17 Partnerships for the Goals
Griffith University and Gene Company partner to create exciting RNA-based COVID anti-viral
Griffith University has entered into a $135 million commercial partnership with Gene Company o further develop a new drug treatment for SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.
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Top Griffith scientists head to Canberra to make case for thousands with ME/CFS
Calls for new national clinical guidelines to improve the care of hundreds of thousands of Australians with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), and potentially thousands more with Long Covid.
17 Partnerships for the Goals
Largest medical research grant to help ME/CFS and Long COVID research
Griffith University’s research into the potential overlap between Long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) has received a major boost thanks to a $6.4 million grant from the Stafford Fox Medical Research Foundation.
10 Reduced Inequalities
$2.8 million in grants for medical research
Three Griffith University research projects have been successful in gaining grants from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
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Checking children’s wellbeing: before and after COVID-19
A video game featuring a mystical character named Rumble has helped Griffith University researchers investigate how school kids fared following lockdown disruption.
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World’s strongest MRI investigates COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue impacts on the brain
In a world-first, Griffith University researchers have used an ultra-high field MRI (7 Tesla) to investigate how COVID-19 and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) mirror the same effects on the brain structure.
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Team takes out medical prize for IUD research
Dr Sarah D’Arcy, Dr Chester Cao, Dr Steve Ahn, and Dr Victoria Allan along with their supervisor Associate Professor Alireza Ahmadvand investigated how the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns affected rates of long-acting reversible contraception utilisation.
Centre for Governance and Public Policy
Gendered food insecurity study informs recovery and preparedness in the Indo-Pacific
Academics from the Griffith Asia Institute (GAI) collaborated with researchers from the Indo-Pacific to examine the risks related to economic hardship and food insecurity that women in the region experienced during the first and second years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) funded project focused on low-income women working […]
Alumni
Griffith’s Outstanding Alumni Award 2022 winners
Griffith University has named five winners at its prestigious Outstanding Alumni Awards 2022, with an acclaimed Aboriginal author taking out the top gong.
Business and government
Change Conference is back with a bang
Behaviour experts will converge on Griffith University’s South Bank campus as the Change Conference makes its in-person comeback.
COVID-19
World first chronic fatigue syndrome findings could fast track response to Long COVID
Study suggests COVID-19 could be a potential trigger for ME/CFS.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Bat urine reveals extended range for new Hendra virus variant
Griffith University researchers have discovered a new Hendra virus variant that may pass to horses and humans much more widely across Australia than previously known.
Corporate
Griffith says G’day to returning international students
Griffith has rolled out the welcome mat for thousands of international students as they begin arriving in South-east Queensland following the easing of travel restrictions.
3 Good Health and Well Being
Childhood vaccination: the benefits spread beyond children
A Griffith study has found childhood COVID vaccination leads to high reductions in child disease and mortality, but is more beneficial to adults, particularly the unvaccinated.
COVID-19
Financial advisers: the hidden frontline in a crisis
Frontline support is one of the unacknowledged roles that financial planners play.
Architecture, construction and planning
Asia-Pacific leaders to share post-pandemic plans
Leaders from across the Asia-Pacific will gather at a Griffith University-led forum today to share visions for their cities in the wake of a global pandemic.
Centre for Cell Factories and Biopolymers
Plasma protein purifying research wins global challenge
Griffith University scientists have won a worldwide search for new ways to recover lifesaving antibodies from human plasma.
Centre for Environment and Population Health
Griffith epidemiologist appointed to prestigious WHO role
One of the state’s most esteemed public health professionals, currently completing a PhD at Griffith University, has been appointed to the WHO to lead contact tracing efforts.