Medicine subject guide - Links
Australian sites
Government sites | State Government health | University of Sydney and affiliated sites | Faculties | Department sites | Associated research institutes and centres | Other Australian university sites | Medical associations, societies and other professional organisations | Research centres | Australian statistical information | Other useful sites
Government sites
Australian Department of Health and Aged Care
The Department provides access to key health and family services and their site includes information about the department including it's history structure, executives and ministers, contacts, and a directory of publications. These include the annual report, and budget papers and corporate plan.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (Formerly ANZFA)
Provides information on the Current Food Standards Code, genetically modified foods, nutrition data publications.
HEALTHInsite
An Australian Commonwealth Government initiative. All information accessed through this site goes through a quality assurance process.
Australian Safety and Compensation Council
Previously named National Occupational Health and Safety Commission. This site promotes best practice in occupational health and safety (OHS) and includes publications such as the OHS standards and codes of practice. Access is provided to publications, statistics, research, and chemical databases.
Department of Health and Aged Care
Key subsites and divisions:
Aged Care
Casemix Development Program
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
Programs and Campaigns
National Health and Medical Research Council
National Health Priorites and Quality
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Rural Health
Population Health Division
Therapeutic Goods Administration - Includes information on prescription, over the counter and complementary medicines as well as medical devices and recalls and alerts. Provides access to the
Australian Adverse Drug Reactions Bulletin and the ability to report problems like adverse drug reactions.
Quality Use of Medicines.
State Government health
ACT Health
Includes health alerts, news, and information on health services. Also includes is information for the health professional including publications,research, policy and plans.
Department of health and Human Services Tasmania
The site has 3 major sections Healthy Living, Service Directory and Jobs and careers.
N.S.W. Health Web
Links to:
NSW Health Services Directory and Information for metropolitan and rural areas. Includes policies, publications and reports, research and statistics.There is also information for Health professionals.
Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee (AMWAC) The membership comprises the chair of the Australian Health Workforce Official's Committee and nominees from Australian Government departments, State and Territory health authorities, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the Australian Medical Council, peak organisations representing various components of the medical workforce, and nominees with consumer and economic expertise.
WorkCover Authority of NSW
Includes information on hazardous substances and workers compensation as well as rehabilitation guidelines, backwatch, statistical bulletins, media releases, and Unionsafe documents.
Queensland Health Information Network
Includes services, information for health professionals, news, resources and contacts.
South Australian Department of Health
The site provides an A-Z for health information, employment information, publications and contact details.
Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services
The site contains an A-Z on topics and services, information on careers and vacancies, an events calendar, publications, legislation, media, research and statistics, and contact details.
Victorian Government Health Information
is the gateway to information relating to the provision of health services in Victoria.
West Australian Department of Health
Includes a consumer health services directory, WA health recruitment, publications and reports and reports from the minister of health.
University of Sydney and affiliated sites
Faculties
Department sites
Australasian Anaesthesia
Maintained by Chris Thompson and John Loadsman from the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Department of Anaesthetics. This site includes links to Virtual Anaesthesia Textbook and the coming South Australian ASA/ANZCA CME meetings.
Worldortho
This site was established for the University's Orthopaedic Department.
Associated research institutes and centres
There are 37 medical research units and centres with formal links to the University of Sydney. The associated research units are all headed up by members of the Faculty of Medcine and offer the opportunity for Faculty members and research students to conduct research activities in these organisations. A full list with links of Associated Research institutes is available.
Associated research groups include:
Ageing and Alzheimer's Research Foundation
ANZAC Research Institute
Australian Centre for Agricultural Health & Safety
Australian Centre for Health Promotion
Australian Health Policy Institute
Australian Red Cross Blood Service Research Unit of Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics
A W Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre
Bosch Institute
Brain and Mind Research Institute
Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology
Centre for Behavioural Sciences in Medicine
Centre for Developmental Disability Studies
Centre for Education and Research on Ageing
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
Centre for Perinatal Health Services Research
Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine
Children's Medical Research Institute
Department of Endocrinology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Family Medicine Research Centre
George Institute for International Health
Heart Research Institute
Institute of Anatomical Pathology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Institute of Bone & Joint Research
Institute of Clinical Neurosciences at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research
Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes
Institute for Immunology and Allergy Research
Institute for Magnetic Resonance Research
Kanematsu Laboratories
Kolling Institute of Medical Research
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Nepean Hospital Gastroenterology Research Unit
NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
NSW Breast Cancer Institute
Pain Management Research Institute
The Pam McLean Cancer Communications Centre
Save Sight Institute
Sutton Arthritis Research Laboratories
Sydney Melanoma Unit
Sydney South West Area Health Service Drug and Alcohol Unit
Sydney South West Laboratory Service: Department of Forensic Medicine
Sydney University Biological Informatics & Technology Centre
Westmead Millennium Institute of Health Research
Woolcock Institute of Medical Research.
