AHHA position paper: the effective and sustainable adoption of virtual health care
4 August 2020 On 24 July 2020, The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) published a position paper as a supplement to Healthy people, Healthy systems: strategies for outcomes-focused and value-based healthcare entitled “The effective and sustainable adoption…
Medical research grant recipients announced, including COVID-19 research fund grants
4 August 2020 The Victorian Government is backing cutting-edge medical research projects to better understand, prevent and treat coronavirus. Seven projects will benefit from the government’s $5.5 million COVID-19 Research Fund, which will support continued jobs growth in a sector…
AustralaSian COVID-19 Trial (ASCOT) removes hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir arms of the trial
4 August 2020 Release date: 30 July 2020 Following reports that hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir are not effective in reducing mortality from COVID-19, the AustralaSian COVID-19 Trial (ASCOT) Steering Committee has also made the decision to remove the hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir…
AAMRI’s budget priority: secure the future of Australia’s next generation of talent
3 August 2020 Australian medical research institutes are raising the alarm about the precarious position facing our earlier-career scientists. In their 2020 Budget Submission the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI) has outlined the risk of losing the next…
ARC Future Fellows pave the way for Australian research
4 August 2020 Release date 29 July 2020 The Australian Research Council (ARC) will support 100 mid-career researchers to grow knowledge and innovation for the benefit of the Australian community by undertaking high quality research. ARC Chief Executive…
Defence Science Institute: Call for Capability Statements
27 July 2020 Closes 2 August 2020 Supporting Safe Operation in Contaminated Environments Do you work in the areas of detection, diagnostics, contamination containment, threat protection modelling, AI, autonomy or wearable assistive devices? Your expertise could help Defence…
2020 Australia’s STEM Workforce Report
23 July 2020 Via Australia’s Chief Scientist. The second Australia’s STEM Workforce report once again provides a comprehensive analysis of Australia’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) trained workforce. The report builds on data from the 2016 report, updating…
JobKeeper extension, eligibility and rate updates
21 July 2020 Keep up to date with the latest updates via the Federal Government. On 21 July, the Government announced it is extending the JobKeeper Payment until 28 March 2021 and is targeting support to those organisations…
General advice on face masks and coverings for Victoria
Date posted 21 July 2020 For the most up-to-date information, please visit the Department of Health and Human Services Coronavirus Advice webpage. For information targeted to businesses, see “Face masks in the workplace”. If you live within metropolitan…
Face masks in the workplace
Date posted: 21 July 2020 For the most up-to-date information, please visit the Business Victoria Coronavirus webpage. For general advice, see “General advice on face masks and coverings for Victoria”. From 11.59pm on Wednesday 22 July, people living…
MTPConnect and MRFF BioMedTech Horizons Funds 21 Projects In Round 3
20 July 2020 Delivered by MTPConnect, the Australian Government’s $45 million BioMedTech Horizons program is an initiative to support innovative collaborative health technologies, drive discoveries towards proof-of-concept and commercialisation that address key health challenges as well as maximise…
Scientists describe immune response to COVID-19’s spike protein – the secret to a successful vaccine?
16 July 2020 Scientists have uncovered how a crucial component of the immune system responds to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 – important information for future validation of vaccine candidates. Coronavirus particles have…
