Woolcock Institute of Medical Research

• Simple cough could save lives from TB
A community-wide screening program being trialled in Vietnam aims to create a new model for global TB control
27 March 2013

• Reporter Ben Pike spends a night at the Woolcock Institute sleep clinic. Click here for the full story.

• The Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring, at the Woolcock Institute, has published the 2011 Report on the state of Asthma in Australia. This important research, undertaken by a team led by Prof Guy Marks at the Institute, was extensively covered in the media.
The full report is avaliable here.

• Researchers understand why smokers' lungs don't get better. Mechanism Underlying COPD Disease Persistence After Smoking Cessation Identified. read more...

• Respiratory disease is amongst the top four non-communicable diseases in the world. Read here for more about it's impact 

• A team from the Woolcock Institute has been presented an awarded by Australian Rotary Health. read more... 

• Woolcock Institute results of Unflued Gas Heater study. read more...

• Adolescent Insomnia Intervention - Help available for young adults with insomnia. read more..

Medication Improves Driving and Alertness in Sleep Apnea. read more...

Woolcock Institute declares the opening of the China-Australia Imaging Research Centre of Respiratory Disease. read more...

Research Medal awarded to Professor Guy Marks. read more...

Norbert Berend elected President of Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS). read more..

Woolcock Institute opens an office in China. read more...

Congratulations to Mark Compton, Chairman of the Woolcock Board of Governors, on being awarded an Australia Day Honour, Member of the Order of Australia. read more...

Study investigates the use of diet and supplements in ex-smokers with lung disease. read more...