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Questions and answers from the Ideas Grants 2024 peer reviewer webinar. Recorded 16 July 2024. A PDF version is available to download.
In the 2000s, rising annual Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) diagnoses in Australia highlighted the need for developing new ways of preventing HIV transmission. Researchers at the University of New South Wales’ (UNSW) Kirby Institute and the Centre for Social Research in Health conducted a series of NHMRC-supported studies demonstrating the effectiveness of antiretroviral medicines in preventing transmission. Their work guided the successful scale up of HIV treatment as prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), resulting in substantial declines in HIV infections in Australia and ensuring Australia remains a global leader in HIV prevention.
The NHMRC Complaints Policy sets out how NHMRC manages complaints about its activities, policies and decision-making.
This section includes definitions of terms and explanations of abbreviations used in Good institutional practice guide (the Guide).
Recipient of the 2024 NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Grant Award for Leadership in Clinical Medicine and Science, Professor Carol Hodgson, is a specialist intensive care physiotherapist and clinical trialist. With expertise in long term outcomes after critical illness, Professor Hodgson heads the Division of Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies in the School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine at Monash University, researching how we can improve the quality of survival after critical illness.
Cardiovascular disease is the world’s number one killer.On a national scale, coronary heart disease is the leading single cause of disease burden in Australia and causes 11% of all deaths, sparking a real need to make transformative improvements in cardiovascular health management for all Australians.
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has established the Iodine Expert Working Group to support the review and update of the iodine Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand (NRVs).
Monash Partners is an NHMRC-accredited Research Translation Centre. We collaborate to deliver research-informed healthcare and training. The below case studies highlight our work in translating research into better health outcomes and building capability across the system.
The ME/CFS Scoping Survey was released by NHMRC on 21 February 2025 and was open for 9 weeks through to 27 April 2025. The survey was open to the public and was designed to gather insights from individuals with ME/CFS and related conditions (Long COVID, postural orthostatic intolerance syndrome (POTS) and fibromyalgia), carers, GPs and other healthcare professionals that provide care to people with ME/CFS and related conditions, researchers and consumer organisations. The purpose of the survey was to understand what stakeholders consider priorities for inclusion in the new Australian ME/CFS Clinical Practice Guidelines and to understand patient and healthcare professionals’ experiences of barriers to and/or enablers of care.The full report is available from the Downloads section.
These guidelines outline ethical principles for health professionals involved in donation after death and provide guidance on how these principles can be put into practice.
The Investigator Grants Peer Review Mentor (PRM) video features senior researchers discussing their approach to organising, assessing, scoring and comparing Investigator and other NHMRC grant applications equitably. This video resource is to support peer reviewers of NHMRC grants.
The Research Committee fosters research across the spectrum of health and medical research, including the awarding of grants and providing research support.
Section 3 describes the approach taken in the Good institutional practice guide (the Guide) for implementing cultural change and Section 4 provides practical guidance.