News & Articles

Running the research marathon:Introducing HMRI’s Mid-Career Researcher of the Year in 2023, Professor Matt Dun

May 14, 2024

It’s been six years since one of the worst days of Mid-Career Researcher of the Year 2023 Professor Matt Dun’s life; the day his daughter Josie was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), the deadliest form of childhood cancer.

Winter is coming: HMRI Mothers & Babies research duo undertake biggest research project to date

May 10, 2024

HMRI researchers Dr Jonathan Paul and Dr Marina Paul, who met and married while working at HMRI, are about to undertake their biggest joint project: parenthood.

Yes, adults can develop food allergies. Here are 4 types you need to know about

May 8, 2024

If you didn’t have food allergies as a child, is it possible to develop them as an adult? The short answer is yes. But the reasons why are much more complicated.

$4.8m NHMRC Investigator grants to improve health of our communities

May 7, 2024

Three University of Newcastle researchers have been awarded $4.8m in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator grants* to find solutions to health problems such as pre-term birth and male infertility.

Community key to sector-first approach to Indigenous health

May 6, 2024

Community members and top medical bodies across the Hunter and New England regions have joined forces in a powerful bid to improve First Nations health outcomes.

Prevent Prem study to assess premature birth risk

May 2, 2024

HMRI is part of a world-first study called Prevent Prem that aims to develop a tool to predict who is at risk of preterm birth and put interventions into place early.

New HMRI study aims to put asthma into remission

May 2, 2024

Researchers at HMRI and the University of Newcastle evaluated a drug called azithromycin, a macrolide antibiotic, to see if it would put moderate to severe asthma into remission.

Five ways to cope after traumatic events

April 17, 2024

It’s normal to experience traumatic stress following a disturbing event, whether it’s a traffic accident, plane crash, or a violent crime like we saw at Bondi Westfield over the weekend. These are abnormal events, but it's no abnormal to feel.
HMRI Director and mental health researcher Professor Frances Kay-Lambkin provides some insights into how to help manage these feelings and take care of yourself after distressing events.

No, taking drugs like Ozempic isn’t ‘cheating’ at weight loss or the ‘easy way out’

April 11, 2024

Obesity medication that is effective has been a long time coming. Enter semaglutide (sold as Ozempic and Wegovy) which is helping people improve weight-related health, including lowering risk of heart attack and stroke, while also silencing 'food noise'

Researchers provide world-first platform to help understand how bushfire smoke harms the lungs and heart

April 8, 2024

A team of researchers led by Professor Jay Horvat and Dr Henry Gomez have developed a world-first platform to define the impact of exposure to landscape fire smoke on the heart and lungs.

Foundation to fund research into secondary stroke prevention

April 4, 2024

Clinical researchers from John Hunter Hospital, Hunter Medical Research Institute and the University of Newcastle will launch a study into the cardiac causes of stroke thanks to $268,176 in funding from the Greater Charitable Foundation.