Landmark investment will support researchers from the Kirby Institute to co-lead a major new cervical cancer elimination program The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney welcomes the announcement of an AU$8.1 million grant from the Minderoo ...

The Kirby Institute welcomes today’s launch of the NSW HIV Strategy 2021-2025 by NSW Health. The strategy sets out a series of targets and pathways towards achieving virtual elimination of HIV transmission in NSW, aiming to reduce ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new report that comprehensively addresses the prevention and control of the Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) for the first time since this human retrovirus was discovered ...

Today, the Kirby Institute joins our colleagues and friends in mourning the loss and celebrating the life of Jude Byrne, a passionate advocate for the rights of people who use drugs in Australia and globally.  Jude was deeply ...

The Kirby Institute is pleased to announce that Bundjalung man Robert Monaghan has been appointed to the role of Manager – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research. The role was established at the end of 2020 as part of the Kirby ...

Despite recent declines in HIV among gay and bisexual men, genetic analysis shows that most of Australia’s transmission still occurs among this group. Like any virus, the movement of people from travel or migration helps HIV spread ...

The Kirby Institute joins the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PNGIMR) and our colleagues and friends in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in mourning the loss of Dr Paison Dakulala, an internationally recognised leader in the ...

The Kirby Institute joins our colleagues in Zimbabwe in mourning the loss of Professor James Gita Hakim, a global leader in HIV treatment research and our close research collaborator and friend. He passed away due to complications from ...

On World Neglected Tropical Disease Day, researchers from the Kirby Institute highlight the progress made in NTD research in a year like no other. 2020 was a year in which the world came to understand how devastating an infectious ...

The Kirby Institute congratulates Dr Nicholas Medland, who has been named the next President of the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM). As clinical epidemiologist with the Kirby Institute’s ...

Professor Gregory Dore from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has won the prestigious 2020 Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research. Professor Gregory Dore’s world-leading research on antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) ...

This story was originally published by the World Health Organization. The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney and the World Health Organization (WHO) have published today a systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence and incidence ...

1.4 million has been awarded to a collaboration between researchers in Indonesia, the United Kingdom and Australia, co-led by the Kirby Institute’s Professor Virginia Wiseman. Whilst medical and healthcare workforce resources have ...

A combined $7.55 million has been awarded to two immunology projects at the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney via the Australian Government’s highly competitive Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) scheme. $6.6 million has been awarded ...

Kirby Institute’s Professor Andrew Lloyd and Associate Professor Garrett Prestage have each received NHMRC Partnership grants of over $1 million, announced yesterday by the Federal Government. The grants will support the delivery of ...

When Chuck Feeney pledged $10 million to the Kirby Institute in 2011, he was investing in a smaller institute. He was impressed by the people who worked there, and he wanted to invest in ‘good researchers’. In 2011, no one had heard of ...

Scientia Professor Gregory Dore and Professor Raina MacIyntre from the Kirby Institute have been named as finalists for the Australian Museum’s Eureka Prize. Presented annually, 17 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes are awarded ...

Indonesia has lost one of its true leaders in public health with the passing of Professor Dewa Nyoman Wirawan early yesterday in Bali. Professor Wirawan was Professor of Epidemiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University in ...