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Monash to lead Australian revolution in next generation heart devices
Monash University is to lead a transdisciplinary consortium to develop and commercialise a suite of revolutionary and life-changing implantable cardiac devices that, for the first time, will offer longer term solutions for all types of…
UQ develops tool to identify dust lung disease risk
A new dust testing methodology developed by University of Queensland researchers offers workers better protection from diseases such as black lung and silicosis.
Leader of the Dust and Respiratory Health Program at the Sustainable…
Discovery of drug candidate to potentially tackle ER-positive breast cancer
An international team of researchers, led by Pfizer in collaboration with Monash University and the Australian-based Cancer Therapeutics Cooperative Research Centre, have discovered a pre-clinical drug candidate demonstrating anti-tumour…
More than $62.9 million awarded to Monash for vital medical research
34 Monash University research projects have been awarded a combined total of more than $62.9 million in the latest National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grants scheme.
NHMRC Investigator Grants provide the…
Director of Monash’s Centre for Medicine Use and Safety named Victorian Pharmacist of the Year
Monash’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is proud that Professor Simon Bell has been named Victorian Pharmacist of the Year by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA).
Professor Bell is the Director of the Centre…
Climate change threatens a quarter of Australia’s low-lying coral reef islands
University of Sydney researchers have found 25 percent of Australia's coral islands, land masses formed by reefs, currently face high to very high risk of being wiped out by climate change.
The University’s One Tree…
NHMRC awards $31m for innovative health and medical research
Researchers from the University of Sydney have been awarded more than $31 million in grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
28 grants in total, including 24 Ideas grants, 3 Development grants,…
MySydney scholarship fuels metal guitar passion at Sydney Con
Alexander Andrevski, a MySydney scholar from Western Sydney, is pursuing his passion for metal guitar at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He used the scholarship to buy instruments and encourages others to explore new pathways to…
Appointment of Pro Vice-Chancellor and President (Indonesia)
Monash University has announced the appointment of Professor Matthew Nicholson as Pro Vice-Chancellor and President (Indonesia), succeeding the foundation Pro-Vice Chancellor and President (Indonesia) of Monash University, Indonesia,…
University of Sydney continues to excel in sustainability ranking
The University placed seventh globally and first in Australia in the QS Sustainability Rankings, which ranks institutions worldwide. We ranked first globally for the social impact category.
The University of Sydney…