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1. eGFR Study News - 2020 Annual Report

   In this edition of eGFR Study News, we highlight key activities during 2020.

2. 2018 Annual Report

   2018 Menzies School of Health Research - Annual Report

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30. Menzies unveils its 2013 Annual Report

    The yearly report card for Australia’s only MRI dedicated to improving Indigenous health and wellbeing has been released.

31. eGFR Study News - 2021 Annual Report

    The study is led by Research, Clinical and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Governance groups.

32. HREC final annual report form 2025

33. OTW Capacity Building | Menzies Annual Report page 27

34. 7th International Conference on Plasmodium vivax Research | Final Report

    MESA Correspondents bring you cutting-edge coverage from the 7th International Conference on Plasmodium vivax Research (ICPVR 2019).

35. Contagion® to Report on the ECCMID Conference in Amsterdam

    Steven Y. C. Tong, PhD, with the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, Australia, will speak about the results of the CAMERA2 trial on combination antibiotic therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

36. Developing Northern Australia 2017 Implementation Report

    Page 20 - Case Study | The Australian Government funded HOT NORTH project has hit the ground running in 2017, and is building north Australia’s expertise and capacity in tropical medicine through research projects that will transfer new knowledge to communities.

37. Indigenous Australians travelling 1000 kilometres for kidney dialysis: report

    In a new Menzies School of Health Research report, patients and carers from across northern and central Australia called on state, territory and federal government health ministers to overhaul the system to provide more holistic care.

38. ABC stateline report - beating scabies and strongyloidiasis

    The Menzies School of Health Research is hoping the drug Ivermectin will rid the Echo Island community, east of Darwin, of scabies and the strongyloides worm.

39. Indigenous kidney patients call for equitable care in new report

    Indigenous people with kidney disease living in remote and rural Australia as well as their support networks have made a resounding call for equitable health care closer to home in a report released today by Menzies School of Health Research.

40. Lowitja Institute Report | Anaemia Prevention Program, Katherine East

    An Anaemia Prevention Program has been running in three communities serviced by Sunrise Health in East Katherine region in the Northern Territory (NT)

41. ASID Annual Scientific Meeting deemed a success for NT

    The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) Annual Scientific Meeting 2019, held from 16–18 May, saw 450 attendees descend on the Darwin Convention Centre.

42. 730NT ABC TV: A report card on the NT's smoking habit

    A new report finds the Northern Territory's smoking rates are falling, but are still the highest in the country.

43. Report reveals reduced smoking in the Northern Territory

    An independent Annual Report on Tobacco Control in the Northern Territory (NT) which summarises progress towards reducing smoking in the Territory has been released on World No Tobacco Day.

44. NT News editorial on Menzies gambling report

    NT Government release Menzies report into gambling rates

45. Report urges simpler liquor permit management in communities

    Liquor permit schemes in the Northern Territory (NT) can be made easier to implement and more accountable to local communities, a NT Government-commissioned report has found.

46. Encouraging Indigenous smoking and quitting trends in latest ABS Report

    The latest report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) provides encouraging news about national smoking trends among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over the 20 year period from 1994 to 2014/15.

47. NT Government admits delay releasing problem gambling report

    The Gambling Prevalence and Wellbeing Survey was conducted by the Menzies School of Health Research after the organisation received a $695,000 grant from the Government's Community Benefit Fund in late 2018.

48. Problem Gambling Rates Increase in Australia’s Northern Territory, Latest Report Finds

    A report reflecting a massive increase in problem gambling in Australia’s Northern Territory has been made public following a change in the local Government’s previous refusals to publish it.

49. Drinks industry responds to report linking zero-alcohol products and underage drinking

    Alcohol Beverages Australia (ABA) CEO Andrew Wilsmore has criticised a research paper released by the Menzies School of Health Research that draws a link between zero-alcohol products and underage drinking.

50. Report reveals decline in petrol sniffing

    The report has shown that in 15 Aboriginal communities where available data enables comparisons to be made, there was more than an 80 per cent decline in the number petrol sniffers from 2005-07 to 2011-12.

51. HOT NORTH Impact Report

    Now available | The report presents 12 case studies showing the impacts from the first three years of the HOT NORTH program.

52. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare releases worrying new report but RHDAustralia says it remains optimistic

    A report released last week by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has shown that the burden of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) continues to grow in Australia.

53. Annual/Final report template

    Please submit this form on the date indicated in the letter of ethics approval.  

54. Menzies supports report card on Indigenous childhood development

    Menzies has today enthusiastically endorsed an Australian Medical Association report on the development of Indigenous children.

55. Refined national child health care report: 2012-2013

56. 2012 Menzies' Economic and Social contribution - Deloitte Access Economic report

57. 2012 Menzies' Economic and Social contribution - Deloitte Access Economic Report - executive summary

58. The Second International Annual Health Scientific Conference 2022

    The Second International Annual Health Scientific Conference (22-23 November) is being held in Dili, Timor-Leste with the theme: ‘Strengthening systems for diagnosis and control of infections diseases in Timor-Leste’.

59. HOT NORTH | Annual Scientific Symposium - 24 -25 May 2018

    HOT NORTH | Annual Scientific Symposium - 24 -25 May 2018

60. HOT NORTH Annual Scientific Symposium

    12 - 13 August 2019 - 08:00 - 17:00 MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH, JOHN MATHEWS BUILDING (BLDG 58), RDH CAMPUS, ROCKLANDS DRV, CASUARINA NT 0810. RSVP - hotnorth@menzies.edu.au

61. HOT NORTH | Annual Summary of Progress

    This summary provides a snapshot of the activities underway in the first year of the HOT NORTH program.

62. Diabetes across the Lifecourse: 2025 Annual Educational Symposium

    The Diabetes across the LIFECOURSE: Northern Australia Partnership is looking forward to its upcoming annual educational symposium to share new research and insights into the treatment and prevention of type 2 diabetes. This full day event is focuse...

63. 2021 HOT NORTH Annual Scientific Symposium

    'HOT Topics of the NORTH' 4-5 November 2021 at Menzies JMB Auditorium Royal Darwin Hospital Campus. Save the date and EOI for presentations - Email hotnorth@menzies.edu.au.

64. 2021 Virtual Annual Educational Symposium - Diabetes across the lifecourse

    Registrations now open | 2021 Virtual Annual Educational Symposium: "Community leading the way: Engaging and guiding research". The symposium will be held online and at Menzies JMB Building, RDH campus, Darwin, NT on 10 September from 8.30am to 1pm (ACST).

65. Deloitte report launch

    The Deloitte Access Economics report on the Social and Economic Contribution of the Menzies School of Health Research in 2015 was launched on Tuesday 26 July 2016 at the Deloitte offices in Sydney, at a luncheon hosted by Keith Jones, the Chairman of Deloitte Australia.

66. DIABETES across the LIFECOURSE Northern Australia Partnership - 2019 Annual Symposium

    "Diabetes in young people and across the generations- rethinking our approach" At Menzies JMB Building (Bldg 58) - Royal Darwin Hospital Campus

67. Diabetes across the LIFECOURSE: Northern Australia Partnership 2023 Annual Educational Symposium

    Held at Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, with satellite sites in Cairns and Alice Springs, this event aims to bring together healthcare professionals, researchers and those interested in diabetes prevention and management to share experienc...

68. Report on Cultural Awareness Training

    This project aimed to create a database of cross cultural training programs historically and currently available to staff working in health service delivery in the NT. This explanatory report accompanies the database.

69. 2003 Financial report

70. Catching Some Air | Final Report

71. Gender Pay Gap Report 2022/23

72. Par Project Final Report

73. Summative evaluation report

74. Combined Summary Report | Catching Some Air

75. Summary Report | Catching Some Air 2018

76. 12 Month BDR evaluation compendium report - Part 2

77. PAR Project Final Report Executive Summary

78. New report identifies investment into Indigenous Health research paying off

    A new report which has evaluated the economic contribution of Australia’s leading Aboriginal health research institute shows it made a significant contribution to the Australian economy.

79. Database of cultural awareness programs and accompanying report

80. Katherine Youth Justice Reinvestment: Final Report

81. National Child Health Report: 2012-2013

82. National Indigenous Suicide Prevention Strategy report

83. One Health Report Timor-Leste, December 2021

    Environment, zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance. A joint publication of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Bee Timor-Leste, EP and the Menzies School of Health Research.

84. Summary Report | Catching Some AIR Darwin, 23 & 24 April 2018

85. Acute Kidney Injury Retrospective Study - Final Report

86. Central Australian Renal Study Technical Report Update

87. Chronic Illness Care Data Supplement to Final Report

88. National Report on Chronic Illness Care 2012-2013_Phase1

89. Summary Report | Catching Some AIR Alice Springs, 6-7 September 2018

90. Summary Report | Catching Some AIR Thursday Island, 5-8 June 2018

91. Territory Kidney Care | Progress Report - April 2019

92. Territory Kidney Care | Progress Report November 2018

93. Territory Kidney Care | Progress Report - February 2020

94. Economic Report Reveals Menzies Among Most Cost Effective in Health Research

    Economic analysis just published, reports Menzies School of Health Research is one of Australia’s most cost-effective health research institutes working to close the gap for health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

95. Territory Kidney Care | Progress Report April - September 2020

96. Territory Kidney Care | Progress Report January - June 2021

97. East Arnhem Regional Healthy Skin Project: Final Report 2008

98. Demand Study for Alcohol Treatment Services in the Northern Territory – Final Report

99. Early Pathways to School Learning: Lessons from the NT data linkage study report

100. Territory Kidney Care | Progress Report October 2020 - February 2021

101. Territory Kidney Care Progress Report July 2021 – February 2022

102. Final Report - Social and Economic Costs and Harms of Alcohol Consumption in the Northern Territory

103. Final Report: Chronic Illness Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

104. Final Report - Health Literacy Among Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Males in the Northern Territory

     Report prepared for the Lowitja Institute

105. National Report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Preventive Health Care (2012 – 2014)

106. National Report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Preventive Health Care (2012 – 2014) – with comparative NT data

107. National Report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Preventive Health Care (2012 – 2014) – with comparative QLD data

108. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People with Cancer - Clinical Trial Access Initiative: Consultancy Report for ReViTALISE Project

109. Review of Liquor Permit schemes under the NT Liquor Act: Final Report

     Liquor permit schemes in the Northern Territory can be made easier to implement and more accountable to local communities, a NT Government-commissioned report has found.

110. Summary of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People with Cancer - Clinical Trial Access Initiative Consultancy Report for ReViTALISE Project

111. 2015 Economic and Social contribution - Deloitte Access Economic report

112. Report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Care in Australia

113. Phase 1: Report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Care in Queensland

114. Report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Care in the Northern Territory

115. Final Report: Promising practice approaches to improve the social and emotional wellbeing of young Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people with severe and complex mental health needs

116. Indigenous Australians under-reporting the amount of ‘unhealthy foods’ they consume

     There is an urgent need to better track community nutrition to support policymakers in improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote communities.

117. Child abuse reports in NT double after intervention

     The abuse of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory - the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children.

118. 8. Amendments and reporting

     Requests for amendments or submission of notifications and reports should be emailed to NTHREC@menzies.edu.au   1. Amendments 2. Notifications 3. Annual Reports 4. Final Reports    1. Amendments Research invol...

119. Reports

     Summary: ESP project findings across all areas of care For more detailed information on the key areas of health care click below: Rheumatic Heart Disease One page summary of Rheumatic Heart Disease findings Key messages Final Repor...

