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This report advises the NHMRC Chief Executive Officer on the current needs for research and clinical guidance for ME/CFS in Australia.

Complementary medicine describes a wide range of healthcare medicines and therapies. Many Australians use complementary medicine for specific health conditions or health benefits. To help Australians to make informed decisions about their health care, we support research into complementary medicine.

NHMRC Targeted Call for Research (TCR) into Wind Farms and Human Health sought to build a body of evidence to understand whether there are direct adverse health effects from exposure to wind turbine emissions and contribute to the development of policy and public health recommendations regarding wind turbine development and operations in Australia. 

MatCH is one of five cohort studies embedded in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH— also known as Women's Health Australia). MatCH is increasing our understanding of the intergenerational determinants of child health and development in Australia, and MatCH data are providing an unprecedented opportunity to investigate preconception and life course determinants of child health outcomes. ALSWH is a national research resource providing an evidence base to assist policy makers to develop and evaluate policy and practice in service delivery areas affecting women.

10 of the Best research projects 2010 showcases 10 Australian health and medical research projects chosen from among the thousands of NHMRC-funded medical research projects in Australia.

In the final days of Professor Anne Kelso’s term at NHMRC, we reflect on her contribution to the agency and the sector, including through initiatives to address gender disparities in health and medical research. Professor Kelso explained why such interventions are necessary during an interview with Patricia Karvelas on ABC Radio National Breakfast on November 15 2022.

Iodine is an essential nutrient that humans need in very small quantities. The thyroid uses iodine to produce hormones vital to ensure normal development of the brain and nervous system before birth, in babies and young children. For this reason, it is very important that pregnant and breastfeeding women get enough iodine.

NHMRC’s Research Impact Track Record Assessment (RITRA) framework requires researchers to report on past research impacts in their applications for Investigator and Synergy Grants and requires peer reviewers to assess and score these reported impacts. Implementation of this framework is intended to provide an incentive for researchers to consider future impact when planning and conducting research, ideally leading to an increase in the translation of NHMRC-funded research and improved public health. The RITRA framework evaluation report describes the results of a process evaluation that sought to determine whether the RITRA framework has been implemented as intended.

NHMRC promotes the highest quality in the research that it funds.

In Australia, the care and use of animals for scientific purposes is regulated under state and territory legislation. The Australian code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes (the Code) is adopted into legislation in all Australian jurisdictions.