Latest News
Welcome to the Alfred Research Alliance news hub. To catch up on the news from our Alliance members, please click on the links below:
- Alfred Health News
- Monash University (CCS & SPHPM) News
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute News
- Burnet Institute News
- Deakin University School of Nursing & Midwifery and Alfred Health Nursing Services News
- La Trobe University / Alfred Nursing & Allied Health Clinical School News
- Nucleus Network
- 360biolabs
From researcher to research participant
Each year hundreds of clinical trials take place across the precinct, leveraging the connection between researchers and clinicians fostered by the Alfred Research Alliance, and allowing patients to benefit from the latest scientific breakthroughs. A popular clinical trial this year has been the Baker Institute’s EDCAD-PMS study. The trial aims to improve early detection of… Read More
Around the Precinct – 2 December 2021
Yesterday was World AIDS Day, marking 40 years since HIV/AIDS was first identified in the USA. It’s estimated that 39 million people worldwide have lost their lives to the virus, including 8000 Australians. As the Burnet Institute reports below, a lot has improved over the past four decades – cases are at an all-time low… Read More
Around the Precinct – 25 November 2021
The community program supporting COVID-19 patients at home, prestigious awards and grants for Alliance researchers, and a deep dive into genetic data – this week at the Alfred Research Alliance. Alfred Health Positive care beyond hospital walls More than 1000 Victorians were being supported by The Alfred’s COVID-19 Positive Community Pathways program last month –… Read More
Around the Precinct – 18 November 2021
This week at Monash University’s Central Clinical School it’s all about the brain, with one new study published about how neurodegeneration begins and another study about new modelling for epilepsy that could inform treatment decision making. Meanwhile, Burnet Institute takes a broader view of communities near and far, examining how we manage COVID-19 among unvaccinated… Read More