News: health and medical sciences
$2.25m grant enables death literacy research
A ground-breaking five-year study led by the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø, enabled by a $2.25 million grant from The Hospital Research Foundation (THRF), will seek to promote death literacy as part of a broader project to improve access to end-of-life services for vulnerable communities across South Australia.
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Machine learning predicts negative anaesthesia outcomes
Researchers from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø and the North ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Local Health Network (NALHN) are conducting a pilot study to determine if machine learning can predict when patients will have adverse reactions to anaesthesia.
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Funding supports vital medical research
The University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø has been awarded almost $11 million in funding from the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund.
Health simulation partnership with Philippines
The University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø has locked in a partnership with the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM) to share learnings from the University’s world-class health simulation facility, ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Health Simulation.
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Nation-leading dental trailblazer humbled by royal invitation
University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø titleholder and alum Dr Trudy Lin says she is incredibly humbled and honoured to be invited to pay her respects to Queen Elizabeth II.
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South Australian of the Year to lead Women's and Children's research
University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Professor Helen Marshall AM has been appointed to the inaugural role of Clinical Research Director at the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN).
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Top 100 ranking engineers bright future for ºÚÁÏÉçÇø graduates
The University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø’s engineering expertise has risen further into the global top 100 in the latest world university rankings.
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Cancer treatment ‘brain-gain’ for South Australia
South Australian patients with cancer will benefit from world-class cancer research and new treatments with the appointment of three globally-lauded scientists to the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø’s South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI).
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Heart and kidney disease research wins national funding
University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø researchers taking a new look at the science and physiology underlying heart attacks and strokes, the leading cause of death worldwide, and devising a new tool to maximise the benefits of kidney transplantation, are among the recipients of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding announced today.
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Three STEM superstars at University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø
A cancer researcher, an ecologist and an optical engineer from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø have been named among Australia’s official Superstars of STEM for 2021-2022.
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