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MRFF – Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative – 2023 Optimising Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Grant Opportunity
MRFF – Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative - 2025 Incorporating Patient Data in Health Technology Assessment Decision Making Grant Opportunity
Chikungunya is a mosquito-transmitted viral disease characterised by sporadic, unpredictable outbreaks. Due to international travel and the spread of potential disease-carrying vectors such as mosquitos, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infections have been identified in over 125 countries.1 Over the past 20 years, more than 10 million chikungunya virus infections have been reported, highlighting CHIKV as a significant global health threat. An international consortium involving NHMRC-funded researchers at Griffith University has developed 2 vaccines against CHIKV.
Corneal transplantation is the most common form of transplantation surgery occurring in the world and, globally, it provides improved vision to many thousands of people each year. NHMRC-funded researchers at Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University have made major contributions to improving clinical and eye bank practice both in Australia and internationally, through their establishment of the Australian Corneal Graft Registry (ACGR), the largest registry of its type in the world.
The Community water planner: A tool for small communities to develop drinking water management plans was a web-based tool developed to help assess and manage the risks in remote Australian community water supplies. This tool is no longer available.
Australia’s capacity for health and medical research translation is receiving a $3.7 million funding boost to help improve public health policy and service delivery.
The Animal Welfare Committee advises us about the care and use of animals for scientific purposes, in particular, for biomedical research.
The Consumer and Community Advisory Group (CCAG) provides strategic advice to National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) Chief Executive Officer on health matters and on health and medical research matters from a consumer and community perspective.
The Education and Training Working Group was established to provide advice on the education and training of researchers about good research practices.
National Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can join the national efforts towards achieving national reconciliation.In this Speaking of Science webinar held during National Reconciliation Week (27 May – 3 June 2024), we were joined by distinguished researcher and Indigenous leader, Professor Maree Toombs (Professor of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health in the University of New South Wales School of Population Health) who walked us through an incredibly moving presentation.
We are committed to upholding the strictest security on the information we communicate to you. The Australian Government sets policies and standards to encrypt all sensitive emails to non-government recipients that could pose a risk to you, NHMRC, the government or the public - if intercepted by somebody else.
At the request of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, the National Health and Medical Research Council has undertaken a review of gain-of-function research in Australia. The Executive Summary from the review report, and a copy of the full report, is available below.