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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 administrative ...

When it comes to seeking medical care after an animal bite, experts say ‘make it snappy’ to avoid an infection that’s worse than the bite. (CAIRNS, Friday 18 March 2022) Snake, dog and cat bites were responsible for the majority of ...

New COVID-19 prevalence survey launches Australia will soon have its first estimates of how many people contracted COVID-19 during the Omicron wave. Routine COVID-19 reporting is based on a positive PCR or rapid test result and may ...

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 study in 35 Fijian villages has found one dose of the anti-parasite drug, ivermectin, was just as effective as two doses, taken a week apart, at significantly reducing the spread of the scabies parasite. The small mite causes ...

A team of Australian researchers and clinicians from UNSW Sydney’s Kirby Institute and St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney have uncovered an immune profile for long COVID, potentially paving the way for tailored treatment for those with ...

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.  Le

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 ...

40 years after the first case of AIDS was described in the United States, the number of people diagnosed with HIV in Australia is at an all-time low. (SYDNEY, Wednesday 1 December 2021) Across Australia, there were 633 new diagnoses of ...

An analysis by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney published in the lead up to World AIDS Day reveals that HIV is ‘virally suppressed’ in only 59% of children and adolescents on treatment. Globally, less than two thirds of children ...

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 ...

(SYDNEY, Thursday 18 November 2021) Vaccines are less effective against some COVID-19 variants and boosting may be required within one year to maintain efficacy above 50%, according to a new study published today in Lancet Microbe. The

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 health ...