"A magnet saved my husband's life"
March 27, 2024

When somebody experiences a stroke, every minute counts and being aware of the signs and symptoms is a critical factor to help achieve the best health outcomes for stroke patients.
HMRI supporter Alice Ginns had one of HMRI's stroke awareness magnets on her fridge and she shares her story about how that constant reminder helped save her husband's life when he experienced a stroke.

What is polytrauma?
March 27, 2024

HMRI Researcher of the Year, Professor Zsolt Balogh, wants polytrauma recognised as a disease. His international peers are in agreement with him on this concept. 

How HMRI researchers are predicting the next pandemic
March 25, 2024

Pandemics have been around forever. 

Hunter New England Health Infectious Disease physician and Director of HMRI’s Infection Research Program, Professor Joshua Davis says, “As long as humans encroach on habitat, eat animal products, travel globally or have anything to with bats, we are going to continue to experience pandemics.” 

So how can we predict and monitor this? The answer is simple: surveillance.  

Dr Elissa Elvidge
March 22, 2024

Introducing Dr Elissa Jane Elvidge, a public health researcher working on the ‘Breathe for Bub’ program that aims to co-design culturally safe and clinically effective care for Aboriginal women with asthma during pregnancy.

Newcastle expertise attracts $7.5m Australian Government grant to help boost Pacific region’s health
March 19, 2024

A University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Local Health District partnership working to strengthen field epidemiology capacity, disease surveillance and outbreak response in the Pacific for the past 10 years has been awarded $7.5m in Australian Government funding to continue their important
work supporting public health training programs in the region.

New research investigates the genetics of circulating vitamin A
March 14, 2024

A Newcastle research team has been exploring the role of vitamin A in the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders.  

February 28, 2024

Get to know PhD candidate and stroke researcher Karly Zacharia

NSW Ambulance first in the world to trial new stroke care technology
February 28, 2024

A world-first collaborative trial will see cutting-edge technology used by NSW Ambulance as part of the rapid assessment and triage of stroke patients as they are transported to hospital.

HMRI, Titan Neuroscience Research and Medtronic unite to deliver pioneering stroke clinical trial
February 27, 2024

Hunter Medical Research Institute (*HMRI) forms international partnership with Titan Neuroscience and Medtronic to spearhead the FRONTIER AP clinical trial.

aylor Swift concert FoMO: How to deal with the Fear of Missing Out.
February 23, 2024

This weekend marks the culmination of months of planning and waiting for many contemporary music fans: the highly anticipated Taylor Swift concerts. Many people in our community will attend the concerts with their children, grandchildren, and friends, however, many have missed out. This feeling of missing out on something exciting could ignite a case of FoMO (fear of missing out), which can have real implications on mental health.