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Using biomaterials to support the body’s ability to restore itself

Associate Professor Richard Williams works in the field of regenerative medicine, where he develops naturally inspired nanostructured materials to guide the formation of new tissue, drug delivery, and tissue-engineered...

Research newsJune 27, 2025

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Improving the quality of research conducted at IMPACT

Dr Mojtaba Lotfaliany specialises in the field of biostatistics. His career began as a medical student, working as a volunteer research assistant. He decided to follow this passion by...

Research newsJune 17, 2025

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Working collaboratively to empower those with disabling mental disorders

Sitting within IMPACT, the Centre of Research Excellence for the Development of Innovative Therapies for Psychiatric Disorders (CREDIT) is an innovative centre. Concerning lack of treatment pathways for common...

Research newsJune 10, 2025

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Menopausal hormone therapy for managing tendon conditions in the postmenopausal population

Dr Rachael McMillan is a musculoskeletal and emergency medicine researcher and senior clinician physiotherapist (PhD) in Emergency Department and Urgent Care settings. She is an early career researcher, three...

Research newsJune 2, 2025

Epigenetics research provides alternative drug pathway for paediatric brain cancers

Groundbreaking research in epigenetics has led to the development of a potentially life-changing treatment for children with brain cancer. Now in its pre-clinical phase, the research shows that epigenetic...

Cancer researchMay 21, 2025

Too much ultra-processed food increases depression risk in older adults

Older Australians who eat a diet high in ultra-processed foods have an increased risk of depression, new research has found. The findings published in BMC Medicine found Australians aged...

Research newsMay 20, 2025

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Understanding the interplay between mental disorders, treatment regimens, and physical disease

Professor Lana Williams is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Emerging Research Fellow, psychologist, Deputy Director of the Population Health Pillar at IMPACT, and Co- Director of...

Research newsMay 19, 2025

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Research finds link between gene activity in babies noses and wheezing illnesses

New findings from the Barwon Infant Study show the pattern of gene activity in baby’s noses is strongly linked to their risk of subsequent wheezing illnesses. The research published...

Research newsMay 15, 2025

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Genes, environment or a special bond? Why some twins talk and think in unison

Written for The Conversation by Professor Jeffrey Craig, Deakin University and Nancy Segal, California State University, Fullerton An interview with Paula and Bridgette Powers – identical twins who witnessed...

Research newsMay 13, 2025

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New NHMRC grant funding for Deakin autism research

Professor Peter Vuillermin from the Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT) has been awarded $937,221 in funding as part of the National Health and Medical...

Research newsMay 12, 2025

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Online group therapy program seeks to enhance the lives of people with bipolar disorder

There are currently two trials of online programs that have been designed to improve the wellbeing of both people with bipolar disorder and those closest to them. Growing need...

Bipolar DisorderMay 12, 2025

The 2024 IMPACT Annual Report is live

A message from our Directors: We built IMPACT on the idea that interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration drives discovery and is the key to solving the most complex health challenges....