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Genetic tests are easily purchased by consumers, often over the internet and usually without the involvement of a medical professional. These tests can be used in diagnosing medical conditions or pre-dispositions. The statement highlights issues for medical professionals and consumers regarding the use of health-related genetic testing.
There are concerns about the increasing availability of health-related genetic testing kits. This guide is for health professionals whose patients are considering buying a test kit or want to discuss their results.
Peer Reviewer Comments Disclaimer for NHMRC schemes that provide qualitative feedback.
As the Australian Government's lead agency for funding health and medical research, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is committed to achieving gender equity in its grant program.
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.
We provide resources to assist researchers and members of animal ethics committees (AECs) to consider the ethical and welfare issues about the use of genetically modified and cloned animals.
NHMRC has released two Statements to support the conduct of ethical, humane, responsible and high-quality research involving animals: Statement on the forced swim test in rodent models Statement on smoke inhalation procedures in rodent models.
The Investigating Clinician Researcher Career Pathways Project (the project) was initiated as a priority project by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Health Translation Advisory Committee (HTAC) during its 2015–2018 triennium. HTAC is a principal committee of NHMRC and provides advice to the CEO and Council of NHMRC on opportunities to improve health outcomes in areas including clinical care, public, population and environmental health and prevention of illness through effective translation of research into health care and clinical practice. The results of the project will assist HTAC in making recommendations to the CEO on the training and career pathways for clinician researchers.
This Report from NHMRC’s Research Quality Workshop on 30 July 2019 outlines key messages, activities and initiatives within the research sector, and potential opportunities for collaboration to ensure the conduct of high quality research. Outcomes from the workshop will inform NHMRC’s ongoing activities to ensure the highest quality in NHMRC-funded research.
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) National Institute for Dementia Research (NNIDR) was established in 2015 to target and coordinate the $200 million national dementia research effort through the Boosting Dementia Research Initiative (BDRI).
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) remains committed to supporting dementia research in Australia following the end of the Australian Government's Boosting Dementia Research Initiative (BDRI).
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.
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.
Professor Anna Ralph is a practicing medical specialist and leads the Global and Tropical Health division at Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin.
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.
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.
10 of the Best NHMRC research projects – Fifteenth Edition celebrates the calibre of talent and achievements of Australia’s health and medical researchers.
Dr Nicky Thomas started his career as a pharmacist. During his PhD, he was investigating how encasing medicine in lipid droplets could improve its efficacy when he was asked: can this lipid technology be used to treat biofilms?
Having practised as a hospital pharmacist by day and a residential aged care pharmacist by night, Dr Lisa Pont naturally began to think about how pharmacists could work differently as part of her research.
In the early 1970s, Professor Lex Doyle watched as ventilators were introduced in Australian hospitals to help premature babies breathe.