Other Australian university sites
ANU John Curtin School of Medical Research
Flinders University School of Medicine
Monash University Faculty of Medicine
University of Adelaide Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
University of Newcastle Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of New South Wales Faculty of Medicine
University of Queensland Faculty of Health Sciences including the School of Population Health>
University of Western Australia Medicine and Dentistry Faculty
Medical associations, societies and other professional organisations
AGIS - The Australian Genomic Information Service
Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society
Australian & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science Inc.
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
Australian Council on Healthcare Standards
This group is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, dedicated to improving the quality of health care in Australia through continual review of performance, assessment and accreditation
Australian Institute of Ultrasound
Australian Medical Association
Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA)
Australian Society for HIV Medicine
Australian Society for Medical Research
Australian Society for the Study of Obesity
The Australian Society of Anaesthetists Inc
Australian Society of Forensic Dentistry
Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Health Informatics Society Australia
New South Wales Cancer Council
Public Health Association of Australia
Quit Now : The National Tobacco Campaign
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Royal Australian College of Physicians
Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
Research centres
Australasian Cochrane Centre Website
The Australasian Cochrane Centre aims to co-ordinate Australasia's involvement in the international Cochrane Collaboration.
ANZAC Research Institute
The Institute was established in 1994 at Concord Repatriation General Hospital and has a broad mandate to undertake health and medical research of relevance to the veteran and wider community. It will focus on disorders of lifestyle and ageing.
Effective Healthcare Australia
EHA aims to assist health organisations in the Asia Pacific Region maximise health and service outcomes for their patients, clients and communities.
Australian Centre for Health Promotion
Aims to contribute to better population health outcomes by working with practitioners to improve the quality of health policy and the effectiveness of health promotion practice through the application of research.
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Includes links to the Library Catalogue, National Child Protection Clearing House and the National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy.
Australian National Centre in HIV Virology Research
The Centre is a government funded body formed to support and encourage collaborative research into HIV/AIDS within Australia. This web site contains information about the NCHVR and research being conducted by affiliated groups.
Australian Stuttering Research Centre
Baker Medical Research Institute
The Institutes focus is cardiovascular; its activities range from research and clinical investigation to patient care.
Centenary Institute
The Institute's research programme is based on a combination of cancer medicine and cell biology.
Centre for Eye Research Australia
The Centre was established to undertake research into the increasing problems of eye disease, visual impairment and blindness.
Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation
(CHERE) is a joint initiative of the Faculties of Business and Nursing, Midwifery and Health at the University of Technology, Sydney, in collaboration with Sydney South West Area Health Service. The aim is to contribute to the development and application of health economics and health services research through research, teaching and policy support.
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
The Institute focuses on gene research and new therapies for Human diseases including cancer, osteoporosis, diabetes and mental illnesses.
Heart Research Institute
The HRI opened in March 1989. It was established as a financially autonomous non-profit medical research institute through a joint initiative of the National Heart Foundation of Australia, the Cardiologists of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the State Government of New South Wales.
Herbal Medicines Research and Health Research
Institute of Bone and Joint Research
The Institute was established in 1999 to unite the clinical and laboratory research units of the Departments of Rheumatology and Orthopaedics of the University of Sydney's teaching hospital who have a common interest in diseases and disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Major research interests of the Institute include the diagnosis, pathogenesis and treatments of osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, degenerative disc disease and angiogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis.
Institute of Magnetic Resonance Research
The IMRR was established to benefit Australia through the research, development, application and commercialisation of technologies associated with the use of magnetic resonance for the detection, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases.
Kolling Institute of Medical Research
Located at the Royal North Shore Hospital the 3 primary areas of research currently being conducted at the Kolling include Growth Research, Molecular Genetics, and Molecular Immunology.
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Particularly useful is the link to CARA (Australian Cancer Research Database) prepared on behalf of the Australian Cancer Society with the aim of providing access to information about Cancer Research in Australia.
The Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria
Focus their research on the neurosciences. Research affiliations include the University of Melbourne, Monash University and Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Menzies School of Health Research, Northern Territory
Many of the School's research and education programs are of particular relevance to Aboriginal health problems, health in rural and remote areas and in developing countries.
Monash Institute of Medical Research
This group is working on the chacterisation and application of stem cells, the cause and treatment of inflammation and cancer, and the improvement of women's, men's and children's health.
The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Research organisation in the field of genetic disease and birth defects.
National Aging Institute
Conduct research into all aspects of the biology of ageing, the provision and effectiveness of clinical care, and the health needs of the aged.
National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH)
Australian centre of excellence in health classification theory and an expert centre in coding systems.
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health
NHMRC Clinical trials Centre
The NHMRC Clinical trials Centre is a leader in Clinical trials research in Australia, coordinating its own and assisting others in conducting large-scale, multi-centre Clinical trials.
NHMRC National Breast Cancer Centre
Includes details of the centre's projects and activities. With statistics, research and other resources on breast cancer in Australia.
N.S.W. Institute of Psychiatry
The New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry is directly responsible to the New South Wales Minister for Health. It is a statutory body, independent of any individual university or teaching institution. The Institute initiates and encourages research into all aspects of mental health.
Rehabilitation Research Centre
Sydney Melanoma Unit
The Unit was formed in 1968 and is now the largest treatment centre for melanoma in the world and conducts a wide range of basic and clinical research relating to melanoma.
Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Information and research news from this centre focusing on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart muscle diseases.
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
The Institute specialises in research into cancer, genetic and autoimmune diseases, and new vaccines.
Westmead Millennium Institute & Research Centres
WMI was formed June 2000 by the integration of four major groups and several collaborative laboratories and facilities. Currently the major groups are the Centre for Virus Research, the Institute of Immunology and allergy Research, The Storr liver Unit, and the Westmead Institute for Cancer Research. The overall research directions of WMI are the genetic, molecular and cellular basis of virus infections, the immune response, cancer and liver diseases. The principal research technologies centre on molecular and cell biological techniques.
Woolcock Institute of Respiratory Medicine
The Institute is an internationally-recognised centre of excellence for research relating to respiratory diseases, and in particular asthma.
Australian statistical information
Australian Department of Health and Aging
Statistics for Enhanced Primary Care, ageing and aged care, general practice, Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits, as well as facts and figures.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
AIHW publishes statistics on Australian health topics include cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, perinatal health and others.
Heart Foundation of Australia statistics
Communicable Diseases Australia
Communicable Disease Intelligence(CDI)
national notifiable diseases surveillance system(NNDSS) - disease notifications (annual and fortnightly disease statistics).
Australian Bureau of Statistics
The main government site for statistics.
National Injury Surveillance Unit
Now and AIHW unit - see their publications
NHMRC Breast Cancer Centre information and statistics
N.S.W. Cancer Council statistics
Contains data on the most common sites, age and sex variation, childhood cancers as well as age specific tables of incidence and mortality for NSW 1991-1995, giving details of occurences by local area.
NSW Health
Research and Statistics , The Health of the People of New South Wales: Report of the Chief Health Officer. Sections include a map of Health Areas, Demography, Health of Mothers and Babies, Self-Reported Health and Disability, Illness, Life Expectancy and Death, Health-related Behaviour, Health and the Environment, Health of Aboriginal Peoples, Country
of birth differentials, Socioeconomic status and health, Injury, Asthma, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Cancer, Communicable Diseases, Mental Health, and Dental Health. Initial Presentations to Sexual Assault Services, NSW Public Hospitals Comparison Data Book. This contains comparative data for key activity, staffing and financial measures of performance for all acute and non acute public hospitals in NSW. NSW Health Survey 1997. The Electronic Report provides a detailed account of the health of the people of New South Wales. Over 17,000 NSW residents aged 16 years or older were interviewed about their health-related behaviours, health risk factors, prevalence of health conditions and self-reported health status.
University of Sydney Institute of Respiratory Medicine
Statistics for allergy, asthma, pneumonia, and sleep apnoea/SIDS.
Other useful sites
Malaria Database
Maintained by the Department of Microbiology, Monash University and The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. The site includes Nucleotide and Protein information, Malaria genome mapping data, MalDB malaria genome database, and Malaria Discussion Group.