Program overview The Australian health system spends billions of dollars each year treating preventable diet-related chronic diseases - including type 2 diabetes, heart attacks, and strokes. These key killers affect millions of Australians and disproportionately affect more vulnerable communities, including those with food insecurity. The Nutrition Science research team is focused on reducing diet-related diseases through implementing innovative research techniques, with a commitment to reaching more vulnerable populations. Together with healthcare partners, The George Institute for Global Health has established ‘Food is Medicine’ programs to provide fresh produce and medically tailored meals to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians experiencing food insecurity and chronic diseases. The team is currently conducting a series of world-class clinical trials to assess their effectiveness, alongside comprehensive program evaluations to inform future scale-up. The N

What is the problem? Malnutrition in all its forms – including nutritional deficiencies – is a leading cause of death and disability globally. Food fortification is a proven and cost-effective intervention to address nutritional deficiencies. Large-scale food fortification (LSFF) is the practice of adding minerals or vitamins to commonly consumed foods i.e., staple foods such as salt, flours, oil, and rice during industrial processing to increase their nutritional value and deliver potential health benefits to populations.  Nutrition labelling has the potential to help achieve public health goals by improving the transparency around food product contents, including the contents of fortified foods. What did we do? The George Institute for Global Health was commissioned by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to study how nutrition labelling regulations act as a barrier or an enabler to fortification programs in Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philipp

We are delighted to announce that The George Institute will be sending a delegation of experts and advocates to the Conference of Parties (COP 28), the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held from 30 November to 12 December in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Having attended COP for the first time in 2022 with the Imperial College London delegation, The George Institute values the opportunity to engage with this unique platform for global collaboration, policy development, networking, knowledge transfer, and advocacy, all of which are essential for advancing evidence-informed action on planetary health. Meet the COP28 delegation We are thrilled to have a diverse and cross-disciplinary team attending from Australia, The United Kingdom (UK) and India – collectively advocating for world leaders to centre the voices of communities whose health, wellbeing and futures have been most impacted, ensuring they are at the heart of national climate action plans and debat

George Health was established in 2014 to commercialise the research of The George Institute. Its businesses, George Medicines and Ellen Medical Devices, benefit from exclusive access to the research, intellectual property, and scientific expertise of the Institute, which enables George Health to execute a profit with purpose strategy to reduce the inequitable social and economic burden of non-communicable diseases globally. Find out more about the work of the George Health businesses here: George Medicines website and Ellen Medical Devices website.

Join us to save lives and improve the health of Australians The Join Us register is an easy way for millions of Australians to participate in life-saving health and medical research. It is a secure register that matches participants with research studies addressing Australia’s biggest health challenges. Participate in research and help to prevent, treat and find cures for disease. Sign up to be matched with research studies. No obligation. Why do we need the Join Us register? Research is critical to the health of Australians, but one of the most difficult things about conducting research is finding the right participants. This makes it harder to answer important research questions. The Join Us register will help to solve this problem. How does it work? The Join Us register recruits large numbers of people to address our nation’s health needs, starting with COVID-19 prevention and treatment. Participants consent to allowing the register to securely li