Major Activities

Australian Brown Snake New test to determine need for anti-venom treatment The Northern Community Health & Research Foundation is funding an exciting project to determine if a relatively simple mobile test, performed virtually at the bed side using an instrument not dissimilar to machines used to measure blood sugar levels, can determine whether there is a need for antivenom treatment. Australia is home to some of the world’s most venomous snakes. While approximately five spe

The Northern Communities Health and Research Foundation (NCHRF) is proud to announce the launch of the School to Scholar program, beginning in 2026. This initiative is designed to support and inspire secondary school students from Adelaide’s northern suburbs to pursue careers in medicine, while providing senior medical students with valuable experience in mentoring, leadership, and community engagement. Many young people in northern Adelaide face barriers when aspiring to a

Northern Community Health and Research Foundation Chair Nino di Sisto has released the 2024-2025 Impact Report. The 27th year of the Foundation has seen significant progress in flagship research projects such as the Prescriptions for Connection: A Social Prescribing Approach for Healthy Ageing project. This project, developed and supported by the Foundation, aims to develop scalable initiatives to assist in the reduction of reliance on health services to mitigate the effects

The Northern Community Health & Research Foundation supports Adelaide medical students through the Adelaide Medical Students’ Foundation (AMSF) through scholarship grants to supplement their learning with additional domestic and international placements and conference opportunities. In 2025, the four recipients of these grants chose to use this support to gain experience in diverse medical environments, ranging from emergency medicine and infectious diseases to cardiac subspe

Winners of the 2025 3MT University of Adelaide's Faculty of Health and Research Sciences.

Associate Professor Peter Grace recently returned to Adelaide as the Northern Community Health & Research Foundation (NCHRF) 2025 Visiting Professor.

A groundbreaking study evaluating the feasibility of a social prescribing program in improving quality of life, wellbeing and loneliness...

The Northern Community Health and Research Foundation recently hosted a special event to report and celebrate the impact of research...

NCHRF is pleased to announce our 2025 Visiting Professor is Associate Professor Peter Grace, a renowned expert in chronic pain...

Congratulations to our Board Members Adelaide Boylan and Kathryn Eaton NCHRF Board members Adelaide Boylan and Kathryn Eaton have...

NCHRF held our annual general meeting and dinner at the National Wine Centre, at which the 2024 Derek Frewin Early Career Researcher...

The 2023-2024 Year in Review The impact of the work of the Northern Communities Health Foundation continues to grow. With the release of...

The results of a five-year study designed to “identify what should be, what is, and what could be done to support effective advance care...

NCHRF were proud to host our 2024 Visiting Professor, Professor Rafael Perera-Salazar - Director of Medical Statistics in Primary Care,...

Congratulations to the winners of the University of Adelaide 2024 Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences 3 Minute Thesis Faculty Final:...

NCHRF is pleased to announce the Visiting Professor for 2024 will be Professor Rafael Perera-Salazar - Director of Medical Statistics in...

A key role of the Northern Community Health and Research Foundation is to support early career researchers to support the growth and...

The Northern Community Health & Research Foundation has launched a research project aiming to enable General Practitioners to better...

Projects and activities for 2024 for NCHRF are forging ahead, with a busy year well underway for the Foundation. The NCHRF Board members...

We are pleased to make available the 2022-2023 Chair's reports for the Foundations. NCHRF and NCHF made considerable progress in raising...