News - Menzies

MEDIA RELEASE | SHELab Getting to know her health

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September 19, 2024 - 08:45am

A new initiative known as SHELab will provide an interactive health promotion program for women and girls living in regional, remote, and very remote areas of the NT, northern WA and northern QLD.
SHELab: Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care’s Improving Health Outcomes for Priority Populations of Women and Girls – Health Promotion Activities Grant Opportunity

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September 13, 2024 - 08:00am
MEDIA RELEASE | Menzies youth training Centre honoured with Larrakia name

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July 08, 2024 - 12:15pm

This afternoon Menzies staff and invited guests will come together for a saltwater ceremony led by Dr Richard Fejo. Held at Casuarina Beach, this event recognises the gifting of a Larrakia name ‘Dawudlirra’, meaning sea turtle, to the Menzies-Ramaciotti Centre.
Media Release | Opportunities for the next generation of local scientists

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February 09, 2021 - 13:39pm

A new training centre aimed at developing a sustainable, local biomedical and health sciences workforce has been launched at Menzies School of Health Research.
Celebrating 30 years of service

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December 17, 2020 - 09:03am

Healthy Tomorrow December edition | Associate Professor Heidi Smith-Vaughan celebrates 30 years of service.
Dr Aho aspires to lead scientific research

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December 03, 2020 - 10:08am

Dr Celestine Aho has always aspired to lead scientific research that translates into practical results for Papua New Guinea.
NT News | $300k raised to assist in bridging gap

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November 07, 2020 - 08:00am

SMALL acts of charity and an AFL legend from the Territory have played a crucial role in raising $300,000 for five new traineeships at a cutting-edge research centre in Darwin.
This 'Time Machine' is showing what the future holds - for your face

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November 02, 2020 - 16:00pm

NITV - Ever wondered how you'll look at 60? What if you're a smoker? This new app will show you the difference.
NT News | App gives peek into future self

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October 27, 2020 - 08:30am

The Menzies School of Health Research has launched a new app using facial remodelling technology to illustrate the long-term impact of unhealthy lifestyle choices for young people.
Look into a time machine to see where your health choices will lead

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October 23, 2020 - 08:30am

IBM and Menzies School of Health Research today launched a 'HealthLAB Time Machine' app hosted on IBM Cloud.
Media alert | Outcomes of protracted bacterial bronchitis in children: A 5‐year prospective cohort study

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October 13, 2020 - 11:10am

Findings from the first prospective longer-term outcome NHMRC-funded study for children with protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) in children have identified a link between children with PBB and asthma, highlighting the importance of identifying potentially treatable symptoms in children with chronic respiratory diseases.
HealthLAB pops up in town to encourage youth to be healthy

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September 18, 2020 - 04:00am

The Menzies School of Health Research’s free, fun and informative HealthLAB sessions began on Wednesday evening at YouthLinx where they joined forces with the John Moriarty Football program.
Shining A Much-Needed Light On Aboriginal Health Education

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July 09, 2020 - 15:17pm

Zoe Fitzpatrick is talented member of Menzies HealthLab, she helps to deliver health education programs to remote communities.
Acute lower respiratory infections in Indigenous infants in the NT

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May 28, 2020 - 15:23pm

Menzies senior research fellow Dr Michael Binks examined acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) hospital admissions among Indigenous infants in the Northern Territory from 2006 to 2015, across three periods of different pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) use.
Reimagining health education in remote communities

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May 18, 2020 - 13:48pm

Pop-up labs have been transformed to encourage healthy lifestyles and teach communities about how to stay healthy during lock-down and beyond. HealthLAB, a Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) initiative, is a pop-up lab where you can have an...
ABC News: Impact of services to remote Indigenous communities

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April 26, 2020 - 13:00pm

A/Prof Heidi Smith-Vaughan, leads a mobile educational training service team in Darwin called Healthlab. She says while coronavirus has restricted travel, social media has opened up access to communities.
CDU Origins Edition 1 2020 | Award secures future of NT biomedical services

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April 01, 2020 - 10:00am

Associate Professor Heidi Smith-Vaughan and her Menzies team are using the 2019 biennial Ramaciotti Biomedical Research Award to establish a sustainable centre for excellence focussing on biomedical career entry and progression for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
2019 Ramaciotti AWARD WINNER

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November 25, 2019 - 09:15am

View a short film of the 2019 Ramaciotti BioMedical Research Award recipients.
Ramaciotti Biomedical Award worth $1 million granted to Northern Territory research team

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November 07, 2019 - 01:00am

The biennial Ramaciotti Biomedical Research Award, worth $1 million, has been granted to a biomedical research team at the Menzies School of Health Research, based in Darwin.
Ramaciotti Foundations recognise strides in Australian-based research