120. Module 3: One21seventy clinical audits, systems assessments and reports

     Provides an overview of the way CQI data is collected and reported using One21Seventy clinical CQI tools and resources. It explains how to read and understand the data presented in web generated reports.  Module 3 takes approximately 30 minutes...

121. Articles, reports and links

     Healthy skin workshop briefing paper with articles | May 2016 Healthy skin workshop outcomes summary paper | May 2016 Articles The Diagnostic Accuracy of Dermoscopy for Scabies 2012 Comparison of Dermoscopy, Skin Scraping, and th...

122. Attach 1 DxMoC Qual Progress Report_Mar 2016_v 1

123. Current Activities & Progress Reports

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124. ESP Project_Data Supplement_FINAL REPORT_Primary Health Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children

125. ESP Project_FINAL REPORT_Primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

126. Final Report_Chronic Illness Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

127. Final Report_Chronic Illness Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

128. Final Report_Chronic Illness Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people_April 2015

129. Phase 1_Mental Health Report_Final_NT

130. Phase 1_Mental Health Report_Final_QLD

131. NT News | HOT NORTH ASM

     NT News report on the HOT NORTH Annual Scientifiv Symposium.

132. NT News | Big Night for Territorians

     Report on Professor Amanda Leach and other NT finalists in the 2019 Telstra Businesswomen's Awards .

133. Media Alert | Health experts in Darwin to discuss diabetes in pregnancy

     Menzies - Diabetes across the Lifecourse: Northern Australia Partnership – Annual Educational Symposium on Friday, 27 September.

134. Mix 104.9 | Diabetes Symposium in Darwin

     This is the seventh annual gathering of diabetes researchers, health workers and stakeholders to discuss a ‘lifecourse approach’ to preventing and managing diabetes.

135. Radio Australia: Research shows smoking rates declining among Indigenous Australians

     It's not often we hear good news about health indicators for Indigenous Australians, but a new report has found that the number of heavy smokers within Australia's Indigenous population has almost halved in the past 20 years.

136. Ear disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

     In remote communities across the Northern Territory (NT), only one in 10 Aboriginal children younger than three years have healthy ears, a new report in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) has found.

137. Listen to Indigenous patient experts on how to transform renal care

     Their concerns and solutions are documented in a new report by the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin: Indigenous Patient Voices: gathering perspectives, finding solutions for chronic and end stage kidney disease.

138. Skin disease a 'national crisis'

     NT News report on the HOT NORTH One Disease Skin Symposium attend by Australia's first Indigenous dermatologist Larrakia woman Dr Dana Slape

139. NT Government - Gambling Prevalence Survey Released

     A study from the Menzies School of Health Research, released by the Territory Government, shows gambling participation declined significantly.

140. Closing the Gap 2013: three good news stories

     With the Prime Minister’s Closing the Gap report published in February this year, here are three ways Menzies is helping to improve the lifespan and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.

141. ABC News online: Smoking more harmful than grog, study finds

     A new report suggests smoking is causing more harm than alcohol abuse in the Northern Territory.

142. Remote kidney patients face homelessness

     Patients and their support networks have called for equal health care closer to their homes in a new report released by the Menzies School of Health Research in the Northern Territory.

143. Aljazeera News: Call for global action to tackle Malaria

     Countries around the world need to do more to fight the spread of malaria, according to a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

144. Interpreters for Aboriginal people in hospital

     On Health Report with Dr Norman Swan - Prof Anna Ralph - Menzies School of Health Research and Infectious Diseases Physician, RDH

145. NT News | Traditional medicine helps patients

     NT News report on traditional medicine research - page 5.

146. NT Government media release | Evaluation of BDR

     Safer Communities and Generational Change: Alcohol Reform Progress Update Report and BDR Evaluation Response

147. The social and economic costs and harms of alcohol consumption

     This report presents an overview of the social and economic costs and harms of alcohol consumption in the Northern Territory (NT).

148. Menzies delivers evaluation of federal Indigenous chronic disease package

     Primary healthcare policy and planning experts from Menzies have welcomed the release of the report into the landscape of chronic disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

149. Tuberculosis services in PNG in the journal Public Health Action.

     A major output from the Tropical Disease Research Regional Collaborative Initiative between Menzies School of Health Research and the Burnet Institute was launched last week at the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Annual Medical Symposium in Port Moresby. A series of papers have been published by PNG health workers who provide tuberculosis services in PNG in a special supplement in the journal Public Health Action.

150. Lend me your ear: New program targets hearing problems in NT children

     RACGP report on the Hearing for Learning Initiative.

151. NT News | Asthma app clears air on cure

     Report on asthma app launch with Dr Gabrielle McCallum.

152. Professor Alan Cass, wins clinical science award

     Kidney specialist and Director of Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies), Professor Alan Cass, was presented with the prestigious Kidney Health Australia Clinical Science Award tonight at the 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN ASM) conference dinner.

153. Curious Darwin: Do Darwin residents really drink more than other Aussies

     A report released this month by the Menzies School of Health Research shows that the NT does indeed have the highest rates of alcohol consumption per capita in Australia.

154. Indigenous patients left feeling ’isolated’

     AN INDIGENOUS dialysis patient being away from home and families is no good. That’s one of the messages from indigenous kidney patients calling for equitable care in a new report from Menzies School of Health Research.

155. HOT NORTH researchers gather in Darwin

     The HOT NORTH research initiative will be holding its inaugural Annual Scientific Symposium at Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) in Darwin, from 24 to 25 May, 2018.

156. Ethics

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157. Territorian recognised for research excellence

     Menzies School of Health Research Associate Prof Hughes received the 2019 NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Award for the top-ranked application in the 2019 funding round at NHMRC’s annual awards in Canberra.

158. Early years crucial for Indigenous education

     Professor Sven Silburn, director of Menzies' Centre for Child Development and Education comments on the Australian Medical Association Report Card on Indigenous Health in the Canberra Times.

159. Heart Foundation partnership with HealthLAB - NT News

     Heart Foundation partnership with HealthLAB - NT News report

160. Menzies AGM 2016

     Menzies School of Health Research will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the morning of Monday 9 May 2016 in the auditorium located on the Royal Darwin Hospital campus.

161. NT News | Watch your heart beating

     Report on National Science Week HealthLAB visit to Milingimbi

162. NT News | Malaria breakthrough for NT

     NT News page 7 - 21 July 2018 | Report on The Lancet Infectious Diseases P.vivax paper.

163. Professor Sven Silburn contributes to NT's Royal Commission into Youth Detention and Child Protection

     Royal Commission into Youth Detention and Child Protection in the Northern Territory - Professor Sven Silburn contributes to the hearings.

164. Menzies research reveals marked decline in petrol sniffing

     A Menzies report has revealed a significant decline in the prevalence of petrol sniffing in a number of Aboriginal communities across Australia.

165. Menzies researcher gains national recognition

     Menzies Professor Josh Davis has been awarded a Research Excellence Award at the NHMRC annual awards dinner in Canberra.

166. BDR is working, Govt says

     Minister Fyles said Menzies School of Health Research has provided independent oversight, and that report is now available online for all Territorians to read.

167. MEDIA RELEASE | Requirements for safely implementing mandatory alcohol treatment

     A new report published today outlines the requirements for an evidence-informed model of mandatory alcohol treatment, and provides guidance for a local context.

168. Koori Mail | Liquor permit schemes in the spotlight

     LIQUOR permit schemes in the Northern Territory can be made easier to implement and more accountable to local communities, an NT Government commissioned report has found.

169. Legislative changes will reduce smoking harms in the NT

     Legislative changes announced by the NT and Australian Governments in the last year will make a significant contribution to reducing the harm that smoking causes in the Territory, according to the independent Annual Report on Tobacco Control in the NT.

170. Radio Australia: Hopes that genetic mapping will outwit malaria parasite

     Scientists say new research into the malaria parasite will provide drugs to combat the ways it's evolving to gain resistance to the current range of anti-malaria medicine.

171. The Conversation: Anaemia and poor nutrition running high among young Indigenous children

     Young children living in remote Indigenous communities have long been known to suffer from iron deficiency and anaemia at many times the rates found among other Australian children. Now a new report shows rates of anaemia among these remote children...

172. Menzies AGM 2017

     Menzies School of Health Research will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday, 14 August 2017.

173. NT News | Researcher recognised for his hard work

     NT News report on Professor Paul Torzillo receiving the Menzies Medallion

174. Sun Newspapers | Recognised for hard work

     Sun Newspapers report on Professor Paul Torzillo receiving the Menzies Medallion

175. NT News | Research honoured

     Report on Menzies researcher Josh Francis receiving the AMA research paper of the year award.

176. Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation teams with Menzies

     Called Opening Doors, the chronic disease strategy evaluation report shines a light on the work done by the Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation in NSW with Menzies.

177. Major research papers retracted over data controversy

     Health Report on ABC Radio National - Scientists have raised concerns about the data underlying a number of major coronavirus research papers, causing two of the world's biggest medical journals.

178. Publications

     Gorham, G., Cass, A., Howard K., & Evans, K. Central Australia Renal Study: Technical Report Update. Report prepared by Menzies School of Health Research for the Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra 2016.

179. Katherine doctors push for more public housing

     Katherine Times reports on the HOT NORTH Teaching Workshop.

180. Resources

     2025 All Good Project Key Learnings Report Stories of Care Peer Harm Reduction Service Report Volunteering with All Good Peer Harm Reduction Service Report 2025 All Good Project Venues Report 2025 All Good Project Festival Report 2024...

181. The number of people with rheumatic heart disease in Australia continues to grow

     A report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has shown that the burden of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) continues to grow in Australia.

182. MJA Podcast on the clinical experience of patients with hepatitis C virus infection.

     Associate Professor Joshua Davis is a Principal Research Fellow with the Menzies School of Health Research. He is the coauthor of a Short Report on the clinical experience of patients with hepatitis C virus infection among Australian GP trainees.

183. AGM 2018

     Menzies School of Health Research will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the afternoon of Monday 28 May 2018 in the auditorium located on the Royal Darwin Hospital campus. As part of the AGM proceedings Menzies will ...

184. Radio Australia: Push to cut Indigenous cancer deaths

     The new National Indigenous Cancer Network, which works to improve the quality of life and survival rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer patients, was launched this year.

185. Publications

     Current publications: CBATSISP Guidelines Report: Outcomes following hospitalised suicidal behaviour in the Northern Territory and opportunities for prevention. Leckning B, He VYF, Condon JR, Hirvonen T, Milroy H, Guthridge S. Patterns of chi...

186. Expert Commentary

     Dr Michael Livingston, Senior Research Fellow Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University This report provides a comprehensive first look at the impact of the implementation of the Banned Drinkers Register in September 2017. The re...

187. Publications

     Sentinel Sites Evaluation Reports Bailie, R., Griffin, J., Kelaher, M.,  McNeair, T., Laycock, A., & Percival, N. 2013. Sentinel Sites Evaluation: Interim Report December 2011. Report prepared by Menzies School of Health Research for the Au...

188. Resources

     The Final Report has made 32 recommendations related to Healthy Homes. The policy brief linked below, groups these recommendations in relation to 5 program components: preventive maintenance; data collection and management; governance; maintenance...

189. Resources

     Tobacco Working Group of the NT Aboriginal Health Forum Tobacco Control Guide Research evidence to monitor and support the comprehensive approach in the tobacco control guide Tobacco Control Audit Tool ...

190. NITV | Stop detaining kids under 14 and close Don Dale, former royal commissioner says

     NITV report on the 2018 Menzies Oration

191. Diabetes researcher wins 2017 Harry Christian Giese—Research into Action Award

     Harry Giese AM MBE (1913–2000) was a Territory community leader and administrator who played a key role in the establishment of the Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) as the first faculty of the new Northern Territory University. During ...

