Cardiovascular risk factors can significantly impact cognitive function in older adults, a new study shows.

Kyle Loades is the new HMRI Chairman, replacing long-serving board member Glenn Turner in the key community-based role.

Hunter researchers affiliated with HMRI have been awarded a further $10.8 million from the NHMRC.

The Hunter Children’s Research Foundation has provided funding for a further three project grants to improve children’s health.

Population health trailblazer Professor John Wiggers has been named the Hunter’s top researcher for 2016 at the annual HMRI Awards Night, capping a highly successful evening in which $3.6 million in philanthropic support was announced or acknowledged.

Former gym instructor, busy mother of two teenagers and non-smoker, 53-year-old Leanne Porter has been diagnosed with a degenerative lung disorder known as Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). Idiopathic means “cause unknown”, which is exceptionally worrying for patients and researchers alike.

Respiratory researchers have discovered new factors and a pathway that may drive the onset of steroid resistance in severe asthma, which they hope could lead to a clinical treatment breakthrough.

University of Newcastle researchers have been awarded $5,641,494 million in the October 2016 round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding. This funding will help Hunter researchers tackle a range of health-related issues that impact our communities.

A $2.26 million national grant has been awarded to HMRI health researchers for a quit-smoking program focused on pregnant Aboriginal women

Laureate Professor Rob Sanson-Fisher has been inducted as a Fellow into the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.