News Archive
The Global Corporate Challenge – walk 10,000 steps per day for 100 days!
Minister for Health Sussan Ley presented the annual National Health and Medical Research Council Research Excellence Awards at the prestigious NHMRC Council dinner in Canberra, on 22nd September. Sixteen researchers received awards for having the top-ranking grant application in their category.
43rd Annual Tow Research Awards
Announcing the 43rd Annual Tow Research Awards, which will be held on Friday November 20th at the Edmund Blacket Building, Prince of Wales Hospital. Over $15,000 in prizes are awarded, including travel awards to present your work at a national or international conference.
UNSW researchers identify a target to stop the spread of ovarian cancer
UNSW researchers have discovered a method for disrupting the spread of ovarian cancer, by blocking receptors present on the surface of cancer cells.
ILP 3 Minute Thesis Finalists
This year was the inaugural 3 Minute Thesis competition for Medicine ILP students, and on 2 October the Faculty invited finalists to present. These were captivating talks on research being undertaken by undergraduate students, and presentations were all of a very high standard.
UNSW spearheads list of Australia’s most influential women
Six high-achieving UNSW researchers have been recognised in the '100 Women of Influence Awards for 2015’.
Cannabis-smoking teens less likely to complete education
Teenagers who smoke cannabis at least once a week are less likely to finish school, enrol in university or obtain a degree, according to UNSW research that challenges notions that the drug is less harmful than alcohol.
Vibha Patil receives two year postdoctoral Fellowship from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
Vibha Patil is in the final stages of her PhD and has just received a very prestigious two year postdoctoral Fellowship from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in France.
Discovery of biomarker offers hope for brain cancer patients
UNSW researchers have discovered a biomarker that can help predict if standard cancer therapy will extend the life of patients with malignant brain tumours.
Researcher Jeremy Henson wins the Thinkable Innovation Award for research
Jeremy Henson, leading a small group researching cancer cell immortality at the POW Clinical School in Lowy, entered a competition to win a Thinkable Innovation Award.
Vale Emeritus Professor Ronald L Huckstep
Emeritus Professor Ronald L Huckstep was a larger than life figure in orthopaedics. He was known to many of us, but not all will know that he passed away suddenly on 10th of April 2015.