Medical Research Trust
In announcing the latest grant funding by the Trust, Assoc Prof McTaggart acknowledged the impact of disease and chronic illness on the lives of Tasmanians and emphasised the importance of clinical research being conducted locally in Northern Tasmania and supported by the Trust. Assoc Prof McTaggart acknowledged and thanked the Trust’s supporters and donors for [...]
The Epidemiology of Middle-Age Lung Health: A Tasmanian Prospective Study from Childhood to Adulthood (1968-2010) Researchers: Dr Jim Markos, Respiratory Physician, Launceston General Hospital Professor Haydn Walters, Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania Spring has arrived and it seems many of us have been looking forward to it with a little more anticipation this year. [...]
BY LUKE SCOTT 26 Jan, 2010 09.57am The late Dr Clifford Craig has been inducted into the Launceston City Council’s Hall of Fame as part of its Australia Day awards. Mayor Albert van Zetten said Dr Craig, who died in 1986, had been instrutmental in ensuring the success of the Launceston General Hospital as a [...]
First-time undergradate student research grant awarded.
By Rachael Brain Watching a family member enter a slow decline from the effects of dementia can be a heartbreaking experience. But knowing that their loved one has made a difference to other dementia sufferers helped to ease the pain for one Launceston family. Michael Percy and his sister Debbie Castley lost their mother, Betty [...]
The 14th annual Dare Shott Lecture presented by Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust celebtrating Medical Research Week 2012 Guest Speaker: Professor[...]
Tasmania's Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust was established in 1991.
It is dedicated to curing disease and improving the quality of life for northern Tasmanians. It locally based; locally focussed and locally administered.