Call for action on rising HIV rates
Rising HIV rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people need urgent national attention, says Matthew Flinders Fellow Associate Professor James Ward. In a Perspective in […]
Can antibiotics impair babies’ vaccine response?
Antibiotic exposure in infants could impair their responses to five important routine vaccines administered daily around the world, new research has found. Flinders University Associate Professor […]
Hunting superbugs in nursing homes
Protecting senior citizens in residential aged care at risk of antibiotic resistant bacteria is the aim of two new research projects in South Australia. The grants, […]
Gut researchers put on their thinking caps
In more ways than one, research is showing ‘you are what you eat’. The gastrointestinal tract, which contains 10 times more bacterial cells than the rest […]
$24.6m boost for medical research
From diabetes, cancer and heart disease to chronic pain and major depression, 12 new research grants announced today cap off a big year for Flinders medical […]
National acclaim for our medical and health researchers
Two Flinders researchers have joined an elite group of Australian health and medical scientists at the annual National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Research Excellence […]
Glucose response holds key to better obesity, diabetes drugs
New research into the mysteries of food digestion has pinpointed exactly how an important metabolic hormone is released from the human gut in response to the […]
Flinders joins national healthy ageing research hub
A new $3 million ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub will focus on technology, improved health information systems and medical devices to enhance the mental, physical and […]
Eating together is more fulfilling
Making food the core of people’s daily routine need not breed a nation of fatties, says Professor Claude Fischler, a Visiting International Research Fellow at Flinders.