News and events

An international ranking of leading scholars has been announced, with neurogastroenterologist Laureate Professor Nick Talley recognised for his influential contributions to medicine. The 2023 World Online Ranking of Best Medicine Scientists was released in May and recognises the top scientists in the area of medicine.

Our friends at Mark Hughes Foundation have just released this year’s beanie designs! When you buy a beanie, all of the proceeds will support crucial brain cancer research and treatment.

The newly opened Global Centre for Research and Training in Radiation Oncology at the University of Newcastle is elevating the standard of cancer care around the world with support from our valued partners and collaborators.

Alumna Sophie Welsh is one of our health students from rural and remote areas taking up the challenge to support better health outcomes for rural Australians thanks to generous support available through the Betty Josephine Fyffe Rural Health Scholarships program.

To mark 40 years since they began in 1982, the Maitland Cancer Appeal Committee set their minds on another remarkable milestone – raising an incredible $400,000 for cancer research at the University.

HMRI and University of Newcastle researchers have discovered that treating patients who have late-stage treatment resistant melanoma with a combination of two existing drugs significantly increases their survival times.

An Indigenous-led research project from the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) has found that resources and …

Two University of Newcastle and HMRI researchers who are trailblazing in their fields to improve the health and wellbeing of communities around the world, have been awarded prestigious National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) awards.

Researchers and artists from the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) have collaborated to create a tool to help women who have experienced stillbirth.

The University of Newcastle Central Coast Clinical School and Central Coast Research Institute was officially opened today by the Hon Scott Morrison MP, Prime Minister of Australia.

A team of researchers from the University of Newcastle have been awarded $468,000 as part of the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grant to assist communities in recovery and resilience in the wake of the 2019-20 fires.

The University of Newcastle’s Associate Professor Amanda Dawson is the first recipient of the prestigious Royal Australasian College of Surgeons NSW Women in Surgery Leadership award.