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At Alfred Research Alliance we work together to solve the world's greatest health challenges & translate our new thinking into positive impacts for you.

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RT @AlfredHealth: Congratulations to our Director of HIV Medicine Prof Jennifer Hoy, who last week received two awards. She was named GLOB…
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RT @AlfredHealth: We’re pleased to announce the opening of the Prahran Priority Primary Care Centre. Located across the road from The Alfre…
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The Alfred is giving patients with super bugs new hope as the first health service in Victoria to begin using a treatment known as phage therapy. It involves utilising harmless viruses (phages) to kill germs in cases where antibiotics have failed. More: bit.ly/3QmE7K9
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That's a wrap for #AlfredHealthWeek, our annual celebration of the precinct's research excellence. Thank you to each & every one of the 1500 researchers on site for your commitment to creating better health outcomes for people here & around the world. #newthinking #realimpact
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Congratulations once again to all our #AlfredHealthWeek prize winners. Head to the @Alfred_Research blog to see the winners from each category, and to view the recording of this year's Keynote Address alfredresearchalliance.org.a…
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Our final video in the #AlfredHealthWeek Video Showcase comes from Dr Christiaan Yu, a sleep physician at @AlfredHealth. During #COVID19 we discovered that lying patients on their stomach helps them breathe, but what does it mean for quality of sleep? alfredresearchalliance.org.a…
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PhD student @sanukitissera is looking at how many lung cancer patients are receiving guideline treatment, and what the differences are between those who receive it & those who don't. What has she discovered? Find out in the #AlfredHealthWeek Video Showcase alfredresearchalliance.org.a…
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Kicking off the final day of #AlfredHealthWeek is sexual health registrar @DrRanjitSamra from @MSHCResearch, who is investigating PrEP access in Australia. Find out more about what his research involves in the Video Showcase alfredresearchalliance.org.a…
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If you call an ambulance for chest pain at 8am on a Monday, do you receive different treatment to someone who calls at midnight on Sunday? @RohanNavani from @AlfredHealth has crunched the numbers and reveals more in the #AlfredHealthWeek Video Showcase alfredresearchalliance.org.a…
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ED physician @Biswadev_M from @AlfredHealth ran a randomised controlled trial to see if there was a way to reduce the use of opioids and find safer alternatives for pain relief. He told us more about it in the #AlfredHealthWeek Video Showcase alfredresearchalliance.org.a…
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The 2022 #AlfredHealthWeek Abstract Prizes have been announced! Congratulations to all our prize winners on this well-deserved recognition of your hard work & dedication to solving some of the world's biggest health challenges 👏 See the full list here: alfredresearchalliance.org.a…

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Did Victoria's #COVID19 hotel quarantine program help to keep patients out of the @AlfredHealth ED? This was one of the questions in Dr Rob Melvin's research - find out the answer in the #AlfredHealthWeek Video Showcase alfredresearchalliance.org.a…
Concussion has been a big topic in the media, but @KnightMakovec from @AlfredHealth wanted to focus on our littlest athletes & find out whether headgear can prevent concussion in junior Aussie Rules. Watch her video in the #AlfredHealthWeek Video Showcase alfredresearchalliance.org.a…
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Pharmacist Nathan Kwong from @AlfredHealth is one of many researchers looking at the impacts of the #COVID19 pandemic - find out more about his research into how isolation measures affected patient care in the ED in the #AlfredHealthWeek Video Showcase alfredresearchalliance.org.a…
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Palliative care doctor @naekatz and her team at @AlfredHealth wanted to find out how medical and nursing staff were affected by distress during the #COVID19 pandemic. She tells us more in the #AlfredHealthWeek Video Showcase alfredresearchalliance.org.a…
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Congrats to Dr Tin Kyaw from @BakerResearchAu, this year's winner of the Alfred Research Alliance Basic Research Prize! Tin's award-winning paper was published in the European Heart Journal & looked at the role of B cells in adaptive immune responses to myocardial infarction.
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Next in the #AlfredHealthWeek Video Showcase is research fellow @DrArwelWJones from @MonashCCS, who is researching severe flare-ups of lung conditions such as asthma and bronchiectasis and what measures are useful to help patients manage their symptoms. alfredresearchalliance.org.a…
Jade Jaffar is a senior scientist in respiratory medicine at @AlfredHealth, trialing new therapeutics for patients with lung fibrosis. Find out more in the #AlfredHealthWeek Video Showcase alfredresearchalliance.org.a…
Congratulations to Prof @DiannaMagliano from @BakerResearchAu, this year's winner of the Alfred Research Alliance Clinical Research Prize! Dianna and her team conducted a multi-country analysis of diabetes trends, published in @TheLancetEndo #AlfredHealthWeek
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How can busy hospital staff ensure patients receive their medications on time? This is the focus of pharmacist Linda Graudin's research at @AlfredHealth - find out how she's going in the #AlfredHealthWeek Video Showcase alfredresearchalliance.org.a…
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