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National Health and Medical Research Council

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 2 6217 9000

Address: 16 Marcus Clarke St Level 1 2601 Canberra, ACT, Australia

Website: http://www.nhmrc.gov.au

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24.01.2022 Join NHMRC and be proud that your work will have a direct and positive impact on the health of all Australians. Further develop your specialist government skillset in policy, data, research, or grant and program management. The opportunity to get involved in multiple projects across several branches, and work alongside leading minds will help further accelerate your career. Learn more about available opportunities: https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/careers/available-roles... #apscareers #careerdevelopment #canberra

23.01.2022 To celebrate NAIDOC week, NHMRC continues to commit to spending over 5% of the Medical Research Endowment Account (MREA) on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research. Discover more through the interactive 2019 report card. http://ow.ly/xXIz50CeDkM

23.01.2022 The average adult takes up to 20 breaths every minute, something most people give little thought. However, breathing can be a daily struggle for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), an umbrella term for a group of lung conditions that includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis and chronic asthma. For Professor Anne Holland, investigating supportive therapies for people with chronic respiratory disease has been a career focus. A professor of physiotherapy at ...Monash University and Alfred Health in Melbourne, she has been looking at in-home rehabilitation as a way to improve access for patients with COPD. #NHMRC's #TenOfTheBest celebrates success stories from Australia’s health and medical researchers. https://www.nhmrc.gov.au//breathing-easy-improving-access- #chronicobstructivepulmonarydisease #COPD #emphysema #chronicbronchitis #chronicasthma #worldasthmaday #TenoftheBest

22.01.2022 Nada Powell, one of #NHMRC’s first indigenous interns is about to finish her medical degree, start her internship and is looking to start a Masters in public health. Originally when I had started my degree I just wanted to do it and get working but this internship opened my eyes to what else I could, such as research. If I wanted to do research I could do it; I could do a PhD! Nada’s project with NHMRC involved interviewing Indigenous researchers and writing news articles... for the communications team. This led Nada to be inspired to do more, she said. To read more about Nada and her experience during her #NHMRC Indigenous internship https://www.nhmrc.gov.au//indigenous-female-researcher-sup #NRW2021

19.01.2022 Professor John Bekkers is a cellular neuroscientist from The John Curtin School of Medical Research - JCSMR who leads a team researching the neurons and circuits in the brain that underlie the sense of smell. The sense of smell is a very primitive sense which makes it simpler and easier to understand than other brain areas. The funding I have received from the #NHMRC allows me to hire young scientists and to pay for the research that is carried out in our lab. Without that kind of support this research would be impossible. View more about Professor Bekkers and his team's research https://www.nhmrc.gov.au//news-cen/unlocking-secrets-brain

19.01.2022 The $10m National Network announced in the Budget is a major new initiative from #NHMRC in its 10-year strategy to improve the health of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It will also build the next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research leaders and bring together unique skills across culture, knowledge and health research to address the health priorities identified by Indigenous communities. The National Network has 47 chi...ef investigators and 44 associate investigators, with the great majority being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent. The Network will be led by some of Australia’s most eminent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers, many of whom have pioneered Indigenous health research over the last two decades. Find out more: https://www.nhmrc.gov.au//nhmrc-national-network-aborigina Menzies School of Health Research, The Lowitja Institute, SAHMRI and Curtin University

19.01.2022 Work at a government agency with a people-first approach. You will join an agency with a great culture and flexible workplace led by a strong female leadership team. You'll be challenged in a supportive and high performing environment where success is celebrated. Enjoy coming to work everyday knowing you're making a difference: https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/careers/available-roles... #apscareers #worklifebalance #canberra

18.01.2022 You spoke and we listened. #NHMRC has recently updated our homepage on the website. We hope this new layout is easy to navigate and you find what you’re looking for. We will continue to push out great stories about our talented researchers via the InFocus section and will ensure latest updates is always available so you don’t miss a beat. www.nhmrc.gov.au

17.01.2022 NHMRC has released an annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander report card of achievements. This interactive report highlights the research achievements and initiatives in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, capacity building and strengthening work, and the workshops, events and awards throughout 2019 http://ow.ly/BnXx50BGbSJ

15.01.2022 Stay informed on major NHMRC activities and funding opportunities with our fortnightly email newsletter, Tracker. The latest edition is now live on our website http://ow.ly/aA0X50BKsRh

15.01.2022 APPRISE is the Australian Partnership for Preparedness Research on Infectious Disease Emergencies. It was established in 2016 with an investment of $5 million funded by NHMRC. APPRISE is a Centre of Research Excellence undertaking research and producing evidence to inform Australia’s capacity to prepare, respond and recover from infectious disease outbreaks. It is a partnership of 13 organisations, including 8 universities. Read more about APPRISE's involvment in the COVID-19 response. http://ow.ly/ZuvB50Cf0h1

