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The rules are changing around the management of hypertension (high blood pressure) worldwide, with a single lab in Melbourne at the heart of the change.…  Read more

Associate Professor Jun Yang has been recognised as a change agent in the field of hypertension research and treatment, with the Victorian government adding her to the state’s official Honour Roll of Women.…  Read more

Unprecedented access to a unique group of Australians is allowing researchers to study links between raised aldosterone levels and elevated cardiovascular risk in various age groups – with important findings for heart health. This research is shedding new light on aldosterone heart risk, a critical factor in cardiovascular health.…  Read more

Internationally renowned researcher into Differences of Sex Development, Professor Vincent Harley, provides an introduction to the topic – separating fact from fiction.…  Read more

A new technique developed at Hudson Institute is set to change how disorders/differences of sex development (DSD) are diagnosed.…  Read more

The establishment of the Primary Aldosteronism Centre of Research Excellence (PACE), brings together world-class researchers to improve the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism (PA)…  Read more

Two researchers at the forefront of Hudson Institute’s work on Primary Aldosteronism (PA) have been recognised for their efforts to increase understanding and treatment of the condition.…  Read more

Hudson Institute is a key player in an exciting new primary aldosteronism (PA) project investigating the causes of primary aldosteronism, a common and potentially preventable cause of cardiovascular disease.…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers have had some great success in the recent NHMRC Grant rounds.…  Read more

A recently discovered genetic mutation could be the cause of some severe and baffling cases of osteoporosis – including in young people.…  Read more

A hidden cause of disease for more than half a million Australians – and the researchers pioneering its detection and treatment – have been recognised in a big way, with Hudson Institute to be home to the new NHMRC Primary Aldosteronism Centre of Excellence (PACE).…  Read more

Alarming levels of a major hypertension risk have been found among Indigenous people in Australia’s Top End, in a first-of-its-kind study.…  Read more

An RNA-based gene therapy treatment for Parkinson’s disease that could slow and possibly even stop the condition is now a big step closer.…  Read more

PhD student Brittany Vining has used her recipe for creating a baby boy to claim top prize in the School of Clinical Sciences Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.…  Read more

It was a simple suggestion that led Associate Professor Jun Yang to begin studying primary aldosteronism (PA), but when she discovered both her parents had the condition, she knew she was onto something.…  Read more

They’ve already identified a major undiagnosed cause of hypertension (high blood pressure), now the same team of researchers is helping doctors to better assess hypertension risk.…  Read more

Hudson Institute research has been recognised for its impact on Victoria’s healthcare, with two projects named as finalists in the 2022 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards.…  Read more

After watching her father struggle with hypertension (high blood pressure) for decades, endocrinologist Dr Jun Yang found he had a hormonal condition called primary aldosteronism (PA).…  Read more

After identifying Primary Aldosteronism (PA) as a significant cause of high blood pressure, Dr Jun Yang is now leading a multi-state push to have hospitals equipped to treat the condition.…  Read more

A simple blood test for primary aldosteronism could save more than half a million Australians from unnecessary illness, medication and expense, a new study has found…  Read more

Hudson Institute has again been recognised as a leader in medical research with our CEO & Director appointed to the Council of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).…  Read more

Men and women are different. There is sex bias in disease prevalence, susceptibility, and severity. Response to drugs is also different.…  Read more

Hudson Institute scientists have found that a hormone that can cause high blood pressure has been found to behave differently in young men and women, possibly paving the way for more targeted diagnosis and treatment.…  Read more

The first osteoporosis screening program to identify patients at high risk of fracture following stroke will be established, after the Bone Health Foundation awarded Hudson Institute a $25,000 grant.…  Read more

Hudson Institute has been successful in the NHMRC Ideas Grant round. Our researchers have been awarded four NHMRC Ideas Grants, totalling almost $4.1 million.…  Read more

Two Hudson Institute researchers have been awarded a share of almost $165 000 in funding from the Cerebral Palsy Alliance.…  Read more

Congratulations to Professor Henry Burger AO for being awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contribution to menopause, from the International Menopause Society.…  Read more

After watching her father struggle to battle hypertension — or high blood pressure — for decades, Dr Jun Yang ran some tests and was able to find one targeted treatment that successfully lowered his blood pressure to a healthy level for the first time.…  Read more

Changes in a gene linked to skeletal problems in humans could also be important for disorders of sex development (DSD), according to new research.…  Read more

A clinical service and primary care outreach program focused on hormonal causes of high blood pressure — the first of its kind in Victoria — has led to earlier screening and diagnosis of primary aldosteronism.…  Read more

Hudson Institute is delighted to announce the success of our researchers in the latest NHMRC Investigator Grant round. Internationally-renowned childhood sleep expert Professor Rosemary Horne has been awarded more than $2 million to pursue studies investigating the implications of impaired sleep on the developing brain, while Dr Jun Yang has been awarded more than half…  Read more

Five Hudson Institute researchers have been awarded one-year Medicine/Science grants totalling nearly $300,000 by The CASS Foundation, to advance their research projects into mitochondrially-driven cancers, ovarian cancer, Parkinson’s disease, primary aldosteronism and endometriosis in 2020.…  Read more

Hudson Institute has had outstanding success in the NHMRC Ideas Grant round.