192. It’s time for another type of story about Indigenous smoking rates

     A leading Aboriginal health researcher has called for research and reporting on Indigenous smoking rates to be reframed, to reflect the good news that is emerging and to acknowledge the role of colonisation, dating back to when tobacco was distributed as rations and wages.

193. AGM 2019

     Menzies School of Health Research will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the afternoon of Monday 27 May 2019 in the auditorium located on the Royal Darwin Hospital campus. As part of the AGM proceedings Menzies will ...

194. MEDIA RELEASE | Understanding the intergenerational impact of diabetes: a key part to improving care across the lifecourse

     Understanding the intergenerational impact of diabetes will be discussed at today’s DIABETES across the LIFECOURSE: Northern Australia Partnership (the Partnership) 13th Annual Educational Symposium, held at Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies).

195. Indigenous kids face higher risk of childhood cancer death

     Indigenous Australian children are 36 per cent more likely to die within five years of a cancer diagnosis than non-Indigenous Australian children, a landmark new report has found.

196. Recent legislative changes will reduce smoking harms in the Territory

     Legislative changes announced by the Northern Territory and Australian Governments in the last year will make a significant contribution to reducing the harm that smoking causes in the Territory, according to the independent Annual Report on Tobacco Control in the Northern Territory released for World No Tobacco Day, 31 May.

197. The melioidosis files

     A potentially fatal bacterial disease, lurking in soil.

198. WALKING THE TALK: 2015 MURRI CANCER WALK

     The Close The Gap report - released yesterday - shows that cancer is a major cause of premature death for our mob. Recently Brisbane Murris held their annual Musgrave Park Cancer Walk to remember those who have passed from the disease and honour those who have fought it and won. The Cancer Council says Indigenous Queenslanders are around 25 times more likely to die from cancer than non-Indigenous Queenslanders. The Welcome To Country at the Cancer Walk was performed by Aunty Carol Currie, who has lost several family members to cancer.

199. Publications

     Let's Start Evaluation Report 2009

200. Publications

     Final evaluation report 2016-2018

201. Resources

     Resources Pedestrain Deaths Policy Brief Pedestrian Deaths and Serious Injuries Report

202. NT Aboriginal men fall behind in life expectancy

     National Indigenous Times reports on a study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, found that between 1967 and 2012 the difference in life expectancies for NT Aboriginal women and the wider Australian population declined by 4.6 years.

203. Pain free golden staph treatment cleared for use in remote communities

     A northern Australian research team has provided reassuring support for the continued use of an oral treatment option for patients with skin infections, finding that there has been inaccurate reporting of resistance to the recommended antibiotic.

204. Youth-onset type 2 diabetes in the NT exceed international figures

     The study uncovered what is arguably the highest reported prevalence in any population of youth internationally within the past 25 years and ten times higher than previously reported in Australia.

205. Publications

     Outcomes following hospitalised suicidal behaviour in the Northern Territory and opportunities for prevention. Final Report.

206. Student prizes

     The Val Asche Prize for Academic Excellence is awarded on an annual basis at the end of each academic year.

207. Findings

     The WICKD study findings: Wellbeing intervention for Chronic Kidney Disease Final stakeholder report

208. Resources

     Resources Demand Study for Alcohol Treatment Services in the Northern Territory – Final Report Executive Summary

209. Resources

     Resources Final Report - Social and Economic Costs and Harms of Alcohol Consumption in the Northern Territory Executive Summary - Social and Economic Costs and Harms of Alcohol Consumption in the Northern Territory

210. Resources

     GOOD TUCKER app Talking About Shelf Labels Aboriginal Perspectives on Physical Activity report Enough for rations and a little bit extra: Challenges of nutrition improvement in a remote Aboriginal community - Thesis

211. Publications

     The Northern Territory Youth Health Declaration 2019 NT Youth Health Summit report

212. Publications

     Summary Report Community Feedback Sheet Research Brief – Asking about domestic and family violence Journal articles:   Gregory A, Aquino D, Caudwell KM, Wild K, Maypilama L, Robinson G. Survey to story: exploring mixed m...

213. Publications

     Hughes, J.T., Dembski, L., Kerrigan V., Majoni, S.W., Lawton, P.D., Cass, A.. (2017). Indigenous Patient Voices: Gathering Perspectives Finding Solutions for chronic and end stage kidney disease, 2017 Symposium Report. [online] Darwin: Menzies ...

214. Resources

     Nutrition and food security - approaches to improving the health of women and children - nutrition for adolescent girls and women throughout the lifecycle - course report Nutrition and food security short course - approaches to improving t...

215. The Story built on Big Research

     The launch of the second ‘Story of our Children and Young People’ report (The Story) was held at Parliament House on 25 October 2021. The Story, prepared by Menzies in collaboration with the NT Government, provides a comprehensive pictur...

216. Q&A with infectious diseases expert Professor Josh Davis

     Professor Josh Davis is a clinician researcher, and divides his time between clinical work as an infectious diseases physician in Newcastle, and research work as a senior principal research fellow based at Menzies. He is also the President of the Austr...

217. Fakhrul Islam Scholarship

     The Fakhrul Islam Scholarship is an annual award Menzies’ launched in 2024, aimed at supporting students pursuing a PhD or Masters at Menzies in the areas of renal disease or diabetes.  The scholarship provides recipients with various o...

218. Overview

     Alcohol misuse has long had devastating effects on health and wellbeing in rural and remote communities in Australia, among both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents. A report c...

219. Dili laboratory begins testing for coronavirus independently

     In collaboration with Menzies, the National Health Laboratory in Timor-Leste has begun reporting results of COVID-19 tests independently.

220. Story of Our Children and Young People

     The Story of Our Children and Young People (the Story) provides a summary of key indicators and stories of the wellbeing of children and young people of the Northern Territory. The Northern Territory Government commissioned Menzies’ Centre for...

221. Publications

     Clifford, S., Smith, J. & Christie, B. (2020). "You see the very sharp edge of the problems of prejudice in town": Youth service providers perceptions of a regional community Facebook group. Social Media and Society. doi: 10.1177/...

222. Ryan Family Prize

     The Ryan Family Prize is an internal annual award that recognises outstanding contributions to Menzies – individuals or groups who go above and beyond and help make Menzies a great place to work and/or to help Menzies achieve excellence. The s...

223. Cough, step and jump: a profile of Professor Anne Chang

     One doctor’s mission to beat childhood lung disease.

224. Outcomes

     Publications: Condon, J., Garvey, G., Whop, L.J., Valery, P.C., Thomas, D., Gruen, R., et al. (2013). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and Cancer. Cancer Forum, 37(1), 27-30. Garvey, G., Cunningham, J., Valery, P. C., Condon, J...

225. Sounds Like Progress | NT News

     NT News report on the launch of Hearing for Learning Initiative.

226. Publications

     Monitoring trends in the prevalence of petrol sniffing in selected Australian Aboriginal communities 2011-2014: Final Report.  Cairney, S., O'Connor, N., Dingwall, K.M., Maruff, P., Shafiq-Antonacci, R., Currie, J., & Currie, B.J. (20...

227. Current projects

     A trial of the polypill compared to usual care among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at high CVS risk ACTIVE dialysis: a clinical trial of intensive dialysis Australasian Kidney Trials Network Central Australian Renal Study Techni...

228. Resources

     Homelands Housing and Infrastructure Program Monitoring and Evaluation Project – Policy Brief Homelands Housing and Infrastructure Program Monitoring and Evaluation Project – Final Report

229. Stars line up to support prestigious Aboriginal health event in Darwin

     Darwin will host a roll call of sporting and entertainment greats this month as they fly in to participate in the second Rioli Fund Annual Dinner.

230. Photo gallery | 2022 Menzies Oration

     On Thursday 13 October, we were delighted to host the Menzies Oration, our annual public address, designed to inspire discussions about issues of national and international significance, with direct relevance to northern Australia. This year, the Or...

231. Selected publications

     Gorham, G., Howard, K., Cunningham, J., Barzi, F., Lawton, P., & Cass, A. (2021). Do remote dialysis services really cost more? An economic analysis of hospital and dialysis modality costs associated with dialysis services in urban, rural and re...

232. Overview

     Aims: To learn from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people about their experiences with health care for chronic and end-stage kidney disease.   Summary: Darwin recently hosted the 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australia...

233. Stakeholder engagement

     Results have been presented at the following conferences: ASTMH 67th Annual Meeting, Session 167, Symposium “Short Course Primaquine Regimen for the Radical Cure of Plasmodium vivax” New Orleans, October 28 - November 1, 2018  ...

234. Confronting the scourge of Indigenous Suicide

     In June this year, the Menzies School of Health Research welcomed the Australian Government’s decision to appoint it to help develop the nation’s first National Indigenous Suicide Prevention Strategy.

235. 2022 Menzies Oration

     We are delighted to welcome Professor Paul Kelly, Chief Medical Officer for the Australian Government Department of Health, to deliver the 2022 Oration.

236. 2023 Menzies Oration

     We’re delighted to be joined by Deborah Di Natale, CEO of Council to Homeless Persons, who will deliver the 2023 Menzies Oration.

237. Close the Gap Day Charity Breakfast 2014 - Tickets now on sale

     The Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) Close the Gap Day Charity Breakfast is now a fixture on Darwin’s annual social calendar.

238. 2024 Menzies Oration

     We’re delighted to be joined by Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy, Minister for Indigenous Australians, who will deliver the 2024 Menzies’ Oration.

239. A dozen staff reach top 2 per cent

     Twelve Menzies School of Health Researchers have been ranked amongst the world’s top scientists by a prestigious Stanford University study. The annual list, known as the World's Top 2% of Scientists, ranks researchers as per thei...

240. Croakey | Woolworths: a case study of the commercial determinants of health

     the Menzies School of Health Research released a report in 2019 demonstrating that among some sections of the Indigenous population, people were more likely to abstain from alcohol compared to non-Indigenous peoples,

241. LifeLab encourages Darwinites to live healthier lives

     An opportunity for Darwinites to conduct and write their own health report cards is set to attract hundreds of participants to an exciting new initiative being launched by the Menzies School of Health Research.

242. 2011 Fulbright Northern Territory Scholar

     Menzies researcher Dr Steven Tong has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship for his critical research into golden staph, a major cause of severe community and hospital acquired infections.

243. Disease of the month: tuberculosis

     With a history as long as mankind’s, TB lies dormant in one third of our global population.

244. Healthy skin workshops for health professionals

     Menzies hosts healthy skin workshop for public health professionals It is estimated that more than 16 000 children suffer from impetigo (skin sores) across northern Australia at any one time, a far higher incidence than is reported elsewhere globall...

245. The number of people with rheumatic heart disease in Australia continues to grow

     A report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has shown that the burden of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) continues to grow. in Australia.

246. Teenagers make hip hop clip about mental illness

     Teenagers in the Northern Territory Aboriginal community of Belyuen say they hope their hip hop video clip about mental illness will encourage other kids to be open about their problems.

247. ABC Radio | How doctors communicate with Indigenous patients

     Vicki Kerrigan chats with the ABC Radio Health Report about the podcast ‘Ask the Specialist: Larrakia, Tiwi and Yolngu stories to inspire better healthcare’. This podcast is helping to improve patient-provider communication across the NT.

248. ABC Radio | How doctors communicate with Indigenous patients

     Vicki Kerrigan chats with the ABC Radio Health Report about the podcast ‘Ask the Specialist: Larrakia, Tiwi and Yolngu stories to inspire better healthcare’. This podcast is helping to improve patient-provider communication across the NT.

