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Monash University SPRINT-SARI study

Around the Precinct: 14 May 2020

The first national snapshot of COVID-19 patients in Australian ICUs, celebrating International Nurses Day and why sitting less is good for our mental health – this week at the Alfred Research Alliance. Alfred Health Lifesaving trial moves to Tasmania Before COVID-19 struck, Natalia Rodriguez had been travelling from Launceston to The Alfred Oncology Unit every… Read More

Prof Tracey Bucknall, Deakin University & Alfred Health

Beyond the front line: how nursing research is helping in the fight against COVID-19

Researchers at the Alfred Research Alliance are investigating ways to optimise screening measures, ICU care and patient/family communication. International Nurses Day is held on 12 May each year, Florence Nightingale’s birthday, to honour the wide-ranging contributions of nurses around the world, who make up more than 50% of the global health workforce. In 2020, the… Read More

International Day of the Midwife

Around the Precinct: 7 May 2020

A free diabetes and heart disease helpline launches, celebrating International Day of the Midwife, and a call for COVID-19 support for vulnerable communities – this week at the Alfred Research Alliance. Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute Free diabetes and heart disease information service In the face of COVID-19, we know people with diabetes and heart… Read More

Around the Precinct: 30 April 2020

Cracking the immunity code of COVID-19, support for Australia’s first clinical vaccine trials and World Malaria Day 2020 – this week at the Alfred Research Alliance. Alfred Health Cracking the code on COVID-19 Dr James McMahon, Infectious Diseases physician and Head of Clinical Research at the Alfred Hospital and Monash University, has his sights set… Read More