News and Events
2 September 2020
The $350 million development, a joint venture between Western Sydney University and Charter Hall, is to be known as Innovation Quarter. It will house some of the University’s leading research institutes and CSIRO.
The $350 million development, a joint venture between Western Sydney University and Charter Hall, is to be known as Innovation Quarter. It will house some of the University’s leading research institutes and CSIRO.

31 August 2020
Although about 60 per cent of patients starting chemotherapy, and 47 per cent of those receiving radiotherapy, also use complementary medicine, a “concerning” number of hospital cancer services do not have policies about complementary medicine practitioners or patient-initiated complementary medicine use, according to research published online today by the Medical Journal of Australia.
Although about 60 per cent of patients starting chemotherapy, and 47 per cent of those receiving radiotherapy, also use complementary medicine, a “concerning” number of hospital cancer services do not have policies about complementary medicine practitioners or patient-initiated complementary medicine use, according to research published online today by the Medical Journal of Australia.

13 August 2020
We congratulate NICM HRI PhD candidate Yu-Ting Sun on her recent thesis submission and official notification of graduation.
We congratulate NICM HRI PhD candidate Yu-Ting Sun on her recent thesis submission and official notification of graduation.

30 July 2020
Congratulations to Justin Sinclair for his appointment to the Australian Medicinal Cannabis Association Board.
Congratulations to Justin Sinclair for his appointment to the Australian Medicinal Cannabis Association Board.

24 July 2020
Congratulations to Dr Carolyn Ee who was awarded the 2020 Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group Training Award. Dr Ee will use the award to develop research into weight management for breast cancer survivors.
Congratulations to Dr Carolyn Ee who was awarded the 2020 Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group Training Award. Dr Ee will use the award to develop research into weight management for breast cancer survivors.

10 July 2020
We hope our mid-winter newsletter finds you safe and well. As we say goodbye to the first half of the year, we look to the future with optimism, preparing for the new normal. As COVID-19 restrictions begin to ease, we are planning to safely return to campus under the University’s carefully managed stages, gradually recommencing research, teaching and learning activities on campus.
We hope our mid-winter newsletter finds you safe and well. As we say goodbye to the first half of the year, we look to the future with optimism, preparing for the new normal. As COVID-19 restrictions begin to ease, we are planning to safely return to campus under the University’s carefully managed stages, gradually recommencing research, teaching and learning activities on campus.

7 July 2020
As Melbourne returns to lockdown, the evidence suggests routine mask-wearing - as seen in many countries but not so far in Australia - could be a valuable tool to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
As Melbourne returns to lockdown, the evidence suggests routine mask-wearing - as seen in many countries but not so far in Australia - could be a valuable tool to help stop the spread of COVID-19.

2 July 2020
Western Sydney University has recently been ranked third in the world in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings in addressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and 36th in Young University Rankings.
Western Sydney University has recently been ranked third in the world in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings in addressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and 36th in Young University Rankings.

2 July 2020
The Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2020 Measures No. 1) Bill 2020 was passed in June fostering innovation through the establishment of a new data protection mechanism for listed assessed [AUST L(A)] complementary medicines.
The Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2020 Measures No. 1) Bill 2020 was passed in June fostering innovation through the establishment of a new data protection mechanism for listed assessed [AUST L(A)] complementary medicines.

30 June 2020
We welcome Dr Tianqing (Michelle) Liu as the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, Pharmacology and Natural Products Chemistry at NICM Health Research Institute.
We welcome Dr Tianqing (Michelle) Liu as the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, Pharmacology and Natural Products Chemistry at NICM Health Research Institute.
