Hudson Institute of Medical Research

04/08/2026

Three of our childhood researchers, Ella Erickson, Lynda Truong and Jin Luo, shed their long locks, donating their hair to Wigs4Kids to help provide wigs and essential financial assistance to families in need. 💇🏻‍♀️

✂️ Doing the cutting were Claire Josefsson, a leukaemia survivor-turned-researcher, and Novalie Morris, an amazing 12-year-old girl who is currently battling her 4th leukaemia relapse. ❤️

"Children undergoing cancer treatment have to endure so much, and losing their hair is just adding insult to injury – being a visible reminder of what they are going through. Wigs4Kids is an amazing program run by the Kids With Cancer Foundation Australia that provides bespoke human hair wigs for children with cancer." – Dr Catherine Carmichael, Head of the Leukaemia Modelling and Therapeutic Discovery Research Group

Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4yYqN4E

03/08/2026

02/08/2026

You don't need a lab coat to help save a life. 🥼

This 9 September, something historic is happening. More than 30 of Australia’s leading medical research institutes are joining forces for one single day. Our shared goal? To raise funds for life-saving medical research to protect our families and communities. 🙌

Thanks to a generous donor, all gifts to Hudson Institute on the day will be matched up to $10,000! Pledge your support today: https://bit.ly/4bF0lTF

31/07/2026

Our researchers have been awarded more than $5 million for three new NHMRC Investigator Grants to work on projects within the Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases (CiiiD).🥳👏

Congratulations Prof Sam Forster, Dr Shouya Feng and Dr Jacki Heraud-Farlow! 🙌

Read more about the research projects impacted by this major investment in Australia’s health and medical research: https://bit.ly/4yJ4Nua

30/07/2026

Behind every life-saving treatment, there’s a breakthrough. ❤️‍🔥

And behind every , there are everyday people who stepped up to fund it. On 9 September, join forces with Australia's first-ever Medical Research Giving Day and help move discoveries from the lab to real life. Thanks to a generous donor, all gifts to Hudson Institute on the day will be matched up to $10,000! 🙌

Pledge your support today: https://bit.ly/4pORZhW

30/07/2026

Prof Seth Masters and Dr Sophia Davidson are working to uncover how chronic starts, how it drives disease, and how we can stop it. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4fI4Ldo

28/07/2026

Every breakthrough starts somewhere. 🔬

The scan that finds disease earlier.
The medicine that gives someone more time.
The treatment that helps a premature baby survive.

They all began with . 🧬

On 9 September, Australia will celebrate its first-ever Medical Research Giving Day, bringing together more than 30 medical research institutes to fund discoveries that improve and save lives. Thanks to a generous donor, all gifts to Hudson Institute on the day will be matched up to $10,000!

Join us in standing behind the . Pledge your support today: https://bit.ly/4fC3PHn

Australian Medical Research Institutes

16/07/2026

Birth injuries shouldn't become lifelong conditions. ❤️‍🩹 That's why our (POP) researchers are developing preventative strategies and personalised treatments to repair the pelvic floor before lasting damage occurs.

We're proud to work alongside patient advocates, clinicians and partners whose collaboration is helping drive this research forward.

No woman should have to live with the lifelong consequences of childbirth. Your support can help change that. Learn more about our POP research today: https://bit.ly/4x6v0SW

15/07/2026

affects 1 in 3 women and costs $17.5 billion every year.

Behind the statistics in Birth Trauma Australia's world first report, "The Cost of Birth Trauma in Australia", are the women living with the lifelong impacts.

At Hudson Institute, we're working to develop better treatments and prevention strategies for conditions like . With your support, we can help change the future of birth trauma research. Learn more about our POP research: https://bit.ly/4x6v0SW