The George Institute for Global Health, is an independent

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headquartered in Australia with offices in

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and the

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. The George Institute conducts research on non-communicable disease, including

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and

kidney disease Kidney disease, or renal disease, technically referred to as nephropathy, is damage to or disease of a kidney. Nephritis is an Inflammation, inflammatory kidney disease and has several types according to the location of the inflammation. Infla ...

stroke Stroke is a medical condition in which poor cerebral circulation, blood flow to a part of the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: brain ischemia, ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and intracranial hemorrhage, hemor ...

diabetes Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels. Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough of the hormone insulin, or the cells of th ...

, and injury. The institute is known for conducting large-scale clinical studies. Between 1999 and 2017, the George has consumed over 750 million in research grant and fundraising. __TOC__

History

The institute was founded by Stephen MacMahon and Robyn Norton, the George is affiliated with the universities of

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

Peking Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's most populous national capital city as well as China's second largest city by urban area after Shanghai. It is l ...

, and Imperial College; having previously been affiliated with

The University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...

between 1999 and 2017. Notable researchers who were among the top 2% of those cited globally in 2019 are Simone Pettigrew, Meg Jardine, Pallab K Maulik and

Soumyadeep Bhaumik Soumyadeep Bhaumik is an Indian medical doctor and public health researcher who heads the Meta-research and Evidence Synthesis Unit in George Institute for Global Health. In 2021, Bhaumik and other scientists successfully advocated for the remova ...

. In 2022, they recognised Göran Tomson as a ''Distinguished Fellow'' for his contributions to health policy and systems research.

References

External links

The George Institute
Official site
George Clinical
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