Vlado Perkovic

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Scientia Professor Vlado Perkovic, current Dean of UNSW Medicine & Health, will take up the role on 18 September.

Patient dispensing tablets of medication into hand

For the first time, we have the tools to greatly reduce kidney disease. How can we make sure they get to those who need them?

Helen Milroy

Chronic underinvestment in child mental health highlighted as nominations open for the 2021 Australian Mental Health Prize.

Orazio Vittorio

Childhood cancer researcher Dr Orazio Vittorio has received a 2021 Young Tall Poppy Science Award for his work in developing treatments for childhood cancers.

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COVID has highlighted the differences in healthcare affordability across the globe, with a glimpse into what the future of medicine could look like if we don’t act.

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UNSW Sydney has received a $2.5 million NHMRC grant to create a Centre of Research Excellence in Medicines Intelligence.

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Health experts have agreed a bigger emphasis on plant-based nutrition would improve the health of people and our planet, at a UNSW Sydney panel discussion for National Science Week.

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Researchers at UNSW Sydney and NeuRA are using virtual reality and electrical stimulation to restore feeling, movement and function for people with spinal cord injuries.

Coronavirus

A team of world-class researchers and project staff from UNSW Sydney has been seconded to NSW Health to join the fight against COVID-19. 

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The new Dean of Medicine’s road to UNSW almost took a very different turn.

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