Alfred Research Alliance

@MonashUni and @AlfredHealth research attracted more than $53M in MRFF grants last year. This significant result enabled 27 research projects across multiple disease areas, meaning patients continue to receive the most cutting-edge medicine available. @MonashCCS @Monash_SPHPM

Congratulations to our Director of HIV Medicine Prof Jennifer Hoy, who last week received two awards. She was named GLOBE Victoria’s Ally of the Year & also received the President's Award from Thorne Harbour Health in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the community

We’re pleased to announce the opening of the Prahran Priority Primary Care Centre. Located across the road from The Alfred, staff will ensure you get immediate care. If you need specialist attention, they'll help you get to the nearby ED. More: prahranppcc.com.au

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

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

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.au/news-and-event…

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.au/research/alfre…

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.au/research/alfre…

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.au/research/alfre…

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.au/research/alfre…

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.au/research/alfre…

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.au/latest-news/20…

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.au/research/alfre…

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.au/research/alfre…

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.au/research/alfre…

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.au/research/alfre…

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.

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.au/research/alfre…

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.au/research/alfre…

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