (UOW) and the South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service (SESIAHS).
NEWS : Since the launch of the IHMRI Research Network on 9 December 2009 (pictured), more than 280 of the region’s health and medical community have registered for membership.
The Network has [...]
Australia is well placed to make a significant contribution to further developing our understanding of ocular health, the optical system and technology that will provide superior vision for billions around the world needing vision correction.
For physiotherapist Associate Professor Michele Sterling, treating whiplash is all about thinking outside of the box.
The NHMRC-funded researcher, from UQ’s Centre for National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine, is currently trialling a combination of dry needling and exercise for chronic whiplash sufferers.
Whiplash is a common term for sudden acceleration-deceleration forces on the neck as [...]
The survey of literacy ability in Australia carried out by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2006 found that 52% of Australians aged 15-19 had a literacy level that was “insufficient to meet the complex demands of everyday life and work in the emerging knowledge-based economy”. Our NHMRC-funded research at Macquarie University seeks to address [...]
The Master of Clinical Science (MClinSc) is a postgraduate research degree offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Adelaide. This degree, within the field of evidence-based healthcare supervised by staff of the Joanna Briggs Institute, aims to train students in research methodologies and techniques associated with evidence-based healthcare and in the [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