249. INS holds International Sceintifica Conference to strengthen disease control system

     The National Institute of Health (INS) is holding its 2nd Annual International Scientific Conference with the theme ‘Strengthening the System fir Diagnosing and Controlling Infectious Diseases in Timor-Leste’. The Conference was held for two days from 22 to 23 November.

250. Overview

     The Story of Our Children and Young People (the Story) is a series of reports that provide a comprehensive picture of the wellbeing of Northern Territory children and young people. It includes data, at regional level, against key indicators of the well...

251. Eliminating chronic hepatitis B in the NT

     Senior clinical research fellow, Dr Jane Davies, has dedicated the past eight years to eliminating the burden of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the NT. CHB, a virus that causes inflammation of the liver, is endemic in communities. Approximately 25 per cent of cases lead to liver cancer and liver failure.

252. Val Asche Prize for Academic Excellence 2015

     Congratulations to Josie Povey and Alexis Harper who have been awarded the 2015 Val Asche Prize for Academic Excellence.

253. ABC Radio National | When malaria policy gets personal

     In this ABC Radio National Health Report episode, PhD Candidate from Menzies School of Health Research, Varunika Ruwanpura, shares her personal story with malaria, and talks about the impact health policy has in tackling this mosquito-borne illness.

254. ABC Radio National | When malaria policy gets personal

     In this ABC Radio National Health Report episode, PhD Candidate from Menzies School of Health Research, Varunika Ruwanpura shares her personal story with malaria, and talks about the impact health policy has in tackling this mosquito-borne illness.

255. MEDIA RELEASE | More preventive maintenance recommended in remote community housing

     Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) has made 32 recommendations to improve the NT Government’s Healthy Homes Program (Healthy Homes) in a report released today

256. Val Asche Prize for Academic Excellence 2014

     Val Asche Prize for Academic Excellence: Congratulations to Heather Wallace and Camille Mewett who have been awarded the 2014 Val Ashe Prize for Academic Excellence. The Val Asche Prize for Academic Excellence is awarded annually to rec...

257. Reconciliation through social media

     To celebrate National Reconciliation Week 2013 (27 May – 3 June), the staff at Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) have braved a camera lens to share their thoughts on what reconciliation and recognition means to them.

258. ABC Radio National | Caring for Indigenous youth with type 2 diabetes

     In this ABC Radio National Health Report, Emily Alum, from the Katherine region talks about her experience of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. She’s joined by Dr Renae Kirkham, Menzies Senior Research Officer and Deputy Lead of the Diabetes Across the Lifecourse Partnership, who shares more about the research in this area.

259. ABC Radio National | Caring for Indigenous youth with type 2 diabetes

     In this ABC Radio National Health Report, Emily Alum, from the Katherine region talks about her experience of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. She’s joined by Dr Renae Kirkham, Menzies Senior Research Officer and Deputy Lead of the Diabetes Across the Lifecourse Partnership, who shares more about the research in this area.

260. Val Asche Prize for Academic Excellence 2013

     Congratulations to Rachel Conn and Zeina Hayes who have been awarded the 2013 Val Asche Prize for Academic Excellence.

261. Val Asche Prize for Academic Excellence 2016

     Val Asche Prize for Academic Excellence: Congratulations to Emma Grimes, Jodi Phillips and Leigh Moore who have been awarded the 2016 Val Ashe Prize for Academic Excellence. The Val Asche Prize for Academic Excellence is awarded annually to rec...

262. Developing global links in the fight against a super-bug

     For years it's been the super-bug in hospitals around Australia. Golden staph, or Staphylococcus aureus, is resistant to a wide range of antibiotics, difficult to treat and seemingly impossible to eradicate. Golden staph is one of the most aggre...

263. Publications

     Pierce, J.P., Messer, K., White, M.M., Cowling, D.W., & Thomas, D.P. (2011) Prevalence of Heavy Smoking in California and the United States, 1965-2007.  The Journal of the American Medical Association, 305(11), 1106-1112. Tho...

264. Selected publications

     Clifford S, Wright CJ, Miller PG, Griffiths KE, Smith JA, Livingston, M. (2024). What are the impacts of alcohol supply reduction measures on police-recorded adult domestic and family violence in the Northern Territory of Australia? International...

265. NT News - Kidney research wins prize

     NT NEWS reports Professor Alan Cass, wins the prestigious Kidney Health Australia Clinical Science Award.

266. Bendigo Advertiser | Pain free staph fix given green light

     Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies), findings show there has been inaccurate reporting of resistance to the recommended antibiotic, trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim).

267. Selected publications

     He, V. Y. (co-first author), Leckning, B. (co-first author), Williams, T., Robinson, G. W.., & Guthridge, S. (under review). Patterns of multisystem involvement in adolescence: Implications for health, education, and social services in the North...

268. Other Research

269. Menzies opens its doors to inspire tomorrow's scientists

     Menzies encourages science students to take up careers in research.

270. Current projects

     Territory Kidney Care (TKC) Territory Integrated Care - Primary care linkage using systems (TIC-Plus) The CKD Consortium: Evaluation of chronic kidney disease identification and management in primary care in three jurisdictions ac...

271. Supporters

     HealthLAB is sponsored by Darwin Rotary, Learnmed, EPAC and Power and Water Corporation.

272. 9 News Darwin | Melioidosis warning

     The Top End is facing an increased threat to a deadly disease that claimed a life in the Territory last year. As Zarisha Bradley reports medical experts are warning of the rising risk after recent monsoonal weather.

273. New stage in Indigenous health study

     Campus Morning Mail reports on Menzies School of Health Research commencing collecting data for a fifth wave of its Aboriginal Birth Health Cohort Study.

274. The Conversation: Unfair and unbalanced: misreporting the petrol sniffing ‘scourge’

     Once again, petrol sniffing in Indigenous communities is in the headlines. And once again, sadly, the restraint that newspapers normally exercise in reporting drug issues among non-Indigenous Australians has been thrown aside.

275. Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence 2022

     Congratulations to Jessica Hagley, Dr Matthew Roughan, Paula Van Dokkum and Isobel Walker, who have each been awarded the 2022 Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence.

276. Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence 2023

     Congratulations to Shelley Parker, Jessica Male, Nicole Evans and Erica Bleakley who have been awarded the 2023 Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence

277. Overview

     Streamlining access to community care for patients with complex care needs who attend the ED frequently This project will streamline access to more efficient and structured health care and wrap-around support services through case management to a hi...

278. Overview

     Aims: To reduce the prevalence of scabies, skin sores and tinea in five remote Indigenous communities, as these conditions are endemic in children aged <15 years. Summary: Skin infections are most commonly due to Group A st...

279. Selected publications

     Hobday, K., Zwi, A.B., Homer, C., Kirkham, R., Hulme, J., Wate, P.Z., Prata, N. 2020. Misoprostol for the prevention of post-partum haemorrhage in Mozambique: an analysis of the interface between human rights, maternal health and development. BMC In...

280. Selected publications

     Kerrigan, V., McGrath, S. Y., Herdman, R. M., Puruntatameri, P., Lee, B., Cass, A., Ralph, A. P., & Hefler, M. (2022). Evaluation of “Ask the Specialist": a cultural education podcast to inspire improved healthcare for Aboriginal peop...

281. Val Asche Prize for Academic Excellence 2017

     Congratulations to Gerrard Murray, Catherine Connolly and Chevy Brown who have been awarded the 2017 Val Ashe Prize for Academic Excellence.

282. Overview

     Good decisions need evidence-based and the most current information. At Menzies we have developed a tool to track what is bought in stores and to provide real-time electronic data to help inform policy and practice to improve healthy eating. Marke...

283. Publications

     (Internal document) Stephens, D., Merlino, A., Tari-Keresztes, N., Clifford, S., Vigona, J., Palmer, D., Caton-Graham, P., Mulholland, K, Smith, J., Collard, L. Adams, M. & Rung, D. L. (2020). Beyond Blue Be You Pilbara and Kimberley Project: Mi...

284. Love affair with parasites

     From scabies to flesh-eating fire fish (okay we made that one up), Dr Deborah Holt knows, and loves, parasites. We find out why.

285. Selected publications

     Stock, C., Mares, S. & Robinson, G. (2012). Telling and Retelling Stories: The use of narrative and expressive approaches in a group intervention with parents and children in a remote Aboriginal community. Australian and New Zealand Journal ...

286. Current projects

     Optimising Digital Solutions to Improve Access to Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) Services in Remote Indigenous Communities Synthesis Report: Tjilku Walykumunu Ngaanyatjarra Lands Child Health Study. Alice Springs, Northern Terri...

287. Resources

     Pasin bilong lukautim pikinini gut (Parenting for Child Development) Pasin Bilong Lukautim Pikinini Gut report

288. Policies

     Our Policies COVID-19 Menzies COVID-19 Safety Plan Apps - Policies Hepatitis B app Privacy Policy - 2021 Weathering Well app Privacy and freedom of information Menzies is committed to the creation, collection and ...

289. Professor Josh Davis honoured with Frank Fenner Award

     Named after Professor Frank Fenner, an Australian pioneer of viral research, the Frank Fenner award is the peak research award from the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID). It is awarded annually on the basis of a portfolio of original ...

290. About

     Chris Pearce

291. MacKillop funding bolsters Good Tucker in Nyirripi

     A Menzies project which aims to support better nutrition in remote Aboriginal communities has been awarded $9000 in funding by the Mary MacKillop Foundation.

292. NHMRC project snapshot: Dr Josh Davis

     Menzies infectious diseases specialist, Dr Josh Davis was recently awarded a competitive project grant as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) yearly multi-million dollar funding round.

293. Overview

     Aims:  FoodFox is an innovative food and nutrition tracking and reporting system that translates food and beverage sales data into food and nutrient information to support decision makers in improving nutrition and to build an evidence base for...

294. Overview

     Aims: To understand the reliability of cough reported by Indigenous people to doctors and other health care workers. Objectives: To determine the reliability of a 24-hour history of cough taken from the accompanying carers of I...

295. Overview

     Aims: To enhance the RIST Keeping Track of Healthy Foods tool to provide greater flexibility and efficiencies in developing reports and analysing trends over time.    Objectives: To pilot and refine developments made to ...

296. The online ashtray

     The story behind a creative campaign for slashing smoking among Indigenous youth.

297. Understanding antimicrobial resistance in animals in Timor-Leste

     Infectious diseases can be transmitted from animals to humans, which is why it is important to understand animal health in order to improve human health. Research also shows that antimicrobial resistance in bacteria either in humans, animals or the env...

298. Val Asche Prize for Academic Excellence 2018

     Congratulations to Alison Fitzgerald, Clare Brown, Dr Eswaran Waran and Judith Watson, who have each been awarded the 2018 Val Asche Prize for Academic Excellence.

299. Academic Standing Committee

     The Academic Standing Committee is responsible for reviewing annual applications for internal academic staff promotions. The Committee also provides advice as required to the Director on new academic appointments. The Committee comprises four me...

300. Publications

     Reilly, R., Evans, K.M., Gomersall, J., Gorham, G., Peters, M., Warren, S., et al. (2016). Effectiveness, cost effectiveness, acceptability and implementation barriers/enablers of chronic kidney disease management programs for Indigenous people in A...

301. Selected publications

     Bailie, J., Laycock, A., Matthews, V., & Bailie, R.S. (2016). System level action required for wide-scale improvement in quality of primary healthcare: synthesis of feedback from an interactive process to promote dissemination ...

