News and Events

Tuesday 1 December 2015 from 8am to 6.30pm Australia's National Institute of Complementary Medicine at Western Sydney University will host a Symposium to showcase integrative medicine research and promote collaborations between relevant research institutions, industry and government organisations nationally and internationally.

30 November 2015
Over 200 Australians with dementia will soon be joining one of the nation's largest clinical trials for a Chinese herbal medicine which, in pilot studies, has been shown to be an effective treatment improving learning and memory.

30 November
The unveiling of a commemorative plaque for the Australia – China Centre for Chinese Medicine Research and Development marked 10 years of collaborative research between NICM, the Xiyuan Hospital, and the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.

5 November 2015
People who practiced yoga or took natural products (dietary supplements other than vitamins and minerals) were more likely to do so for wellness reasons than to treat a specific health condition, according to analysis of data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

5 November, 2015
Media Release: Professor Alan Bensoussan, Executive Director of the National Institute of Complementary Medicine and Foundation Director of the Centre for Complementary Medicine Research at the University of Western Sydney, has received the complementary medicine industry's most prestigious Award, the Lady Cilento Award

19 October 2015
NICM is proud to announce Dr Genevieve Steiner as a recipient of the prestigious National Health and Medical Research Council and Australian Research Council Dementia Research Development Fellowship valued at $574,644.

4 October 2015
NICM PhD student, Mike Armour, was awarded best poster for his research presented at the annual International Scientific Acupuncture and Meridian Symposium (iSAMS).

21 August 2015
Congratulations to NICM PhD student and naturopath, Susan Arentz recipient of the inaugural ATMS and Nature and Health Award for 2015 Student of the Year.

3 August 2015
The Australia-China Council (ACC) awarded funding to 30 projects in the strategic priority areas of Arts and Culture, Education and Economic Diplomacy and Australian Studies in China.

14 August 2015
Media Release: Higher Degree Research students in the field of nutritional and herbal medicine are set to benefit from three new scholarships announced today by the National Institute of Complementary Medicine.