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$19.3 million for rare cancer and rare disease research

Researchers in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences will receive $19,324,213 under the 2021 Rare Cancers, Rare Diseases and Unmet Need (RCRDUN) grant opportunity.
21 January, 2022 Research

Stand for Young Australians

Each February, thousands of people across Australia give up alcohol, sugar or another vice to raise vital funds for young people experiencing serious disadvantage.
19 January, 2022 Turner Institute

The dreaded ‘D’ word: The search for a cure to prevent or delay dementia

If there’s one dreaded word uttered by doctors to rival “cancer”, it’s “dementia”. Patients the world over fear its impacts – the lack of independence; the higher likelihood of ending up in a nursing
19 January, 2022 Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences

Study finds that cholesterol-lowering medication may slow knee joint damage

18 January, 2022 Public Health and Preventive Medicine

Huge funding boost to launch Australia's first collaborative cardiovascular research accelerator

Today Federal Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt MP, announced funding for two new Research Centres through the MTPConnect Targeted Translation Research Accelerator Scheme and the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
14 January, 2022 Cardiovascular Health

New data identifies Australians at most risk of missing out on non-COVID healthcare

A national survey of 13,829 Australians has identified risk factors common among people who faced reduced access to healthcare for non-COVID related health problems during physical distancing restrictions pertaining to the pandemic.
13 January, 2022 Public Health and Preventive Medicine

Anthony Hew awarded NHMRC postgraduate scholarship

Congratulations to addiction psychiatrist and Monash PhD student, Anthony Hew, who has been awarded an NHMRC postgraduate scholarship for his project Revolutionising System Reform in Mental Health: Addressing Gaps in the System through Big Data and
12 January, 2022 Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences

Team awarded MRFF funding to develop MDMA-assisted therapy to treat AUD and PTSD

Monash University researchers Professor Dan Lubman AM, Dr Shalini Arunogiri and Dr Paul Liknaitzky are part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers awarded over $1.9 million to investigate the efficacy of MDMA-assisted psychological treatment to
12 January, 2022 Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences

3 in 4 people want to ride a bike but are put off by lack of safe lanes

We surveyed over 4,000 Victorians and found more than three-quarters are interested in riding a bike, but only in infrastructure that separates people from cars – such as protected bike lanes.
12 January, 2022 Public Health and Preventive Medicine