News - Menzies

Innovative study traced families for decades

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July 05, 2021 - 02:00am

The Life Course study was started in 1987 by the late pediatrician Dr Susan Sayers from the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin.
Aboriginal Birth Cohort study reaches 32 years of looking at health in the NT community

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March 09, 2020 - 13:53pm

It is the longest and largest study of Aboriginal people in Australia, with 686 participants all born between 1987 and 1990 at Royal Darwin Hospital.
Menzies runs next phase of Aboriginal health study

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August 06, 2019 - 09:00am

Australia’s largest and longest running study of Aboriginal people, the Aboriginal Birth Cohort Study (ABC), has begun its fifth wave of data collection.
New stage in Indigenous health study

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July 03, 2019 - 07:00am

Campus Morning Mail reports on Menzies School of Health Research commencing collecting data for a fifth wave of its Aboriginal Birth Health Cohort Study.
Fifth wave of research to roll out across the Top End

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July 02, 2019 - 09:00am

Australia’s largest and longest running study of Aboriginal people, the Aboriginal Birth Cohort Study (ABC), has commenced its fifth wave of data collection.
Longest running Aboriginal health study to enter new stage

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November 10, 2017 - 17:45pm

For thirty years, researchers at the Menzies School of Health research have been tracking the health of babies born to Aboriginal mothers at Royal Darwin Hospital between 1987 and 1990.
$12 Million NT Investment aims to save lives

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November 10, 2017 - 08:00am

Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion and Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt AM today announced the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding for researchers at Darwin’s Menzies School of Medical Research, covering Indigenous-specific and broader health projects.
Preterm babies at risk of developing kidney disease

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September 26, 2017 - 05:00am

How healthy we are in adulthood is, in many ways, determined while we are still in the womb. Babies born prematurely could be at greater risk of developing kidney disease later in life according to a landmark Monash University study investigating the impacts of preterm birth on kidney development.
Red hot Alice puts mums and bubs at risk

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April 24, 2017 - 09:00am

Three Menzies staff - Professor Anne Chang, Dr Gurmeet Singh and Dr Elizabeth McDonald - were involved in this study. The paper, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, linked preterm births with extreme heat.
Cohort Profile: Australian Aboriginal Birth Cohort (ABC) study

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January 07, 2017 - 10:35am

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2017, 1 Pocket Profile
Rain, hail or shine - Landmark study rolls on

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May 29, 2015 - 11:05am

The largest, longest-running and most significant study of the lives of Indigenous babies born in Australia continued its fourth wave of data collection throughout 2014.
730NT: Tracking down Darwinites' health

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October 21, 2013 - 08:00am

It's the nation's largest and longest-running study of Aboriginal people - and it's happening here in the Northern Territory.
On the road again: Nation's oldest and largest Aboriginal health study

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October 16, 2013 - 21:00pm

The oldest and largest study of Aboriginal people in Australia has begun its fourth wave of data collection.

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