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Sydney scientists have revealed why receiving a booster vaccine in the same arm as your first dose can generate a more effective immune response more quickly. The study, led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the Kirby ...

Skye McGregor and Claire Vajdic from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney have been awarded a $1,940,300 Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant through the 2024 Survivorship Care and Collaborative Research Prioritisation Grant ...

Treatments for infectious diseases like hepatitis C, sexually transmissible infections and COVID-19 are incredibly effective. They prevent poor health outcomes for individuals, and they prevent onward spread of disease in the community.B

Associate Professor Vincent Cornelisse from the Kirby Institute at UNSW has been awarded an Accelerated Research Implementation Grant of $796,000 from Cancer Institute NSW. The grant, part of a highly competitive program that supports ...

Dr Sarah Sasson, a Clinical Immunologist/Immunopathologist and Scientia Senior Lecturer has been appointed program head for the Immunovirology and Pathogenesis Program (IVPP). Dr Sasson has had a long association with The Kirby ...

Associate Professor Behzad Hajarizadeh from the Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program at the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney leads a team that has been awarded a Partnership Project grant of $1.5 million from the National Health ...

Professor Raina MacIntyre, head of the Biosecurity Program (BSP) at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, has been awarded an Ignite Grant of $499,932 to use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify public health disinformation and its ...

Dr Mo Hammoud from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has been awarded a grant of $688,405 under the highly competitive Investigator Grants scheme by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).The five-year funding is for ...

The Kirby Institute, ASHM and the broader HIV and sexual health sector are mourning the loss of Dr Nicholas Medland, who passed away suddenly in the United Kingdom on Friday 21 February.  Dr Nick Medland was a clinical ...

An infectious disease testing program developed by the Kirby Institute which has reduced the spread of sexually-transmitted infections and COVID-19 in remote communities, has won the Community Champion award at the 2024 Shaping ...

Professor Raina MacIntyre, head of the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, has written an editorial in Nature Medicine to accompany a paper on a global airport wastewater surveillance system.Wastewater

The Kirby Institute joins our colleagues and friends in mourning the passing of David “Polly” Polson AM. David Polson was a kind, passionate and tenacious man who dedicated his life to challenging the stigma and discrimination ...

January 25 marked five years since the first COVID case was recorded in Australia. Many of us have tried to move on quickly from the pandemic, putting lockdowns and restrictions far behind us.But for some Australians, this hasn’t ...

Dr Chantelle Ahlenstiel from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has been awarded an $875,000 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grant, to undertake research on RNA therapeutics for an HIV cure.  Announce

Hepatitis C in Australia has decreased by 58% since 2015. More than 100,000 Australians have received curative hepatitis C treatments.There were 1,740 new hepatitis C infections in 2023. Only 8% of people living with ...

The Kirby Institute joins our colleagues and friends in Papua New Guinea, Australia and all over the world in mourning the loss of Emeritus Professor Michael Alpers, who passed away on Tuesday the 3rd December 2024.A ‘giant’ in medical ...

The Kirby Institute’s Professor Raina MacIntyre, head of the Biosecurity Program, has been added to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researcher (HCR) list in the Cross-Field category, positioning her within the top 1% in the world in her field.

Rebecca Guy from the Kirby Institute at UNSW has been appointed Scientia Professor, a prestigious title awarded in recognition of her outstanding academic achievements and leadership in public health research.This recognition ...