Australia’s first undergraduate-entry Doctor of Medicine (MD) program will offer UNSW medical graduates a higher level qualification and a more globally-recognised degree.
Drugs to help people live to 150 could be available within a decade, but the consequences of prolonged life will change Australia forever, experts have told a 1,000-strong audience at the 2011 Medicine Dean's Lecture.
The medical research community can only be encouraged by the level of commitment demonstrated by the NSW government's $30 million funding to fast track cancer research, UNSW's Dean of Medicine, Professor Peter Smith, says.
Aboriginal woman Ali Golding has been appointed as Elder in Residence in the Faculty of Medicine at UNSW - the first position of its kind in Australia.
Professor Philip Hogg has been awarded this year's Cancer Institute NSW Premier's Award for Outstanding Cancer Researcher, for his breakthrough discoveries in cancer treatment.
