Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) impacts about 40% of women, but it is often shrouded in secrecy and seldom talked about - despite its debilitating nature. Sally M., our POP advocate, shares part of her experience with the condition in the video above, and in today's The Age. Our POP researchers here at Hudson Institute are developing new stem cell-based prevention and treatment options with the potential to revolutionise therapies for pelvic floor regeneration and enable personalised medicine for women.
Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Research Services
Clayton, VIC 10,167 followers
Leading medical research institute recognised internationally for discovery science and translational research
About us
Hudson Institute is a leading Australian medical research institute recognised internationally for discovery science and translational research. We strive to improve human health through groundbreaking, collaborative, medical research discoveries and the translation of these to real world impact. We are research leaders in five areas of medical need: 1. Inflammation – exploring how your body’s inflammatory response to infection and injury helps you to fight infectious diseases, like COVID-19, autoimmune diseases and cancer. We house Australia’s largest group of inflammation and immunity scientists and clinicians. 1. Reproductive health and pregnancy – answering the tough questions around infertility and pregnancy complications to reduce rates of infertility and stillbirth and to find new treatments for endometriosis and birth trauma. 2. Infant and child health – protecting vulnerable newborns from complications during birth, in the critical early weeks of life and exploring better treatments for childhood diseases. 4. Cancer – investigating how cancer starts developing, and exploring ways to better diagnose, detect and treat life-threatening cases. 5. Hormones and Health – improving the understanding of how your hormonal (endocrine) system maintains its delicate balance to improve your health and wellbeing. Our 443 scientists and students ask questions that push the boundaries of human knowledge to solve complex problems about human disease. Clinical experience based on patient need informs our research enquiry, and our close ties with medical staff and industry support the translation of our discoveries into new preventative approaches, therapies and devices for patient.
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- Research Services
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- 201-500 employees
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- Clayton, VIC
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- Nonprofit
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- 1960
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- Medical research, Clinical trials, Health, Women's and baby health, Cancer, Reproduction, and Innate Immunity and Infection
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27-31 Wright Street
Clayton, VIC 3168, AU
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Liz Hartland, Director and CEO of the Hudson Institute of Medical Research delivered a powerful keynote at #AusME2024 this morning. The team have recently discovered an effector protein from Legionella degrades host glycolytic mRNAs to inhibit host cell metabolism during infection. Currently under review, be sure to keep your eyes peeled for the forthcoming manuscript.
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We'd also like to join Hudson Institute of Medical Research in celebrating today's news that Professor Liz Hartland AM - also our esteemed AAMRI President - has just been announced as a one of the new Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences - such a well deserved honour to Professor Hartland and the entire fellowship cohort.
Today, we welcome 31 new Fellows to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. “Our Fellowship represents the breadth and diversity of Australia’s health and medical expertise, allowing us to draw on independent, expert and evidence-based advice to drive change and improve health for all,” President Professor Louise Baur. Learn more about our incredible new Fellows in our news story. https://lnkd.in/g4F9hdpz - Professor Scott Bell FAHMS, Translational Research Institute Australia - Professor Dawn Bessarab FAHMS, The University of Western Australia - Professor Christopher Blyth FAHMS, The University of Western Australia/The Kids Research Institute Australia - Professor Professor Asha Bowen OAM FAHMS, Perth Children's Hospital/ The Kids Research Institute Australia - Dr Christopher Burns FAHMS, Amplia Therapeutics Ltd - Professor Patricia Davidson FAHMS, UNSW Sydney - Professor Kim Delbaere FAHMS, NeuRA (Neuroscience Research Australia) - Professor Linda Denehy FAHMS, University of Melbourne - Professor Jane Fisher AO FAHMS, Monash University - Professor Sharon Goldfeld AM FAHMS, he Royal Children's Hospital/Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) - Professor Justin Gooding FAA FTSE FAHMS, UNSW