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The Menzies Research Institute Tasmania (formerly the Menzies Centre for Population Health Research, established 1988) is a research institute of the University of Tasmania based in Hobart. The institute conducts innovative, world-class medical research to improve human health and well-being. ==History== In the late 1980s, the Menzies Foundation supported the establishment of an epidemiology research centre at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, to be named the Menzies Centre for Population Health Research. The Foundation provided annual funding to the Institute and was successful in obtaining matching funds from the Tasmanian Government. The Menzies Centre for Population Health Research was formed in 1988 and became the Menzies Research Institute in 2004. From modest beginnings, the Menzies Research Institute quickly gained a reputation for its ground-breaking work into the link between babies’ sleeping position and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Menzies developed into an established centre for population health research, with a global reputation in epidemiology. Some notable successes include: * highlighting the importance of vitamin D in the development of bones in children and adults; * showing evidence of the link between early life sun exposure and susceptibility to multiple sclerosis; * discovering the link between babies' sleeping position and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); and * discovering platelets found in the blood kill the malaria parasite during the early stages of a malarial infection. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Menzies Research Institute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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