Government backs $200 million Digital Health R&D initiative A $200+ million opportunity to transform health delivery: improving health outcomes; reducing waste in the health system; building businesses and jobs. Launch with Senator Zed Seselja at 10 am, ‘Fountain Courtyard’, Sydney Hospital, Macquarie Street, Sydney. The new Digital Health CRC (Cooperative Research Centre) will invest over…
The challenges – what’s the need? First off the rank – our projects About the Digital Health CRC Quotes for media The challenges Australia’s health system has contributed to a transformation in the human condition. We’re living longer – a child born today will on average live to 83 and see in the 22nd Century….
‘Smart socks’ are helping physiotherapists better assess and treat patients during video consultations, by providing information on weight distribution and range of movement during exercises like steps, squats or jumps. The wearable technology, developed by PhD candidate Deepti Aggarwal at The University of Melbourne, was trialled with three patients and a physiotherapist at the Royal…
Media release issued by ISSCR The ISSCR today announces the recipients of its 2018 awards, to be presented at the society’s annual meeting, 20-23 June in Melbourne, Australia. ISSCR Award for Innovation: Michele De Luca, MD, and Graziella Pellegrini, PhD, Full Professors at the University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, Center for Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena e…
FIRST Robotics Competition Australian Regionals kick off in Sydney from 11-18 March. Move over Olympians! It’s athletes of a different kind that will be pitting their skills against each other at Sydney Olympic Park from 11 March-18 March. High school teams from across the Asia Pacific are descending upon the Quaycentre to battle it out…
Female scientists have played a critical role in many scientific discoveries throughout history, but their contributions have often been overlooked. Ahead of International Women’s Day this Thursday, Macquarie University scientists are celebrating the work of forgotten women of science through history; explaining how their work today is changing the world; and making the case for…
A rotavirus vaccine that can be given days after birth has been developed by Australian and Indonesian researchers. Rotavirus is the common cause of severe diarrhoea and a killer of approximately 215,000 children under five globally each year. The oral vaccine, called RV3-BB, was given in three single doses, the first within five days of birth….
Science needs more women and four Macquarie scientists can tell you why ahead of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science this Sunday. Professor Barbara Messerle is a research chemist and leads a team of 360 academic staff and 6,400 students as the Executive Dean of Macquarie University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering….
Indonesia and Australia’s rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is being tackled with a suite of projects designed to bring attention to risk factors early in life and improve overall health. The work, which is supported by The Australia-Indonesia Centre, focuses on three areas: tobacco use, mental health and improving communication between healthcare providers and…