News - Menzies

MEDIA RELEASE | Menzies unveils new brand in 40th year

Date

March 04, 2025 - 16:30pm

Menzies is proud to launch its new brand, celebrating the organisation’s impact, over its 40 years of research.
MEDIA RELEASE | Global Partnerships a key focus of the 10th World Melioidosis Congress

Date

October 21, 2024 - 15:00pm

Today, over 180 delegates from more than 20 countries have gathered at the Darwin Convention Centre for the opening of the 10th World Melioidosis Congress, hosted by Menzies.
MEDIA RELEASE | SHELab Getting to know her health

Date

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.
MEDIA RELEASE | Menzies youth training Centre honoured with Larrakia name

Date

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 | Menzies researchers RESPOND to priority diseases in our global neighbourhood

Date

June 21, 2024 - 09:15am

Menzies will lead a 4-year health system strengthening partnership in the Asia-Pacific region, under the Partnerships for a Healthy Region Initiative by the Australian Government.
The Voice to Parliament "creates an opportunity to codesign a healthy future"

Date

September 05, 2023 - 12:22pm

Four people working in the NT’s Top End share perspectives on the potential impact of the Voice to Parliament on health outcomes for First Nations peoples.
MEDIA RELEASE | Codesign and communication supports a healthier future

Date

September 05, 2023 - 09:44am

The importance of codesigning First Nations healthcare and health research has been highlighted through insights by 4 researchers from Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies).
NT News | Melioidosis death rates drop to 6%

Date

July 26, 2021 - 11:54am

THE mortality rate for melioidosis, a soil dwelling disease, has dropped in the last 30 years, while the number of diagnosed cases has increased.
ABC Online | Thirty-year Menzies melioidosis study finds cases are rising but mortality has tumbled

Date

July 23, 2021 - 08:00am

Lead author Bart Currie from the Menzies School of Health Research said the mortality rate for people diagnosed with melioidosis plummeted over the lifetime of the study.
Training centre to boost biomedical workforce

Date

February 16, 2021 - 11:56am

The new Ramaciotti Regional and Remote Health Sciences Training Centre will provide a pathway in the health sector for young NT residents.
Media Release | Opportunities for the next generation of local scientists

Date

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.
NT News | $300k raised to assist in bridging gap

Date

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.
ABC News | Melioidosis story

Date

October 17, 2020 - 19:00pm

Featuring Menzies' melioidosis experts, Dr Audrey Rachlin and Prof Bart Currie.
CDU Origins Edition 1 2020 | Award secures future of NT biomedical services

Date

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

Date

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

Date

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

Date

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.
Tropical disease kills crocodiles in NT

Date

October 01, 2019 - 16:30pm

A deadly tropical disease that affects humans was responsible for killing two crocodiles near Darwin, flipping previously held beliefs the predators were highly resistant to infection.
ABC Online | Deadly bacteria killed two crocodiles in northern Australia, despite species being highly resistant

Date

October 01, 2019 - 14:00pm

Crocodiles may not be as highly resistant to infections as previously thought, as a newly released study shows a deadly bacterium was responsible for killing two saltwater crocs in the Top End.
Deadly bacteria killed two crocodiles in northern Australia

Date

October 01, 2019 - 14:00pm

The research, from Menzies School of Health Research was published in the Microbial Genomics journal.
Media Release | Crocodile killing bacteria identified by Top End researchers

Date

October 01, 2019 - 09:30am

A ground-breaking study by a north Australian research team which identified a deadly bacterium responsible for killing saltwater crocodiles at a Top End Wildlife Park has recently been published in the journal, Microbial Genomics.
Killer disease strikes crocs

Date

October 01, 2019 - 02:00am

Melioidosis is killing Territory crocodiles, according to a paper written by researchers at the Menzies School of Health Research.
Media Alert | Crocodile killing bacteria identified by Top End researchers

Date

September 30, 2019 - 12:00pm

A north Australian research team has identified a deadly bacterium responsible for killing saltwater crocodiles at a Top End Wildlife Park.
Source water key to bacterial water safety in remote Northern Australia

Date

September 06, 2019 - 04:00am

In the new work, Mirjam Kaestli of Charles Darwin University, Australia and colleagues including Menzies School of Health Research sampled water and biofilms from three remote Indigenous communities in Australia’s Northern Territory.
NT News | Local Jobs Fund

Date

June 05, 2019 - 02:00am

Applications now open for the Local Jobs Fund - Features Mark Mayo.
NMRC Strives to Reduce Risk of Melioidosis Among Deployed Sailors and Marines

Date

September 15, 2018 - 01:30am

Dr. Kevin Schully, contractor and chief science officer with Naval Medical Research Center’s (NMRC) Austere environments Consortium for Enhanced Sepsis Outcomes Department (ACESO) recently retuned stateside after screening Sailors and Marines deployed to Darwin, Australia, who are at risk of developing melioidosis.
HOT NORTH Visiting Fellow, Arca Testamenti Travels to Darwin

Date

June 04, 2018 - 09:01am

HSP recently partnered with the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, Australia to support a HOT NORTH Visiting Fellowship for an exceptional graduate student from Indonesia’s Bogor Agricultural University.
Funding fillip for fever tool - NT News

Date

November 29, 2017 - 02:00am

DARWIN’S Menzies School of Health Research will work with the Telethon Kids Institute to develop a cutting edge diagnostic tool to detect acute rheumatic fever.
Melioidosis study improves patient outcomes

Date

July 31, 2017 - 16:18pm

Melioidosis study improves patient outcomes Our research continued to put Menzies at the centre of better melioidosis patient outcomes through improved diagnosis and treatment. In August 2016, the Menzies melioidosis team contributed to 17 abstracts at...
ABC Catalyst: Melioidosis feature

Date

November 01, 2012 - 12:00pm

Life in northern Australia is full of spectacular surprises and natural hazards, some more obvious than others.
The melioidosis files

Date

August 06, 2012 - 00:00am

A potentially fatal bacterial disease, lurking in soil.

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