New national research centre to help Australians live at home longer
As Australia’s population continues to age, more consideration needs to be given to those who choose to live out their lives at home, rather than enter […]
Improving virtual EDs to keep people out of hospital
As emergency departments across Australia continue to struggle with overcrowding and ramping, alternative virtual EDs – where specialist emergency doctors provide urgent care consults with patients […]
Funding wins to further cancer treatment research
Two Flinders University medical researchers have been successfully awarded over half a million dollars from Cancer Australia and the National Health and Medical Research Council, ensuring […]
Bid to stamp out parasitic disease
Stongyloidiasis – a poorly understood parasitic worm disease common in remote Australian communities and some returned travellers, refugees or asylum seekers – is finally gaining attention […]
Real-world health solutions to help millions of people
Flinders University has been awarded more than $9 million for boundary-pushing projects investigating better treatments for mental health and wellbeing, vision loss and sleep disorders. The […]
Next generation of Flinders PhD researchers
Flinders University postgraduate researchers have been awarded funding for projects using machine learning to advance breast cancer treatments, improve surgery for remote patients with oesophageal cancer […]
Glaucoma blindness intervention in our sights
In a world first, ophthalmology experts at Flinders University will trial an early intervention laser treatment that will prevent people at high risk of glaucoma from […]
Improving hearing health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Combining Indigenous and western research methods, a new Flinders University project is aiming to stop Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from falling through the cracks […]
Two in 2022 for NHMRC Investigator grants
Continuing Flinders’ successful grant run in 2022, researchers Dr Emmanuelle Souzeau and Dr Courtney Ryder have been announced as NHMRC Investigator Grant recipients in the latest […]