2024

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23 September 2024

Eat like a gladiator: Whole grain and legume diet enhances health

In the pursuit of optimal health and longevity, our dietary choices play a crucial role. While many diets emphasize the consumption of protein-rich foods like meat, there's a wealth of evidence suggesting that the real champions of a healthy diet are whole grains and legumes.

Climate change, environment and cardiovascular health

Charles Perkins Centre members and collaborators gathered in June 2024 in Western Sydney to investigate the impact of extreme heat on and our changing climate on health.

CPC Summer Research Scholarships: Q&A with Zoe Zhang

Zoe Zhang was enrolled in a Master of Nutrition and Dietetics when she discovered the opportunity to apply for the Charles Perkins Centre Summer Research Scholarships 2023 program from her guest lecturers Dr Natalie Lister and Dr Hiba Jebeile

EMCR seed and travel funding recipients 2024

The Charles Perkins Centre early and mid-career researchers (EMCR) Committee has awarded 10 Seed Funding and 23 Travel Funding grants in 2024.

CPC Summer Research Scholarships: Q&A with Matthew Shu

The Charles Perkins Centre Summer Research Scholarships program provides a rare opportunity for University of Sydney students to undertake paid multidisciplinary research with leading academics in our world-class facilities.

Digital health: Advancing health and wellbeing strategies

Digital health is transforming medicine and wellness by providing tools for healthier lives. Through telemedicine, wearable devices, and personalised care, we are moving towards more proactive and accessible health management.

Inaugural Charles Perkins Centre Director to step down

After 13 years as inaugural Academic Director of the Charles Perkins Centre, Professor Stephen Simpson will step down from the role at the end of March 2025.

Group exercise: The silver bullet for exercise motivation?

Exercise is important for a longer, healthier life, but motivation often gets in the way. Science suggests finding a supportive exercise community can spark lasting enthusiasm.

Food processing; the good, the bad and the ugly

Blog for Life is a series of blogs and opinion pieces from the team at CPC RPA Health for Life Program, our clinical, research, culinary and education experts developing resources for healthy longevity. Here, Dr Rosilene Ribeiro examines processed foods.

How do receptors multi-task across different organs and tissues in the body?

An international team of researchers has published a new study in Nature which explains how the body's cell receptors multi-task and interact with the proteins that interpret changes in body chemistry.