Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research

02/04/2026

29/01/2026

20/11/2024

BHI staff and students had the opportunity to attend the MTPConnect Applause 2024 event at SkyCity.

We were so proud to see BHI members in the spotlight and recognised for their valuation contribution in 2024. The theme of the event was , and this resonates deeply within BHI as we work and rise together.

Thank you to The Hospital Research Foundation Group for providing tickets for our BHI researchers and staff to attend.

04/02/2024

Congratulations to Surgical Science Research Group and ENT Surgery researcher, Dr Kevin Fenix, on being awarded a 2024 Cure Cancer grant in bowel cancer research.

04/02/2024

Congratulations to Professor Rob Fitridge, Lead Researcher of the Vascular Surgery Research Group, who was presented a Public Service Medal for outstanding public service in the provision of vascular surgery and high-quality care for patients in public hospitals.

21/11/2023

Antibiotics save lives - but antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat.

Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to antimicrobial agents such as antibiotics.

Working at TQEH's Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, Dr Katharina Richter conducts research on defeating antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including:

🔬the growing problem of antibiotic resistant "superbugs"
🔬why antibiotics don’t work against some bacteria
🔬how non-antibiotic treatments can be used to defeat superbugs.

👂 Listen to Katharina explain her research in under three minutes https://loom.ly/dh_ZRSM

10/11/2023

This lady wants to stop you from having a second heart attack. ✋❤️

Thanks to your donations to Australian Heart Research, Dr Clementine Labrosciano, from The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, is leading a team of Adelaide researchers to develop a model that will better identify patients at risk of readmission.

1 in 5 people who suffer a heart attack are readmitted within 30 days of being discharged. Therefore, research to prevent this is a must!

Learn more about her plans for it with our article 👉 t.ly/uuZU8

29/08/2023

We held our annual The Longest Table fundraiser today in support of The Hospital Research Foundation Group. We are so close to reaching our fundraising target! Thank you to everyone for donating, buying a 'Lucky Combination', bringing food to share and lending a helping hand. It was a wonderful afternoon.
https://www.thelongesttable.com.au/fundraisers/BasilHetzelInstitute/tlt

24/08/2023

We will be hosting our 11th The Longest Table fundraising event next week. This is a great excuse every year for our researchers to get together and raise money for The Hospital Research Foundation Group. If you'd like to support this wonderful cause, you can donate via our team page here:

I'm hosting a Longest Table to fight for a future free from cancer. Join me for a night of feasting and fun, and let’s together. 

14/08/2023

An Australian First! 🙌

It has just been announced that from 8 August, SA women will be the first in Australia to be informed of their individual breast density at their BreastScreen SA mammograms!

A recent study found women had a strong preference to be informed as part of their regular screening. Dense breasts are common and normal, however, they do increase a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer.

BreastScreen SA conducted their own study, which is what led to the change. Assoc Prof Wendy Ingman with The Hospital Research Foundation Group has been supporting the idea with her own research in the area. We know lives will be saved because of this! 💝

Follow Australian Breast Cancer Research for more news like this one.

26/06/2023

HUGE breast cancer announcement! 📣📣💖

Together with the Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, we are proud to announce Professor Michael Samuel has been awarded our prestigious $1.375 million five-year Australian Breast Cancer Research Fellowship.

The Fellowship will focus on developing a new class of therapies to slow or stop the spread of breast cancer.

Prof Samuel is a prominent cancer researcher with the University of South Australia widely recognised for his work in discovering how breast and other cancers exploit genetically normal cells within microenvironments to promote cancer metastasis (spread).

Find out more: https://ow.ly/I25J50OUHZC