Researchers awarded multi-million dollar grant to advance care for brain cancer survivors
23 March 2021
The Australian Government has awarded $2.6 million to researchers at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne for a project using the latest information technology to improve the lives of people who have survived brain cancer.
The RMH researcher receives Cancer Council Grant
15 March 2021
A study aiming to find the genetic link between familial bowel cancers, led by Inaugural Chair of Adult Clinical Genetics at the University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Hospital Professor Ingrid Winship, is one of 13 research projects that will share in $3.8 million from Cancer Council Victoria.
Rapid COVID test evaluated at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
03 March 2021
Research by the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, published results for the validation study of rapid point-of-care antigen testing in the Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific.
The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Professor Kirsty Buising named Moomba Monarch
02 March 2021
Lord Mayor Sally Capp today announced this year’s Moomba Monarchs are representatives of the unsung community heroes who have been working to keep us all safe during COVID-19.
Up, up and away…mobile brain scans to transform urgent stroke care
26 February 2021
Work is underway to create world-first light, portable brain scanners so more Australians have rapid access to real-time stroke treatment.
NorthWestern Mental Health ‘HOPE’ services launched
25 February 2021
As one of the biggest providers of Mental Health services in Victoria, the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s NorthWestern Mental Health (NWMH) is excited to announce the launch of two new Hospital Outreach Post-suicidal Engagement (HOPE) services.
Jewellers say ‘thanks’ to the RMH
29 January 2021
A global network of jewellers have come together in a unique project to thank frontline healthcare workers.
‘Waking Up’: The Royal Melbourne Hospital nurse-led research project
29 January 2021
A new research project is underway in the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s (RMH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and ward 6SE (cardiothoracic) to investigate the ways in which cardiac surgery patients wake up from their anaesthetics in ICU.
Cardiology Registrar a recipient of Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research
17 January 2021
Dr Melissa Lee is a Royal Melbourne Hospital veteran who started her career at the hospital as a medical student in 2011, and a medical intern in 2014.
Registrar awarded major Allergy and Immunology Foundation grant
01 December 2020
The Royal Melbourne Hospital congratulates Immunology Registrar Dr Celine Jin on receiving the Allergy and Immunology Foundation of Australasia (AIFA) Primary Immunodeficiencies Clinical Research Grant of $15,000.