302. Brains of the Desert

     Improving Indigenous mental health motivates the work, and the growing cult, of Central Australia’s Dr Kylie Dingwall.

303. There's no Aboriginal word for cancer

     A cancer diagnosis is more likely to kill an Aboriginal than a non-Aboriginal Australian. Our Researchers are asking ‘why?’

304. Overview

     The Engaging Stakeholders in Identifying Priority Evidence-Practice Gaps and Strategies for Improvement (ESP) Project. (2014 - 2017) Project aims: The aims of the ESP Project were to:  Distribute reports of aggregated continuous qualit...

305. Green light for health plan being developed to defeat diabetes

     Image caption: Diabetes researchers, health professionals and community members gather at the NT Diabetes Summit in Alice Springs.  A roadmap to address the diabetes epidemic in remote Northern Territory communities has been endo...

306. Overview

     The Northern Territory (NT) Community Benefit Fund (CBF) approached Menzies School of Health Research to carry out a Gambling Prevalence Survey. The last gambling related survey in the NT was carried out in 2005 and since this time there have been sign...

307. Publications

     Action Plan 1: Changing Attitudes, Intervening Earlier and Responding Better (2018-2021) - Implementation Monitoring Framework The Northern Territory’s Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Reduction Framework 2018-2028: Safe, Respected and F...

308. Current projects

     Liquor permits as a measure for controlling alcohol problems: a literature review Review of Liquor Permit schemes under the NT Liquor Act: Final Report Evaluation of the Revised Katherine Alcohol Management Plan Petrol sniffing prevention prog...

309. Selected publications

     Rung, D. L. (2020). Processes of Sub-Citizenship: Neoliberal Statecrafting ‘Citizens,’ ‘Non-Citizens,’ and Detainable ‘Others’. Social Sciences, 9(1), 5. doi: 10.3390/socsci9010005 Moss, S., Lee, E., Berman...

310. Overview

     Aims: To update the prevalence, incidence and health economic data relating to chronic kidney disease in the Central Australian Region. Objectives: To identify the current burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the CA region includi...

311. Val Asche Memorial Prize

     The Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence: Menzies Education and Training acknowledges the importance of recognising outstanding achievement by a student undertaking a coursework award. The Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Ex...

312. Overview

     This project reviewed contemporary evidence on mandatory forms of alcohol treatment, examining issues most relevant to the Northern Territory. A team of five researchers with expertise in alcohol policy and alcohol treatment compiled all relevant liter...

313. Overview

     Aims and Objectives: In November 2017, the NT Government released the NT’s Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (DFSV) Reduction Framework 2018-2028: Safe, Respected and Free from Violence (Framework). Subsequently the first three-year acti...

314. Overview

     Aims: The project’s key research questions are: What would a patient-led component of the cultural awareness program for renal clinicians comprise, and; How could it be feasible and sustainable? Objectives:  To work...

315. Resources

     Liquor permits as a measure for controlling alcohol problems: a literature review Review of Liquor Permit schemes under the NT Liquor Act: Final Report PACT Protocol Manual The grog brain story - flipchart The grog brain story - video animat...

316. About

     Biography: Dr. Zubair Ahmed Ratan is a globally recognized public health researcher specializing in digital health, telemedicine and mental health. He completed his PhD in Public Health at the University of Wollongong. Before pursuing his PhD, he ea...

317. Selected publications

     Ruwanpura, V., Neukom, J., Grietens, K.P. et al. Opening the policy blackbox: unravelling the process for changing national diagnostic and treatment guidelines for vivax malaria in seven countries. Malar J 20, 428 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12...

318. About

     Biography: Mark is a diligent, experienced, applied biostatistician, with excellent consultancy skills and deep statistical insight. He collaborates and provides advice to many research projects at different stages from the very beginning to th...

319. Menzies Medallion and Menzies Companions announced

     Professor Paul Torzillo has been awarded the prestigious Menzies Medallion for being a national leader in Aboriginal health care, research and policy. Professor Torzillo was presented the award at the 2018 Menzies Oration in recognition of his work...

320. Overview

     Aims: To explore the determinants of smoking among young Indigenous Australians with a particular emphasis on the social and cultural processes that underlie tobacco use patterns among this group.  Summary: This project was un...

321. Publications

     Clucas, D.B., Carville, K.S., Connors, C., Curries, B,J., Carapetis, J.R., Andrews, R.M. (2008). Disease burden and health-care clinic attendances for young children in remote Aboriginal communities of northern Australia. Bulletin...

322. Resources

     Resources   12 Month BDR evaluation compendium report- Part 2  12 Month Evaluation of the BDR in the NT Executive Summary and Key Recommendations Recommendations from the 12 Month Evaluation of the BDR in the NT Emerging A...

323. Overview

     Summary: The evaluation project involves process and outcome evaluations to assess the implementation, usability, and impact of Territory Kidney Care (TKC) system on chronic kidney disease (CKD) service delivery in Northern Territory (NT). The proje...

324. Module 2: Quality improvement in Indigenous primary health care - One21seventy

     Tells the story of the National Centre for Quality Improvement in Indigenous Primary Health Care. It explains the One21Seventy CQI cycle, underpinning research and current use. Module 2 takes approximately 30 minutes (excluding readings).  C...

325. Module 1: Population health, primary health care and continuous quality improvement

     Provides an overview of key concepts and approaches used in quality improvement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care. Module 1 takes aproximately 30min (excluding readings) Complete Module 01 | Click here Learning objec...

326. Other resources

     Story of Our Children and Young People - Northern Territory 2019 Story of Our Children and Young People, Northern Territory 2021 In 2021, the availability of measures in the Story, was extended by development of a data platform. The data pla...

327. Selected publications

     Aquino, D., Leonard, D., Hadgraft, N., & Marley, J. V. (2018). High prevalence of early onset anaemia amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants in remote northern Australia. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 26(4), 245-250. ...

328. Overview

     Summary: Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) has received funding to work with government and non-government organisations to implement an integrated clinical information system to improve the care and management of people at risk of or diag...

329. Overview

     Aims: Discovering the cross-cultural training options available to staff across health services (both government and non-government) in the Northern Territory (NT).   Objectives:  Create a better understanding of the evolution...

330. Low Risk Human Research

     Low Risk Human Research Level of risk in research The National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2025), classifies research according to the potential degree of risk involved. (N.S. 2.1). If research targets specific p...

331. Resources

     1. Videos Youth Type 2 Diabetes in Pregnancy Breaking the diabetes cycle 2. Health Professional resources Key 5 – Staying Strong & Healthy after a pregnancy with diabetes (Key 5 Postpartum Care) Clinical Regist...

332. Overview

     On 1 June 2012 the Department of Health and Ageing appointed Menzies to conduct a national consultation process to inform the development of a National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Strategy. Menzies worked in pa...

333. Publications

     Kearns, T., Ward, F., Puszka, S., Gundjirryirr, R., Moss, B. & Bailie, R. (2017). Anaemia Health Literacy of Community Members and Health Practitioners Knowledge of Best Practice Guidelines in a Remote Australian Aboriginal Community. ...

334. Overview

     Aims: To identify features of services that encourage Indigenous participation in cancer treatment. Objectives: To identify to what extent the needs of Indigenous patients been taken into account when planning and building cancer ...

335. Publications

     Kho S., Qotrunnada L., Leonardo L., Andries B., Wardani P.A.I., Fricot A., Henry B., Hardy D., Margyaningsih N.I., Apriyanti D., Puspitasari A.M., Prayoga P., Trianty L., Kenangalem E., Chretien F., Safeukui I., Del Portillo H.A., Fernandez-Becerra ...

336. About

     The Northern Territory (NT) Government approached Menzies School of Health Research to carry out a repeat of the 2015 Gambling Prevalence and Wellbeing Survey. Since the 2015 survey there have been several gambling policy changes, particularly in relat...

337. Resources

     Tari-Keresztes, N., Smith, J.A., B., Gupta, H. (2022) Evaluation of the Two Ways Mentoring Program Tari-Keresztes, N., Smith, J.A., B., Gupta, H. (2021) Follow-up Evaluation of the Peer-Led Education Pilot i...

338. Careers

     The rewards of a career with Menzies: Research opportunities and support – we employ researchers across a diverse range of disciplines. From doctors and nurses to scientists, technicians, lecturers and teachers. Your own success at Menzies ...

339. Overview

     Worldwide, pregnant women and children have the highest rates of anaemia.  In the Northern Territory (NT), 15% of pregnant women and up to 25% of children aged 0-5 years are anaemic. Anaemia is associated with adverse effects on physical and co...

340. Overview

     Aims: To improve access to, and uptake of treatment for Indigenous cancer patients. Objectives: To determine the distinctive features of Indigenous cancer patients (e.g. social, cultural, spiritual, language) related to their pref...

341. Menzies trainee creates history on Awards Night

     The stars came out on a cool Friday evening on May 21 to celebrate the success of the Territory’s Trainees and Apprentices, at the GTNT Group Awards Ceremony, at Mindil Beach Casino Resort. The awards celebrate the achievements of GTNT Group a...

342. Overview

     Aims: To evaluate the revised Katherine Alcohol Management Plan (AMP) in collaboration with the Katherine Region Action Group (KRAG) and other key stakeholders.  Establish a procedure for monitoring implementation of components of the revi...

343. Resources

     Downloadable files: Generic study protocol Laboratory SOP Household and participants selection in cross sectional survey.  Novel diagnostics tested to date: Malaria Autoscope: microscopy done by artificial intelligence&nb...

344. Associate Professor Jaqui Hughes - NHMRC Award

     Congratulations to Associate Professor Jaqui Hughes who has been nationally recognised for her work to address the high rates of chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults. Associate Professor Hughes received the 2019 NHM...

345. Publications

     Condon, J. R., Rumbold, A. R., Thorn, J. C., O’Brien, M. M., Davy, M. J., & Zardawi, I. (2009). A cluster of vulvar cancer and vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia in young Australian Indigenous women. Cancer Causes & Control, 20(1), 67-74...

346. Research focus

     Overview: Associate Professor Gail Garvey, in collaboration with Professor Dianne O’Connell at Cancer Council NSW, is heading a national team to investigate how to improve Indigenous cancer outcomes. The STREP Ca-CIndA program will look at...

347. Publications

     Cunningham, F.C., Ferguson-Hill, S., Matthews, V. & Bailie, R. (2016) Leveraging quality improvement through use of the systems assessment tool in Indigenous primary health care services: a mixed methods study. BMC Health Services Research, 16, ...

348. Overview

     The National Indigenous Cancer Network (NICaN) is a partnership between the Menzies School of Health Research, the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, the Lowitja Institute and Cancer Council Australia. NICaN was established in 2013 and aims to imp...

349. Award-winning PNG malaria prevention project gets underway

     The first 40 babies from mothers enrolled in an award-winning malaria prevention project in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have been born.

350. NHMRC fellowship snapshot: Dr Emma McMahon

     Menzies’ Dr Emma McMahon was recently awarded an Early Career Fellowship as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s latest multi-million dollar funding round. Emma’s fellowship provides support for her salar...

351. Overview

     Summary: Higher rates of problem gambling risk and harm from others’ gambling have been reported among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Northern Territory (NT). Further, there exists a significant variation in gambling ...

352. Overview

     Indigenous children have the highest reported rates of otitis media (OM), commonly known as middle ear infection, and burst eardrums in the world. Nine out of 10 young Indigenous children who live in remote communities have some form of ear disease,...

353. Overview

     Tobacco smoking was responsible for 20 per cent of national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths and 12.1 per cent of the total national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander burden of disease in 2003.  First Nations Australians' smoki...

