University of Newcastle researchers have helped secure a further $5 million grant from the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) based on promising results from a study that successfully identified women who are at a greater risk of breast cancer recurrence.
Professor Pablo Moscato, co-leader of HMRI’s Information Based Medicine group, was one of five mid-career researchers at the University of Newcastle who have received prestigious Future Fellowships from the Australian Research Council.
The University of Newcastle’s Laureate Professor Rob Sanson-Fisher has won the Cancer Institute NSW Make a Difference 2012 award for his cancer prevention work with disadvantaged and vulnerable populations, including reducing smoking among pregnant Aboriginal women.
A program that has set two fathers on the path to a healthier lifestyle and helped them lose a combined 45kgs is coming back to Maitland in August with more dads being encouraged to sign up.
A world-first weight loss program by researchers at the University of Newcastle has motivated 85 Hunter men to ‘shed’ a total of 438kgs – equal to about 40 cartons of beer.
More than 670,000 asthmatics in Australia could breathe easier in future with University of Newcastle research investigating why they are resistant to conventional steroid treatment.
In National Diabetes Week, Newcastle researchers are leading the charge to improve services for young people living with diabetes in rural areas to bring them up to par with their city cousins.
