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OCTOBER 2008
NHMRC welcomes new NICS Fellowship leaders in health care
Six new leaders in Australian health care celebrated the completion of their NICS Fellowships at a ceremony held Tuesday 30 September in Melbourne, benefiting areas as diverse as cancer pain, heart failure, falls and blood clot prevention.
SEPTEMBER 2008
Researchers earn grants for palliative care
The Rudd Government today announced almost $740,000 in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding. Sixteen researchers have received grants to conduct research into palliative-care practices.
NHMRC joins leading health care organisations to transfer knowledge into practice
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is inviting early-to-mid career health professionals with a commitment to improve health care in Australia to apply for a 2009 NICS Fellowship.
AUGUST 2008
Linking research to real life
NHMRC CEO Warwick Anderson has announced the new NHMRC Partnerships scheme, intended to build direct relationships between health providers and researchers. The scheme is ongoing, with the initial funding of over $100m available in the first two years.
New guidelines improve animal wellbeing
World first Guidelines to Promote the Wellbeing of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes: The Assessment and Alleviation of Pain and Distress in Research Animals have been released by the NHMRC. They focus on all aspects of the care of animals used in research.
JULY 2008
The support that helps medical research happen
NHMRC CEO Professor Warwick Anderson has announced 22 grants to independent health and medical research institutes across Australia totalling $29 million through the NHMRC Independent Research Institute Infrastructure Support Scheme.
JUNE 2008
Post-coma unresponsiveness guidelines
NHMRC has launched two documents targeted at people involved in the care of people in post-coma states. Ethical Guidelines for the Care of People in Post-Coma Unresponsiveness (Vegetative State) or a Minimally Responsive State and A Guide for Families and Carers of People with Profound Brain Damage provide an ethical framework to guide health care professionals, courts and tribunals, and families acting in the best interests of these vulnerable people.
MAY 2008
Stop the clot - reducing blood clot risk for hospital patients
A new national prevention program to stop potentially lethal blood clots developing in private hospital patients was launched in Canberra today by Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon.
APRIL 2008
Australian Immunisation Handbook 9th Edition
The Australian Immunisation Handbook 9th Edition has been released.
Research grants open opportunities with China
Australian health researchers will study in China for the first time under a new grants program funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
Grants help to market medical discoveries
Retinal imaging to identify people at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease, a dressing that will reduce the severity of scars and a "smarthroscope" that distinguishes between healthy and damaged tissue are among 22 National Health and Medical Research Council development grants worth $4.4 million announced today by the Australian Government.
MARCH 2008
Funding backs research priorities in primary health care
Research into new approaches to help GPs deal with childhood obesity, assess patients' risk of heart attacks and improve the health of Indigenous people will be supported by NHMRC funding.
Complementary Medicine gets a boost
Research into the fast-growing area of complementary and alternative medicine received a boost today with the announcement by the Australian Government of more than $7 million in grants.
RESEARCH GRANTS TO TACKLE DEMENTIA
The Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, today announced grants of more than $9 million to tackle dementia.
FEBRUARY 2008
Closing evidence-practice gaps in emergency care
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has published the latest brochures in its series, Emergency Care Evidence in Practice. The brochures were developed for emergency care clinicians by the NHMRC’s National Institute of Clinical Studies Emergency Care Community of Practice. They highlight evidence-practice gaps of particular relevance within Australian emergency departments.
HEALTH CARE WORKERS AS WELL AS AT RISK GROUPS MUST BE IMMUNISED AGAINST INFLUENZA TO SAVE LIVES SAYS NHMRC CHIEF
Professor Warwick Anderson, CEO of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is calling for employers of health care workers in general practice, hospitals and aged care to start planning influenza vaccination clinics now so that their staff are protected against this disease and avoid spreading it to at risk groups in their care.
MAJOR FUNDING FOR AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCHERS
The Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, today announced $124 million in funding for projects to support health and medical research in Australia.
JANUARY 2008
ALCOHOL GUIDELINES BASED ON STRONG EVIDENCE
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has reinforced the quality and accuracy of its draft alcohol guidelines, saying they are based on the best available scientific evidence.
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