2019
Articles
18 April 2019
Sydney researcher receives prestigious award from Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry has presented Associate Professor Wojciech Chrzanowski with an award for his paper on extracellular vesicles (EVs) in Nanoscale Horizons.
15 April 2019
Malaria and the doctor who changed the rules of treatment
The people of Burma, now Myanmar, were being devastated by conflict and drug resistant malaria, when alumna Rose McGready arrived. It was a temporary work placement that became much more than she expected.
11 April 2019
University researchers present eHealth initiatives at national conference
Researchers from the Matilda Centre have been invited to present at an addiction conference about eHealth initiatives that are providing trusted information to clinicians the community about mental health and substance abuse.
09 April 2019
Anxiety and alcohol use: attempting to retrain the brain
Dr Katrina Prior from the Matilda Centre is working with young people to create an online intervention to prevent the exacerbation of comorbid anxiety and alcohol and help young people lead healthier lives.
09 April 2019
Open source drug research could open up medicine
Universal access to medicine could come via open source drug discovery, argues lecturer Dr Alice Motion. She works to make drug discovery less secretive, so that more people can help find the pharmaceuticals the world needs.
04 April 2019
Sydney places 25th in the world in global impact ranking
The University of Sydney has been ranked 25th in the overall 2019 Times Higher Education University Impact Ranking.
02 April 2019
More operations done using robotic surgery
How do you take the skill of a top surgeon to the next level? You partner them with a robot. Robotic surgery is already happening, but don't worry - they're not on autopilot.
29 March 2019
Sydney excels in national research engagement and impact assessment
The University of Sydney has performed strongly in the Australian Research Council's first Engagement and Impact Assessment of research at Australian universities.
27 March 2019
Can medicinal cannabis treat the tics in Tourette syndrome?
A pioneering clinical trial investigating medicinal cannabis as a potential treatment for people living with Tourette syndrome will be conducted by Wesley Medical Research, with the cannabis supply facilitated by Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics at the University of Sydney.
27 March 2019
University of Sydney research shines in ERA results
All 22 broad fields of research undertaken at the University of Sydney have been rated as above or well above world standard by the Australian Research Council in a report released today.