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Media Releases 2003
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DECEMBER 2003
Report card reveals health and medical research funding well spent
The Australian Government’s investment in funding health and medical research has produced discoveries which will help Australians and people throughout the world.
Date: 15 Dec 2003 Released by: The Hon.Tony Abbott MHR Minister for Health and Ageing
Science and industry join forces to progress health and medical research
The Australian Government today announced funding of more than $2 million to support 14 medical research teams across Australia.
Date: 11 Dec 2003 Released by: The Hon. Tony Abbott MHR Minister for Health and Ageing
$34.9 million to support young Australian researchers
The Australian Government today announced funding of $34.9 million to support the training and careers of young Australian health and medical researchers.
Date: 4 Dec 2003 Released by: The Hon. Tony Abbott MHR Minister for Health and Ageing
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NOVEMBER 2003
The best advice for managing obesity
It is estimated that more than 50 per cent of patients treated by a doctor are overweight or obese - factors which may be contributing to their illness, if not being the primary cause of their disease.
Date: 21 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
Health care volunteers a hidden asset, says NHMRC
Australia’s health care industry will benefit from a new manual, aimed at recognising and managing one of the country’s most important resources – volunteers.
Date: 14 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
$10.9 million funding boost to health and medical researchers in NSW
NHMRC Chief Executive Officer, Professor Alan Pettigrew today announced that researchers in NSW will receive a funding boost of more than $10.9 million to foster the talents of Australian health and medical researchers and support young researchers' careers and training.
Date: 13 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
$28.5 million funding boost for Victorian researchers
NHMRC Chief Executive Officer, Professor Alan Pettigrew today announced that researchers in Victoria will receive a funding boost of more than $28.5 million to foster the talents of Australian health and medical researchers and support young researchers’ careers and training.
Date: 13 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
$2.7 million funding boost for South Australian researchers
NHMRC Chief Executive Officer, Professor Alan Pettigrew, today announced that researchers in South Australia will receive a funding boost of more than $2.7 million to foster the talents of Australian health and medical researchers and support young researchers’ careers and training.
Date: 13 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
$54.5 million funding boost for Australian health and medical researchers
NHMRC Chief Executive Officer, Professor Alan Pettigrew today announced a $54.5 million funding boost to foster the talents of Australian health and medical researchers and support young researchers’ careers and training.
Date: 13 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
$800,000 funding boost for Northern Territory researchers
NHMRC Chief Executive Officer, Professor Alan Pettigrew today announced that researchers in the Northern Territory will receive a funding boost of more than $800,000 to foster the talents of Australian health and medical researchers and support young researchers' careers and training.
Date: 13 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
$2.7 million funding boost to Western Australian researchers
NHMRC Chief Executive Officer, Professor Alan Pettigrew today announced that researchers in Western Australia will receive a funding boost of more than $2.7 million to foster the talents of Australian health and medical researchers and support young researchers’ careers and training.
Date: 13 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
$8.8 million funding boost for Queensland researchers
NHMRC Chief Executive Officer, Professor Alan Pettigrew today announced that researchers in Queensland will receive a funding boost of more than $8.8 million to foster the talents of Australian health and medical researchers and support young researchers’ careers and training.
Date: 13 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
$10.2 million boost to health and medical research in WA
Researchers in Western Australia will receive more than $10.2 million from the Australian Government for 26 health and medical research projects funded through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
Date: 11 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
$55.5 million boost to Victorian health and medical research
Victorian researchers have again been successful in winning a majority of project grants provided by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for 2004.
Date: 11 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
Tasmanian health and medical researchers win in prestigious grants round
Researchers at the University of Tasmania will receive funding of more than $1.8 million from the Australian Government, through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), for five health and medical research projects.
Date: 11 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
$16.4 million boost to health and medical research in South Australia
South Australian researchers will receive more than $16.4 million from the Australian Government, through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), for 46 health and medical research projects commencing next year.
Date: 11 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
$22.7 million boost to health and medical research in Queensland
Researchers in Queensland will receive more than $22.7 million from the Australian Government for health and medical research, through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) next year.
Date: 11 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin to receive funding boost for Indigenous health research
The Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, in collaboration with the Territory Health Services and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, will receive more than $994,000 from the Australian Government next year for two important research projects aimed at improving Indigenous health outcomes.
