The Minister for Health, Jillian Skinner, today reaffirmed the NSW Government’s commitment to medical research following a visit to the Hunter Medical Research Institute in Newcastle.
HMRI Health Research Economist, Professor Chris Doran, will join other leading health and medical experts at an Alcohol Tax Forum in Canberra tomorrow to urge the Australian Government to put alcohol taxation on the agenda at the October Tax Forum.
Newcastle scientists working in collaboration with HMRI are part of a global research project that has identified five new regions of the human genome associated with schizophrenia.
Newcastle’s renowned stroke team is extending its international reach, with Chinese PhD student Longting Lin (pictured) joining it recently from Harbin Medical University in China
Although you wouldn’t read about it, making sure his customers get their news fresh off the press hasn’t come without some health sacrifices for Maitland newsagent Rodney Porter.
Hunter Valley firm Tomago Aluminium planted the seed for another raft of new medical research initiatives today by presenting a cheque for $53,000 to HMRI.
An Australian-designed asthma management program has the potential to halve asthma attacks in pregnant women, the most common chronic medical disorder they experience.
With the cutting of a ribbon and release of brightly coloured balloons tethered to three spotted gum saplings, the HMRI Building made its ceremonial transition from heavy construction to fit-out phase last Friday.