Sydney - Professor Daniel Green FAHMS, The University of Western Australia - Professor Liz Hartland AM FAHMS, Hudson Institute of Medical Research - Professor Vanessa Hayes FAHMS, University of Sydney - Professor Livia Hool FAHMS, The University of Western Australia - Professor Paul James FAHMS, The Royal Melbourne Hospital - Professor Ray Lovett FAHMS, The Australian National University - Professor Deborah Lupton FASSA FAHMS, UNSW Sydney - Professor Stuart MacGregor FAHMS, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute - Professor Raina MacIntyre FAHMS, UNSW Sydney - Professor Robert Newton FAHMS, Edith Cowan University - Professor Andreas Obermair FAHMS, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital/The University of Queensland - Deakin Distinguished Professor Anna Peeters, AM FAHMS, Deakin University - Professor Prof Sarath Ranganathan FAHMS, The University of Melbourne - Adjunct Professor Craig Rayner FRCP Edin FTSE FAHMS FTSE, Moderna - Professor Julie Simpson FAHMS, The University of Melbourne - Cojoint Professor Stephen Tong FAHMS, The University of Melbourne - Professor James Ward FAHMS, The University of Queensland - Professor Anthony Weiss AM FTSE FAHMS, The University of Sydney - Professor James Whisstock FAHMS, Monash University - Professor Steve Wilton AO FAHMS, Murdoch University
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Our Director & CEO, Prof Liz Hartland AM is among an impressive group of health & medical leaders named Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. 👏 Prof Hartland was recognised for her internationally significant research which informs fundamental knowledge of host-pathogen interactions & the development of anti-infective & immune-enhancing therapies that target the infection process. Congratulations Prof Hartland, and all of the incredible new Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Fellows! 🙌 Read more here: https://bit.ly/3YiCuRZ
Today, we welcome 31 new Fellows to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. “Our Fellowship represents the breadth and diversity of Australia’s health and medical expertise, allowing us to draw on independent, expert and evidence-based advice to drive change and improve health for all,” President Professor Louise Baur. Learn more about our incredible new Fellows in our news story. https://lnkd.in/g4F9hdpz - Professor Scott Bell FAHMS, Translational Research Institute Australia - Professor Dawn Bessarab FAHMS, The University of Western Australia - Professor Christopher Blyth FAHMS, The University of Western Australia/The Kids Research Institute Australia - Professor Professor Asha Bowen OAM FAHMS, Perth Children's Hospital/ The Kids Research Institute Australia - Dr Christopher Burns FAHMS, Amplia Therapeutics Ltd - Professor Patricia Davidson FAHMS, UNSW Sydney - Professor Kim Delbaere FAHMS, NeuRA (Neuroscience Research Australia) - Professor Linda Denehy FAHMS, University of Melbourne - Professor Jane Fisher AO FAHMS, Monash University - Professor Sharon Goldfeld AM FAHMS, he Royal Children's Hospital/Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) - Professor Justin Gooding FAA FTSE FAHMS, UNSW Sydney - Professor Daniel Green FAHMS, The University of Western Australia - Professor Liz Hartland AM FAHMS, Hudson Institute of Medical Research - Professor Vanessa Hayes FAHMS, University of Sydney - Professor Livia Hool FAHMS, The University of Western Australia - Professor Paul James FAHMS, The Royal Melbourne Hospital - Professor Ray Lovett FAHMS, The Australian National University - Professor Deborah Lupton FASSA FAHMS, UNSW Sydney - Professor Stuart MacGregor FAHMS, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute - Professor Raina MacIntyre FAHMS, UNSW Sydney - Professor Robert Newton FAHMS, Edith Cowan University - Professor Andreas Obermair FAHMS, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital/The University of Queensland - Deakin Distinguished Professor Anna Peeters, AM FAHMS, Deakin University - Professor Prof Sarath Ranganathan FAHMS, The University of Melbourne - Adjunct Professor Craig Rayner FRCP Edin FTSE FAHMS FTSE, Moderna - Professor Julie Simpson FAHMS, The University of Melbourne - Cojoint Professor Stephen Tong FAHMS, The University of Melbourne - Professor James Ward FAHMS, The University of Queensland - Professor Anthony Weiss AM FTSE FAHMS, The University of Sydney - Professor James Whisstock FAHMS, Monash University - Professor Steve Wilton AO FAHMS, Murdoch University
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Hudson Institute of Medical Research reposted this
Grateful to be inducted into the 2024 Victorian Honour Roll of Women as a Change Agent, together with my inspirational friend Ada Cheung #CelebrateVicWomen #HonourHer For me, this award is also for my supportive family & superb team at Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Monash University. Without the dedicated team of clinicians and researchers (including patient advocates) who are working together to optimise the detection of #PrimaryAldosteronism, change would be impossible.
