Barwon Health Physio team awarded research grant to develop clinical educators
Congratulations to Dr Paula Harding MACP, allied health director at Barwon Health (pictured), who has received a $30,000 grant from the Pat Cosh Trust for her research project, titled ‘Development of a caree...
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Geelong study celebrates 30 years of knowledge gains in healthy ageing
Male recruitment began in 2001 with the initial 1540 male participants now numbering about 650 with a similar age range as the female cohort.
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New Barwon Health study offers hope for Buruli ulcer patients
The Barwon Health Infectious Diseases Unit is undertaking a world-first clinical trial to test the effectiveness of a new specific antibiotic called Telacebec in the treatment of Buruli Ulcer.
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Barwon Health and Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative work together in clinical trial for Indigenous Australians with type 2 diabetes
Barwon Health is proud to be conducting a Type 2 diabetes trial with research partner Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative. The study, called Flash, is the first in hopefully many more clinical trials...
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Cardiology Clinical Trials at Barwon Health leading the way
The Barwon Health Cardiology Research Unit (pictured) recently recruited the first participant in Australia for three large international clinical trials within the space of seven...
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Australian researchers present potential new treatment option for nicotine addiction
Smokers seeking to conquer their addiction may have a new treatment option following the results from a clinical trial conducted at Barwon Health and other public hospitals, which found a...
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Research in Geelong leads to a worldwide advance in diagnosing Whipple’s Disease
An innovative research project by the Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory at Barwon Health has uncovered a new and simpler method to diagnose Whipple’s Disease without the standard..
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Announcing our first Clinician Scientist Pathway Scholarship Recipient
Meet Catherine Williams, the first Barwon Health and Deakin University Clinician Scientist Pathway Scholarship Recipient Barwon Health and Deakin University are delighted to announce that..
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Barwon Health celebrates 2024 International Clinical Trials Day in style
International Clinical Trials Day arrives each May as an opportunity to pause in reflection and recognition of all that has been accomplished thanks to clinical trials and the people behind them.
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Barwon Health to lead life-changing cancer clinical trials for regional Victorians
People living with cancer in regional and rural communities will soon have access to two life-changing clinical trials at Barwon Health Cancer Council Victoria has paved the way for developing.
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Dr Renée Sheedy Scholarship ceremony celebrates allied health research
Allied Health clinicians, friends and family recently celebrated the awarding of the Dr Renée Sheedy Scholarship. The scholarship fund was established in 2017 to honour the contribution Renée,.
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QPS success in seed funding for Induction of Labour study
An exciting evaluation project has been funded by the Centre for Quality and Patient Safety within the Institute for Health Transformation (Deakin University). In 2024, Dr Susan Perlen, pictured, from the Centr...
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