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Photo gallery | 2022 Menzies Medallion and Companion of Menzies awards
At the 2022 Menzies Oration in October, we had the honour of awarding the 2022 Menzies Medallion and 2021 Companion of Menzies awards. Congratulations to Professor Joan Cunningham who is the 2022 Menzies Medallion recipient. Professor Cunningham received the award in recognition of...
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Photo gallery | AIMhi for Youth Project Launch
To recognise Mental Health Awareness month in October, we celebrated the next phase of the AIMhi for Youth Project through a launch event at Parliament House in Darwin. The next phase of the project is supported by a grant from the Australian Government and will see the AIMhi for...
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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 service We’re sending a big...
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Malaria research wins international award
Image caption: The SAPOT team will assess whether a novel antenatal malaria intervention reduces malaria and ill-health in infants in Papua New Guinea. A malaria prevention project which brings together Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) and the Papua New Guinea Institute of...
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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 their citations across a range of disciplines....
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Excellence in Outstanding Early-Career Research recognised
Menzies researcher, Dr Abel Dadi, has been named the winner of the 2022 Scopus Australia and New Zealand Researcher Award for Excellence in Outstanding Early-Career Research. Dr Dadi is a public health and social epidemiologist and biostatistician. He received the award for...
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Next generation mastering health research
Meet Corrine Butler. A proud Aboriginal woman with strong family connections to Yarrabah, far north Queensland, Corrine is committed to improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. She is also one of the next generation of researchers at Menzies School of Health Research....
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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 endorsed by diabetes experts, health professionals and...
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Stay Strong app helps self-management
The importance of social connection and culturally sensitive self-management tools to support patients managing chronic health conditions has been emphasised in a recent study by Menzies. The study of the digital health tool – the Stay Strong app – explored its...
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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 ICU and advised the ICU team on...