The Sax Institute is a great source of stories for media interested in research and how it might be put to practical use to improve people’s health.
Journalists can contact us or use the website to source the latest Sax news, see our large list of published research, view media releases, read opinion pieces from our experts and views from other health leaders, check for upcoming events, watch video/slides of presentations from leading researchers, and stay up-to-date with our latest publications on new developments in research.
Contact the team by emailing communications@saxinstitute.org.au or phone on +61 2 9188 9500, or contact individual team members below:
Australia could see higher proportional death rates from the novel coronavirus outbreak than in China, due to our relatively older population and the more severe symptoms of the virus in older people, according to a perspective penned by one of the world’s leading biosecurity experts. The warning follows the...
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Media release: 10 March 2020. Children are exposed to up to 2800 ads for junk food every year on their way to and from school – ads which influence their food preferences and contribute to childhood obesity – according to a new study that points to public transport as...
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4 December 2019. More than 70% of teenage girls who are risky drinkers report unwanted sexual attention from other drinkers – just one of a multitude of harms young people experience from ‘second-hand drinking’, according to new Australian research.
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26 November 2019. Three Australian researchers who have achieved real impact in areas as diverse as dental care for Indigenous communities, unintentional river drownings, and young people’s access to healthcare have been honoured in the Sax Institute’s Research Action Awards tonight.
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Media release: 30 October 2019. Two research teams responsible for a rural community project that helps children with speech problems and a paper analysing the renewal of Australia’s National Cervical Screening Program have been honoured in the 2019 Public Health Research & Practice Excellence Awards.
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Media release: 10 October 2019. The Sax Institute is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Ian Olver AM as the new Chair of its Board of Directors.
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Media release: 25 September 2019. The steady flow of politicians and government staffers switching sides to lobby for powerful food, alcohol and gambling companies poses a serious threat to public health, experts warn in new research published today.
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Media release: 31 July 2019. Screening people at high risk for lung cancer – still Australia’s single biggest cancer killer – has the potential to save thousands of lives especially among former smokers, according to a new paper on the future of cancer screening in Australia. The paper is...
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Media Release: 4 July 2019. Smoking is not just bad for your lungs: it causes untold damage to the heart and major blood vessels and triples the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, according to a major new study based on data from the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study.
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Media Release: 12 April 2019. The Sax Institute has launched a Pilot Study to test the feasibility of collecting health information from people who receive healthcare services across the public and private sectors.
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