354. Overview

     Australia has one of the highest reported rates of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the world.  Globally, there are at least 15.6 million people with RHD, and annually, over 230 000 people die from the disease. I...

355. Publications

     CancerInfoNet provides recent references compiled from HealthInfoNet’s bibliographic database addressing cancer among Indigenous peoples. References are divided into general and specific topics and include journal articles, reports, these...

356. Publications

     Morey, M. J., Cheng, A. C., McCallum, G. B., & Chang, A. B. (2013). Accuracy of cough reporting by carers of Indigenous children. Journal of  Paediatric Child Health, 49(3), E199-203.

357. Overview

     The purpose of this project is to develop a scalable place-based framework for monitoring and evaluating Alcohol Management Plans (AMPs) and other alcohol initiatives in the NT. The Framework will provide a sustainable model for collecting, analysing a...

358. Overview

     Aim: To test whether oral bacterial lysate prevents parent-reported healthcare professional-confirmed wheeze in children after severe bronchiolitis. Secondary aims: To understand the effect of 24 months of oral bacterial lysate treatment on: ...

359. Selected publications

     Tan, A. F., Thota, P., Sakam, S. S. B., Lew, Y. L., Rajahram, G. S., William, T., ... & Grigg, M. J. (2023). Evaluation of a point-of-care haemozoin assay (Gazelle device) for rapid detection of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria. Scientific Reports, 1...

360. Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence 2019

     Congratulations to Alexander Wetten, Hannah Singleton, April Carpenter and Fiona Johnson, who have each been awarded the 2019 Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence.

361. Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence 2020

     Congratulations to Dr Matthew Nesbitt, Tarah Fantis and Jessica Harkness who have each been awarded the 2020 Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence. The Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence is awarded annually to...

362. Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence 2021

     Congratulations to Catherine Doidge, Corrine Butler and Lori Roberts, who have each been awarded the 2021 Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence.

363. Publications

     Bailie, R., Si, D., Connors, C., Kwedza, R., O'Donoghue, L., Kennedy, C., et al. (2011). Variation in quality of preventative care for well adults in Indigenous community health centres in Australia. BMC Health Services Research, 11(139). Si, ...

364. Melioidosis killing crocs

     Crocodile-killing bacteria identified by Top End researchers A ground-breaking study by a north Australian research team has identified a deadly bacterium responsible for killing saltwater crocodiles at a Top End Wildlife Park. Led by Menzies School...

365. About

     The Northern Territory (NT) Government approached Menzies School of Health Research to carry out a 2018 Gambling Prevalence and Wellbeing Survey. As part of the survey, this qualitative study will provide insights into gamblers and affected other&rsquo...

366. Overview

     Aims: Between 2023-2025, Menzies evaluated MusicNT’s All Good Project, including their peer-led harm reduction festival program as well as their music venue safety program. The project sought to understand what it means to keep safe at music v...

367. Selected publications

     Keresztes, N., Piko, B. F., Howard-Payne, L., & Gupta, H. (2020). An exploratory study of Hungarian university students’ sexual attitudes and behaviours. International Journal of Emotional Education, 12(1), 83-87. Tari-Keresztes, N., Chr...

368. Selected publications

     Francis, J.R., Sarmento, N., Draper, A.D.K., Marr, I., Ting, S., Fancourt, N., [...], Yan, J. (2020). Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic use in Timor-Leste: building surveillance capacity with a One Health approach. Communicable Diseases I...

369. Selected publications

     Li M, Roder D, Whop LJ, et al Aboriginal women have a higher risk of cervical abnormalities at screening; South Australia, 1993-2016. Journal of Medical Screening. Accepted October 2018 Diaz A, Baade PD, Valery PC, Whop LJ, et al. Comorbidity and ...

370. Australian Society for Microbiology award for Professor Phil Giffard

     Professor Phil Giffard has been recognised for his exceptional service and contributions to science by the Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM) with the society’s Distinguished Service Award. Prof Giffard is the Head of Laboratory Sci...

371. About

     Program aims: STRONG TL will strengthen communicable disease surveillance and control in Timor-Leste and evaluate the impact of improved surveillance on health system and health security policy responsiveness. Development of local capacity in select...

372. Overview

     Aims: The purpose of this study is to monitor and evaluate the Northern Territory Government’s Homelands Housing and Infrastructure Program (HHIP). It considers the administration and delivery of the program in relation to:  1. Housing a...

373. Overview

     Bowel cancer is one of the most treatable cancers – if it’s found early. The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) mails out a free bowel screening test to eligible Australians aged between 50 and 74. This test can help find ch...

374. Photo gallery | Staff Awards

     2021 is the eighth year of Menzies long service awards, recognising 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25-year service milestones recorded in the calendar year. 25 members of staff were eligible for this year’s awards. Scroll down for the full list of awa...

375. Overview

     Summary: Consortium partners included Menzies School of Health Research, Western Health, Melbourne, and the University of Tasmania. This project evaluated progress in the identification and management of CKD in primary care in the Northern Territory...

376. Alarming fall in enrolments for training NT General Practitioners

     Not enough General Practitioners are enrolling to train in the Northern Territory (NT), which could spell disaster for the NT’s future GP workforce according to a recent Menzies study. Menzies Professor of Remote and Rural Health Services Rese...

377. Publications

     McGuinness, K. & Arney, F. (2012) Foster and Kinship Care Recruitment Campaigns: A Review and Synthesis of the Literature, Darwin: Menzies School of Health Research. Nutton, G., Moss, B., Fraser, J., McKenzie, J. & Silburn, S. (2012). Recr...

378. Overview

     Aims: Determine the size and growth of gambling industries in the NT from 2002 to 2015 Objectives: Using data collected by the Queensland’s Statisticians Office measure trends in in turnover (amount bet), government revenue (fees and tax...

379. Selected publications

     Brimblecombe, J., McMahon, E., Ferguson, M., De Silva, K., Peeters, A., Miles, E., . . . Mah, C. L. (2020). Effect of restricted retail merchandising of discretionary food and beverages on population diet: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Th...

380. Overview

     Aims:   The purpose of this project is to monitor and evaluate the Northern Territory Government’s ‘Healthy Homes’ program. It considers the process, outputs, and outcomes of the Healthy Homes program on housing, as it is deli...

381. Selected publications

       Stevens, M. and Livingstone, C. (2019). Evaluating changes in electronic gambling machine policy on user losses in an Australian jurisdiction. BMC Public Health 19(1): 517. Flack, M., & Stevens, M. (2018). Gambling motivation: Compar...

382. Selected Publications

     Nadjib M, Dewi RK, Setiawan E, Miko TY, Putri S, Hadisoemarto PF, et al. (2022) Cost and affordability of scaling up tuberculosis diagnosis using Xpert MTB/RIF testing in West Java, Indonesia. PLoS ONE 17(3): e0264912. https://doi.org/10.1371/journa...

383. Resources

     Youth Health Summit 2021 Interim Report   Online Podcast Series - available on Spotify and YouTube   Episode 1: Talking openly about mental wellbeing with Sizol Fuyana Please note, this podcast...

384. Susan Alberti AO

     Patron profile Susan Alberti was born in 1947 in Bairnsdale, Victoria. She is the co-founder and Managing Director of the DANSU Group based in Wheelers Hill. DANSU Group successfully completed substantial commercial, industrial and property devel...

385. Researcher profile | Dr Marita Hefler

     Dr Marita Hefler’s health research career began in 2005 at a health service for young people in Sydney who were homeless or at risk of homelessness. “I was a health promotion officer, and one of the projects I ran was a trial to provide ...

386. Development of digital mental health resources supported by community, research award funding 

     Collaboratively developing digital mental health resources to support Tiwi people will be the aim of 2023 Harry Christian Giese Research into Action Award recipient and Menzies mental health researcher, Dr Josie Povey.

387. Overview

     Aims: This research project is intended to provide preliminary information to invest in a more comprehensive four-stage youth Justice Reinvestment process in Katherine. Justice Reinvestment (JR) is an internationally recognised approach that focuses...

388. Selected publications

     Garvey, G., Cunningham, J., Mayer, C., Letendre, A., Shaw, J., Anderson, K., & Kelly, B. (2020). Psychosocial aspects of delivering cancer care to Indigenous people: An overview. Journal of Global Oncology, 6, 148-154. https://doi...

389. Publications

     Stevens, M. and Livingstone, C. (2019). Evaluating changes in electronic gambling machine policy on user losses in an Australian jurisdiction. BMC Public Health 19(1): 517. Flack, M., & Stevens, M. (2018). Gambling motivation: Comparisons acro...

390. Selected publications

     Bailie, J., Laycock, A., Conte, K., Matthews, V., Peiris, D., Bailie, R., Abimbola, S., Passey, M., Cunningham, F., Harkin, K. & Bainbridge, R. (2021). Principles governing ethical research in a collaboration to strengthen Indi...

391. Overview

     Aims: Between 2007 and 2017, we investigated this cluster of vulvar cancer to: Find out the extent of the problem Try to identify why Indigenous women in East Arnhem are disproportionately affected Improve com...

392. Publications

     Current publications: Leckning B, Borschmann R, Guthridge S, Silburn SR, Robinson GW (2022). Suicides in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people following hospital admission for suicidal ideation and self-harm: A retrospective cohort study from Aust...

393. Publications

     Smith, J., Merlino, A., Christie, B., Adams, M., Bonson, J., Osborne, R., Drummond, M., Judd, B., Aanundsen, D., Fleay, J. & Gupta, H. (In Press). Using social media in health literacy research: A promising example using Facebook with young Abor...

394. Testing and surveillance at the Timor-Leste National Health Laboratory

     In April this year, as COVID-19 was spreading in the community, Timor-Leste had major floods. The floods affected all of Timor-Leste but were more significant in Dili, causing many people to lose their homes, property, and more than 40 people lost ...

395. Overview

     Aims of eGFR3 What is the long-term change in kidney function since the first kidney health assessment in 2007-2011? Was there any major change in kidney function for people who were healthy, or had diabetes, or had mild-moderate kidney damage ...

396. Projects

     Current projects: Territory Kidney Care: A care clinical decision support system to facilitate integrated care for people with chronic kidney disease in the Northern Territory  Supporting implementation of TKC in Aboriginal health services...

397. Selected publications

     Ruffles TJC, Goyal V, Marchant JM, Masters IB, Yerkovich ST, Buntain HM, Cook A, Schultz A, Upham JW, Champion A, Versteegh L, Chang AB. Duration of amoxicillin-clavulanate for protracted bacterial bronchitis in children (DACS): a multi-centre, doub...

398. Overview

     Aim: To evaluate the implementation and outcomes of the Maternal and Early Childhood Sustained Home-visiting (MECSH) program in the Northern Territory.     Summary: Sustained home visiting starting in pregnancy and continuing into...

399. Selected publications

     Howitt, R., de Jesus, G. A., Araujo, F., Francis, J., Marr, I., McVean, M., MacMorran, E., Rollinson, V., Chung, A., & Yip, T. W. (2020). Screening and triage at health-care facilities in Timor-Leste during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet R...

400. Overview

     To make a difference, high-quality health research needs to be taken up into routine practice by health care providers, managers, funders and regulators. At Menzies we are building an evidence base to improve the methods through which ...

401. Overview

     Aims: To assess the social and economic costs and harms of alcohol consumption in the Northern Territory. Research Questions:   What are the social and economic impacts of alcohol consumption in the NT? Summary:   ...

402. Series of projects in Timor-Leste helps improve vaccination procedures

     Read more about the achievements of the ARIA-RISE project in Timor-Leste - one of the largest examples of field research in the country.

