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A collaboration involving Sydney Health Partners has received $1.9 million from the Medical Research Future Fund to test whether new technology can improve access to the electronic medical records (eMRs) of patients, and use the information to improve health service responsiveness and delivery during a crisis.
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Woolcock Executive Director Professor Carol Armour has been awarded one of Australia’s most coveted science gongs for her work mentoring young scientists.
Read more of the post Woolcock Executive Director Awarded Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentorship of Young Researchers
Insomnia affects one-in-three Australians, with 50% of the population experiencing one symptom of insomnia at least once in their life. It has an estimated societal cost of $11 billion annually The current best practice treatment for people with significant insomnia is cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) delivered by a psychologist. But a shortage of psychologists and … Read more
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Dr David Chambers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the United States has told a Sydney Health Partners’ conference that “some of our interventions are designed so that they are about as useful as a bicycle is to a fish.” “We assume that health systems are static, and consumers are homogenous, and that implementation … Read more
Read more of the post Implementation Science Expert Says Local Adaptation Needed for New Interventions
How can implementation research and practice-based learning be transformative during times of great change? And what role does health system resilience play in controlling a pandemic? Sydney Health Partner’s fourth annual Implementation Science symposium will debate these questions, mindful of the challenges currently confronting our healthcare services. Leading the online conversations will be an esteemed … Read more
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A new study shows that vitamin C can help heal chronic foot ulcers and prevent the need for amputation.
Read more of the post Westmead study shows vitamin C prevents ulcer-related amputations
Researchers at Sydney Local Health District have been tackling the adverse health effects of sleep apnoea on people with severe mental illness by trialling a novel way of overcoming barriers to their treatment.
Read more of the post New Research to Help the Mentally Ill Rest Easy
The University of Sydney is testing a novel DNA-based COVID-19 vaccine with the goal of being administered using a needle-free system.
Read more of the post University of Sydney to advance COVID-19 DNA vaccine to human trials
It costs the health system $2.7 billion a year in treatment, nearly $135 million of which could be prevented through better management of blood sugar levels in individuals. Sydney Health Partners has funded three projects to reduce the lifelong risk of diabetes-related complications – or prevent patients from developing diabetes in the first place. Professor … Read more
Read more of the post Research in the Community Reduces Diabetes Burden
Kolling Institute researchers will help drive an exciting international project to identify the genetic links to Parkinson’s disease and new ways to treat the debilitating disorder.
Read more of the post Kolling researchers join global search for new insights into Parkinson’s disease
Under the auspices of their peak body, the Australian Health Research Alliance (AHRA), Translation Research Centres have formed the Women’s Health Research, Translation and Impact Network (WHRTN). The Network has received funding of $5 million over five years from the Morrison Government, The Hon Greg Hunt MP and the Medical Research Future Fund. This national … Read more
Read more of the post Major National Women’s Health Research, Translation and Impact Network Receives Federal Funding
Recent HRI research has validated the metabolic pathways that link dietary components with the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
Read more of the post HRI sheds further light on relationship between diet and cardiometabolic disease
