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 [...]
Just over five years ago, when Dr Jodie Simpson and a team of researchers in the respiratory team at the Hunter Medical Research Institute began to plan their now-internationally lauded asthma treatment study, they were fighting an uphill battle to find anyone who even accepted there was more than one type of the condition.
Acknowledgement of [...]
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.
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 George Institute for International Health conducts vital medical research focused on the fight against chronic disease and injury, which are the leading causes of death and disability in the world today. Through high-quality, large-scale research programs, the Institute provides vital evidence to guide crucial health decisions both within Australia and across the world.
The Schizophrenia Research Institute is the only national medical research institute solely dedicated to discovering the ways to prevent and cure schizophrenia. Established in 1996 as Australia’s first virtual medical research Institute, the organisation conducts and supports schizophrenia research in hospitals, universities and research institutes across the country and internationally. With approximately 60 employees and [...]
Researchers from Children’s Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research have developed a new approach to the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), one of the most aggressive forms of the disease.
The approach uses an antibody to preferentially target AML ‘cancer initiating cells’, and may also prove effective in treating other leukaemias with fewer side effects, [...]
The NSW Office for Science and Medical Research (OSMR) promotes growth and innovation in science and medical research, and supports and enhances the public profile of the sector to achieve better economic, technological, health and environmental outcomes for the people of NSW.
Nature and scope of activities
The OSMR works with the scientific, technological, health and medical [...]
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. [...]
Newcastle University – Across Australia, more than 40,000 women – who have never met or even know each others’ names – belong to a sisterhood bound together by the nation’s leading longitudinal health study.New