403. Publications

     Current publications: Stock, Carolin & Punguatji, Maggie & Cubillo, Carmen & Robinson, Gary. (2021). Narratives and processes – Developing a responsive parent–child program to empower local facilitators in a remote Aborigi...

404. Our beginnings

     In 1979 a phone rang in the house of retired Darwin Royal Hospital senior surgeon Dr Alan Bromwich. Sir Edward Hughes was calling from Melbourne with an offer. Hughes was the head of surgery at Monash University and the new chairman of the Sir Ro...

405. The Companion of Menzies

     The Companion of Menzies provides an opportunity to recognise exceptional contributions and support to the continued development and success of Menzies School of Health Research. The 2024 recipients of the Companion of Menzies are: Dr Aunty ...

406. Overview

     Aims: To clearly define what is meant by alcohol treatment services in the NT. To identify, quantify and describe met and unmet demand for alcohol treatment services in the NT. To identify the main pathways into treatment for people in the NT...

407. Publications

     Publications in the last two years Currie, B.J., Mayo, M., Ward, L.M., Kaestli, M., Meumann, E.M., Webb, J.R., Woerle, C., Baird, R.W., Price, R.N., Marshall, C.S., Ralph, A.P., Spencer, E., Davies, J., Huffam, S.E., Janson, S., Lynar, S., M...

408. About

     Biography: Marie started at Menzies as a research nurse with the PneuMum project in 2007. She has worked in many locations in the Northern Territory in the area of Indigenous health since 1983. Her current role is the Top End coordinator for th...

409. About

     Biography: Dr Tina Noutsos is the Head of the Division of Global and Tropical Health, and a Senior Research Fellow at Menzies, Senior Specialist Clinical and Laboratory Haematologist at Royal Darwin Hospital, and an Associate Professor at Flinders U...

410. About

     Background: Menzies operated One21Seventy as a non-profit entity from 2010 to 2016 to provide evidence-based practical tools and processes to help primary health care providers with continuous quality improvement (CQI).  One21Seventy aimed t...

411. About

     Background: The ABCD project originated in 2002 in the Northern Territory with the ABCDE project continuing this work from 2005-2009. By the end of 2009 over 140 health centres around Australia were using ABCD tools and processes to improve their qu...

412. About

     Biography: Tegan leads a team of corporate professionals delivering high quality services within the organisation spanning Human Resources, Finance, Legal & Contracts, Corporate Governance, Communications & Marketing, Research Administration...

413. About

     Professor Nelson is a Senior Technical Advisor at Menzies.  He was the Timor-Leste Minister of Health from June 2007 to August 2012. At the same time, he also held the position as a president of Timor-Leste’s National Commission for HIV/A...

414. About

     Biography: Amy Legg is an experienced clinical pharmacist in infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship. Her research interests include effects of penicillin allergy on patient outcomes and process for allergy assessment, therapeutic drug mon...

415. About

     Biography: Dr Monica Green is a member of the cancer research team in the Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division at Menzies. Monica's recent research has involved collaboratively working towards systematic ways of measuring the expe...

416. Communicate study gets everyone talking

     Image caption: The RDH hospital interpreters (L-R Shannon Paddy, Beatrice Jacky, Elah Yunupingu, Georgina Gellett, Patricia Paterson, Arlu Brown) on a recent educational visit to ICU. The team discussed ventilators, renal therapy, and feeding in the IC...

417. Darwin Regional Institutional Biosafety Committee

     The Darwin Region Institutional Biosafety Committee is administered by the Menzies School of Health Research. The committee represents three organisations conducting genetic research in the region - Charles Darwin University (plants), the North...

418. Finding out What Matters across the life course

     A new research program focused on finding out wellbeing measures across the life course for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, youth and adults is highlighting the importance of culture. The What Matters Wellbeing Research Program (What...

419. Framework

     Our work is closely aligned with the Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Network (malariaGEN) SpotMalaria program, employing a similar operational framework. Identifying use cases: To ensure that our surveillance tools meet the needs of National Ma...

420. Gail's story

     Assoc Professor Gail Garvey, a Kamilaroi woman whose family originated from Moree,New South Wales leads Menzies’ National Centre of Research Excellence in cancer. “I always wanted to be a nurse or in a profession that helped others,...

421. Global research highlights impact of racism on people with diabetes & Menzies program as a world-class example of care 

     A new series on diabetes research published in The Lancet and The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journals has found diabetes is pervasive, growing in prevalence and outpacing most diseases globally.

422. Goodbye to...

     We say goodbye to... Child Health: Sabine Sprenger, research nurse, finished 22 April Sukoluhle Moyo, research nurse, finished 22 April Methinee Intarapanya, project officer/ nurse, finished 28 January  Bronwyn Nankervis, research...

423. Identifying innovative uses of vaccines for protecting babies worldwide

     A first ever novel, innovative study into the impact of two different vaccines used to combat the many different bacteria causing middle ear infections and hearing impairment in First Nations babies has been published in the prestigious medical journal...

424. In Review - Katherine Workshop 20-21 February 2018

     In addition to conducting research, HOT NORTH annually hosts a series of three regional teaching workshops across northern Australia. The first for 2018 was in Katherine last month.

425. Malaria

     Malaria is a major cause of death in the Asia-Pacific, infecting around 500 million people annually.

426. Menzies makes headway on malaria research in Indonesia

     Improving the skills of health facility staff, extensive fieldwork, awareness raising sessions and the publication of research results are just some of the achievements of a collaborative project finishing in Indonesia later this year. 

427. Menzies trains nutritionists from Timor Leste in Central Australia

     In May 2012, a team of five nutritionists from Timor Leste arrived in Alice Springs to undertake an AusAID Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) Fellowship program through Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies).

428. New research | Growing diabetes epidemic in remote NT communities

     A paper published in May shows rates of diabetes among Aboriginal people in remote Northern Territory (NT) communities are some of the highest in the world and getting worse – with the condition affecting more people, year on year. The researc...

429. Next generation of First Nations researchers recognised

     Menzies’ next generation of First Nations researchers are being recognised for their work across the Territory, with 4 young researchers listed as finalists for, or winners of 2 major awards. 

430. Research focus

     National and regional research program: The Partnership aimed to: investigate the variation in quality of care in Indigenous primary health care (PHC) centre explore the underlying factors associated with variation at the health centre and r...

431. Our Say on World Diabetes Day

     Two significant diabetes papers were published recently, coinciding with World Diabetes Day in November. The Youth-onset type 2 diabetes in the NT study found an alarmingly high prevalence of type 2 diabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island...

432. Overview

     MATCH TL will strengthen diagnosis and surveillance of infectious diseases in Timor-Leste. It will work closely alongside the Timor-Leste Ministry of Health to improve access to, and quality of, laboratory diagnostic testing for Malaria, Tuberculosis (...

433. Overview

     Aims: To provide a better understanding of how positive clinical outcomes can be obtained and what components of chronic kidney disease (CKD) management programs influence or enhance acceptability for patients and result in cost-effective care fo...

434. Overview

     Strengthening PLace-based health services research collaboration and capacity in Mparntwe (Alice Springs): an important strategy to close the gap in Health Outcomes (SPLASH)! Overall Aim: To increase health services’ research capacity and c...

435. Overview

     This is a joint UK and Australian multi-centre, randomised, double blind, placebo controlled pragmatic trial. Aims: Primary aim: To determine whether 52 weeks of azithromycin prophylaxis is more effective than placebo in reducing the prop...

436. Overview

     Aims: Indigenous Australians with asthma have higher morbidity and mortality compared with non-Indigenous Australians. In children hospitalised with acute asthma, we aimed to: (i) determine if acute severity, risk factors and management differ...

437. Overview

     Objective: The primary objective of this project is the technical implementation and change communication of the capability to upload synopsis letters from the TKC System to the My Health Record. Summary: Territory Kidney Care (TKC) is an inno...

438. Overview

     Aims: To strengthen surveillance of zoonotic malaria in Indonesia, including evaluating the disease burden, agricultural practices, and mosquito vectors associated with transmission, in order to inform public health control efforts and sustainabl...

439. Overview

     Aim:  To understand the relationship between foodborne gastrointestinal infections in Timorese infants and subsequent malnutrition and stunting. Summary:  Malnutrition is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality in children un...

440. Overview

     Aims:  The “Deadly Ears in Deadly Hands” trial will assess whether Aboriginal Health Professional (Aboriginal Health Practitioner, Worker or Registered Nurse)-assisted hospital discharge planning will improve ear health outcomes. Ab...

441. Overview

     Implementation of M. leprae qPCR for close-contact screening and index case confirmation in Timor-Leste (LEPRAE-TL)   Aims: This study will be the first to investigate the application of molecular diagnostics for M. leprae in Timor-Leste....

442. Overview

     Health promotion aims to encourage and support individuals, families and communities to have a healthy lifestyle that reduces the risk of illness or disease. An ideal form of comprehensive primary health care, articulated through the Alma Ata De...

443. Overview

     Gambling is a common recreational activity in the Northern Territory (NT) with over 70 per cent of the adult population participating in some form of gambling over a 12-month period. For most gamblers it is an enjoyable recreational activity that ...

444. Publications

     Wave 1: Sayers, S.M., & Powers, J.R. (1992). An evaluation of three methods used to assess the gestational age of Aboriginal neonates. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 28(4), 312-317.  Sayers, S.M., & Powers, J.R. (1993). B...

445. Overview

     Aims: The aim of the project is to coordinate prevention and treatment programs and target efforts to address acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heard disease (RHD) by providing: National education, training and self-managemen...

446. Overview

     Aims: To establish the prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in high-risk Indigenous Australian children and to compare the findings with children at low risk for RHD To determine the accuracy of cardiac auscultation in detecting ech...

447. Overview

     Aims: To trial an evaluation approach that utilised a tool that incorporated the constructs and principles of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and ecological theory for use primarily in the remote Australian Aboriginal community setting. ...

448. Overview

     Aims: Studying children aged <24 months presenting to the Royal Darwin Hospital with a clinical diagnosis of bronchiolitis to: determine the validity and reliability of a bronchiolitis scoring system, examine if the score predic...

449. Overview

     Aims:  To develop a monitoring tool based on indicator foods that: reflected the key dietary problems in remote Indigenous communities could be used by stakeholders as part of a progressive cycle of planning, action and reassessment for...

450. Overview

     Aims:   To test the feasibility of collecting dietary intake data in the target population   Objectives: To assess the feasibility of using electronic visual recording in combination with food records to assess individual l...

451. Overview

       Aims:   To determine key characteristics of population level diet in remote communities, and model the cost of dietary improvement and cost benefit of a subsidy on fruit, vegetables, water and diet soft drinks.  Summary: ...

452. Overview

     Aims: To strengthen the knowledge and skills of nutrition stakeholders in Indigenous Australian communities, Asia and the Pacific to plan and implement contextually-appropriate evidence based nutrition interventions. Summary: The N...

453. Overview

     Winner - Excellence in Indigenous Evaluation 2015, Australasian Evaluation Society. Click here to see our nomination.  Commissioned by the Federal Department of Health and Ageing , the Sentinel Sites Evaluation (2010 – 2013) was a holi...

454. Overview

     Aims: To investigate the supportive care needs of adult Indigenous cancer patients in the course of their cancer journey (i.e. newly diagnosed and post-relapse) To examine how Indigenous cancer patients' supportive care needs may change ove...

455. Overview

       Aims: To establish and evaluate the effectiveness of a community of practice to support public health nutritionists in their work with remote community stores. Summary: This project was a collaboration between Menzies School of ...

