News: health and medical sciences
Innovative ideas for vital medical issues

The University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É has received more than $7.5 million in funding to support seven innovative research projects that aim to address major health issues such as bowel and breast cancer, septic shock and malaria.
Vital medical research supported

Seven University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É research projects have together received more than $560,000 in funding from the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation for research commencing in 2023.
Project investigates new approach to combat prostate cancer

A research team led by the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É will investigate how prostate cancer cells survive and reappear after drug treatment.
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$6 million for university’s health investigators

Three University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É health researchers have been awarded National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grants to support projects into premature babies, heart health and strokes, and high glucose and critical illness.
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$2.25m grant enables death literacy research

A ground-breaking five-year study led by the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É, 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 ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É and the North ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É 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 ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É 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 ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É 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, ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É Health Simulation.
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Nation-leading dental trailblazer humbled by royal invitation

University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É 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 ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É 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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