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Tracker - 5 June 2023

Welcome to Tracker, NHMRC’s fortnightly newsletter with the latest information on major activities and funding opportunities.

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Tracker special edition - MRFF – MREA consultations

Improving alignment and coordination between the Medical Research Future Fund and Medical Research Endowment Account.

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Excellence in consumer engagement: optimising the lives of people with aphasia

The Queensland Aphasia Research Centre (QARC) brings together people with aphasia, their families and friends, clinicians and researchers in the collaborative development of innovative and novel health interventions that transform lives. At NHMRC's Research Excellence Awards in March, QARC received the 2023 NHMRC Consumer Engagement Award, which recognises an individual, a group of individuals or an organisation that has made a long-term contribution to consumer and community involvement in health and medical research.

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Tracker - 22 May 2023

Welcome to Tracker, NHMRC’s fortnightly newsletter with the latest information on major activities and funding opportunities.

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  • 22 May 2023
Professor Greg Fox

Research Excellence: A vision for the elimination of tuberculosis

Professor Greg Fox is a respiratory doctor and clinical triallist at the University of Sydney and Director of the Sydney Vietnam Institute who is contributing to the momentum towards tuberculosis (TB) elimination. Professor Fox received the 2021 NHMRC David Cooper Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Award, recognising the highest ranked recipient in the Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies scheme.

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  • 19 May 2023

Budget 2023-24

Support for excellent health and medical research in Australia continues in the 2023-24 Budget handed down on 9 May 2023. 

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  • 10 May 2023

Tracker - 8 May 2023

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  • 8 May 2023

Research excellence: Transforming midwifery in the Asia-Pacific region

Professor Caroline Homer AO is a midwife and maternal and newborn health researcher. Her research addresses maternal and newborn health issues, especially the role of midwives in improving outcomes in limited-resource settings, with a focus for more than 20 years on the Asia-Pacific region.

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  • 5 May 2023

$7.9 million for research collaboration on policy and practice

Projects aiming to improve leadership equity in health care, mental health, children’s wellbeing and patient safety are among those sharing in $7.9 million in grants for research collaboration with health sector partners across Australia. 

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  • 2 May 2023

Tracker - 24 April 2023

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  • 24 April 2023
Professor Wai-Hong Tham

Research Excellence: New antibody therapies against malaria and COVID-19

Professor Wai-Hong Tham was one of four distinguished female researchers to receive 2022 NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Grant Awards. Her award was for the highest ranked female recipient (Leadership category) in the Basic Science research area of the Investigator Grants scheme. Professor Tham is Head of the division of Infectious Diseases and Immune Defence at WEHI and co-Chair of the WEHI Biologics Initiative. 

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  • 24 April 2023

Research boost to foster cooperation on chronic disease prevention in the Asia-Pacific

Research that aims to improve health promotion strategies for children in Fiji is one of four projects to share in over $5 million in funding from Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) as part of an international and collaborative scheme.  

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  • 12 April 2023

Tracker - 12 April 2023

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  • 12 April 2023
Dr Tafi Marukutira

Research Excellence: Identifying gaps and solutions needed for HIV elimination

Dr Tafi Marukutira is a medical doctor and public health researcher, specialising in infectious diseases epidemiology. Dr Marukutira received the 2022 NHMRC Frank Fenner Investigator Grant Award (Emerging Leadership), which recognises the highest ranked recipient in the Emerging Leadership Level 1 Investigator Grant category within the Basic Science or Public Health research areas, for his work on equitable access to HIV care and treatment.  

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  • 6 April 2023
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Translating medical research into improved health care in the Top End 

Northern Australia’s expertise in translating health and medical research into improved health care has been recognised through an accredited Research Translation Centre, now one of 11 accredited centres nationally.

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  • 5 April 2023

Tracker Special: NHMRC awards

Welcome to a Tracker Special to acknowledge the recipients of this year's NHMRC Research Excellence Awards and Biennial Awards.

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  • 4 April 2023
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Celebrating excellence and dedication in Australia’s health and medical research sector

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has celebrated outstanding contributors to Australian health and medical research with its Research Excellence and Biennial Awards announced in Canberra this evening.  

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  • 29 March 2023

Rising stars of dementia research funded to collaborate with experts in Japan on shared challenge

Three expert teams will share in $1.5 million of NHMRC-administered funding to undertake research with Japanese collaborators into causes of dementia and factors that may prevent or delay its onset. 

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  • 29 March 2023

Tracker - 27 March 2023

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  • 27 March 2023

Tracker - 14 March 2023

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  • 14 March 2023
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Communities driving health care research

“It’s about coming with an open mind and heart, and willingness to deeply listen to community… to have any preconceptions challenged and re-learn ways of doing research.” 
– Dr Veronica Matthews , co-lead investigator, STRengthening systems for InDigenous healthcare Equity (STRIDE)
 

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  • 14 March 2023

Tracker - 27 February 2023

Welcome to Tracker, NHMRC’s fortnightly newsletter with the latest information on major activities and funding opportunities.

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  • 27 February 2023

$5 million for Indigenous-led Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander maternal and child health research project

A research team led by clinical psychologist Associate Professor Yvonne Clark will receive almost $5 million in NHMRC-administered funding for a project to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing during pregnancy, birth and the early years.

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  • 24 February 2023

Improving carer wellbeing and empowering Indigenous communities

Associate Professor Dina LoGiudice is a geriatrician and clinical researcher with a special interest in dementia and ageing well. For close to two decades, she has been studying the impacts of ageing and dementia in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

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  • 23 February 2023

Smiles saved with a major improvement in dental health of young Aboriginal children

For much of his professional life in the United Kingdom, Professor Anthony Blinkhorn has focussed on improving the oral health of children in poorer communities through collaborative approaches with government agencies. This work saw him appointed as Chair of Population Oral Health at the University of Sydney in 2007, funded by the NSW Health Centre for Oral Health Strategy.

