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MEDIA RELEASE | Global Partnerships a key focus of the 10th World Melioidosis Congress
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.
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MEDIA RELEASE | SHELab Getting to know her health
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.
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MEDIA RELEASE | Menzies youth training Centre honoured with Larrakia name
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.
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MEDIA RELEASE | Menzies researchers RESPOND to priority diseases in our global neighbourhood
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.
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The Voice to Parliament "creates an opportunity to codesign a healthy future"
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.
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MEDIA RELEASE | Codesign and communication supports a healthier future
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).
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NT News | Melioidosis death rates drop to 6%
THE mortality rate for melioidosis, a soil dwelling disease, has dropped in the last 30 years, while the number of diagnosed cases has increased.
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ABC Online | Thirty-year Menzies melioidosis study finds cases are rising but mortality has tumbled
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.
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Training centre to boost biomedical workforce
The new Ramaciotti Regional and Remote Health Sciences Training Centre will provide a pathway in the health sector for young NT residents.
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Media Release | Opportunities for the next generation of local scientists
A new training centre aimed at developing a sustainable, local biomedical and health sciences workforce has been launched at Menzies School of Health Research.
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NT News | $300k raised to assist in bridging gap
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.
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ABC News | Melioidosis story
Featuring Menzies' melioidosis experts, Dr Audrey Rachlin and Prof Bart Currie.
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CDU Origins Edition 1 2020 | Award secures future of NT biomedical services
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.
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2019 Ramaciotti AWARD WINNER
View a short film of the 2019 Ramaciotti BioMedical Research Award recipients.
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Ramaciotti Biomedical Award worth $1 million granted to Northern Territory research team
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.
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Ramaciotti Foundations recognise strides in Australian-based research
Professor Heidi Smith-Vaughan and her team at Menzies have been awarded the biennial Ramaciotti Biomedical Research Award, worth $1 million.
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Tropical disease kills crocodiles in NT
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.
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ABC Online | Deadly bacteria killed two crocodiles in northern Australia, despite species being highly resistant
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.
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Deadly bacteria killed two crocodiles in northern Australia
The research, from Menzies School of Health Research was published in the Microbial Genomics journal.
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Media Release | Crocodile killing bacteria identified by Top End researchers
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.
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Killer disease strikes crocs
Melioidosis is killing Territory crocodiles, according to a paper written by researchers at the Menzies School of Health Research.
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Media Alert | Crocodile killing bacteria identified by Top End researchers
A north Australian research team has identified a deadly bacterium responsible for killing saltwater crocodiles at a Top End Wildlife Park.
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Source water key to bacterial water safety in remote Northern Australia
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.
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NT News | Local Jobs Fund
Applications now open for the Local Jobs Fund - Features Mark Mayo.
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NMRC Strives to Reduce Risk of Melioidosis Among Deployed Sailors and Marines
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.
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HOT NORTH Visiting Fellow, Arca Testamenti Travels to Darwin
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.
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Funding fillip for fever tool - NT News
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.
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Melioidosis study improves patient outcomes
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...
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ABC Catalyst: Melioidosis feature
Life in northern Australia is full of spectacular surprises and natural hazards, some more obvious than others.
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The melioidosis files
A potentially fatal bacterial disease, lurking in soil.