With significant media attention this week on the vaccine rollout and Australia’s recovery plan, researchers from the Alfred Research Alliance continue to play important roles in managing the COVID-19 pandemic.
From testing and diagnosis in the Indo-Pacific region to studies into the effects of ‘long COVID’ on the heart, our diverse expertise is being utilised in many different ways to help the country through the next stage of this health crisis.
Elsewhere on the precinct, Alfred Health is marking National Stroke Week with a vital message about the importance of acting quickly to minimise the long-term damage of a stroke, and Monash welcomes the new Head of the Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health.
Many Alfred Research Alliance members have contributed to modelling for Australia’s vaccine rollout and COVID-19 recovery plans.
Alfred Health
Fast action saves lives
When experiencing a stroke, fast action plays a major role in recovery potential.
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Bec’s selfless gift for others
At just 44, Bec’s life was tragically cut short. She’d left the house to buy milk, mounting her motorbike – something she’d done every day for three years and took off. But just over a kilometre from her house she came off the bike, suffering an inoperable brain injury.
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Monash University – Central Clinical School
When negative results are positive
Research fellow Dr Rhys Brady, from the Monash Trauma Group and equal first author Stephanie Bird (Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne) published a study in a special collection of Neurotrauma Reports on Null Hypotheses.
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Shifting focus on Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout
Australia’s vaccine rollout has been the topic of much criticism. Having one of the lowest coverages among high socio-economic countries, many have been asking when the marathon will end – although it’s “not a race”.
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Refining epilepsy treatment with brain organoids and AI
Monash epilepsy researchers are on an MRFF grant to personalise epilepsy anti-seizure treatment with brain organoids and artificial intelligence.
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Monash University – School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
New director of MonCOEH announced
We’re extremely happy to announce a successor to Professor Malcolm Sim AM, who retired recently from his role as Head of the Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health. The role will be filled by British academic Professor Karen Walker-Bone, who will be relocating from the United Kingdom in the second half of this year.
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Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Hundreds of Melbourne COVID-19 survivors to participate in groundbreaking ‘long COVID’ study – 9News
Hundreds of Melbourne COVID-19 survivors are being recruited for a world-leading investigation into long-term heart damage caused by the virus.
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Burnet Institute
Global Fund boost for detection of infectious diseases in Indo-Pacific
A consortium of Australia’s leading infectious disease research centres – the Kirby, Doherty, and Burnet Institutes – together with international collaborators, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics – will strengthen laboratory capacity for testing and diagnosis of COVID-19, HIV, malaria and tuberculosis in our region.
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Burnet modelling shows COVID ‘exit’ needs vaccines and public health controls
New Burnet Institute modelling shows that until Australia achieves extremely high rates of vaccination coverage, public health restrictions are essential to provide effective options for control of COVID-19 in the community.
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