News: health and medical sciences
$2.25m grant enables death literacy research
A ground-breaking five-year study led by the University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø, 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 ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø and the North ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø 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 ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø 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 ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø 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, ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Health Simulation.
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Nation-leading dental trailblazer humbled by royal invitation
University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø 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 ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø 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 ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø graduates
The University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù꿉۪s 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 ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù꿉۪s South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI).
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Heart and kidney disease research wins national funding
University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø 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 ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø
A cancer researcher, an ecologist and an optical engineer from the University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø have been named among Australia’s official Superstars of STEM for 2021-2022.
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