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This edition showcases 10 research projects from 2019 to 2020 that exemplify the extraordinary quality and diversity of projects funded by NHMRC. From delivering culturally safe maternity care for Aboriginal women, discovering, and developing better pain treatments, improving in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment methods, and harnessing the body’s own immune system to improve vaccines is just a little taste of what these stories are about.
Explore the stories below. A PDF version is available in the Downloads section.
Accelerating change in driver safety screening
Changes in our vision, hearing, mobility and cognitive abilities, such as processing speed, memory and executive function, can impact on…
Community-designed and delivered suicide intervention
Before applying for a research grant in 2014, Professor Toombs asked her supervisor, 'How about I go and yarn with mob and see what…
Delivering a legacy of culturally safe maternity care
Professor Rhonda Marriott AM, a descendant of Nyikina people of the Kimberley, has devoted five decades to nursing and midwifery in…
Driving change in aged care pharmacy practices through data
Having practised as a hospital pharmacist by day and a residential aged care pharmacist by night, Dr Lisa Pont naturally began to think…
Enhancing future pain treatments using venoms
Cone snails are a highly venomous sea snail which produce venom peptides that act very selectively across a range of neurological…
Fighting biofilms with a Trojan Horse
Biofilms are present in our everyday lives.
Growing up and getting stronger: improving the long-term health of premature babies
'Ventilators had some success, but a lot of the babies still died, and I wanted to know how to improve this process,' Professor Doyle…
Harnessing the power of natural immunity to extend vaccine protection
Up to 650,000 people die of respiratory diseases linked to seasonal influenza (flu) worldwide each year.1…
Improving fertility treatment through innovation
Infertility affects 1 in 6 couples globally.1 According to the World Health Organization,…
Mentors inspire an Indigenous research career with impact
During the four-year fellowship, Professor Chamberlain discovered that many interventions to reduce cardiometabolic risk in this cohort…