Our researchers have been awarded nine NHMRC Ideas Grants, totalling almost $8.5 million and a success rate of 19.1 per cent.…  Read more

Congratulations to Professor Kate Loveland and her team who have been awarded an ARC Discovery Project grant to further her research in male fertility.…  Read more

Many people do not realise that people with cerebral palsy (CP) have lifelong complications from brittle bones caused by reduced bone density. A recent study identified the key factors that influence low bone density in adults with CP. …  Read more

Researchers have made an evolution related breakthrough in discovering the critical change in hormonal salt regulation that allowed life to evolve out of the seas and onto land.…  Read more

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder primarily associated with an inability to initiate and control voluntary movement.…  Read more

For her cutting-edge study that sheds more light on how a baby’s sex is determined, PhD student Brittany Croft has received a top international accolade.…  Read more

Two Hudson Institute researchers, Dr Jun Yang and Dr Maree Bilandzic have been successful in the 2019 IMPACT Philanthropy program, from Perpetual, which are awarded to organisations based on their strategy, outcomes, capability and leaderships.…  Read more

Establishing a career in science, and funding for a chosen area of research, can be challenging. Many top young scientists need all the support they can get through the critical phases of their research.…  Read more

High blood pressure, or hypertension, continues to claim the lives of millions worldwide each year, despite the fact it only takes minutes to detect through screening.…  Read more

While most of us know a good night’s sleep is important for our health, a new study has pinpointed why it also could be crucial for maintaining a healthy heart. A study by Dr Morag Young, and students Elizabeth Fletcher and Monica Kanki, shows how changes in our heart’s circadian clock, as might occur with…  Read more

Dr Jun Yang has been awarded a prestigious $100,000 research grant from the Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation to find out more about how aldosterone might cause cardiovascular disease. Aldosterone is an important hormone in our body, but if produced in excess it can cause high blood pressure, stroke and heart attack. While it’s…  Read more

Boy or girl? Sometimes the answer is not straightforward.…  Read more

A discovery has been made about how a baby’s sex is determined – it’s not just about the X-Y chromosomes, but involves a ’regulator’ that increases or decreases the activity of genes which decide if we become male or female.…  Read more

A new study has uncovered a link between being transgender and changes in genes that process the sex hormones estrogen and androgen, revealing a possible biological basis for gender dysphoria.…  Read more

Hudson Institute has had outstanding success in the recent National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Fellowship and Development Grant announcements.…  Read more

Men undergoing kidney dialysis may have lower testosterone and reproductive hormone levels, providing evidence as to why this group are more prone to bone fractures, a new Hudson Institute of Medical Research study has shown. The study, by Clinical Associate Professor Frances Milat and first author Dr Jasna Aleksova, suggests hormone replacement therapy could be…  Read more

Hudson Institute researchers are closer to understanding the fundamental processes that make embryos develop as male, helping the 1 in 5000 babies that are born intersex.…  Read more

A study led by Professor Vincent Harley and Dr Daniel Bird examining the genetic causes of intersex, where a person is born with characteristics that are not clearly male or female…  Read more

Australia’s largest study of a common yet underdiagnosed cause of high blood pressure is starting at Hudson Institute, with the aim of preventing heart attack and stroke. Primary aldosteronism (PA) is a potentially curable cause of high blood pressure (hypertension) caused by the over-production of the hormone aldosterone from the adrenal glands. If left undiagnosed,…  Read more

Hudson Institute has had outstanding success in the recent NHMRC Project Grant round. In addition, our researchers have been awarded an NHMRC Partnership Grant, an NHMRC Development Grant, an ARC Discovery Grant and three NMHRC Fellowships.…  Read more

Melbourne’s first dedicated Endocrine Hypertension Clinic is opening its doors at Monash Health on July 21 to improve treatment of a common yet underdiagnosed cause of high blood pressure. Hudson Institute of Medical Research’s Centre for Endocrinology and Metabolism (CEM) clinician-researchers, Professor Peter Fuller, Dr Jun Yang and Dr Jimmy Shen, are behind the new…  Read more

Dr Frances Milat has been acknowledged for her work as Head of Monash Health’s Metabolic Bone Service at Monash Health with the 2016 One Monash Health Award for Leadership in Excellence in Access and Responsiveness.…  Read more

Maintaining muscle mass is crucial for good bone health in young adults with cerebral palsy (CP), a new collaborative study by endocrinology researchers at Hudson Institute of Medical Research has found.…  Read more

Researchers from Hudson Institute and Monash University’s School of Clinical Sciences have received a $58,000 Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation grant to help understand the sex-specific genetic causes for why men are more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease than women.…  Read more

Hudson Institute sex genetics experts Professor Vincent Harley and Dr Stefan Bagheri-Fam have led an international study which identifies a new rare disorder that forms another piece of the puzzle in understanding why some people are born intersex.…  Read more

The MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research has received $1M AUD from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to investigate the relationship between some oral contraceptives and an increased susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV.…  Read more

Early to mid-career researchers are set to get a boost thanks to the announcement of the $1 million Fielding Fellowship Program and Award for Innovation by Melbourne Businessman and Fielding Foundation Executive Chair, Mr Peter Fielding.…  Read more