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A new trans-Tasman A$30 million research commercialisation fund for local universities -- announced today in San Diego by Premier of Victoria John Brumby and in New Zealand by New Zealand's Minister for Economic Development Pete Hodgson -- will drive cross-disciplinary research into developing life-saving medical technology.
Pharmacists in Altona, Werribee, Terang and Camperdown will take a lead role in patient's heart health this July by participating in the Healthy Hearts in Pharmacy research project.
Fresh snow falls in Victorian ski fields have prompted a leading Monash University injury prevention expert to warn of a spate of injuries on the slopes this winter unless skiers and snowboarders follow recommended safety measures.
Monash University is taking part in a world-first study into cardiovascular disease (CVD) which kills one Australian every 10 minutes and affects 3.5 million people nationally.
A new Monash University facility that produces a key agent central to many types of scientific research and treatment options is officially up and running.
A team of Monash University researchers has uncovered the role of a family of enzymes in the mutation of benign or less aggressive tumours into more aggressive, potentially fatal, cancers in the human body.
University experts have helped develop a new awareness and teaching campaign that encourages health professionals to gain a better understanding of the needs and challenges of people with a developmental disability.
Australia is one of the fattest nations in the world. Up to 25 per cent of Australian children are obese or overweight compared with 5 per cent in the 1960s.
A Monash University scientist has discovered key appetite control cells in the human brain degenerate over time, causing increased hunger and potentially
weight-gain as we grow older.
Monash University will collaborate with eight of Australia's leading scientific research institutions in a new partnership aimed at boosting Australia's research capacity for tackling major health problems including cancer, diabetes, deafness, infertility, autoimmune disease and arthritis.
The Victorian College of Pharmacy, a faculty of Monash University, has embraced its modern position and focus announcing a change of name to the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Melbourne is set to host the world's first clinical trials of a new medical treatment that could give hope to millions of people suffering neck spinal pain and injuries.
Monash University has launched an academic taskforce to fight the obesity epidemic gripping Australia.
Monash University has secured $32 million in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding -- the University's highest ever NHMRC funding amount for the greatest number of projects.
An international study, led by Monash University's Professor Susan Davis has confirmed steroid patches can significantly increase the sex drive of postmenopausal women not using hormone replacement therapies.
The National Medical Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has awarded Monash University $6.4 million in Research and Practitioner Fellowships in its latest funding round -- a 31 per cent increase on 2007.
Monash University has established the largest zebra fish research facility in the Southern Hemisphere.
A research team from Monash University together with Austin Health, Northern Health and the North East Valley Division of General Practice in Melbourne will develop a new model of care to improve the continuity of treatment for elderly patients as they transfer from hospital to an aged care facility.
A team of researchers from Monash University, The Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston), Harvard Medical School and Vanda Pharmaceuticals has found a new drug with the potential to alleviate jet lag and sleep disorders caused by shift work.
Director of Research at the Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health and Head of Diabetes at Southern Health, Professor Helena Teede has received recognition by the National Health and Medical Research Council for her outstanding contribution to key national health priority areas and conditions of major public health significance.
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has awarded six Monash researchers a total of over $2.2 million in its latest round of Career Development Awards Scheme grants.
A range of complex surgical operations necessary to treat stroke victims, confront hardened arteries or address blockages in the bloodstream are about to be made safer as researchers from Monash University put the final touches to the design of micro-motors small enough to be injected into the human bloodstream.
A new mobility test for elderly patients, developed by a Monash doctoral graduate, is being implemented in hospitals and aged-care facilities around the world.
Monash medical researcher Professor Malcolm Sim is part of a major new international study into mobile phone use and brain cancer risk in young people.
Monash researcher Professor Nadia Rosenthal was awarded a $4 million National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australia fellowship to investigate ways of enhancing the heart's regenerative capacity in ageing and disease.
A team of Monash University researchers led by Professor James Whisstock has made a major breakthrough in the international fight against malaria, which claims the life of a child across the world every 30 seconds.
Monash medical researcher Professor Henry Krum, from the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, has received a $5.39 million Program Grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to study the prevention and treatment of chronic heart and kidney disease.
Australian IVF pioneer Professor Alan Trounson was this week honoured with the David de Kretser Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Monash University's Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.
An international team of scientists, led by Monash University researchers, has uncovered the workings of a superbug that kills elderly hospital patients worldwide - a discovery that has the potential to save lives and health care systems billions of dollars each year.
New Australian research shows that having ovarian endometriosis doubles the risk of premature birth in women using assisted reproductive technologies.
A team of Monash University researchers is part of a potential cancer breakthrough that uses a daily oral dose of chemotherapy to treat ovarian cancer.
A consortium, led by Dr Sam Davis of Monash University's School of Rural Health at Bendigo, has secured $1.27 million in funding to improve the care of people with dementia in residential aged care.
A life saving asthma intervention program developed by Monash University for regional and rural Victoria will be launched nationally after the overwhelming success of the initiative.
A world-first breakthrough to treat high blood pressure has been successfully trialled in Melbourne.
Monash University researchers have shown that babies born to a mother who smokes are more likely to be slower to wake or respond to stimulation -- and this may explain their increased risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
The Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute has been officially opened by Anna Burke, Deputy Speaker to the House of Representatives and Tony Lupton, Cabinet Secretary in the Victorian Labor Government.
