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2019 events
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Symposium 17 June 2019 - Hosted in Darwin with links to Thursday Island and Alice Springs
2018 events
- Darwin Consultation Meeting 23-24 April 2018
- Thursday Island Consultation Meeting June 2018
- Alice Springs Consultation Meeting, September 2018
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$440 million funding boost for vital health and medical research for all stages of life
$6 million in research funding for three Indigenous health grants in the Northern Territory. This includes $2.5 million for an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence at the Menzies School of Health Research to prevent and manage bronchiectasis, a lung disease which results in recurrent chest infections and is particularly common in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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Senator reveals personal story of kidney disease
Nephrologist at the Menzies School of Health Research, Paul Lawton, said his research team had been investigating key causes that dramatically impact upon remote Aboriginal communities.
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Croakey | Summer May Finlay with Dr Jaqui Hughes
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SMH | Hope and healing
A new approach to treatment is helping Indigenous Australians fight kidney disease
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Video CSA from Alice Springs Consultation Meeting September 2018
Video CSA from Alice Springs Consultation Meeting September 2018
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CSA - Catching Some Air
Video CSA from Thursday Island Consultation Meeting June 2018
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National review to investigate low Indigenous kidney transplant rates
One of the members of the panel will be Dr Jaqui Hughes, Australia’s only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nephrologist, based at the Royal Darwin Hospital and at the Menzies School of Health Research, who said the news of the inquiry was “really welcome”.
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Feds unveil review of kidney process | NT News
The Federal Government is poised to announce an inquiry into indigenous access to kidney transplants.
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Indigenous Patient Voices May 2018 newsletter
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NT News | Meetings for Health School
Menzies School of Health Research is hosting the first consultation to establish patient and community led national guidelines to be added to the overall management plans for people affected by kidney health issues.
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Creating better guidelines for kidney health management
Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) is hosting the first consultation to establish patient and community led national guidelines to be added to the overall management plans for people affected by kidney health issues.