{"results":[{"title":"Funding boost to strengthen linked health data nationwide","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/phrn-funding-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/funding-boost-to-strengthen-linked-health-data-nationwide","publisheddate":"2026-05-29","summary":"
The Population Health Research Network at UWA will receive an additional $11.88 million through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Data Science"},{"title":"Digital"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"New imaging tools to tackle national research priorities","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/micorscopy-launch-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/new-imaging-tools-to-tackle-national-research-priorities","publisheddate":"2026-05-28","summary":"
New research equipment installed at UWA will support innovative multimodal and correlative microscopy to address national needs in energy, critical minerals, environment, agriculture and health research.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"ARC grants for clean energy, truth-telling and eye health projects","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/arc-grants_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/arc-grants-for-clean-energy-truth-telling-and-eye-health-projects","publisheddate":"2026-05-25","summary":"
Researchers working with industry and community partners have received Federal Government funding to advance projects exploring clean energy solutions, truth-telling and the biophysics behind vision problems.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Humanities"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Scientific leaders recognised for groundbreaking research","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/alex-filipovska-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/scientific-leaders-recognised-for-groundbreaking-research","publisheddate":"2026-05-21","summary":"
An ecologist and conservation biologist, genetic disease researcher and mathematician specialising in partial equations are among 26 researchers from around the country to be elected Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Mathematics"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Inclusive kids' exercise program celebrates milestone","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/thrive-milestone-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/inclusive-kids-exercise-program-celebrates-milestone","publisheddate":"2026-05-08","summary":"
The 15-year impact of an inclusive exercise program designed to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people while supporting uniqueness and diversity will be celebrated at an event next week.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Diversity"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"School of Human Sciences"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"Growing knowledge to support a sustainable future","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/garden-show-2026-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/growing-knowledge-to-support-a-sustainable-future","publisheddate":"2026-04-15","summary":"
The importance of climate-resilient urban green spaces, sustainable plants in space and on Earth, and ways to tackle real-world agricultural challenges will be showcased at the Perth Garden Show this week. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Plant Genetics and Breeding"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Human skin model to help treat skin stiffened by age and disease","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/human-skin-model_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/human-skin-model-to-help-treat-skin-stiffened-by-age-and-disease","publisheddate":"2026-04-08","summary":"
Researchers will use biomaterials to create a lifelike 3D model of human skin to better understand and treat skin stiffness associated with age, scarring and disease.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"School of Human Sciences"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Featured"}]},{"title":"Oyster reefs stack up for shoreline protection","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/oyster-reefs-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/oyster-reefs-stack-up-for-shoreline-protection","publisheddate":"2026-04-07","summary":"
Oyster reef living shorelines have been found to provide a resilient and adaptive alternative to conventional hard coastal protection.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Featured"}]},{"title":"KMMS among the best","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/rcswa-erica-spry--prof-catherine-chamberlain--944x522.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/kmms-among-the-best","publisheddate":"2026-04-01","summary":"The Kimberley Mums’ Mood Scale (KMMS) project has been recognised among the ‘10 of the Best’ research projects funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).  ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Rural Clinical School of WA"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Explorers solve 3,000-year mystery of source of central Asia's greatest river","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/chelab-and-oxus-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/explorers-solve-3000-year-mystery-of-source-of-central-asias-greatest-river","publisheddate":"2026-03-09","summary":"
A joint Australian-British expedition has discovered the true source of the Oxus River in the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan in the mountains above Lake Chaqmaqtin, where four great mountain ranges meet – the Pamir, Hindu Kush, Karakoram and Tien Shan.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Our People"}]}]}