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World Food Day is celebrated around the globe on October 16. Food is one of our basic needs as a society. But while diet-related health problems are placing an increasing burden on already stretched…

People living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease and diabetes are more vulnerable to becoming severely ill or dying from COVID-19, and yet of all the interventional clinical…

How long have you been working at The George Institute? Since January 2020. What is your professional background? I’m an epidemiologist with a particular focus on quantitative global health research…

COVID-19 is a respiratory illness caused by a newly discovered coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Subsequently it has spread to 187 countries and territories with more…

SYDNEY, MARCH 10 – The George Institute for Global Health today announced that $53 million from three Australian investors will now support the commercialisation of its world-leading research to…

We are working with organisations across the globe to explore how the use of digital technology can improve healthcare delivery. In Australia we jointly hosted the first International Digital…

We are developing ways to support other primary healthcare workers to ease the pressure on doctors who are in scarce supply in many parts of the world. In India, a program has proved very successful…

We conduct large scale work to influence global health policies and practice. For example, a large scale cohort study recruiting 40,000 people in 21 low and middle-income countries is informing…

A key goal on the journey toward achieving Universal Health Coverage is making healthcare more affordable. Understanding optimal ways to pay for health and healthcare and to identify wastage and…

Access to essential medicines varies greatly worldwide and is strongly driven by wealth of the nation and the individual. Global surveys of people with heart disease and stroke have shown that the…

High blood pressure contributes to increased risk of stroke. We know that lowering salt intake will lower blood pressure levels.  However, the evidence to prove that lowering blood pressure will…

We are driving innovative clinical trial designs and ensuring our research is efficient and allows quick translation to practice. This includes cluster trials (for example, our HeadPoSt trial -…

Poor diets that are high in salt and sugar or excess energy and don’t include sufficient quantities of fresh fruits and vegetables are contributing to a whole host of non-communicable diseases. That’…

Meet Jianrong He, DPhil student   How long have you been working at The George Institute? I have been based at The George Institute, UK since October 2017.   What is your professional…

‘Every action matters, every bit of warming matters, every year matters, every choice matters’ Prof Kristie Ebi, University of Washington On 5 and 6 December 2019, I joined Professor Ebi and…

SYDNEY, NOV 14, 2019 - Women are more likely to survive a stroke, but have worse disability and poorer quality of life afterwards compared to men, according to research published in the latest issue…

In November 2018, The George Institute was designated a WHO Collaborating Centre for Injury Prevention and Trauma Care, enabling us to develop and implement effective strategies for prevention, as…

On 4 October 2019, over 100 members of the University of Oxford gathered to highlight research being conducted into women’s health across all divisions, and explore the potential for a…

A/Professor Clare Arnott is Head of the Cardiovascular Program and Director of the Global Better Treatments Program at The George Institute for Global Health and Staff Specialist cardiologist at…

Cardiovascular disease claims the most lives of any illness. Ahead of World Heart Day on September 29, we offer insights to debunk popular assumptions that affect advances in knowledge and…