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$3.8m boost for Newcastle research teams tackling major health issues

Three University of Newcastle research teams have received more than $3.8 million in National Health and Medical Research Council Ideas Grants.

Hunter asthma sufferers to benefit from new lung scan test

Asthma: “The test was originally developed to image blood clots in the lungs," Hunter respiratory researchers find new use for old equipment.

Newcastle professor behind blood pressure breakthrough

A Newcastle professor has made a groundbreaking discovery that could save the Australian Government $34 billion per year.

Funding to pump new research into the Hunter

More than 900 people across the Hunter experience their first heart attack each year.  This alarming statistic places the Hunter New England region within the state’s highest cardiovascular disease mortality band. In a bid...

Renowned Hunter doctor wins prestigious award

Winning an award that recognises your work as being the best in the country is normally a reason to boast. However, for Newcastle cancer researcher Dr Matthew Dun, it is just another tool...

School community rallies behind Mollyjane

It wasn’t your average Jeans for Genes Day at St Therese’s Primary School, New Lambton, on Friday. One of the campaign’s national ambassadors, Mollyjane*, just so happens to be a student at the...
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