Professor Jon Adams, Director of ARCCIM/UTS, awarded a Senior Fulbright scholarship

JFNT is proud to announce that Professor Adams, who pioneered the Naturopathy Research and Leadership Mentoring scheme, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. ARCCIM is a major recipient of JFNT funding and Prof Adams leads a team of talented researchers and higher degree candidates looking into a wide range of natural therapy issues  Read […]

NICM chosen as ‘Medicine or Myth’ partner

Our major research partner, NICM Health at WSU, was selected to do the research for the SBS TV show Medicine or Myth.  Natural remedies were brought in by members of the public and presented to a panel that included well-known brain surgeon Charlie Teo. Those deemed to be worthy of a research trial were sent to the […]

Influential Women in Natural Therapies, March 11

Event: Influential Women in Natural TherapiesWhen: March 11 2020Where: Western Sydney UniversityRegistration and program information: Click hereBrochure: Download here Please note: Early bird registration closes January 31st JOIN US AT THE INAUGURAL EVENT AT THE NEW JACKA FOUNDATION CONFERENCE CENTRE NICM HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE, WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY, 11 MARCH 2020 INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN NATURAL THERAPIES CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY AND […]

PhD Scholarship – opportunity

Exciting opportunity for an Australian or New Zealand naturopath! Applications now open to naturopaths for a PhD scholarship at NICM Health Research in Sydney, funded by the Jacka Foundation. See here for details: http://bit.ly/2E9OAo4 Applications close 29 February 2020 at midnight.

NICM announces its new Jacka Conference Centre

The first stage of extensive renovation of the historic Westmead NICM campus is now complete. Stage 2, due to be finalised later in 2019, will see completion of the Jacka Conference Centre on the top floor of the building and include the Judy Jacka conference room. An integrative health clinic will offer a range of […]

ASLM named NGO of the year

The Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine was named NGO of the year in the PRIME awards held in Sydney in September 2018. These awards recognise excellence in diverse healthcare areas including communications, public relations, marketing, corporate social responsibility, education, public health initiatives and patient/customer support. The Jacka Foundation congratulates ASLM for the significant contribution it […]

A visit to the National Institute of Integrative Medicine

In September 2018 JFNT Board members visited the National Institute of Integrative Medicine in Melbourne, meeting with the Founding Director, Professor Avni Sali, and Director of Education, Assoc. Professor Kylie O’Brien. NIIM is one of several institutions in Australia conducting research into complementary and integrative medicine, an area in which JFNT shares great interest.  Examples […]

NHAA Winter Solstice talk – 27th June

North Fitzroy Library 7.30pm.27 June 2019 LINKING NATUROPATHIC PRINCIPLES FROM THE PAST TO CURRENT AND FUTURE VISIONS. NHAA Winter Solstice talk with Judy Jacka at VicHerbs. There will be a focus and information about testing healthy and unhealthy energy fields associated with ourselves and the environment.See: VicHerbs for more information