Research stories
Discover how our research impacts patient experience, health service delivery and the health of our nation.
8 Jun 2020
Queen's Birthday Honour list: Prof, Christine Phillips, Prof Paul Smith and Prof Walter Abhayaratna
21 May 2020
"Climate Change is a killer but we don't' acknowledge it on death certificates," says Dr Arnagretta Hunter.
18 May 2020
Dr Nyoman Sutarsa is working towards making access to healthcare equitable for the minority groups and socio-economically challenged citizens of Indonesia by...
14 May 2020
Almost all workers - 99.2% of health care workers and 96.5% of non health care workers - went to work with minor flu symptoms.
15 Apr 2020
Liver cancer is the fastest increasing cause of cancer death in Australia. But world-first research by Professor Geoff Farrell has identified that exercise can...
10 Dec 2019
ANU has led the independent review of Australia’s first pill testing trial. The purpose of the research is to inform policymaking and to contribute to evidence...
29 Oct 2019
Researchers say mental health practitioners are wrongly diagnosing Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due...
31 Jul 2019
Treatment for a rare and currently incurable autoimmune disease has been given a major boost thanks to a $10 million bequest made to The Australian National...
19 Mar 2019
The Medical School is researching how to help a woman after the death of a baby.
13 Aug 2018
According to a study conducted by the ANU Medical School, this is the burden being placed on children in refugee families whose parents don’t speak English.
26 Jul 2018
“Being a generalist, I have to try and stay up to date with the acute treatment of nearly every medical subspecialty”
1 Jul 2018
While suffering can be severe across all diseases, access to care is uneven.