Congratulations to Gemma Altinger (PhD Candidate), Dr Sweekriti Sharma and Dr Priti Kharel who won presentation awards at this year’s Wiser Healthcare 2025 Meeting. Gemma was winner of the inaugural Prof Alexandra Barratt Persistence for the Most Difficult Publication Award for a recently published PhD paper in JAMA Network Open . Sweekriti was winner of the Best ECR Publication Award (Quantitative category) for her pitch on an RCT paper published in JAMA Network Open . Priti

Falls are the leading cause of injury-related hospitalisations among older Australians, yet New South Wales has no coordinated prevention strategy. The 2023 NSW Falls Prevention White Paper, supported by the Clinical Excellence Commission, highlighted this gap and called for a systems-level response to address the fragmentation of falls prevention efforts. Dr Marina Pinheiro and team have been awarded an Australian Public Policy Institute (APPI) Policy Challenge Grant to tra

Institute for Musculoskeletal Health researchers secure over $2 million in MRFF funding to boost physical activity in people with intellectual disability and improve chronic pain management in people with chronic low back pain and opioid-managed chronic pain.

Only 1 in 7 adults with intellectual disability meet the recommended physical activity guidelines. In contrast, around 1 in 2 adults in...

Falls are one of the greatest health risks for older adults. In Australia, 17 older people die as a direct result of falls every day and...

Ana Helena Salles Dos Reis, PhD Candidate, presenting on the GACD grant, September 2025 An exciting new international research...

Spring school holidays are coming up in NSW. You might be wondering how to keep the kids entertained and  fit in some activity for...

What better time to reflect and focus on our health than Jean Hailes Women’s Health Week (1-5 September 2025 ). This year’s theme is...

Falls continue to be a major health threat for older individuals in aged care, leading to broken bones, loss of independence, and even...

Congratulations to A/Prof Gustavo Machado who has been selected for the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS)...

This week marks Brain Injury Awareness Week 2025 , with the powerful theme: Invisible disabilities deserve visible change. It’s a...

17 older people die as a direct result of falls every day in Australia, and more than 400 older people aged 65+ are admitted to hospital...