Posted on: 15 September, 2023
Funding from the Skipper Jacobs Charitable Trust has helped a group of our young research leaders broaden their experience and establish new collaborations.
Close to $40,000 was shared amongst five early-to-mid career researchers, allowing them to travel nationally and internationally to progress their research and develop new skills.
One of those to receive funding is Dr Kenji Fujita, a.....
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Category: Awards, Funding support, Research Excellence
Posted on: 12 September, 2023
A group of young researchers will have the chance to broaden their skills and establish new collaborations following a funding boost from the Royal North Shore Hospital Scientific Staff Council.
The council has awarded 12 travel grants to scientists working within the district and the Kolling Institute.
The diverse group of young leaders is driving research progress into heart and kidney.....
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Category: Funding support, Research Excellence
Posted on: 27 February, 2023
Kolling Institute Governance Committee Chair Michael Nugent said it is encouraging to see more than a dozen researchers from the Kolling have been profiled in an international study recognising the world’s best.
Published by Stanford University, the study has identified the top two per cent of researchers in the world across individual fields.
The study is based on metrics from Scopus, a.....
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Category: Research Excellence
Posted on: 20 February, 2023
A collection of emerging research leaders will have the chance to broaden their research experience thanks to funding provided through the Skipper Jacobs Charitable Trust.
Close to $40,000 will be shared amongst five early-to-mid career researchers, allowing them to travel nationally and internationally expanding their research and developing new skills.
It’s anticipated the travel progr.....
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Category: Awards, Research Excellence
Posted on: 10 February, 2023
Several high profile awards are highlighting the emerging talent within the Kolling’s Laboratory of Ageing and Pharmacology.
Led by Professor Sarah Hilmer, the team is driving research to improve the quality use of medicines particularly by older adults.
Two prestigious awards were presented to researchers at a national event in Perth showcasing new investigators in clinical and experime.....
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Category: Awards, Research Excellence
Posted on: 16 December, 2022
Congratulations to research fellow Dr Lisa Kouladjian O’Donnell who has received a prestigious award for her contribution to pharmacology.
Lisa was presented with the ASCEPT Early Achievement Award for Women during the annual meeting of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists.
This year’s event was held in Perth in collaboration with the Au.....
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Category: Awards, Research Excellence
Posted on: 06 December, 2022
A new study by researchers at the Kolling Institute, in collaboration with the Microbiome Research Centre, has shown that multiple medication use impacts gut microbiome, and may influence the ageing process.
Gizem Gemikonakli, a PhD student at the University of Sydney, said their findings followed a longitudinal, in vivo study.
“Interestingly, mice that were given a regimen of five thera.....
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Category: Neuroscience and Pain Research, Research Excellence
Posted on: 14 October, 2022
We would like to congratulate Kolling Institute researcher Professor Sarah Hilmer who has been elected a Fellow of the prestigious Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
Professor Hilmer is part of a select group of researchers who have been admitted to the academy, which works to advance health and medical research across Australia. She has joined the highly-respected organi.....
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Category: Awards, Research Excellence
Posted on: 27 June, 2022
An impressive group of emerging leaders addressed the Kolling’s Neuroscience and Pain Showcase, sharing details of their diverse and exciting research projects.
With a broad range of expertise in this field, the showcase involved representatives from the pain management and rehabilitations teams, as well as the ageing, mental health, neurogenetics and neuromuscular imaging groups.
The ea.....
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Category: Neuroscience and Pain Research, Research Excellence
Posted on: 13 June, 2022
We would like to congratulate our Kolling Institute researcher Professor Sarah Hilmer who’s been awarded an AM for her service to clinical and geriatric pharmacology as part of the Queen’s birthday honours.
Professor Hilmer has worked as the Head of Clinical Pharmacology and as a geriatrician at Royal North Shore Hospital since 2005. Her research and clinical expertise is respected both .....
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Category: Awards, Research Excellence