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Congratulations to Monash Health Endocrinologist, Associate Professor Jun Yang, who has been added to the state’s official Honour Roll of Women, as a change agent in the field of hypertension research and treatment 🏆 A/Prof Yang, who is also Head of the Endocrine Hypertension Service at Hudson Institute of Medical Research, joins a group of remarkable Victorian women who share her persistence and determination to make meaningful change. The award comes in honour of A/Prof Yang’s years of work to increase the diagnosis and treatment of Primary Aldosteronism (PA), which is responsible for up to 10 per cent of all cases of hypertension (high blood pressure). PA affects up to 600,000 Australians, with many of them unaware of the condition, meaning that both their PA and their hypertension are likely to go untreated. ‘Under A/Prof Yang's leadership, diagnoses have increased fortyfold, leading to the service being recognised by Monash Health and the Victorian Public Health Awards,’ said Dr Ranjana Srivastava OAM, Monash Health Oncologist. Professor Peter Fuller, Head of Monash Health’s Endocrinology Unit and Hudson Institute’s Centre for Endocrinology and Metabolism, described her as a force of nature whose academic trajectory has been stellar. ‘She has successfully integrated her clinical expertise with discovery science and community outreach to advance the diagnosis of PA, an under-recognised, potentially curable, cause of hypertension,’ said Professor Fuller. ‘(She is) an extraordinary young clinician-researcher who has successfully juggled clinical, family and academic responsibilities to be a role model for young women in science and endocrinology, with a reach and impact well beyond Victoria.’
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Come work with us! 👋 With the continued growth of ANZCHOG and our clinical trials portfolio, we're looking to expand our team. We have two great new positions available - Administration & Finance Officer and Clinical Trials Assistant. Both of these roles will form part of our small, tight-knit team based at Hudson Institute of Medical Research in Clayton, with options for flexible working arrangements and salary packaging. Click through to read more about each of these exciting new roles 👇 Administration and Finance Officer (0.8 - 1.0 FTE) - https://lnkd.in/gkDbsdew Clinical Trials Assistant (1.0 FTE) - https://lnkd.in/gc3xaYZ9
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We're deeply saddened by the loss of Professor Henry Burger AO, one of our cherished founding fathers. 🕊️❤️ Prof Burger was the first and a long serving Director of Prince Henry's Institute, which along with Monash Institute of Medical Research, went on to become Hudson Institute. He leaves a great and lasting legacy as mentor to dozens of fellows and associates and had a huge impact on many of us. Prof Burger's influence within the national and international endocrine community cannot be overstated and he will be remembered as a kind, generous and respected member of the Hudson community. Read more about Prof Burger's scientific and professional legacy here: https://bit.ly/3BJj6G9
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This week we welcomed Victoria's Deputy Premier and Minister for Medical Research The Hon. Ben Carroll to Hudson Institute to announce the establishment of the Victorian Paediatric Cancer Consortium Limited (VPCC Ltd), made possible by a $35 million investment from the State Government and $10 million from the Children’s Cancer Foundation. 🙌 🥳 The Consortium will be led by CEO Dr Udani Reets and its new Board of Directors, including Australia's former Chief Medical Officer, Professor Brendan Murphy AC as Chair. VPCC Ltd brings together Hudson Institute, the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Monash Children’s Hospital, the Royal Children’s Hospital, the University of Melbourne, Monash University, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and the Children’s Cancer Foundation. Victorian Paediatric Cancer Consortium Ltd
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Thanks to the generosity of one of the nation’s largest retail organisations, Spotlight Group Holdings, Hudson Institute received a cheque for more than $50,000, to help advance our #OvarianCancer research. 🥳 Each year around 1500 Australian women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer and fewer than half will survive beyond five years. It’s this kind of corporate philanthropy that can make an enormous difference to researchers themselves, the work they do and the lives they’re working to save. Thank you Spotlight Group Holdings, for all your support ❤️ L-R, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Spotlight Group Holdings Morry Fraid, General Manager Investments Spotlight Group Holdings Ben Clark, and ovarian cancer researcher Dr Maree Bilandzic
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