Update from the NHMRC Council meeting
The National Health and Medical Research Council met on 4 September 2008. The Agenda covered nutrition, indigenous health, health and climate change, cancer clusters, preventive health, and the health and medical research workforce.
Highlights
- Translating research into policy
- International Cancer Genome Consortium
- Roadmap review: Indigenous health
- Climate change and human health
- Nutrition and dietary guidelines revision
- Cancer clusters
- Research priorities
- Funding the indirect costs of research
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Other issues discussed:
- Preventive health
- Genetics training
- Hospital acquired infections
- Plastic surgery
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