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P.A.R.T.Y Program Returns to the RAH
The P.A.R.T.Y Program is back at the Royal Adelaide Hospital after a hiatus due to COVID-19. The program focuses on preventing trauma and injuries before they happen, by giving secondary school students the opportunity to get firsthand experience of the journey a...
Research participants improving outcomes for future patients
Improving the treatment experience and health outcomes for future patients was the motivation for Tereena Cocks to volunteer for a clinical research study at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Tereena, a former nurse and paramedic, received a stem cell transplant from a...
Understanding post-bushfire trauma to deliver help where it’s needed
A recent seven-year study has detailed the aftereffects of personal experience of bushfire disaster and the mental health outcomes and found that relocation and personal loss from the fires were the key predictors of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)....
Clozapine for schizophrenia with Associate Professor Scott Clark
Video series: Translating Research In this episode we speak to Associate Professor Scott Clark about his research into the anti-psychotic drug clozapine used for schizophrenia. We learn: that clozapine works for 30% of people who are resistant to other drugs but...
$600,000 grants to kick-start three world-class research projects
World-class care driven by world-class research is the aim behind a suite of grants awarded to kickstart three innovative projects in 2023. The CEO Clinical Rapid Implementation Project Scheme – better known as CRIPS - offers grants of up to $200,000 over two...
Super poo – how can faecal transplants and diet treat bowel disease?
Approximately 100 trillion micro-organisms exist in the human gastrointestinal tract and function as a virtual organ. Associate Professor Rob Bryant is pioneering a two-pronged approach to tackle inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): dietary therapy as well as...
New hope for those living with Type 1 Diabetes
"My young diabetic daughter said to me "you know, you don't have to do this." "What she doesn't understand is I do." For the world's first patient to receive an islet cell transplant into an artificial dermis, Alec Tibbitts, the motivation was simple. The...
Tailoring the treatment of Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia patients
Targeted treatment for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) can greatly extend the survival time of patients, but not all patients respond to therapy. Dr Naranie Shanmuganathan is uncovering genetic markers at the time of diagnosis which can predict how patients will...
Peer coaching program boosts surgical consultation performance
A peer-based coaching program in non-technical skills at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital has been shown to significantly improve consultation communication performance. This was the first study centred on coaching surgeons' non-technical skills in the outpatient...
Improving psychological care for patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Research Pulse podcast Season 1 Episode 6 Psychological care is starting to be integrated into hospital care for people living with inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD. Our guest is psychologist and researcher Taryn Lores from the Royal Adelaide Hospital. We...
Celebrating CALHN’s Allied Health practitioners
To coincide with Allied Health Professions Day (October 14), Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) is shining a spotlight on our dedicated allied health practitioners and their diverse contribution to providing world-class care to our patients and the...
Daytime eating restores circadian rhythm and metabolic health
Adelaide researchers, Professors Leonie Heilbronn and Gary Wittert, have discovered that restricting meal timing to daylight hours can help to restore circadian rhythm and improve metabolic health. This first-in-human evidence has important implications for the...
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