Nossal Institute for Global Health
Improving the public health and futures of vulnerable communities through global health research, education and inclusive development
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Research Units
Our units are engaged in research, education and consultancy services promote evidence-driven global health. Read more about our units and their work.
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Graduate Research
A resource for students and supervisors seeking up to date information about policies and procedures
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Publications
The Nossal Institute’s staff are active researchers, explore the recent published work of the Nossal Institute team.
Graduate Research at MDHS
A resource for students and supervisors seeking up to date information about policies and procedures
Research in the Faculty
The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences is Australia's largest biomedical research faculty. We employ more than 1500 academic staff, 4000 honorary staff and 1500 graduate researchers undertaking world class research across a wide range of health and social issues in a diverse range of research settings. Researchers are located at key sites across Victoria, with more conducting research around the world. These renowned experts from every field can be found in labs, hospitals, affiliated research institutes and all across the wider community.
Information and support tools for Faculty staff are available on the Faculty intranet.-
Professional Development Opportunities
Our subjects at the University of Melbourne are offered through the Community Access Program, and are perfect to keep you up to date with the latest research and information.
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Degrees
Our degree programs are delivered by academic staff with extensive experience and depth of knowledge, who are leaders in their chosen fields of public health.
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Scholarship, Bursaries and Prizes
The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences offer an extensive range of scholarships and bursaries to undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students.
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Online Health Systems Strengthening Course
This free online course will develop skills and confidence in policy makers, managers and clinicians working in health systems to analyse system problems and take decisive, evidence-based actions to strengthen their system.
Meet our Director
Professor Barbara McPake is a health economist who believes in interdisciplinary approaches to health systems research
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About the Nossal Institute
Our experts explore, connect and assess decisions, policies, and strategies made in different settings for their impact on the health and wellness of people.
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Our People
We are a multi-disciplinary team of applied researchers with global expertise, knowledge and skills.
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Our Founder
Internationally renowned immunologist Sir Gustav Nossal is one of Australia’s most dynamic scientific leaders and passionate advocate for the public health of vulnerable communities.
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Career Opportunities
Are you interested in playing a part in strengthening the quality, affordability and inclusiveness of health systems in the Asia Pacific region?
The Nossal Institute is writing a series of thought pieces to coincide with COP26 to discuss developments in the area of health and climate change.
We will be reflecting on our contribution and how health systems can enable genuine planetary health.
No is a Healthy Word
As climate chaos escalates in the coming decade, transformation needs to happen faster and more comprehensively. Change has a price though.
We can’t keep doing the same things and expecting a different outcome. The cost of change is changing the status quo. Change means saying no.
Why we need to green health care facilities
If healthcare was considered a country, it would be the fifth largest polluter on earth. To make a serious impact on climate change targets, we need to green our health systems and facilities.
Greening health care facilities builds their resilience to repeated climate-related threats and minimises their generation of environmental and climate related harm.
Is our infrastructure a COVID winner?
The Covid-19 pandemic has starkly highlighted the inter-relatedness and inter-connections between physical infrastructure, critical utilities and services, and the socio-economic web we live in.
What did Health Get from COP26?
COP26 has finished and what did health get out of it?
Well, it got many commitments.
Prescribing Nature
There has been plenty of talk at COP26 about nature-based solutions. As part of this, 133 countries have pledged their commitment to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030
Putting health at the heart of climate talks
Putting health at the heart of all climate discussions in Glasgow this week is the goal of the World Health Organization. Its Special Report on Climate Change and Health urges ten high impact actions for governments to tak
Future Health Systems: Resilient and Sustainable
The Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Change conference (COP26) starts this week in Glasgow. While a COP takes place every year, COP21 is best known because of the Paris Agreement
COVID Hero - Climate Laggard?
While COVID19 has shown the critical role of health systems as a first responder in a global planetary crisis, we need to recognise the uncomfortable fact that health systems are a major contributor to a different crisis - the climate crisis.