The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has received the largest known cryptocurrency donation to an Australian higher education institution, which will support an open-source tool providing pandemic early warning signals. Ethereum

Researchers at the Doherty Institute and Kirby Institute have gathered evidence to clarify the role vaccine-induced T cells play in the fight against COVID-19. While there is compelling evidence neutralising antibodies are important ...

Infectious disease physician Dr Gail Cross has been awarded the inaugural David Cooper Scholarship. Thanks to generous donations made in memory of the Kirby Institute’s inaugural director, the late Professor David Cooper AC, the ...

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has established the NHMRC David Cooper Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Award.  Announced at the annual Research Excellence Awards, the award recognises the highest ranked ...

The World Health Organization has set an ambitious target to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030. Some countries, including Australia, have made good progress, but if elimination is to be achieved, existing health ...

The COVID-19 pandemic once again saw graduation ceremonies cancelled in 2021, but despite the challenges of studying and working during the pandemic, the Kirby Institute was proud to celebrate the completion of 13 of our PhD students’ ...

Community pharmacies play a crucial role in responding to the pandemic, but they require access to guidelines and equipment, a new study in Indonesia reveals Drug retail outlets such as community pharmacies and private drug stores ...

The Kirby Institute is delighted to welcome Professor Claire Vajdic, a leader in cancer epidemiology and population health.  Prof. Vajdic is recognised nationally and internationally as a leader in research using linked ...

Professor Rebecca Guy from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has been honoured for her public health work for vulnerable and remote communities, such as point-of-care testing for STIs and COVID-19, and HIV self-tests that can be done ...

The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has been awarded $2.75M by the Commonwealth Government’s Medical Research Future Fund to undertake a randomised control trial of COVID-19 boosters among people commencing new immunosuppression ...

The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has been awarded $2.7million in Partnership Project funding by the NHMRC. Announced today by the Minister for Health, the Hon. Greg Hunt, the funding will support research aimed to eliminate HIV and ...

A team of researchers from the Kirby Institute and UNSW Sydney have today released preliminary data on the Omicron variant. The findings have been uploaded to a pre-print server and are yet to be peer-reviewed by independent experts.&nbs

The Kirby Institute’s Dr Benjamin Bavinton was recognised for his leading research on HIV treatment as prevention with one of two Sax Institute Research Action Awards at a virtual ceremony last night. The prestigious national awards ...

The Kirby Institute’s Scientia Professor Gregory Dore and Dr Louise Causer have received NSW Premier’s Prizes for Science and Engineering.  Prof. Dore was awarded the Premier’s Prize for Science and Engineering for Excellence in ...

Professor Virginia Wiseman, a leader in health economics and health systems, has been invited to join the Think20 (T20) Task Force 6 on Global Health Security and COVID-19, ahead of the 2022 G20 summit, which will be held in Bali, ...

Professor Raina MacIntyre has been named a member of the World Health Organization’s Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-CO-VAC). The appointment recognises Prof. MacIntyre’s expertise in vaccinology. In an ...

Researchers and clinicians will work in close partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to develop a national framework for ‘point-of-care’ testing for infectious diseases Led by Professor Rebecca Guy at UNSW ...

Congratulations to Miss Heather Valerio, who was awarded the Kirby Institute’s Postgraduate Student Prize for 2021. Miss Valerio is a PhD Student with the Kirby Institute’s Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program. She studied ...