12.01.2022 #WorldMSDay is an opportunity to advocate for better services, celebrate support networks and champion self-care. Dr David Gonsalvez from The University of Melbourne heads up a laboratory focused on how glia, the non-neuronal cells in the brain and spinal cord, develop, contribute to neuronal plasticity and respond following injury. Dr Gonsalvez's lab also focuses on identifying therapeutic targets that may promote the repair of the nervous system in autoimmune diseases such... as Multiple Sclerosis (MS). View his story https://lnkd.in/gup4Qia #MSConnections #NHMRC #WorldMSDay #MultipleSclerosis #multiplesclerosisawareness #multiplesclerosisresearch #worldMSday2021 #medicalresearch

12.01.2022 Applications for NHMRC's Indigenous Internship Program close tomorrow! Submit your application online now http://ow.ly/U3ZK50BmEp9

12.01.2022 Tenaya is a brave and strong seven year old Aboriginal girl, now having to live with Rheumatic Heart Disease. Her story, like many others, is the inspiration and drive to put an end to Rheumatic Heart Disease. The NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence to end Rheumatic Heart Disease (END RHD) has launched the RHD Endgame Strategy: The blueprint to eliminate rheumatic heart disease in Australia by 2031. This will mean there will be no more children like Tenaya to suffer from this life threatening disease, which disproportionately affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. http://ow.ly/7ORX50CeZNI

11.01.2022 Research by Prof Mark Willcox from UNSW addresses a critical need to reduce hospital-acquired infections. Prof Willcox & his team are developing new antimicrobial coatings that can be applied to medical devices to reduce the number of these infections. Don't lose the fire! My successful Ideas Grant was submitted four times before it was awarded but it improved each time as we took note of reviewers’ comments and had it reviewed by colleagues. Read more via #NHMRCInFocus http://ow.ly/qzYg50CaTIk

11.01.2022 Applications are still open for NHMRC's Indigenous Internship Program. Get some great exposure to federal government and the health and medical research fields. Learn how to apply online today! Hurry because applications close Friday, October 30, 2020 http://ow.ly/s4UH50BmEck

11.01.2022 Tracker is a fortnightly email newsletter that informs the Australian research community about major NHMRC activities and funding opportunities. The latest edition is now live on our website http://ow.ly/4dz450BwcNc

10.01.2022 Kidney disease is a significant health priority among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The cohort study being led by A/Professor Jaqui Hughes from the Menzies School of Health Research will describe the long-term changes in kidney function over 10 years. http://ow.ly/GwoP50Bwhxi

10.01.2022 Australians take more antidepressants than almost anyone else in the world, and the number of prescriptions keeps rising, yet there is little evidence to guide for how long antidepressants should be used. Professor Jane Gunn from The University of Melbourne began a short, one-year study looking at how people who present with depressive symptoms were treated. The Diamond Study turned into a major 13-year project, following hundreds of patients through their primary care jour...ney. After about 10 years we decided to start wrapping up the study because we kept finding the same things over and over. One big thing that really jumped out at us was the under-researched area of the connection between physical and mental health." Professor Gunn and her team used the findings from Diamond to develop an innovative web-based tool to help GPs identify patients at risk of depressive symptoms and match them with tailored treatment options. Despite the setbacks some individuals face, we saw time and time again in Diamond that human beings have a remarkable capacity to bounce back. Professor Gunn is one of #NHMRC’s #TenOfTheBest. To read more about her trailblazing research https://www.nhmrc.gov.au//mapping-trajectory-depression-pr #unimelbmdhs #mentalhealth #depression #mentalhealthresearch

09.01.2022 This is your last chance to join a forward-thinking agency that makes a positive contribution to the health of many Australians. There are multiple opportunities from APS5 to EL1 across a range of roles including accounting and finance, HR, administration and ICT. This is your last chance to apply: https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about/careers/recruitment-process... #apscareers #jobopportunity #canberra

08.01.2022 NHMRC are proud members of Supply Nation, Australia’s largest database of verified Indigenous businesses. Supply Nation is the first port of call for procurement for Indigenous suppliers to fulfill our targets under the Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP). The primary purpose of the IPP is to stimulate Indigenous entrepreneurship, business and economic development, providing Indigenous Australians with more opportunities to participate in the economy. NHMRC has proudly supported FIRST PEOPLE Recruitment Solutions and Integrity Health and Safety in just the last year.

08.01.2022 Stay informed on major #NHMRC activities and funding opportunities with our fortnightly email newsletter, Tracker. The latest edition is now live on our website. https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/ab/news-centre/tracker-1-june-2021

07.01.2022 NHMRC are looking for Indigenous students enrolled in the health or medical research fields to join our Indigenous Internship Program. The internship runs from mid-November to mid-January. Apply online now http://ow.ly/2kg750BmE9d

07.01.2022 A/Prof James St John and team has invented technology to generate cellular nerve bridges to match injury site. His research involves development of cell therapies to repair the nervous system, peripheral nerve and spinal cord injuries. Read more http://ow.ly/rYsf50BCFRD

06.01.2022 Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development(AMED)- Interdisciplinary Cutting-edge Research 2021 Grant Call. AMED has opened a Program for Infectious Diseases Research and Infrastructure (Interdisciplinary Cutting-edge Research), which supports basic research into infectious diseases. There is an opportunity for Australian researchers to participate in this call. The grant call requires the principal investigator based in Japan to have an internatio...nal research counterpart. Applications close 21 May 2021. Information about the Call can be found https://www.amed.go.jp/content/000079786.pdf. Note this opportunity is only offered by #AMED and #NHMRC is not participating in this call.

