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The Research Committee fosters research across the spectrum of health and medical research, including the awarding of grants and providing research support.
Frequently asked questions about the revision of the 2013 Australian Dietary Guidelines, about sustainability in the revision and about the new evidence reviews.Published July 2024. Last updated March 2025.
On 1 April 2025, NHMRC released an updated National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2025 (National Statement) incorporating changes to Section 4 Ethical considerations specific to participants in research and minor changes to other sections of the National Statement. This is an update to the National Statement released in 2023.
The information described in the disclosure log table below has been released by NHMRC under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and is available for public access.
NHMRC developed the Human Research Ethics Application (HREA) form as a concise application to facilitate timely and efficient ethics review for research involving humans. HREA assists researchers to consider the ethical principles of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2023) in relation to their research.
Professor Jane Pirkis is the Director of the Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing at the University of Melbourne. With a background in public health, Professor Pirkis has worked in the area of suicide prevention for over 25 years, contributing to knowledge about which interventions are effective in preventing suicide. Professor Pirkis’s work has also emphasised media-based interventions and interventions that involve restricting access to means of suicide. Professor Pirkis is the recipient of The University of Melbourne’s Marles Medal (2021) and is also the recipient of a Distinguished Alumni Award at the University of Tasmania (2017) and has received a Lifetime Research LIFE Award through Suicide Prevention Australia (2010).
Breastfeeding infants exclusively to around six months, and continuing up to 12 months and beyond as solids foods are introduced, provides clear benefits for both the infant and the mother. Supporting women to continue to breastfeed is key to improving rates of breastfeeding.
The Centres of Research Excellence (CRE) scheme provides support for teams of researchers to pursue collaborative research and develop capacity in basic science research, clinical research, health services research and public health research.
10 of the Best NHMRC research projects – Sixteenth Edition celebrates the calibre of talent and achievements of Australia’s health and medical researchers.
As of 2025, it is estimated that approximately 433,300 Australians are living with dementia, and approximately 1.3 million Australians were living with diabetes in 2022, which equates to roughly 5.3% of the population.
Professor Jo Salmon from the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University received the Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Grant Award at last year’s NHMRC Research Excellence Awards. Her research focuses on how to effectively implement physical activity interventions at scale across the population, particularly in children. Physical inactivity is a leading modifiable risk factor for childhood obesity and other physical and mental health conditions.
Professor Cath Chamberlain, a Palawa woman of the Trawlwoolway clan (Tasmania), received an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship in 2014 to find culturally safe ways to improve cardiometabolic health outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers.