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Kate Baumwol & Dr John Blakey develop Intervention Clinic
One of the top reasons for emergency department admissions is for severe coughing and a sudden difficulty to breathe – both an indicator of serious illnesses such as lung cancer, asthma and interstitial lung disease. However, there can be another cause, very often confused as asthma.
In the often uncharted territory where allergies and cancer intersect, Dr Piyush Grover alongside his mentors Professor Anna Nowak and Professor Micheala Lucas, are pioneering ground breaking research by unravelling the connection between allergic reactions and cancer medications.
With diabetes and obesity on the rise, so too is the incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which affects one quarter of Australia’s population and can lead to life-threatening cirrhosis. Charlies’ associate professor Leon Adams and his fellow researchers are working to understand and find a treatment, with the help of Charlies for Research donors.
It is hard to imagine not being able to communicate, especially when it comes to your health. Dr Sarah D’Souza, a Senior Speech Pathologist at SCGH and deserving winner of our Early Explorer Grant, in partnership with Edith Cowan University, identified the everyday challenges of communicating with patients after a stroke.
Did you know one in six women and one in sixteen men have experienced physical or sexual violence from a current or previous partner? One woman is killed every nine days, and one man is killed every 29 days by a partner. Unfortunately, the staff at the emergency department at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital know these statistics all too well.
In a leading-edge international collaboration, Jimena Garcia-Vega, Senior Neurological Physiotherapist at SCGH, is continuing her unflagging pursuit of the mystery of lateropulsion in brain cancer patients.
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