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Members of the Council of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2024.
Members of the 2021–2024 Research Committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) are appointed until 30 June 2024.
Hysterectomy is the most common major gynaecological procedure Australian women will require in their lifetimes. Yet, up to 2 in 10 patients have developed severe complications following outdated open surgery.
As a practising optometrist, Associate Professor Zhichao Wu realised there was a big problem diagnosing glaucoma. Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible vision loss that is projected to cost Australia $4.3 billion per annum by 2025.
Australia, like many other countries, is facing increasing rates of mental disorders and substance use. Globally, substance use, depression and anxiety disorders are among the leading causes of disease burden in young people. Yet they are treated in isolation, stalling discovery, prevention and treatment.
The Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 requires that research on human embryos can only be conducted under a licence issued by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Embryo Research Licensing Committee (NHMRC Licensing Committee).
There are 2 Commonwealth Acts providing a regulatory framework to prohibit certain unacceptable practices including human cloning, and to regulate uses of excess human embryos created through assisted reproductive technology.
Licence holders are responsible for ensuring that their organisations comply with licence conditions. Each person who is identified in the licence conditions as an authorised person must be fully informed about the licence and its conditions and the requirements of the legislation and any corresponding state or territory law.
Organ and tissue transplantation is an effective and well-established treatment, with the potential to drastically improve the health and life of recipients. However, despite increasing success rates and the broadening of recipient eligibility and organ suitability criteria, the demand for organs and tissues continues to exceed their availability.
Section 19(3) of the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 (the Act) requires the NHMRC Licensing Committee to table six-monthly reports in either House of Parliament on or before 30 June and 31 December each year, and at any other time as required by either House of Parliament. The reports must include information about both the operation of the Act and licences issued under the Act.
When working with research that involves human embryos created by assisted reproductive technology (ART), it can be difficult to determine if a licence is required for training and quality assurance activities.
The following is a guide on how to enable and use Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) for your Human Research Ethics Application (HREA) account.
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) recognises that our staff and stakeholders value their privacy, and we make privacy a part of our everyday business. This means we incorporate privacy into strategic planning and take a 'privacy by design' approach to integrating privacy management into our projects and practices.
NHMRC staff are employed under the Public Service Act 1999. All APS employees are required to uphold the APS Values, Employment Principles and APS Code of Conduct.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a lifelong condition characterised by severe neurodevelopmental impairments (with/without physical impairments) that results from prenatal alcohol exposure.