News and events

New research from Monash University, the University of São Paulo and Deakin University shows a diet high in heavily processed foods can negatively impact the brain’s ability to focus and increases the risk of developing dementia.

A medication commonly used to treat gout could be the key to reducing a cardiovascular condition that puts one in five people aged over 75 at risk of devastating complications like leg ulcers, gangrene and amputation.

A new study by Monash researchers has found that age-related loss of the Y chromosome from circulating blood cells may represent an under-recognised biological signal associated with myocardial infarction risk in older men. The study was published

Monash University’s Professor Dominique Cadilhac has been named joint recipient of the 2025 Australian Cardiovascular Alliance (ACvA) Excellence in Cardiovascular Research Mentor Award.

Australians undergoing open-heart surgery may soon benefit from safer, simpler care thanks to a new $3.7 million Medical Research Future Fund grant awarded to researchers from Monash University’s Victorian Heart Institute. Co-designed with

Dr Rosanne Freak-Poli, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, is helping build the evidence and infrastructure for social prescribing in Australia.

Monash University has announced the appointment of Professor Euan Wallace AM as Dean, Sub-Faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (FMNHS).

The Monash Victorian Heart Institute (VHI) end-of-year awards are a chance to reflect on and celebrate the remarkable achievements of our community.

More than 70 academics and researchers joined a session on women’s heart health hosted by the Monash Women’s Health Alliance and the Victorian Heart Institute on Monday 27 October — a turnout that reflected growing concern about