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In 2022, working with its Health Research Impact Committee, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) developed the NHMRC Research Translation Strategy 2022–2025.
RAO Alert – Forecast: Medical Research Future Fund (Clinical Trials Activity Initiative) and National Health and Medical Research Council 2025 Australia-UK Platform Studies in Areas of Unmet Clinical Need Grant Opportunity
MRFF and NHMRC – Clinical Trials Activity Initiative – 2025 Australia-UK Platform Studies in Areas of Unmet Clinical Need Grant Opportunity
MRFF – Genomics Health Futures Mission – 2024 Genomics Health Futures Grant Opportunity
Our Research Translation Symposium has provided Australia’s health and medical researchers an opportunity to learn and share experiences about research translation and to network with others.
Almost all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children living in remote areas have ear problems that start from within weeks of birth. For many, otitis media (‘glue ear’) leads to hearing loss and devastating learning and life outcomes.
A major achievement for Associate Professor Shannon Simpson was the recent establishment of PELICAN (Prematurity’s Effects on the Lungs In Children and Adults Network), which she co-chairs with Dr Jenny Hallberg from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.
Dr Jeffrey Liddell from the University of Melbourne is a mid-career neurobiologist, with an interest in neurodegenerative diseases and understanding their underlying causes.
Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has launched the 12th edition of 10 of the Best, showcasing significant projects that support the improvement of human health.
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 Yet, up to 2 in 10 patients have developed severe complications following outdated open surgery.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 National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) Audit and Risk Committee (the Committee) provides independent assurance to the Chief Executive Officer on NHMRC's financial and performance reporting responsibilities, risk oversight and management, and system of internal controls.
The NHMRC Women in Health Science Working Committee was established under section 39 of the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 to gain a better understanding of the issues that female researchers face in health and medical research and the barriers to career progression.
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).