Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute is the nation’s premier 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.
Discover an innovative self-portrait where art meets science. This inspiring window installation utilises scientific imagery from Baker IDI clinical investigations to represent internal organs and physiological processes within the human body.
2 January 2009 For Hamilton artist Danny McDonald, showing the world what is inside him is just part of what he loves to do: combine science and art.
16 December 2008 Had you been an older person with high blood pressure as late as the 1980s, you would have found yourself given medication and told not to exert yourself, to avoid excitement, and importantly, avoid strenuous activity.
15 December 2008 Channel Nine's, A Current Affair interviews Murray Esler from Baker IDI nd Othostatic Intolerance sufferer Brianna Canny.
Across the institute, scientists at Baker IDI are striving to understand why people develop complications from diabetes, and importantly, understanding the mechanisms responsible for those complications.
A report on the long-term consequences of Australia’s expanding waistline on cardiovascular disease.
Help Baker IDI to make a difference to the lives of people affected by obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
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– Greg Page Fund for Orthostatic Intolerance