News & Articles

Lillian Harding - Schoolgirl Fundraiser for HMRI

December 10, 2015

In a remarkable act of altruism, Newcastle schoolgirl Lillian Harding decided last Christmas not to ask for presents – instead she wanted money to donate to cancer research through HMRI.

Associate Professor Jeannette Lechner-Scott

MS researchers to explore environmental triggers

March 4, 2015

Hunter Medical Research Institute researcher Associate Professor Jeannette Lechner-Scott is investigating the environmental risk factors surrounding multiple sclerosis after receiving a $220,000 project grant from MS Research Australia.

Dr David Clark and Professor Carolyn Mountford

MRI study finds early warning signal for breast cancer

March 3, 2015

Australian researchers have developed a new magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) technique that may potentially reduce or delay the need for preventive mastectomies among women at high risk of breast cancer.

Breast cancer study shows need to expand gene screening

February 23, 2015

Hunter researchers have identified a significant new risk factor for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), impacting women who would currently fall outside genetic testing benchmarks for the disease.

Peanut allergy treatment is on the horizon – but don’t drop the EpiPen yet

February 20, 2015

Rates of food allergies have increased over recent decades and are at an all-time high. While we don’t know the full extent of the allergy epidemic, the rate of hospitalisation for food allergies has quadrupled since the mid-90s.

Restoring Strength and Hope After a Spinal Injury

February 18, 2015

Surprisingly, exercise therapy holds the best promise to recover movement after injury, as HMRI researcher Dr MICHELLE RANK explains.

More flexibility needed in melanoma treatment

February 16, 2015

Survival rates would be improved by making treatment regimens for metastatic melanoma more flexible, according to HMRI cancer researcher Dr Craig Gedye, a medical oncologist at the Calvary Mater Newcastle,

ATLAS study overcomes teen resistance to exercise

February 16, 2015

A school-based physical activity study, ATLAS (Active Teen Leaders Avoiding Screen-time) has achieved the double ‘whammy’ – a marked improvement in fitness among adolescent boys and a reduction in television and video game usage.

Wives to help spread sunscreen message

February 5, 2015

HMRI public health researchers are enlisting the help of wives in a bid to encourage older men to slip, slop, slap, seek and slide … and also get their skin checked annually by a doctor.

Hunter chosen as test site for stroke detector

February 4, 2015

The Hunter Region NSW will become the international testing ground for a new microwave-imaging headpiece that helps ambulance and emergency teams rapidly diagnose stroke and other traumatic brain injuries.

Dads and Daughters activity program kicks off today

February 3, 2015

The world-first physical activity research program ‘Dads And Daughters Exercising and Empowered’ (DADEE) kicks off at the University of Newcastle today with around 100 Hunter fathers taking part.