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Background Governments commonly fund research with specific applications in mind. Such mechanisms may facilitate ‘research translation’ but funders may employ strategies that can also undermine the integrity of both science and government. We estimated the prevalence and investigated correlates of funder efforts to suppress health behaviour intervention trial findings. Methods Our sampling frame was lead or corresponding authors of papers (published 2007–2017) included in a C...

SOPORE Masarat Kar, one of the NC councillors from Sopore talking to the media before the start of the meeting on May 29, 2021. When they were in the meeting, two of the members and a cop were killed in a militant attack. National Conference (NC) finally got the leadership of Sopore Municipal Council after Masarat Kar – the daughter of Ghulam Rasool Kar, defeated PDP by polling 12 of the 18 votes. The position was vacant since January 2021.  The council was the target of a surprise attack by...

Jon Adams is Distinguished Professor of Public Health, Director of the Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM) and Deputy Head of School (Research) at the School of Public Health, UTS. Jon also holds a number of national and international leadership positions/appointments with leading associations such as the PHAA and APHA and he has led work commissioned by a range of Health Ministries/Dept of Health and the World Health Organization amongst others. Profes...

Share A national clinical trial program will test promising new targeted therapies for pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest forms of cancers of which more than 3000 cases are diagnosed annually in Australia. The clinical trial program (MoST–P), led by researchers and clinicians at UNSW and the Garvan Institute, will provide patients with access to either targeted therapies matched to the genomic signature of their individual tumour, or targeted to the tumour environment. UNSW Dean of Medic...

UNSW Sydney and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research researchers will lead the program, thanks to a $3.75 million grant from the Cancer Institute...

 E-Mail Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered a new type of bone cell that may reveal new therapeutic approaches for osteoporosis and other skeletal diseases. The new cells, which the researchers term osteomorphs, are found in the blood and bone marrow, and fuse together to form osteoclasts, specialised cells that break down bone tissue. They have a unique genomic profile that reveals promising and as yet unexplored targets for therapy. "This discovery is a ...

On Jan. 4th, the Dr. Rebecca Collins is the new Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Collins will lead alongside newly promoted Associate Program Director, Dr. Samantha Rai and Dr. London Muse, who was promoted to Associate Program Director in 2019 and is also Medical Director at Sleepy Hollow Open Door.  These changes usher in a new leadership structure for the program. Rebecca Collins Dr. Collins completed her family medicine training at Columbia University’s ...