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Some members of the community have raised concerns about the impact on their health while living near a wind farm. This information paper summarises the available evidence on the subject along with key issues raised by the public and the expert community.
This report advises the NHMRC Chief Executive Officer on the current needs for research and clinical guidance for ME/CFS in Australia.
The report from an NHMRC-organised workshop that brought together experts to discuss the opportunities and risks from the use of AI in NHMRC and the Department of Health and Aged Care Health and Medical Research Office (HMRO)-funded health and medical research, and its translation. This was to ensure Australia is well positioned to make the best use of the technologies to improve human health.
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Interim Consumer Advisory Network (the Network) provides advice to the Chief Executive Officers of the Health and Medical Research Office (HMRO) and NHMRC on strategies for strengthening consumer involvement.
This expert review is the summary of key issues from the report Evidence on the Effects of Lead on Human Health.
This document: Public consultation — summary of key issues: Draft information paper: Evidence on the effects of lead on human health outlines the key issues raised via public consultation and summaries of the Lead Working Committee’s responses.
This funding scheme provides funding and support to create new opportunities for researchers and policy makers to work together to define research questions, undertake research, interpret the findings and implement the findings into policy and practice.
This page provides access to the full guidelines and the underlying evidence base. A plain English summary and resources to help you apply the guidelines in daily life are available on alcohol health advice. The guidelines provide health professionals, policy makers and the Australian community with evidence-based advice on the health effects of drinking alcohol. The guidelines aim to help individuals make informed decisions about drinking alcohol. The guidelines are also intended to form the evidence base for policy making and educational materials.
Iodine is an essential nutrient that humans need in very small quantities. The thyroid uses iodine to produce hormones vital to ensure normal development of the brain and nervous system before birth, in babies and young children. For this reason, it is very important that pregnant and breastfeeding women get enough iodine.
In 2021, NHMRC undertook a targeted consultation on NHMRC’s assessment of publications. Based on the results of this consultation, NHMRC began implementing a new policy relating to the assessment of publications for its track record-based schemes.The new policy limited applicants to list no more than 10 of their top publications in the past 10 years. The Top 10 in 10 publications policy evaluation report – which may be downloaded at the bottom of this page – describes the results of a process evaluation that sought to determine whether the policy has been implemented as intended.
This booklet aims to help people think through some ethical issues and make decisions about living organ and tissue donation. If you are thinking of making a living donation, the doctors caring for you can give you more information that is relevant to your situation.
The booklet aims to help people think through some ethical issues and make informed decisions about organ and tissue donation after death.
RAO Alert - 2025 NHMRC-NEURON: Launch of the Joint Transnational Call
The Report of the Independent Review of the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002 and the research involving human embryos Act 2002 offers a review of legislation regarding the use of human clones for reproduction and the use of human embryos in research.
This information kit is divided into 5 chapters, covering different aspects of the NHMRC Embryo Research Licensing Committee’s activities.
Welcome to this special edition of Tracker. In this edition, you will find all the information about the upcoming 2025 NHMRC Biennial Awards including how to nominate.
2016 NHMRC Standards for Guidelines
This criteria must be used for determining embryos that are considered unsuitable for implantation and that may be used for research. The NHMRC will continue to work with the scientific community to update and refine these Objective Criteria as additional scientifically authenticated information becomes available.
NHMRC National Certification Scheme of Institutional Processes Related to the Ethical Review of Multi-centre Research.
NHMRC facilitates Australian researchers' participation in collaborative research projects with international researchers through both bilateral and multilateral arrangements.