News & Articles

December 24, 2014

In the following videos, HMRI researcher Clare Collins, Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Newcastle, has some simple advice.

The stark cost of construction industry suicides

October 8, 2014

Suicidal behaviour among NSW construction industry workers costs the State economy more than $520 million every year, according to a new report by Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) Health Research Economist Professor Christopher Doran.

Obesity researcher selected for international forum

October 6, 2014

A University of Newcastle behavioural scientist, who has been investigating ways to address childhood obesity rates in Australia, was one of only five Australians selected to participate in a Young Leader’s Forum in Japan.

Young women becoming more active, and more stressed

October 2, 2014

Young Australian women are fatter, fitter and more fraught today than they were in the mid-’90s, according to the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health researchers.

Health researchers claim prestigious awards

September 23, 2014

HMRI researchers from the University of Newcastle’s Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition have featured prominently in the 2014 Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Awards, receiving honours in two of five categories.

Walk to shine light on organ transplant tolerance

September 11, 2014

One of Australia’s youngest kidney transplant recipients will join hundreds of people for a fluoro-lit twilight stroll along Nobbys Breakwall on Saturday, September 13, in the second annual Glow Walk.

Research study seeks taste of your nutrition knowledge

September 9, 2014

A University of Newcastle research team is aiming to determine the influence a person’s understanding of nutrition has on their eating habits, health and lifestyle.

Students and researchers join battle against brain cancer

September 5, 2014

For two University of Newcastle students who recently lost their father to brain cancer, a grey balloon will become a symbol of hope in the fight against the devastating disease this Father’s Day.

HMRI researchers close to identifying the source of serious asthma attacks

August 29, 2014

Last year our paediatric and respiratory research team published a paper in the world’s leading journal for biomedical research, Nature Medicine, after detecting molecular signals generated very early in the disease process for virus-and allergen-induced asthma.

A world of information could be the key to understanding strokes

August 29, 2014

My name is Professor Mark Parsons, and I am working on a current collaboration with China called, the INSPIRE project, (International Stroke Perfusion Imaging Registry).

Preventing maternal and neonatal deaths in Kenya

August 29, 2014

Every minute in the world a woman dies as a result of pregnancy or childbirth, and every three seconds a child dies from preventable causes. These deaths are not just isolated medical occurrences. Maternal and child deaths impact beyond the immediate family to the broader society. In Africa, 35 babies and 5 mothers die, for every 1000 babies born.