Date: 11 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
$52.8 million boost to health and medical research in NSW
119 research teams in New South Wales will receive more than $52.8 million from the Australian Government for a range of important health and medical research projects.
Date: 11 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
$3 million boost to health and medical research in the A.C.T
Canberra researchers will receive more than $3 million from the Australian Government for nine health and medical research projects, funded through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
Date: 11 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
$163.8 million funding boost to health and medical research in Australia
Over 400 research projects across Australia, including projects related to cancer, injury prevention, and heart disease will receive a funding boost of more than $163.8 million from the Australian Government, through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
Date: 11 Nov 2003 Released by: NHMRC
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OCTOBER 2003
Investment review of health and medical research announced
A review of funding provided by the Australian Government to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is to be completed by March next year.
Date: 2 Oct 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
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SEPTEMBER 2003
NHMRC approves new immunisation handbook
The National Health and Medical Research Council has approved a new Australian Immunisation Handbook that includes five changes to the Immunisation Schedule, updated disease chapters, updated travel vaccine information and an updated section on special risk groups.
Date: 19 Sep 2003 Released by: NHMRC
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AUGUST 2003
International research collaboration allocates millions for Asia-Pacific health
Millions of people, including children, die of what could be preventable diseases each year in the Asia-Pacific region.
Date: 20 Aug 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
Psychosocial care guidelines a world first
The release of a new set of guidelines addressing psychosocial care for adults with cancer is expected to improve outcomes and quality of life for Australian cancer patients and their families.
Date: 14 Aug 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Ageing
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JULY 2003
Indigenous health research wins new centre of excellence
Australia's first Centre of Clinical Research Excellence dedicated to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, was announced today by the Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson.
Date: 7 July 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
Research centre to study the possible health effects of mobile phones and towers
A consortium of research institutions, led by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, will establish a $2.5 million virtual research centre to study the possible health effects of emissions from mobile phones and mobile phone towers.
Date: 6 July 2003 Released by: Tthe Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
NSW researchers win $4.7 million for deafness and blindness treatment and quality health care access
New treatments for deafness and blindness are some of the research aims of New South Wales medical research teams that will receive $4.7 million announced today by the Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson.
Date: 2 July 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
Tasmanian research team wins $2.5 million to find new ways to prevent cancer and diabetes
Australians suffering from common diseases including cancer, diabetes and multiple sclerosis will benefit from the efforts of a Tasmanian medical research team that will receive $2.5 million to find new ways to prevent these diseases, the Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson announced today.
Date: 2 July 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
Darwin medical research team wins $2.3 million to improve Indigenous health research
Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson today announced a $2.3 million grant to a Darwin research team whose aim is to improve research into the health of Indigenous Australians.
Date: 2 July 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
Queensland research team wins more than $2 million to research the 'diseases of inactivity'
Finding ways to help Australians exercise more will the focus of a Queensland medical research team who were today awarded a grant of $2.1 million by the Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson.
Date: 2 July 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
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JUNE 2003
Young researchers appointed to health ethics watchdog
Two young researchers will join six other new appointments to the NHMRC’s prestigious Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC) for its next term.
Date: 25 June 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
Indigenous health workers appointed to leading health advisory body
Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson, today appointed ten new expert members to the NHMRC’s Health Advisory Committee, including two prominent Indigenous doctors
Date: 24 June 2003 Released by: the Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
Young Indigenous Researchers appointed to prestigious research committee
Two young Indigenous researchers will join eleven other new appointments to the NHMRC's Research Committee (RC) for its next term.
Date: 23 June 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
New guidelines recommend lifestyle changes to promote healthy eating
Revised dietary guidelines launched in Canberra today by Federal Health Minister, Senator Kay Patterson, and Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, have recommended decreasing the age at which children may consume reduced fat dairy products from four years to two years.
Date: 19 June 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
New South Wales researchers win millions for cancer and post traumatic stress research
Researchers in New South Wales will receive more than $9 million over five years for cancer and post traumatic stress research, the Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson, announced today.