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  • 15 February 2023

Tracker – 13 February 2023

Welcome to Tracker, NHMRC’s fortnightly newsletter with the latest information on major activities and funding opportunities.

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  • 13 February 2023

Mind the gap – Filling in the missing evidence for massive blood transfusion policy

Professor Jamie Cooper AO is Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University, and Senior Specialist in Intensive Care at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.

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  • 7 February 2023

Developing immunity to cancer

Immunologist Dr Jason Waithman leads the Cancer Immunotherapy Group at the Telethon Kids Institute in Western Australia.

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  • 3 February 2023

Tracker – 30 January 2023

Welcome to Tracker, NHMRC’s fortnightly newsletter with the latest information on major activities and funding opportunities.

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  • 30 January 2023

Healthier hearts in the tropical north

Professor Anna Ralph is a practicing medical specialist and leads the Global and Tropical Health division at Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin.

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  • 24 January 2023

Tracker - 16 January 2023

Welcome to Tracker, NHMRC’s fortnightly newsletter with the latest information on major activities and funding opportunities.

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  • 16 January 2023
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Unravelling genomes to find an answer

Autoimmune diseases account for one of the largest burdens of chronic disease on our health system. According to Professor Chris Goodnow FAA FRS, there are more than 100 autoimmune diseases that collectively affect 10% of people.

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  • 10 January 2023

Lessons from the best to improve Indigenous health services: a collaborative learning approach

Professor Sarah Larkins has focused on improving equity in health care services in rural, remote and Indigenous populations since a medical education placement in the Northern Territory highlighted the tremendous inequities in health care access in the region.

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  • 5 January 2023
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10 of the Best - Harnessing the power of science to understand and overcome today’s health challenges

Welcome to National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) 10 of the Best – Thirteenth Edition, a tribute to the researchers and their teams around Australia who are tackling the health challenges that we face from birth to later life. 

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  • 21 December 2022
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$241 million invested to support outstanding Australian research

Projects to investigate new therapeutic targets for epilepsy, improve chronic back pain management and develop new treatments for diabetes are among 232 projects that will share in $241 million through National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grants announced today. 

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  • 14 December 2022
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$8.1 million for international research collaborations in human health

International collaborative grants in health and medical research with partners in Canada and the European Union, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand and the United States will share in a total of $8.1 million, announced by the Australian Government today.

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  • 14 December 2022
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3D-printed device for cardiovascular health project to share in $15 million translation of research grant funding

A University of Adelaide research project that will use a novel 3D-printed imaging catheter to improve detection of cardiovascular disease is among 16 projects funded in the 2022 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Development Grant round. 

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  • 14 December 2022

Metal complexes for the treatment of age-related diseases of the brain

Dr Jeffrey Liddell from the University of Melbourne is a mid-career neurobiologist, with an interest in neurodegenerative diseases and understanding their underlying causes.

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  • 13 December 2022

Tracker - 12 December 2022

Welcome to Tracker, NHMRC’s fortnightly newsletter with the latest information on major activities and funding opportunities.

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  • 12 December 2022

Born too soon – A better life for preterm babies

A major achievement for Associate Professor Shannon Simpson was the recent establishment of PELICAN (Prematurity’s Effects on the Lungs In Children and Adults Network), which she co-chairs with Dr Jenny Hallberg from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. See also 10 of the Best

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  • 12 December 2022

Helping children get the best start to life

Professor Harriet Hiscock is a paediatrician researcher at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. Her work focuses on keeping children out of hospital, reducing low value care, and improving access to and quality of care – especially mental health care.

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  • 12 December 2022
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Partnership projects to improve health services and processes share in $8 million

Seven projects where researchers will collaborate with partner organisations so findings can be implemented into policy and practice will share in $8 million through National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Partnership Project grants announced today.

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  • 5 December 2022

$50 million boost for collaborative health and medical research

The Australian Government is investing $50 million through this year’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Synergy Grants in 10 research projects where experts from different disciplines will collaborate to solve health problems.

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  • 25 November 2022

Tracker - 21 November 2022

Welcome to Tracker, NHMRC’s fortnightly newsletter with the latest information on major activities and funding opportunities.

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  • 21 November 2022
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$7 million for NHMRC Postgraduate Scholars

Sixty-two outstanding health and medical graduates will share in more than $7 million of funding to support their research training through this year’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme.  

  • Media release
  • 17 November 2022

Tracker – 7 November 2022

Welcome to Tracker, NHMRC’s fortnightly newsletter with the latest information on major activities and funding opportunities.

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  • 7 November 2022

2023 NHMRC and MRFF grant opportunity dates

This is an indicative list of current and upcoming NHMRC and MRFF grant opportunities with closing dates in 2023. 

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  • 7 November 2022

2022-23 October Budget

Support for excellent health and medical research in Australia continues in the 2022-23 October Budget handed down on 25 October 2022.  

  • Media release
  • 26 October 2022
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$7.5 million for hearing health

NHMRC welcomes the announcement from the Australian Government of almost $7.5 million in funding to support research focusing on improving hearing health outcomes and the wellbeing of those with a hearing impairment.

  • Media release
  • 21 October 2022
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Improving long-term health outcomes for people with intellectual disability

NHMRC welcomes the announcement from the Australian Government of more than $5 million for four research projects to improve the long-term health outcomes of people with intellectual disability.

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  • 21 October 2022