The Kirby Institute's Professor Gail Matthews is among 27 of Australia's top medical and health researchers elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS), in recognition of their outstanding ...

The Kirby Institute mourns the loss of Atlantic Philanthropies Founder Charles F. Feeney, who donated $10M to support the Institute’s move from Darlinghurst to a new, purpose-built facility on UNSW's Kensington campus. American

Congratulations to Joanne Carson, who was awarded the Kirby Institute’s Postgraduate Student Prize for 2023. The Kirby Institute Postgraduate Student Prize is an annual award given to the most significant first author paper by a Kirby ...

(CANBERRA, 11 September 2023) A new Hindi language application and dashboard designed for the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney’s epidemic observatory EPIWATCH will facilitate expanded access to pandemic early warnings. The dashboard was ...

Strategies and Treatments for Respiratory Infections & Viral Emergencies, or STRIVE, was established in 2022 in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the goal of bringing together multiple clinical trials networks under a ...

In reflection and celebration of his 32-year research career, and over 40 years working in health and activism, Associate Professor Garrett Prestage was awarded the 2023 Brett Tindall Memorial Lecture, an annual lecture held by the ...

The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has been awarded an almost $1.5 million Partnership Grant by the National Health and Medical Research Council to continue and enhance its long-term collaboration with Australian Red Cross Lifeblood on ...

The Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has awarded the second David Cooper Scholarship to Damian Honeyman, an ICU nurse at NSW Health and PhD candidate within the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute. Thanks to generous donations ...

The Kirby Institute joins our colleagues in the Faculty of Medicine & Health and the broader UNSW community in mourning the loss of our colleague, esteemed epidemiologist Professor Mary-Louise McLaws AO.   Professor

Lab data in cells has shown that siRNA has the potential to treat COVID-19 infection better than existing antivirals, according to new research from UNSW’s Kirby and RNA Institutes, published today in Antiviral Research. siRNA – which ...

Three Kirby Institute initiatives have secured a total of $5.5 million in funding through the highly competitive National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies grants scheme. Projects aiming ...

Kirby Institute Patron, The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG delivered the 2023 David Cooper Lecture, sharing his insights into life during the AIDS epidemic, highlights of his career and the role of human rights in responding to infectious ...

Our new and updated design and layout will make it easier to find what you’re looking for, and aligns with UNSW’s refreshed creative approach. This new re-design is cleaner and fully optimised for mobile, compliant for accessibility ...

This year, by referendum, we all have an opportunity to make a difference to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to the process surrounding how decisions affecting their lives are made.  The Kirby Institute at UNSW ...

A collaborative and rapidly rolled out point-of-care testing program helped avert a major COVID-19 outbreak in remote Aboriginal communities during the pandemic. A new evaluation commissioned by the Australian Government has ...

A major laboratory study led by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has found that despite Australia being exposed to many diverse Omicron sub-variants, widespread vaccination and previous exposure within the population has meant that ...

There aren’t enough interventions for people who use drugs, new research shows. Written by NDARC MEDIA / UNSW MEDIA for the UNSW Newsroom Evidence of an increase in injecting drug use at a global level highlights the need for ...

A Kirby Institute initiative that will develop a digital health tool to aid the equitable elimination of cervical cancer in Australia has been awarded funding through the highly competitive Australian Government’s Medical ...