Media releases
December 2002
Australia and Europe to Research HPV Link to Skin Cancer
Australian and European researchers will collaborate in determining whether the virus most commonly associated with cervical cancer, Human Papilloma Virus, also plays some role in the development of non-melanoma skin cancer. Federal Health and Ageing Minister, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced $300,000 in National Health and Medical Research Council funding for the Queensland arm of the project. "Non-melanoma skin cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in Australia...
Victorian Researchers to Receive Federal Funding for Research into Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
Why are people from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background more susceptible to the early onset of diseases associated with ageing? Do people with Alzheimer's disease feel pain in the same way and to the same extent as adults without dementia? These questions and others are being posed by eight teams of researchers in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania, who will receive total funding of $1.7 million under the NHMRC's Strategic Healthy...
Tasmanian Researcher Receives $300,000 for Research into Brain Ageing
Tasmanian researcher, Associate Professor James Vickers from the University of Tasmania, will receive $300,000 in Federal funding for research into ageing of the brain. Announcing the grant today, Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson, said Professor Vickers' project would examine brain features associated with 'healthy' ageing, as well as brain changes that heralded the beginning of 'pathological' ageing of the brain leading to Alzheimer's...
South Australian Researcher receives $240,000 for Osteoarthritis Research
The Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced that South Australian researcher, Associate Professor Nick Fazzalari, from the University of Adelaide, will receive $240,000 over 3 years to study osteoarthritis in a rapidly ageing population. "Recently reported studies have shown very persuasively that primary osteoarthritis might initially be a bone disease, rather than, or in addition to, a cartilage disease," Senator Patterson explained....
Queensland Researcher Receives Federal Funding for Research into Neurodegenerative Disorders
Professor Annette Dobson from the University of Queensland, will receive $124,705 in Federal funding for research into neurodegenerative disorders, under the National Health and Medical Research Council's Strategic Healthy Ageing Program. Announcing the grant today, the Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson, said the Queensland study aimed to improve services and reduce the burden on carers looking after people with Alzheimer's Disease and other...
New South Wales Researchers to Receive Federal Funding for Projects into 'Healthy Ageing'
Researchers at the Children's Medical Research Institute and the Anzac Research Institute, in New South Wales will receive a total of $465,000 in Federal funding over three years, to study the genetics of cellular ageing and geriatric pharmacology. The Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson, today announced that eight research projects across Australia would receive a total of $1.7 million, under the National Health and Medical Research Council's Strategic...
$1.7 Million for Better Understanding of Healthy Ageing
A better understanding of healthy ageing is the challenge for eight successful research teams, which were awarded $1.7 million under the NHMRC's Strategic Healthy Ageing Program. Announcing the successful projects today, Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson, welcomed the focus on preventing diseases of ageing in the Australian community. "Projects will study how ageing leads to adverse effects from drug dosages, how cells multiply as they age, examine the...
Modest Weight Loss Can Help in the Battle Against Obesity
Relatively modest weight loss can have significant health benefits in tackling overweight and obesity, the Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Kay Patterson, said today. She announced new draft guidelines for doctors in the fight against Australia's obesity epidemic. The draft clinical practice guidelines for weight control and obesity have been developed by the National Health and Medical Research Council and are now open for public comment. The number of people who are...
NHMRC Welcomes New Research Priorities
The National Health and Medical Research Council's Chief Executive Officer, Professor Alan Pettigrew, today welcomed the Government's announcement of National Research Priorities. "The NHMRC already strongly contributes to the areas identified in the priorities through its existing support for high quality research and researchers," said Professor Pettigrew. "The NHMRC has, and will be, a central contributor to the theme of 'Promoting and Maintaining Good Health...
October 2002
New Statement to strengthen partnership between consumers and researchers
The Statement on Consumer and Community Participation in Health and Medical Research has been developed jointly by the Consumers’ Health Forum of Australia (CHF) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). It provides the key to developing stronger partnerships between consumers and researchers at all levels of health and medical research, according to CHF Executive Director, Helen Hopkins. On behalf of Senator Kay Patterson, Minister for Health and Ageing, Ms Teresa...