06.01.2022 NHMRCs 2019-2020 Annual Report is now online. The Annual report outlines the achievements of NHMRC for the past year. With four new grant schemes, the establishment of a new grants management system to a global pandemic this year has been one like no other for NHMRC. https://www.nhmrc.gov.au//publicatio/annual-report-2019-20 The image on the front page of the 2019-2020 Annual report is courtesy of Dr Jason Roberts from the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

06.01.2022 NHMRC celebrates the remarkable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders in research for NAIDOC. Discover more through the interactive 2019 report card https://www.nhmrc.gov.au//aboriginal-and-torres-strait-isl

05.01.2022 The formation of abnormal proteins in the brain has long been suspected to contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. Yet many individuals with abnormal protein formations do not go on to develop such diseases. Professor Ashley Bush discovered that the major forms of protein found in Alzheimer's disease are influenced by interactions with metal ions such as iron, copper and zinc. Professor Bush, whose doctoral research was sup...ported by NHMRC, subsequently received three NHMRC Research Fellowships and an Australia Fellowship to support further development of this work. https://www.nhmrc.gov.au//case-study-neurodegenerative-dis #NHMRCInFocus The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

05.01.2022 NHMRC is supporting collaborative research with UK colleagues to improve quality of life by solving practical issues in patient care. Through the NHMRC NIHR Collaborative Research Grant scheme, we’re supporting two research projects examining: steroid treatment for people with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) @UniofAdelaide the benefits and disadvantages of meniscus transplant versus exercise and physio for people who have had the cartilage removed from their knee.... The NHMRCNIHR Collaborative Research Grant scheme supports research through the NIHR’s Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme which funds independent research on the effectiveness, costs and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests. Find out more: https://www.nhmrc.gov.au//18-million-support-australia-uk-

04.01.2022 Applications for NHMRC's Indigenous Internship Program close soon, apply online now http://ow.ly/jCMW50BmEiM

03.01.2022 Applications are now open for NHMRC's Indigenous Internship Program. Get some great exposure to federal government and the health and medical research fields. Learn how to apply online today! Hurry because applications close Friday, October 30, 2020 http://ow.ly/1oFb50BmE53

03.01.2022 This World Mental Health the message is simple #LookAfterYourMentalHealthAustralia. #NHMRC has funded over $923million in mental health research over the last 10 years.

02.01.2022 Professor Ross Hannan is an internationally recognised laboratory scientist at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and The John Curtin School of Medical Research - JCSMR "We are trying to understand how a cell works, how it goes wrong, and how a tumour cell forms. Our core work is health, and trying to improve the outcomes of cancer patients - this is the work that #NHMRC funds." View his story https://www.nhmrc.gov.au//professor-ross-hannan-detective-... #johncurtinschoolofmedicalresearch #petermaccancercentre #cancerresearch #medicalresearch #research

02.01.2022 Improving the sexual health of Australians through better understanding of STIs has been recognised with this year’s Health Minister’s Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research. A/Professor Eric Chow from the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre at The Alfred receives the award for his research vision to halt the rapidly rising rates of STIs in Australia, reduce the burden of STI and improve the lives of those affected. That includes researching novel interventions for STI prevention and control such as antiseptic mouthwash. Monash University http://ow.ly/p8Zh50BLG1H

02.01.2022 Help create a healthier Australia by joining NHMRC's corporate operations team. There are multiple opportunities from APS5 to EL1 across a range of roles including accounting and finance, HR, administration, and ICT. This is your chance to contribute to the NHMRC's important work which includes funding research into health concerns such as cancer, heart health and dementia. Applications are now open for talented, curious and creative people: https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about/ca...reers/recruitment-process #apscareers #giveback #canberra

02.01.2022 For #NAIDOC NHMRC celebrates the success of the NHMRC funded Centre of Research Excellence to end Rheumatic Heart Disease (END RHD). Over the last five years END RHD has brought together experts from across the country, including NHMRC’s Principal Committee Indigenous Caucus member, Associate Professor Daniel McAullay, to develop the blueprint to end Rheumatic Heart Disease. On 24 September 2020, Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, NACCHO CEO Pat Turner AM, and Telethon Kids Institute director, paediatrician and infectious diseases specialist Professor Jonathan Carapetis launched the RHD Endgame Strategy: The blueprint to eliminate rheumatic heart disease in Australia by 2031. http://ow.ly/svtQ50CeZLt

02.01.2022 Prof Erica Wood is head of the Transfusion Unit at @MonashUni. Her research describes how blood is used in Australia, and how its use can be improved and made safer and more cost-effective. Read more about Prof Wood’s research http://ow.ly/rxoJ50ACu9s