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The Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has today announced $5 million in grant funding across two major Kirby Institute-led projects in the Asia-Pacific region. The grants, led by Professors Rebecca Guy and ...

(ADELAIDE, Monday 13 August 2018) There has been a 20% decline in deaths from hepatitis C, new Kirby Institute data presented today at the Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference in Adelaide shows. The decline, based on New South ...

(Sydney, Friday 27 July 2018) There has been a decline in the uptake of life-saving treatments among people living with hepatitis C, according to new data released today by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney.  The data, ...

The late Professor David Cooper AC, founder and director of the Kirby Institute, was honoured at a special International AIDS Society (IAS) Members meeting and reception at the International AIDS Conference 2018 in Amsterdam overnight.&n

Andrew Wong from the Kirby Institute’s Immunovirology and Pathogenesis Research Program presented his abstract, titled Modular Gene Therapy Vectors for Gene Therapy Cure in Resting Immune Cells, at the AIDS 2018 Conference in ...

(Sydney, Tuesday 24 July 2018) Globally, more than one in three (39%) people who have injected drugs in the last year are living with hepatitis C infection, according to new research from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre ...

Results from a large study of HIV transmission risk among homosexual male couples with differing HIV status were today published in The Lancet HIV. The study, led by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, is called Opposites Attract, and ...

On Tuesday 10 July, UNSW Medicine and the Kirby Institute and held a special NAIDOC seminar to celebrate Indigenous women in health and justice research. The event, inspired by the theme “Because of her, we can!”, brought together ...

We are delighted to announce that the Biosecurity Program, headed by Professor Raina MacIntyre, joined the Kirby Institute last month. Professor MacIntyre and her team join us from the UNSW School of Public Health and Community Medicine.

(MELBOURNE, Monday 2 July 2018) Researchers at the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and university partners in Indonesia have been awarded almost $2 million by the Australian ...

First visit by Unitaid Executive Team to UNSW Sydney On Friday 29 June 2018, the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney was pleased to host Mr Lelio Marmora, Executive Director, Mr Robert Matiru, Director of Operations, and other members of ...

In a world-first, researchers at the Kirby Institute UNSW Sydney, in collaboration with Cornell University in the USA have been able to label and track the immune cells that fight viruses in the body, called CD8+T cells, unlocking the ...

Friends and colleagues attended the David Cooper Symposium on Friday to commemorate the research legacy of the late Professor David Cooper AC.  Following the public memorial on Thursday, which was attended by hundreds of Professor ...

Hundreds of people gathered at Sydney's Town Hall today to remember UNSW Scientia Professor David Cooper AC, immunologist and pioneer in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Guests at memorial service for UNSW Professor David Cooper AC. Photo: ...

The live stream for the David Cooper Memorial will be available from 12 midday on Thursday 14 June 2018.

(Sydney, Monday 11 June 2018) The late Scientia Professor David Cooper, who was Director of the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney for 32 years, has been appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC). He has been recognised for ...

(Adelaide, Tuesday 5 June 2018) Research from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney shows that due to waning in the effectiveness of the flu vaccine over time, getting the vaccine in June or July could be the best time for overall ...

The UNSW Scientia PhD Scholarship Scheme offers scholars of exceptional quality the opportunity to work on research projects aligned with the UNSW 2025 strategy. These prestigious scholarships offer unique benefits, individualised ...