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MSHC researchers win Eureka Prize
4 September 2026
A discovery changing women's healthcare around the world has earned Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) researchers a Eureka Prize.
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Staff members including admin, nurses and doctors at Young St Medical and Dental stand at the clinic's front desk smiling. There are sparkly decorations put up around the clinic celebrating pride month
Two new clinics join the VSHN
7 July 2026
The Victorian Sexual Health Network (VSHN) has welcomed two new partner clinics to its network, giving more patients access to high quality, low-to-no cost sexual health care closer to home.
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Helping international students feel safe down under
26 February 2026
International students seeking guidance, information and access to sexual, mental and emergency health services can now do so easily thanks to a new website supported by Melbourne Sexual Health Centre.
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‘No one left behind’ this World AIDS Day
1 December 2025
World AIDS Day (Monday 1 December) is an opportunity to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS, and to celebrate advancements in the treatment and management of HIV.  
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Two leaders in the global fight against STIs
31 July 2025
As of this week, Alfred Health's Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) is home to not one, but two incoming Presidents of large international organisations in the field of sexually transmitted infections.
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Alfred researcher honoured for reframing a “women’s issue”
9 May 2025
Alfred clinician-researcher Prof Catriona Bradshaw has been named in TIME100Health – an annual list of leaders shaping the future of health in 2025 by TIME Magazine. 
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Partner treatment key to curing bacterial vaginosis
6 March 2025
Introducing the newest STI – and how to cure it.
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Images of the AI 'STI-selfie' testing app
Diagnosing STIs with a ‘selfie’? AI could make it possible
24 July 2024
Diagnosis of a sexually transmitted infection (STI) could soon be as simple as the click of a button, thanks to a new app developed by researchers at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Monash University.
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Professor Eric Chow is awarded the 2024 Gottschalk Medal by the Australian Academy of Science
Sexual Health Professor recognised for research excellence in STI prevention
4 April 2024
The world’s second-most published researcher in sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and STI prevention has been recognised with a prestigious honour from the Australian Academy of Science.
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Members of the MSHC team celebrate the centre's Melbourne Award nomination
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre named Melbourne Award finalists for excellence in LGBTIQA+ community care
25 October 2023
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre’s (MSHC) longstanding commitment to the LGBTIQA+ community has been recognised by the City of Melbourne – naming it a finalist for the Melbourne Awards 2023.
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