Three researchers from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences have been awarded prestigious 2009 Victorian Neurotrauma Initiative
Fellowships by the Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings.
Monash University has led a successful funding bid to use the Australian Synchrotron to research and potentially treat human diseases such as cancer.
Four out of five Australians will suffer from back pain with one in 10 experiencing significant disability according to a report in the Medical Journal of Australia.
Researchers from the Monash University's Department of General Practice are working with parents of overweight children to try to find out what kind of hurdles they experience when seeking GP support.
A Monash University-led study has shown that heart disease patients received a great deal of benefit from advice and support given over the telephone compared to those patients who did not receive telephone support.
A Monash University PhD student and epidemiologist, whose research into metabolic syndrome has helped doctors determine the best way of predicting the development of Type 2 diabetes, has received a high commendation in the 2009 Premier's Award for Medical Research.
A team of Monash University researchers has discovered the importance of a protein, which could improve the way the drug interferon is used to strengthen the human immune system.
A Monash University study has proven a critical link between obesity and the onset of Type 2 diabetes, a discovery which could lead to the design of a drug to prevent the disease.
A team of researchers at the Monash Institute of Medical Research (MIMR) has received a grant of from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to help predict individuals' response to infection or vaccination against H1N1 (Swine Flu) in an effort to optimise the Australian Government's response.
A Monash University biomedical researcher who has pioneered new ways of treating heart failure, stress and high blood pressure has won Victoria's most prestigious science award, the 2009 Victoria Prize.
A Monash University PhD student has led the way in research using a new scanning technique to reduce the time taken to identify the extent of a cancer patient's response to treatment.
Monash University research into rates of death and trauma associated with sport has found off-road motor sports are the most dangerous recreational activities of all.
A Monash University researcher has warned doctors are struggling to maintain their involvement in teaching and research activities due to a shortage of doctors in the workforce.
A world-first study involving Monash University and the Cabrini Research Institute in Melbourne has revealed the injection of bone cement into broken vertebrae is not an effective treatment for patients suffering painful osteoporotic fractures.
An Australia-first study by Monash University researchers will investigate the attitudes and beliefs of parents toward their teenagers' use of alcohol and how some parents encourage their children to trial alcohol in the home.
The 2009 Used Car Safety Ratings results released by the Monash University Accident Research Centre show that drivers don't have to limit their options when looking to buy a safer car.
Monash University has led the way in forming a new consortium of experts to tackle Victoria's obesity crisis.
Eleven Monash researchers have been awarded a total of $7,854,900 in the first ever round of Australian Research Council Future Fellowships to further research in their fields.
A study by Monash University researchers has shed new light on the microscopic antennas in the kidney that are involved in the organ's repair process.
Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories (MISCL) will host their annual Stem Cell Awareness Day online on Wednesday, 23 September 2009.
Victorian stem cell scientists from Monash University have modified a human embryonic stem cell (hESC) line to glow red when the stem cells become red blood cells.
Collaboration between Monash University's Professor Claude Barnard and Professor Ian Smith, and a team of Australian researchers will aim is to discover the proteins that cause multiple sclerosis.
Monash University research shows that testosterone treatment improves brain function in healthy postmenopausal women.
A Monash University pharmacist and researcher has appealed for patients travelling to hospital and using regular medications to take their medications with them.
A comprehensive study has revealed, for the first time, the impact of swine flu on the health of the general public in Australia and New Zealand.
A research team has warned medical experts in the Northern Hemisphere not to underestimate the serious impact of the H1N1 (Swine flu) virus with a new report showing that many patients who were critically ill with the virus required prolonged life support treatment with heart-lung machines.
A team of international molecular scientists, led by a Monash University researcher has discovered a new, fast mechanism by which cells communicate change -- for example their location during spreading of a cancer in the human body -- to adjacent cells.
An innovative diagnostic technique invented by a Monash University researcher could dramatically
fast-track the detection of mental and neurological illnesses.
Three researchers from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University have attracted a total of $1,473,240 from the Rudd Government's first ever round of national Partnerships for Better Health Grants.
In the first trial of its kind in the world, researchers at Monash University's Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) will examine the benefits of a gastric banding procedure on overweight people with Type 2 diabetes.
Breast cancer sufferers who are well-educated and live alone are most likely to be hardest hit by their illness according to a new study by the Monash University Medical School's Women's Health Program.
A Monash University physiologist, whose research into weight management, obesity and diabetes has led to significant medical breakthroughs and drug design, has been awarded one of the nation's top research honours.
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has endorsed Monash research by awarding a total of $33.8 million to fund 64 research projects, as well as strongly supporting researchers with Career Development Awards, Practitioner Fellowships and Research Fellowships.
The Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS; Australia's leading and most experienced pharmaceutical sciences research institute) and
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Australia will establish an Australian Centre of Pharmaceutical Innovation to design and develop next generation formulation
platforms and new medical products with support from the Victorian Science Agenda Investment Fund.
Monash University will host a public forum to discuss Indigenous health outcomes and to develop improvement strategies for the Prime Minister's
Healing Foundation.
A world first study by Monash University researchers has found that rainwater is safe for household use.
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