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As an integral part of the ANU College of Science and Medicine, we are committed to cross-disciplinary research that will provide solutions to health problems which beset our community. In addition, we continue to pride ourselves on our commitment to the training and mentoring of the young medical researchers of the future.

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Photo of Jason Agostino
Monday, 13 Jul 2020
  • Research story

Dr Jason Agostino and team awarded $1.6 million to enhance chronic disease screening and management for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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principles for transition to online learning, anatomy educators
Tuesday, 07 Jul 2020
  • Research story

Anatomy educators have identified six key principles for a quick and smooth transition to online teaching.

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Wednesday, 01 Jul 2020
  • Research story

Congratulations RSP Researchers Associate Professor Boris Bizumic and Dr Conal Monaghan, with two past students Ms Georgina Lennard and Ms Sarah McKerchar.

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Photo of pregnant woman
Monday, 29 Jun 2020
  • Research story

Changes to the handling of blood samples could lead to higher detection of Gestational Diabetes.

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Photo of Professor Christine Phillips, AM and team responsible for MS Toolkit
Monday, 15 Jun 2020
  • Research story

A collaboration between ANU and MS Research Australia has led to an MS Toolkit for researchers and those living with MS>

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Photo of Professor Christine Phillips, AM
Monday, 08 Jun 2020
  • Academic profile

Queen's Birthday Honour list: Prof, Christine Phillips, Prof Paul Smith and Prof Walter Abhayaratna

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Adding climate change to death certificates
Thursday, 21 May 2020
  • Research story

"Climate Change is a killer but we don't' acknowledge it on death certificates," says Dr Arnagretta Hunter.

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Photo of Dr Nyoman Sutarsa
Monday, 18 May 2020
  • Research story

Dr Nyoman Sutarsa is working towards making access to healthcare equitable for the minority groups and socio-economically challenged citizens of Indonesia by dissecting the power structures, and examining the players, in the health system.

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Over half of world’s healthcare workers go to work when sick
Thursday, 14 May 2020
  • Research story

Almost all workers - 99.2% of health care workers and 96.5% of non health care workers - went to work with minor flu symptoms.











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Person walking for exercise to reduce chance of liver cancer
Wednesday, 15 Apr 2020
  • Research story

Liver cancer is the fastest increasing cause of cancer death in Australia. But world-first research by Professor Geoff Farrell has identified that exercise can reduce fatty liver disease a lot.

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Dr Anna Olsen
Tuesday, 10 Dec 2019
  • Research story

ANU has led the independent review of Australia’s first pill testing trial. The purpose of the research is to inform policymaking and to contribute to evidence on pill testing in the Australian context. A further aim is to establish a strong research framework for future evaluations of pill testing services.

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Tuesday, 29 Oct 2019
  • Research story

Researchers say mental health practitioners are wrongly diagnosing Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to a lack of cultural awareness.

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