INSPIRE

We dedicate this 34th issue of INSPIRE to the diverse and innovative health and medical research contributing to the broad theme of prevention. This edition showcases medical and non-medical factors that keep us well and thriving.

In this edition, we also showcase the 2024 winners of Research Australia’s Health and Medical Research Awards. These awards recognise the entire health and medical research pipeline from the cutting-edge work of established researchers and early to mid-career clinician researchers, to the advocates and philanthropists that support their work.

Included is a summary of our most recent University Roundtable where we profile four eminent speakers with expertise in social determinants of health, Professor Sharon Bessell, Professor Robyn Norton AO, Fiona Cornforth and Professor Anne Kavanagh. Their work is critical in highlighting voices we don’t often hear from, and we have given them additional space by dedicating the Last Word to their work.

We are delighted to welcome The Homer Hack, Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate (ANZUP) and SpinalCure Australia as new members of the Research Australia alliance.

Our special thanks go to all the contributors to this issue: Australian National University, Central Queensland University, CSIRO, CSL, Curtin University, Deakin University, Edith Cowan University, Griffith University, GSK, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Luminesce Alliance, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Monash University, University of Newcastle, Sax Institute, University of Sydney, The Kids Research Institute, The Kids Cancer Project, University of Melbourne and University of Western Australia.

Thank you to our members who have shared their groundbreaking work with us in this issue. INSPIRE serves as a platform to showcase your stories and celebrate the vibrant and exceptional health and medical research community in Australia.

Enjoy reading this edition of INSPIRE.

The schedule for upcoming editions of INSPIRE and information about how to contribute an article is available here.

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The schedule for upcoming editions of INSPIRE and information about how to contribute an article is available here.