News: health and medical sciences

$2.25m grant enables death literacy research

Palliative care

A ground-breaking five-year study led by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, 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 ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥.

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Machine learning predicts negative anaesthesia outcomes

Anaesthesia study

Researchers from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide and the North Adelaide 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

Campus

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide has been awarded almost $11 million in funding from the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund.

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Health simulation partnership with Philippines

Adelaide Health Simulation study

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide has locked in a partnership with the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of the Philippines Manila (UPM) to share learnings from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s world-class health simulation facility, Adelaide Health Simulation.

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Nation-leading dental trailblazer humbled by royal invitation

Dr Trudy Lin

ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide 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 ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n of the Year to lead Women's and Children's research

Helen Marshall

ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide 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 Adelaide graduates

Campus

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’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 ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥

Professor Christopher Sweeney

South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n patients with cancer will benefit from world-class cancer research and new treatments with the appointment of three globally-lauded scientists to the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n immunoGENomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI).

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Heart and kidney disease research wins national funding

Goodman cres

ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide 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 ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide

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A cancer researcher, an ecologist and an optical engineer from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide have been named among ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s official Superstars of STEM for 2021-2022.

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