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Around the Precinct: 7 November 2019

Around the Precinct: 7 November 2019

A miniature heart pump to save lives, pioneering lung researchers join the team and a new toolkit to help in the fight against HIV – this week at the Alfred Research Alliance. Alfred Health Miniature heart pump a life saver Alfred cardiologists have used a miniature heart pump to keep a Melbourne man alive during… Read More

Burnet Institute birth centre study

Around the Precinct: 31 October 2019

Brain trauma breakthroughs, predicting dementia and the benefits of birth centres – this week at the Alfred Research Alliance. Monash University – Central Clinical School Breakthrough in treatment for brain trauma Monash University scientists have made a major breakthrough in understanding how our immune system response to head trauma leads to ongoing, long-term health problems…. Read More

Around the Precinct: 24 October 2019

Around the Precinct: 24 October 2019

Diabetic discoveries, solving unexplained cardiac deaths and an Alfred/Monash professor joins a prestigious US academy – this week at the Alfred Research Alliance. Alfred Health Shaping health care: Eighth Australian joins influential academy Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine director, Professor Paul Myles, has become just the eighth Australian elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in… Read More

The Care(er) Factor: Balancing Work and Family in 2019

The Care(er) Factor: Balancing Work and Family in 2019

Hear from leading immunologist Prof Franca Ronchese and the Alliance panel about how they juggle their careers and caring responsibilities. Tuesday 12 November 3-4pm Lecture Theatre, Education Centre About This Event Professor Franca Ronchese is Programme Leader at the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research in Wellington, NZ, and Research Professor at Victoria University of Wellington…. Read More