June 2020

Louise Maple-Brown | Diabetes and COVID-19
Karen Dempsey - Epidemiology and COVID-19
Ask the Specialist: Larrakia, Tiwi and Yolŋu stories to inspire better healthcare

A new podcast, Ask the Specialist, reveals the reality of the hospital experience for Aboriginal patients in the Top End of the Northern Territory and offers ideas to improve the delivery of culturally respectful care. Created on Larrakia country by Menzies with Aboriginal community...
Assisting the COVID-19 response in Timor-Leste

Over the last few months, our team in Timor-Leste have been working closely with the Timor-Leste Ministry of Health, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the WHO Timor-Leste and Maluk Timor on the country's COVID-19 response including testing, health...
Menzies Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) 2020 - 2022

In May 2020, we launched our Innovate Reconciliation Plan (RAP), which was formally endorsed by Reconciliation Australia. Through our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan and by embracing the focus areas of respect, relationships and opportunities, we will do more and do better in...
New asthma app to increase health literacy

Thanks to a new interactive app, learning about asthma has just become a lot easier for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and health practitioners. The app, produced by Menzies' Child Health Division, uses interactive images, audio and quizzes to teach people about...
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 believed. In a recently published study,...
Trainee profile | Tiana Alley

Tiana Alley has made the most of her 12-month GTNT Indigenous traineeship at Menzies working towards gaining a Certificate III in Community Services working with our hepatitis B research team. Tiana is an Alawa Marra woman from the Minyerri and Roper River districts in the Top End of...
Researcher profile | Beverley Marcusson

Beverley Marcusson is a Wiradjuri woman born on Gadigal country (Sydney). She is a part of the Stolen Generations and her story can be read in the National Museum of Australia. Beverley says her career in health only started after her kids had grown up, she first trained and worked...
National Reconciliation Week 2020| Photo gallery

From 27 May to 3 June, Menzies shared a series of videos and photos to mark this year's theme "In this Together" as a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving...
Photo gallery | June Virtual Graduation

With COVID-19 restrictions in place Charles Darwin University held its first-ever virtual graduation ceremony on 12 June 2020. As the ceremony was virtual we have included some photos of some of the graduates with their thoughts on studying at Menzies. Congratulations to the...
NHMRC Investigator Grant success

Five researchers based at Menzies have received recognition in the form of Investigator Grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF). Dr Robert Commons - Advancing the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria through...

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