Story type: Award

La Trobe University and Hudson Institute of Medical Research are leading pioneering research aimed at understanding infertility and improving the rate of assisted and natural pregnancies – an approach that may lead to ‘personalised IVF’. The team, led by Dr David Greening from La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science and Professor Lois Salamonsen from Hudson…  Read more

Dr Jason Cain has been awarded a Victorian Cancer Agency (VCA) Mid-Career Fellowship for his research to help tackle a rare and aggressive form of childhood cancer. Dr Cain was one of 14 successful VCA funding recipients announced by Acting Minister for Health, Martin Foley as part of a $7 million investment by the Victorian…  Read more

Professor Rosemary Horne has been awarded a Doctor of Science from Monash University for more than three decades of research that has shaped the understanding of sleep in children and infants. The Doctor of Science (DSc) is of a higher standing than a PhD and is awarded for work that makes an original, substantial and…  Read more

How deep brain stimulation therapy could help to slow or halt the progression of Parkinson’s Disease is the focus of new research by Dr Joohyung Lee, thanks to a grant from the Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation. “Parkinson’s disease (PD) is primarily associated with the inability to initiate and control voluntary movement. These symptoms result from…  Read more

Australia’s largest study of a common yet underdiagnosed cause of high blood pressure is starting at Hudson Institute, with the aim of preventing heart attack and stroke. Primary aldosteronism (PA) is a potentially curable cause of high blood pressure (hypertension) caused by the over-production of the hormone aldosterone from the adrenal glands. If left undiagnosed,…  Read more

Hudson Institute has had outstanding success in the recent NHMRC Project Grant round. In addition, our researchers have been awarded an NHMRC Partnership Grant, an NHMRC Development Grant, an ARC Discovery Grant and three NMHRC Fellowships.…  Read more

Hudson Institute’s brightest scientific minds and most promising discoveries will be progressed, thanks to support from a leading philanthropist, Mr Peter Fielding and the Fielding Foundation. The 2018 Fielding Innovation Award has been awarded to Dr Maree Bilandzic to develop more effective treatments for women with ovarian cancer. The 2018 Fielding Foundation Fellowship has been…  Read more

Investigating the role of the immune system in the fight against pancreatic cancer is the focus of innovative research at Hudson Institute, thanks to new funding announced on World Pancreatic Cancer Day.…  Read more

Hudson Institute Director Emeritus and Distinguished Scientist, Professor Henry Burger AO, has been awarded a Doctor of Medical Science honoris causa from the University of Melbourne. The Honour was conferred in recognition of Prof Burger’s significant contributions to the area of reproductive endocrinology, his leadership and prominence in the development and support of clinical initiatives…  Read more

Dr Jaclyn Pearson from the Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases has been named as a L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science 2017 Australian Fellow. The prestigious fellowship recognises Dr Pearson’s contribution to science and will support her career progression. Read about what has inspired Dr Pearson and her work.…  Read more