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News and media Home delivered, medically tailored groceries improve diabetes control Date published: 21 Jul 2026 News Type: Media release Six George Institute researchers secure prestigious NHMRC Investigator Grants Date published: 30 Jul 2026 Node Type: Funding success Cute cartoons, colours and claims: baby food marketing tactics have exploded in a decade Date published: 15 Jul 2026 Node Type: Media release Australian cancer trials are getting worse at reporting sex differences - putting patients at risk Date published: 08 Jul 2026 Node Type: Media release The "healthier" drink that isn't: popular alcoholic beverages found to be ultra-processed despite health claims Date published: 07 Jul 2026 Node Type: Media release George Institute researchers awarded MRFF grants to drive equity and innovation in health care Date published: 01 Jul 2026 Node Type: Funding success Obesity inequalities in England have widened since COVID-19 – with steepest increases in new cases in young adults Date published: 25 Jun 2026 Node Type: Media release View all newsEvents Closing the gender health gap: the investment case and capturing Australia's window of opportunity Event date 25 Aug 2026 Online International course on leadership and professional skills for early career mental health professionals Event date 15 Nov 2026 In-person Webinar series: Digital health & AI readiness in primary care systems Event date 22 Jul 2026 Online Session 5: Opportunities for investment Event date 16 Jul 2026 Online Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Randomized Clinical Trials (SRMA) training course Event date 20 Nov 2026 In-person Webinar series: Protecting lives - children, youth, and vulnerable road users within the safe system Event date 30 Jun 2026 Online Session 4: Continuum of care: definitive & rehabilitation care Event date 18 Jun 2026 Online View all eventsVideos and podcasts Ubuntu Reflections Ep 3: Reimagining clinical trials in Africa: From design to ownership Episode 43 Duration 15 mins - 30 mins Inside the heat in pregnancy study – India Episode 43 Duration 15 mins or less Salt, Potassium, and prevention: A new approach to heart health Episode 42 Duration 15 mins or less Surgery or therapy? The METEOR2 debate Episode 41 Duration 15 mins or less Impact documentation for civil society organisations promoting health equity across Africa Published date 24 Oct 2025 Turning global promises into local action: Post-UN High-Level Meeting reflections Published date 21 Oct 2025 View all videosView all podcasts
Home delivered, medically tailored groceries improve diabetes control Date published: 21 Jul 2026 News Type: Media release
Six George Institute researchers secure prestigious NHMRC Investigator Grants Date published: 30 Jul 2026 Node Type: Funding success
Cute cartoons, colours and claims: baby food marketing tactics have exploded in a decade Date published: 15 Jul 2026 Node Type: Media release
Australian cancer trials are getting worse at reporting sex differences - putting patients at risk Date published: 08 Jul 2026 Node Type: Media release
The "healthier" drink that isn't: popular alcoholic beverages found to be ultra-processed despite health claims Date published: 07 Jul 2026 Node Type: Media release
George Institute researchers awarded MRFF grants to drive equity and innovation in health care Date published: 01 Jul 2026 Node Type: Funding success
Obesity inequalities in England have widened since COVID-19 – with steepest increases in new cases in young adults Date published: 25 Jun 2026 Node Type: Media release
Closing the gender health gap: the investment case and capturing Australia's window of opportunity Event date 25 Aug 2026 Online
International course on leadership and professional skills for early career mental health professionals Event date 15 Nov 2026 In-person
Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Randomized Clinical Trials (SRMA) training course Event date 20 Nov 2026 In-person
Webinar series: Protecting lives - children, youth, and vulnerable road users within the safe system Event date 30 Jun 2026 Online
Ubuntu Reflections Ep 3: Reimagining clinical trials in Africa: From design to ownership Episode 43 Duration 15 mins - 30 mins
Impact documentation for civil society organisations promoting health equity across Africa Published date 24 Oct 2025
Turning global promises into local action: Post-UN High-Level Meeting reflections Published date 21 Oct 2025