Date: 16 June 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
Queensland wins millions for vaccine and stem cell research
Queensland researchers will receive more than $19 million to develop vaccines and investigate the potential for brain stem cells to repair neural damage, Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson, announced today.Queensland researchers will receive more than $19 million to develop vaccines and investigate the potential for brain stem cells to repair neural damage, Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson, announced today.
Date: 13 June 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
Brisbane health research centre recognised for excellence
The Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson, today presented a major Brisbane health research institution with a plaque commemorating its status as a Centre of Clinical Research Excellence.
Date: 12 June 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
Melbourne researchers win millions
Australians with Type 1 diabetes, HIV and those living with the risk of colon cancer will be among those to benefit from $44 million in Commonwealth funding for health and medical research announced in Melbourne today.
Date: 11 June 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
Molecular Biology Researcher Awarded Prestigious Medical Research Award
Acting Director of the Centre for Vascular Research at the University of New South Wales, Associate Professor Levon Khachigian, tonight received the prestigious 2003 Commonwealth Health Minister's Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research from Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson.
Date: 5 June 2003 Released by:The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
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MAY 2003
Australian quest for sars test underway
Two teams of Australian researchers are working to develop a fast and reliable test for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that can reliably distinguish SARS from other diseases with influenza like symptoms.
Date: 26 May 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
New licensing committee for human embryo research
A committee which will be responsible for licensing the use of human embryos for research in Australia was announced today by the Minister Responsible for Human Cloning Kevin Andrews.
Date: 16 May 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kevin Andrews MP Minister for Ageing
Australia joins the fight against SARS
Australian researchers will be encouraged to join international efforts in developing a fast and reliable test for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
Date: 4 May 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kevin Andrews MP Minister for Ageing
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APRIL 2003
New chair appointed to premier research body
The Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson, announced today that the Garvan Institute's Professor John Shine AO has been appointed the new Chair of the prestigious National Health and Medical Research Council.
Date: 10 April 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
First National Human Research Ethics Conference becomes a 500-person 'think-tank'
The National Health and Medical Research Council's first conference on human research ethics has been judged an outstanding success, with more than 500 delegates attending the conference in Canberra this week.
Date: 4 April 2003 Released by: NHMRC
First National Human Research Ethics Conference examines current ethical approval processes
First National Human Research Ethics Conference Examines Current Ethical Approval Processes
Date: 2 April 2003 Released by: NHMRC
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MARCH 2003
Victoria recognised for centres of clinical research excellence
The Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Senator Kay Patterson, today recognised the five Victorian research institutions designated as Centres of Clinical Research Excellence, with the presentation of a plaque signifying their achievements.
Date: 28 March 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
Inaugural NHMRC Conference to discuss human research ethics
Research involving humans is strictly controlled in Australia, but the nature of the subject still provokes vigorous ethical discussion.
Date: 25 March 2003 Released by: NHMRC
Diabetes Vaccine Centre a triumph of international cooperation
Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council (NMHRC) and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) today announced that the world's first Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre (DVDC) in Melbourne, will begin funding projects focused on developing a vaccine against juvenile (type 1) diabetes.
Date: 14 March 2003 Released by: NHMRC
New centre joins the fight against diabetes
The world's first Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre, a $10 million initiative, which will work towards developing a vaccine for juvenile diabetes, was launched by the Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson in Melbourne today.
Date: 14 march 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
NHMRC announces exciting indigenous health initiatives
Over the next three years, the National Health and Medical Research Council will increase its focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, according to CEO, Professor Alan Pettigrew.
Date: 10 March 2003 Released by: NHMRC
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FEBRUARY 2003
NHMRC funds major research projects for commercial development
Development of a new vaccine for HIV, new drugs for bacterial infections and malaria, and a new system for the remote diagnosis of eye diseases are some of the latest exciting research projects to receive NHMRC funding, announced by the Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson.
Date: 19 Feb 2003 Released by: the Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
Further public comment sought on xenotransplantation
The National Health and Medical Research Council will hold a second round of public consultations on xenotransplantation (transplanting animal organs into humans).
Date: 3 Feb 2003 Released by: NHMRC
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JANUARY 2003
$4 million for breast cancer data collection
The Federal Government will provide $4 million to help find out why some women may be more at risk from breast cancer because of their family background.
Date: 2 Jan 2003 Released by: The Hon. Kay Patterson Minister for Health and Ageing
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