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28 August 2025 / Alfred Health
Meet Professor of Nursing, Cancer Services, A/Prof Olivia Cook
Being diagnosed and treated for cancer is one of the most emotional experiences anyone can go through. And no one knows this better than Alfred Health/Monash University’s inaugural Professor of Nursing, Cancer Services, Associate Professor Olivia Cook.
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28 August 2025 / Alfred Health
New appointments mark exciting era for nursing at Alfred Health
“For the nursing students and graduates coming through now, it means they can see career pathways in practice, research, key policy, education and teaching. I think it’s brilliant what’s happening at Alfred Health.”
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Where are they now… Jason Pereira
In 2022, Jason Pereira won the Henrietta Law Memorial Prize for Best Novice Allied Health Research. Henrietta Law was a Physiotherapist at The Alfred for 18 years from 1988 and until her death in 2006. Henrietta was a great contributor to robust discussion about best practice and improving practical interventions for burn patients and she was a strong advocate for burn patients. We caught up with Jason to find out where he’s taken his research and what he’s up to now.
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Where are they now… Jack Edwards
The Alfred Research Alliance scientific abstract awards are a firm fixture in our research week calendar each year, showcasing the range of research conducted in our precinct and includes 25 research prizes ranging from junior, mid and senior level.
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17 June 2025 / Alfred Health
Lifesaving breakthrough for leukaemia patients
Leukaemia patients who undergo stem cell transplants may now be three times more likely to be cancer-free and avoid deadly complications post-procedure, thanks to a clinical trial led by clinicians at The Alfred.
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20 May 2025 / Alfred Health/ Indigenous
Helping the health of the next generation
With over 700 clinical trials open across 20 clinical disciplines, we are one of Australia’s largest clinical trial providers.
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Partner treatment key to curing bacterial vaginosis
Two Australian researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that explains why more than 50 per cent of women who receive treatment for Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) get it back again within three months.
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12 December 2024 / Alfred Health
Bayside Health to benefit 1.1 million Victorians
More than one million Victorians will benefit through the formation of the new Bayside Health (working title) – a voluntary merger between Alfred Health, Peninsula Health and Kooweerup Regional Health.
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28 November 2024 / Alfred Health/ Research
Immunotherapy research receives funding boost
Victorian cancer patients receiving immunotherapy are set to benefit from new research which has potential to improve treatment outcomes while at the same time reducing unwanted side effects.
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15 August 2024 / Alfred Health
Australia has new health research gender standards & centuries of inequity to fix
The National Health and Medical Research Council and Medical Research Future Fund, have released a joint Statement on Sex, Gender, Variations of Sex Characteristics and Sexual Orientation in Health and Medical Research.
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