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9 May 2018

More rural and regional Australians to train as doctors

The University of Melbourne has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to allocate up to 40 medical training positions for rural and regional Victorians, allowing for an innovative partnership with La Trobe University.

9 May 2018

U21 comes to University of Melbourne to celebrate 21 years

The University of Melbourne will this week host the presidents and senior leaders of member universities as part of the Universitas 21 (U21) AGM and Annual Presidential Meetings.

8 May 2018

Melbourne Poche Centre for Indigenous Health heads to London

Rising leaders in Indigenous health are London-bound for an intensive fellowship program this month, led by the Melbourne Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at the University of Melbourne.

4 May 2018

Power corrupts because it inflates narcissism

Power does not turn everyone into a tyrant but, when given to those who want it most, it can inflate narcissism, according to new University of Melbourne research.

2 May 2018

New research shows indigenous eye health ‘sadly neglected’ across the world

The world’s Indigenous populations experience significantly higher rates of avoidable vision impairment and a striking lack of support for research to address this major health issue, according to a review of eye health led by the Centre for Eye Research Australia and the University of Melbourne.

27 Apr 2018

New stroke drug melts brain clots faster, costs less and improves recovery

A breakthrough in stroke medical research found a drug, traditionally used for heart attacks, dissolves blood clots in the brain faster and more effectively than standard stroke drugs.

26 Apr 2018

University of Melbourne receives $6.15 million NHMRC grants

The University of Melbourne has welcomed $6.15 million in grants for six university researchers as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) partnership grants.

26 Apr 2018

Researchers discover genetic link to devastating epilepsies

Families of children with severe epilepsies may be able to avoid having a second child born with the devastating disease, according to a research breakthrough published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

20 Apr 2018

Your grandchildren may retire before we achieve gender equality in STEMM

New research has calculated that without further interventions, the gender gap for women working in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) is very likely to persist for generations, particularly in surgery, computer science, physics and maths.

20 Apr 2018

Melbourne technology boosts effort to map every cell in human body

Two new software projects designed in Melbourne could accelerate the progress of the world-first Human Cell Atlas – an ambitious global effort to map every cell in the human body as a resource for understanding, preventing and treating disease.