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Research notices 2011
December 2011
01 December 2011
More evidence is needed about the use of naltrexone implants in the treatment of addiction
Claims that NHMRC has an ideological set against naltrexone implants are incorrect and are not helping practitioners or patients understand the treatment options that are currently available for opioid addiction. NHMRC has been clear that some early studies on the efficacy and safety of naltrexone implants are promising. We have already funded over $18 million in research into addiction and substance abuse, including a clinical trial on the use of naltrexone implants. We fully recognise...
November 2011
07 November 2011
Use of Cultured Cell Lines for Research
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has received high-level representations regarding problems associated with the use of contaminated and incorrectly identified cultured cell lines in research. These representations highlighted the extent of cell line contamination with either mycoplasma or other cell lines and the problems that can arise in interpreting data from their use. As a result, some scientific journals (eg. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics) now require verification...
July 2011
20 July 2011
CEO Communiqué - 20 July 2011
It has become necessary today to re-issue assessors’ reports to approximately 1,500 Project Grant applicants. This was needed because RGMS did not compile the assessors’ reports properly for around half of those applications. In some cases, no information from the assessors’ reports was extracted, in others information was only partially extracted or duplicated. The problem was caused by coding errors during the bulk transfer of data from assessors’ reports into the...
20 July 2011
Problems with Applicant Responses
Some assessors’ reports have been incorrectly compiled in RGMS when invitations for Applicant Responses were issued. This problem has now been fixed. For everyone who has received a letter inviting them to submit an Applicant Response to assessors’ reports, before midday Wednesday 20 July 2011, the following changed processes will apply: Over the next 24 hours, we will reissue all previously issued assessors’ reports and invitations to submit Applicant Responses...
15 July 2011
Release of the Report of the Independent Review of the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002 and the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002
The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler has released the Report of the Independent Review of the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002 and the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002. The Report of the Independent Review of the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002 and the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 can be found at www.legislationreview.nhmrc.gov.au.
07 July 2011
Welcome to an improved NHMRC website
The NHMRC is pleased to launch an improved website in 2011. The NHMRC is committed to providing the best possible information resources for researchers and all people who are interested in Australia's health and medical research. Over the coming months, we will continue to improve the site and respond to your needs, consistent with the Australian Government's Declaration of Open Government (July 2010). We welcome feedback on the site - please email nhmrc.webmaster@nhmrc.gov.au with your...
05 July 2011
Joint communiqué: NHMRC-Alzheimer’s Australia workshop on improving dementia care through research translation
We would like to extend our thanks to the presenters and participants at today’s workshop on priorities and strategies for translating research evidence into improved dementia care nationwide. As we heard from the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, the Hon Mark Butler MP, dementia represents one of the greatest challenges for Australia, as our population ages and the need for effective and high quality dementia care grows. There is no question that a great deal of research still needs...
June 2011
30 June 2011
Final deadline for Project Grant external assessments - 11 July 2011
We need all assessors’ reports for Project Grants by 11 July 2011, at the latest. We are very grateful for whatever support you have provided already. However, to ensure that all applicants have a fair go during peer review, we need all assessments to be completed by 11 July. Why do we need this deadline? These assessments are the key to our peer review. Once we have received your assessment(s): we will need to link 10,500 assessments in total to 3,508 applications we will...
27 June 2011
Register for the improving dementia care through research translation workshop – 5 July 2011
Alzheimer’s Australia and the NHMRC will hold a joint workshop on Translating Dementia Care Research into Better Practice in Canberra from 9.30am – 4.00pm on Tuesday 5 July. The workshop will focus on strategies and priorities for translating existing research evidence into improved dementia care practice across Australia. Recent Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Reports show that dementia is the highest disease burden on Australians over 75. The workshop ...
17 June 2011
Research and Practitioner Fellowship Panel Members and interviewees - Volcanic Ash issues
Current travel advisories suggest that there will not be travel disruption into Melbourne in the next week as ash from the Puyehue volcano has cleared Australian airspace. We will keep our website up to date with the latest information from our travel provider - this will be in our 'News' area. In the event that a panel member or interviewee has disruption to travel next week, please contact our Melbourne liaison officer on 0434 078 495. We will provide as much...