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October 31, 2019 - 00:15am

Professor Heidi Smith-Vaughan and her team at Menzies have been awarded the biennial Ramaciotti Biomedical Research Award, worth $1 million.
NT News | Watch your heart beating

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August 14, 2019 - 02:00am

Report on National Science Week HealthLAB visit to Milingimbi
Media Release | HealthLAB on display during National Science Week

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August 12, 2019 - 16:18pm

Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) HealthLAB will be in Milingimbi as part of National Science Week.
Discover your new world at Charles Darwin University

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August 08, 2019 - 15:30pm

CDU Open Day |Elite athletes from Territory Thunder will visit the Menzies School of Health Research’s mobile HealthLAB
Sport a boost to Menzies Indigenous health research

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April 01, 2019 - 08:00am

Charles Darwin University E-news | Issue 2 Monday, 01 April 2019
$6.57 MILLION TO KICK GOALS FOR YOUTH AND DIABETES HEALTH

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March 15, 2019 - 08:00am

$6.57 million in extensive and exciting programs to tackle chronically high levels of Type 2 diabetes, and boost health and wellbeing through sport among Top End and Central Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth.
Menzies Superstars of Stem

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March 08, 2019 - 15:00pm

On a quiet Friday afternoon at Menzies, an emergency breaks out that only our #superstarsofSTEM can solve. An International Women's Day project.
Menzies School of Health Research home to three superstars of STEM

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December 11, 2018 - 07:30am

Three Menzies School of Health Research researchers are among the new round of 2019 Superstars of STEM.
HealthLAB in Australian Geographic

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July 04, 2018 - 16:25pm

Australian Geographic July - August 2018 promotes HealthLAB National Science Week event at NT Parliament House.
Barunga cuts sugar for festival

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May 30, 2018 - 02:00am

Festival goers will also get the chance to find out more about the importance of good health and nutrition at the Menzies School of Health Research mobile HealthLAB during the Festival.
Heart Foundation partnership with HealthLAB - NT News

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March 14, 2018 - 02:00am

Heart Foundation partnership with HealthLAB - NT News report
HealthLAB expands educational offering through Heart Foundation partnership

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March 13, 2018 - 14:36pm

People living in remote NT communities will benefit from an expanded health education offering through a partnership between Menzies and the Heart Foundation.
West Arnhem Wire | HealthLAB in Jabiru

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August 15, 2017 - 09:30am

The Jabiru community is reminded that the Menzies HealthLAB will be at the Bowali Visitor Centre on Wednesday, August 16 as part of National Science Week 2017.
NT News - Menzies HealthLAB at Parliament House

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August 15, 2017 - 06:00am

HealthLAB in Parliament House for Science Week pollies health checks, NT Thunder captain Shannon Rioli calls on the general public to come along.
Territory Q features HOT NORTH

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July 04, 2017 - 15:21pm

Read about our HOT NORTH collaboration in the latest Territory Q Magazine.
Menzies HealthLAB to visit Bowali Visitor Centre

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July 01, 2017 - 07:00am

The Menzies HealthLAB will be at the Bowali Visitor Centre on Wednesday, August 16 as part of National Science Week 2017. Using the latest technology to measure participants’ health and inform them about the impacts of smoking, alcohol misuse and diet, which can increase the risk of diabetes, cancer, kidney disease, obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Check-up gives health insight - HealthLAB

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March 21, 2017 - 10:35am

Darwin Sun | The Menzies School of Health and Research runs HealthLAB, a free initiative that visits public spaces and schools around the NT
HOT NORTH Fellowships to improve health outcomes in the tropics

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March 20, 2017 - 13:28pm

Five post-doctoral health professionals have been awarded Fellowships to help close critical gaps in health outcomes in northern Australia and the Asia-Pacific region as part of the unique collaborative program Improving Health Outcomes in the Tropical North (HOT NORTH), led by the Darwin-based Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies).
Menzies HealthLAB National Science Week Grant

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February 09, 2017 - 09:00am

In August 2017, HealthLAB is planning to travel from the Tiwi Islands in the Arafura Sea across to west Arnhem Land.
Health Lab promotes healthy living in the NT

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August 18, 2015 - 10:44am

The Health Lab teaches Aboriginal children how to look after their health also look at ways to prevent chronic disease in Aboriginal communities through out the Northern Territory. Dietitian Claire Georga from the Menzies School of Health Researchers works with the kids to promote healthy living allowing them to test their heath to give them a better understanding of what is good for the body and what isn’t.
Lab teaches remote kids healthy living

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August 13, 2015 - 10:39am

IN a busy classroom on the Tiwi Islands, teacher's aide Stan blows into a breathalyser measuring carbon dioxide from smoke in the body, almost sending himself off the classroom scale. His students dissolve into laughter.WHEN asked, he sheepishly admits to smoking. "You play footy? You'll run faster if you quit," says a researcher from the Heart Foundation.

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