Project aims to reduce methamphetamine-related harm in regional areas
A project to better understand the use of health services among people who use methamphetamine in the Illawarra has received a welcome funding boost.
Researchers race against time to find a drug treatment for Chloe Saxby
A new donation from the organisers of the Great Illawarra Walk will help speed up testing of potential treatments for Vanishing White Matter Disease.
Go Commando boot camp raises $6,000 for MND research
UNIActive's fundraising boot camp was a great success, with almost 200 people taking part to support the research of Professor Justin Yerbury.
Do you comfort eat when you are blue?
New research from a team of IHMRI researchers has found hormones in people with depression could be making them gain weight.
Preventing a major complication of blood cancer treatment – graft-versus-host disease
Dr Debbie Watson has been awarded a three year project grant from Cancer Council NSW to investigate measures to prevent graft-versus-host disease.
Pregnancy discovery unlocks clue to Alzheimer’s, arthritis and other ageing diseases
PhD candidate Jordan Cater and collaborators have published a paper on how the bodies of pregnant women cope with biological stresses that promote protein damage.
Brain cancer researcher receives Dr Margaret Gardiner Scholarship
PhD candidate Carolyn Hollis has been awarded the Dr Margaret Gardiner Scholarship for Medical Research at the International Women’s Day Luncheon in Wollongong.
Combining nanoparticle and stem cell technologies to develop therapies for Friedreich’s ataxia
The National Ataxia Foundation USA has awarded Associate Professor Mirella Dottori a grant for her research into Friedreich’s ataxia.
USA Department of Defense funds MND research
Senior Professor Mark Wilson and Professor Heath Ecroyd have been awarded the funding to identify potential new drug treatments.
Stepping out for research into vanishing white matter disease
The Great Illawarra Walk has raised over $150,000 for the Saving Chloe Saxby campaign and IHMRI research into Vanishing White Matter Disease.