456. Overview

     Pasin Bilong Lukautim Pikinini Gut (Parenting for Child Development - P4CD) is a parenting program developed for parents and children in remote communities of Papua New Guinea. In 2016 CCDE was commissioned by UNICEF PNG to develop a positive parent...

457. Resources

     FoodFox store sales data reporting system (login details required)

458. Overview

     Summary: In 2010, we began to research melioidosis in Sarawak and, shortly afterwards, the first Burkholderia pseudomallei from this project were genetically characterised. Initial indications suggest that these are more similar to isolates from...

459. Overview

     Summary: In 2011, we commenced a study of melioidosis cases in the Northern Territory. This study characterised roughly 1000 Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates to investigate the geographical spread of the bacterium in Australia. This work s...

460. Overview

     Aims: This clinical implementation study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the Supportive Cancer Care Needs Assessment Tool for Indigenous people with cancer (SCNAT-IP). Summary:  This project evaluated the accep...

461. Overview

     Aims:  To determine if the routine use of a personalised written BAMP (compared to standard care) reduces non-scheduled doctor visits. Secondary aims: To determine if the routine use of a personalised BAMP: (i) reduces the ra...

462. Overview

     Primary aim: To determine if the exercise program is effective in reducing the proportion of children with bronchiectasis who experience any exacerbation in a 12-month period.  Secondary aims: a) To determine the efficacy of the exer...

463. Overview

     Aim: The aim of this study is to explore definitions and perceptions of nursing and midwifery competence and confidence in Timor-Leste.   Research Questions: The study will seek to answer: How do nurses and midwives conceptualise co...

464. Overview

     The Live Strong, COVID-Safe and frailty free after starting dialysis project works alongside the Top End Renal Services New Start Dialysis Transition Program (NSDTP) to identify ways patients can live well and COVID-safe. What we know: We recentl...

465. Overview

     Summary: The Territory Integrated Care: Primary health data Linkage Using Software (TIC PLUS) will build on Territory Kidney Care (TKC). The project consolidates electronic health records (EHR) from public hospitals, government operated primary...

466. Overview

     Summary:  The Maternal Health Program is dedicated to improving maternal health outcomes for women, families, and communities across the Northern Territory. The current focus of our program is promoting full term pregnancy and safely reducin...

467. Photo gallery | 2022 Menzies End of Year Awards

     In December, we were proud to host our end of year awards ceremony, as a chance to celebrate the continuous service of our staff and recognize team members who have excelled throughout the year.  Celebrating continuous service: 30 years of s...

468. Projects

     Current Projects: Child and Youth Development Research Partnership (CYDRP), 2017-2024 This collaborative research partnership between CCDE and the NT Government supports the ongoing maintenance and development of the CYDRP data repository and selec...

469. Projects

     SPLASH Project 1: Improving the hospital discharge experience for Aboriginal patients through implementing an Aboriginal Health Practitioner–led discharge model Aim: To continuously improve an AHP-led discharge model in two wards within ASH. ...

470. Publications

     Chen, W., Howard, K., Gorham, G., Abeyaratne, A., Zhao, Y., Adegboye, O., Kangaharan, N., Taylor, S., Maple-Brown, L., Heard, S., Talukder, M. R., Baghbanian, A., Majoni, S. W., Cass, A., & Territory Kidney Care Steering Committee. (2025). ...

471. Publications

     M., Truong, Y., Paradies, N., Priest 2014. Interventions to improve cultural competency in healthcare: a systematic review of reviews, BMC Health Services Research 14 (1), 99 ​​​​N., Priest, Y., Paradies, B., Trenerry, ...

472. Publications

     Pascoe, S., Croker, D., Ross, L., Henwood, P., Wilkshire, N., Algy, C., Bob, S., Hall, H., Misener, M. and Gorham, G. The Role of Aboriginal Kidney Health Mentors in the Transplant Journey: A Qualitative Evaluation. Health Promotion Jou...

473. Publications

     Dougall, A. M., Alexander, B., Holt, D. C., Harris, T., Sultan, A. H., Bates, P. A., et al. (2011). Evidence incriminating midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as potential vectors of Leishmania in Australia. International Journal for Parasitology,...

474. Publications

     Majoni, S.W., Hughes, J.T., Heron, B., Currie, B.J. (2017) Trimethoprim+sulfamethoxazole reduces rates of melioidosis in high risk haemodialysis patients. Kidney International Reports. (accepted 12 Sept 2017). www.kireports.org/#/article/S...

475. Webinar 1: Clinical Trials Network

     Adverse event reporting: Dr Daniel Yilma

476. Publications

     Laycock A, Bailie J, Percival N, Matthews V, Cunningham F, Harvey G, et al. Wide-scale continuous quality improvement: A study of stakeholders’ use of quality of care reports at various system levels, and factors mediating use. Front Public He...

477. Publications

     Titmuss A, Barzi F, Barr E, Webster V, Wood A, et al, Association between maternal hyperglycaemia in pregnancy and offspring anthropometry in early childhood: the PANDORA Wave 1 study. Int J Obes. 2023 Nov; 47(11): 1120-1131 Wood A, Kasireddy V, C...

478. Rates of diabetes in pregnancy continue to rise in the NT

     The burden of diabetes in pregnancy has grown substantially in the Northern Territory (NT) over three decades and is contributing to more babies being born at higher than expected birthweights according to a new study. The study, Diabetes during...

479. Reducing exposure of babies to second-hand smoke

     Exposure to second-hand smoke remains the most preventable risk factor for respiratory infections in babies and children.

480. Research focus

     The CRE-IQI’s research is about ensuring that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people receive the best possible primary health care, wherever they live. Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) initiatives are increasingly seen as an effective w...

481. Resources

     Within each resource below, the date is provided of the most recently updated version of the tool, protocol or manual. Materials have been updated in accordance with clinical guidelines until the version date. Acute Rheumatic Fever/Rheumatic Hear...

482. Resources

     Resources for One21seventy

483. Resources

     Northern Territory Government response to Banned Drinker Register Evaluation (July 2018) Process Evaluation of the Banned Drinker Register in the Northern Territory Executive Summary Key Messages and Recommendations Executive Summary and&nbs...

484. Review of drink and drug driver education in the NT

     A review of drink and drug driver education in the Northern Territory (NT), commissioned by the NT Government and prepared by Menzies School of Health Research, has found that the privatised system of delivery creates and reinforces inequities for peop...

485. Selected Publications

     Adewunmi, M., Sharma, S. K., Sharma, N., Sushma, N. S., & Mounmo, B. (2022). Cancer Health Disparities drivers with BERTopic modelling and PyCaret Evaluation. Cancer Health Disparities, 6.  Adewunmi, M. A. (2022). Scalable colorectal canc...

486. Selected publications

     Russell DJ, Zhao Y, Guthridge S, Ramjan M, Jones MP, Humphreys JS, Wakerman J. (2017). Patterns of resident health workforce turnover and retention in remote communities of the Northern Territory of Australia, 2013 – 2015. Hum Resour Health; 1...

487. Selected publications

     Rachlin, A., Dittrich, S., Phommasone, K., Douangnouvong, A., Phetsouvanh, R., Newton, P.N., & Dance, D.A.B. (2016). Investigation of Recurrent Melioidosis in Lao People's Democratic Republic by Multilocus Sequence Typing. The American Journ...

488. Selected publications

     Lane T, Lilley R, Black O, Sim, M., & Smith, P.M. Healthcare provider communication and the duration of time off work among injured workers: a prospective cohort study. Medical Care. 2019; 57:718-722. Black O, Sim MR, Collie A, Smith P. Differ...

489. Selected publications

     Rasmussen DN, Vieira N, Honge BL, Jespersen S, Bjerregaard-Andersen M, Oliveira I, Furtado A, [...], Unger HW. HIV-1 and HIV-2 prevalence, risk factors and birth outcomes among pregnant women in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: A retrospective cross-sectional...

490. Selected publications

     Balasubramanya B, Isaac R, Philip S, et al. Task shifting to frontline community health workers for improved diabetes care in low-resource settings in India: a phase II non-randomized controlled clinical trial. Journal of Global Health Reports. 2020...

491. Selected publications

     Laycock A, Bailie J, Matthews V and Bailie R. Using developmental evaluation to support knowledge translation: reflections from a large-scale quality improvement project in Indigenous primary health care. Health Research Policy & Systems 2019; 1...

492. Selected publications

     Marsh RL, Binks MJ, Smith-Vaughan HC, Janka M, Clark S, Richmond P, Chang AB, Thornton RB. Prevalence and subtyping of biofilms present in bronchoalveolar lavage from children with protracted bacterial bronchitis or non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasi...

493. Selected publications

     Loughland, J.R., Minigo, G., Sarovich, D., Field, M., Tipping, P.E., Montes de Oca, M., et al.(2017) T. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells appear inactive during sub-microscopic Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage infection, yet retain the...

494. Selected publications

     Waugh EB, Hefler M, Pascoe S, Mayo M, Hare MJL, Story DA, Wilkshire N, Henwood P, Ross J, Croker D. (2025), What do Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory value during the operation journey? A qualitative study. Med J Aust. 223(1):30–37. ...

495. Selected publications

     Abdel-Latif, M. E., Adegboye, O., Nowak, G., Elfaki, F., Bajuk, B., Glass, K., & Harley, D. (2023). Variation in hospital morbidities in an Australian neonatal intensive care unit network. Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal Edit...

496. Selected publications

     Ratan, Z. A., Parrish, A. M., Zaman, S. B., Alotaibi, M. S., & Hosseinzadeh, H. (2021). Smartphone addiction and associated health outcomes in adult populations: a systematic review. International journal of environmental research and public hea...

497. Selected publications

       Chen W, Howard K, Gorham G, Abeyaratne A, Zhao Y, Adegboye O, Kangaharan N, Taylor S, Maple-Brown L, Heard S, Talukder R, Baghbanian A, Majoni SW, Cass A. Cost-effectiveness of clinical decision support to improve CKD outcomes among First ...

498. Selected publications

     Smith JA., Herriot M., Williams C.,  Judd J.,  Griffiths K.,  Bainbridge R.,  (2019). Health Promotion: A political imperative. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 30(2):133-136.  Griffiths, K., Coleman, C., Al-Yaman, F...

499. Skin health

     Childhood skin infections can have a long-lasting and devastating effect.

500. Stress not a barrier to quitting the smokes

     Professor David Thomas the Head of Menzies' Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division has outlined how stress may not be a major long-term obstacle to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people quitting smoking, as previously b...

501. TB contact tracing in Sabah

     Tuberculosis (TB) is an important public health issue in Sabah, Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. Our TB team including Menzies genomics doctoral researcher Dr Ella Meumann has been working with Malaysian, Singaporean and Australian TB genomics expert...

502. E-Learning CQI Modules

     Welcome to One21Seventy eLearning Modules This education package provides an opportunity to learn about best-practice approaches in continuous quality improvement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care. eLearning modules ...

503. Translating research into improved outcomes in the Top End

     Northern Australia’s expertise in translating health and medical research into improved care and health outcomes has been recognised with a newly accredited Research Translation Centre. Top End Academic Health Partners is the newest of 11 centres nationally.

504. Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence 2024

     Congratulations to Amy Le Compte, Corrine Butler, Isobel Walker, Michael Riceman and Natalie Merida who have each been awarded the 2024 Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence.

505. Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence 2024

     Congratulations to Amy Le Compte, Corrine Butler, Isobel Walker, Michael Riceman and Natalie Merida who have each been awarded the 2024 Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence. The Val Asche Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence is aw...