Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute is Australia's first health and medical research institute tackling the deadly trio of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Our work extends from the laboratory to wide-scale community studies.
Baker IDI fills a void in health and medical research by allowing traditionally disparate groups to work together and collaborate under one umbrella and one organisational culture.
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10 November 2009 Dr Alex Brown, head of the Centre for Indigenous Vascular and Diabetes Research speaks to the ABC about the prevalence and causes of cardiovascular disease amongst aboriginal males.
2 November 2009 Professor Paul Zimmet speaks to ABC about Baker IDI's commitment to improving the health of Indigenous Australian's and the Institute's role in organising a symposium designed to build capacity amongst local health care workers to improve prevention and enhance treatment protocols.
30 October 2009 Professor Garry Jennings comments on the Government's workplace health check program, designed to identify the early stages of chronic disease.
The year 2008 will always be remembered as auspicious in our history.
This edition of the Baker IDI perspectives includes the topics; "We are getting fatter as a nation", "It is indisputable we need to eat less and exercise more" and "McDonald's the internationally powerful and phenomenally successful fast-food chain".
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– Greg Page Fund for Orthostatic Intolerance
– 2009 Paceline Ride for Cardiac Arrhythmias
– Healthy Lifestyle Research Centre- conquering diabetes, stroke and heart disease