Local artists promote youth health through hip hop
Young Territorians will have the chance to work with local artists Pott Street, Kaotik and DT3 at a local music workshop focusing on issues surrounding sexual health.

Menzies School of Health researchers receive Australian Journal of Primary Health Prize
Menzies School of Health researchers Paul Burgess, Ross Bailie, Richard Chenhall and Christine Connors have been awarded the Australian Journal of Primary Health Prize for best paper at the National Primary Health Care Research Conference held recently in Darwin.

A study designed to strengthen wellbeing in remote communities - NT
The Menzies School of Health Research, The NT Department of Health and Families, beyondblue and Indigenous reference group advisors will meet in Darwin today to launch a project for people at risk of depression and substance misuse in remote Indigenous communities.

Research Grant Program Launched for Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network
The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) today is launching the APMEN Research Grant Program, which aims to assist in the development of new tools and measures to eliminate malaria in the Asia Pacific region. 
 

Medical Research Week shows NT leading the way in Tropical Health Research
The Territory has some of the best and brightest medical researchers in the nation, many of whom are leading the way in tropical and Indigenous health research; this is something that will be highlighted today at a mini-symposium held at Royal Darwin Hospital as part of Medical Research Week.

The Telethon Institute and Menzies Leading the Way on a National Intervention into Ear Health
Medical researchers and practitioners from across Australia and around the world gathered for the first national Otitis Media Conference (OMOZ) in the Northern Territory this week.

Welfare Quarantining May Not Lead to Healthier Purchases in Indigenous Community Stores.
A new publication by Menzies School of Health Research raises questions about the effectiveness of income management on improving Indigenous health outcomes.Welfare quarantining was introduced as part of the Commonwealth intervention into the Northern Territory’s remote Aboriginal communities. 

Indigenous Youth Health Needs National Focus
Australia’s leading Indigenous Health Researchers are calling for more funding to tackle Youth Health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.

Urgent Attention must be paid to high rates of respiratory illness in Indigenous Infants
Rates of severe pneumonia in hospitalised Northern Territory Indigenous children are among the highest reported in the world, and reducing this burden of disease should be a national health priority, according to research published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

Indigenous people hit hardest by Swine Flu
New research has shown that Indigenous people accounted for 72% of all confirmed hospitalizations with pandemic H1N1 influenza (swine flu) in the Top End.

Menzies Researcher wins NT Young Achiever Award
Menzies School of Health Researcher Jana Lai has received the NT Young Achiever Award, in Power and Water’s science and engineering category. The award honours young scientists and engineers between 14 and 26 years of age for their visionary achievements, with the winner receiving a trophy and $2,000.

Menzies Wins Funding for an Innovative Multimedia Indigenous Tobacco Control Project
Menzies School of Health Research has received $761,300.00 in federal funding, as part of the Department of Health and Ageing’s 'Indigenous Tobacco Control Initiative Open Fund Round’.

Call for better policy delivery for Aboriginal health and education
An early intervention education program that improves child behaviour and school performance by increasing parents’ confidence is being expanded to help more Territory children.

Links Between Kidney Disease and Body Composition
MeasureUp and the Menzies School of Health Research are taking crucial steps towards understanding the links between kidney disease and body composition, and to improving health care services in remote communities.

Kicking Goals for Science in Schools
The North Queensland Cowboys are in Darwin today, supporting the launch of a new science partnership between the Menzies School of Health Research and St John’s College.

$1.92 Million for Menzies Researchers
Menzies School of Health Research has been awarded almost two million dollars in the latest round of grants funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. Menzies’ Director, Jonathan Carapetis said the outcome further strengthens the Northern Territory’s ability to grow its own experts.

Melioidosis in Bore Water
Recent findings from the Menzies School of Health Research show the potentially deadly melioidosis bacterium has been found in a third of all tested bores in rural Darwin. The bacterium is most commonly found in the soil of tropical environments throughout Australia and Southeast Asia.

RHDAustralia: Ridding Australia of a potentially deadly, and entirely preventable, heart disease.
Australia now has its first national response to Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) and Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF). The Commonwealth funded RHDAustralia, being launched in Darwin this week, has been established under the Menzies School of Health Research, in partnership with James Cook University and Baker IDI.

$2.5 Million to stop strep throat from becomin a killer
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon and Minister for Indigenous Health Warren Snowdon today announced the establishment of RHDAustralia, an Australian Government-funded body to help combat a potentially fatal heart disease that affects young Indigenous Australians. .