{"results":[{"title":"Trailblazers honoured during winter graduations","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/zoe-yujnovich-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/trailblazers-honoured-during-winter-graduations","publisheddate":"2026-08-21","summary":"
International business and community leaders, advocates for human rights and equity, and champions of education and public health will be honoured during next week’s winter graduation ceremonies at The University of Western Australia.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Development and Alumni Relations"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Our People"}]},{"title":"2026 Newnham Fellows","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/rcswa-newnham-2026-winners.png","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/2026-newnham-fellows","publisheddate":"2026-08-20","summary":"
The 2026 Dr Arthur and Mary Newnham Fellowship has been awarded to three doctors working to improve rural health and medical education.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Rural Clinical School of WA"},{"title":"WA Centre for Rural Health"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Aboriginal children helping tooth fairy on a mission","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/tooth-fairy-project-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/aboriginal-children-helping-tooth-fairy-on-a-mission","publisheddate":"2026-08-18","summary":"
An innovative sand-animation video created by Aboriginal children from the Goldfields is helping spread the word about a project to identify childhood exposure to heavy metals across remote communities.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis"},{"title":"Dental School"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Rural Clinical School of WA"},{"title":"School of Human Sciences"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"CorporateHomeFeatured"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"}]},{"title":"Researchers find cold storage platelets safe and effective","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/cold-blood-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/researchers-find-cold-storage-platelets-safe-and-effective","publisheddate":"2026-08-18","summary":"
A new study has found platelets kept in cold storage are as effective at treating bleeding and have a longer shelf life compared to platelets stored at room temperature. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"}]},{"title":"Tall Poppy researchers celebrated for science impact","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/uwa-aerial_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/tall-poppy-researchers-celebrated-for-science-impact","publisheddate":"2026-08-06","summary":"
Five researchers from The University of Western Australia have been named Young Tall Poppies for their work in diverse fields including astrophysics, chemistry, advanced imaging, nutrition and how artificial intelligence influences human behaviour.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},{"title":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"Gingin Gravity Precinct"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Mathematics"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Physics"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Biomedical Sciences"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Space"}]},{"title":"Awards and achievements","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/britta-award-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/awards-and-achievements","publisheddate":"2026-08-03","summary":"
UWA has a continual roll call of awards, scholarships and prizes presented to staff and students.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"WA Centre for Rural Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Harnessing genomics to prevent disease","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/health-and-medicine-funding-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/uniview/winter/harnessing-genomics-to-prevent-disease","publisheddate":"2026-08-03","summary":"
UWA researchers have cautiously backed calls for nationwide genomic testing after taking part in a Monash University-led pilot study which showed strong community appetite for genetic information that could help prevent disease.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"School of Biomedical Sciences"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"Uniview"}]},{"title":"Grants advancing world-class health and medical research","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/medical-infra-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/july/grants-advancing-world-class-health-and-medical-research","publisheddate":"2026-07-31","summary":"
World-class research to transform diabetes and insomnia management, establish Australia’s first fully integrated genome engineering facility and enhance mRNA therapies has been boosted by Federal Government funding.  ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"School of Human Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"World-leading researchers in the running for 25th Premier's Science Awards","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/uwa-aerial_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/july/world-leading-researchers-in-the-running-for-25th-premiers-science-awardsnewsroom-article","publisheddate":"2026-07-30","summary":"
Globally influential researchers in Aboriginal mental health, astrophysics, autism and marine science are among 17 researchers affiliated with The University of Western Australia to be named finalists in the 2026 Premier’s Science Awards.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},{"title":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"title":"Defence"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},{"title":"Data Science"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"ICRAR"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Mathematics"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Physics"},{"title":"Psychiatry"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"The skeleton crew","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/uniview/purdey-campbell-kathy-zhu-and-shelby-mullincard.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/uniview/winter/the-skeleton-crew","publisheddate":"2026-07-30","summary":"
The human skeleton is an amazing example of biological engineering but if one part is compromised it can impact the rest of the body’s health and wellbeing.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Pharmacy"},{"title":"School of Biomedical Sciences"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Uniview"}]}]}