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Research to see if AI can speed up therapy for people with antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections

Researchers from the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre are aiming to combine artificial intelligence with natural, infection-fighting viruses to help save lives from an increasingly common medical emergency found in hospitals.

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Allied Health award for respiratory researcher Dr Pamela Laird

Congratulations to respiratory health clinician-researcher Dr Pamela Laird, who has won Allied Health Researcher of the Year at the WA Excellence in Allied Health Awards.

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Wal-yan researchers to join global respiratory congress in Vienna

Researchers from the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre are proud to be part of this prestigious event, contributing their expertise to the Congress' outstanding scientific programme.

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Wal-yan respiratory researchers presented with prestigious awards

Four outstanding researchers from the Wal-yan Centre - Professor André Schultz, Professor Stephen Stick, Rebecca Watson and Michael Beaven - have been presented with prestigious awards in acknowledgement of their research aimed at improving the lives of children with respiratory illness.

Current research

Phage WA have a number of projects underway and these cover a broad range of phage research areas.

Phage therapy for compassionate use

"Compassionate Use" treatments are novel treatments not widely available to everyone, but ones that holds great promise for potentially becoming a widely used treatment in the future.

Research

Pre-Post Intervention to Strengthen and Sustain the Paediatric ESCALATION System (The SPECS): Study Protocol

Promptly recognising changes in an acutely unwell child’s condition is fundamental to prevent tragic outcomes. Western Australian (WA) healthcare facilities used inconsistent and varied paediatric early warning systems. To improve care consistency, a standardised ESCALATION system, inclusive of family involvement and sepsis recognition, was developed.

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Alcohol pharmacotherapy dispensing trends in Australia between 2006 and 2023

This study aimed to investigate acamprosate and naltrexone dispensing patterns in Australia.

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Breastfeeding and Neonatal Age Influence Neutrophil-Driven Ontogeny of Blood Cell Populations in the First Week of Human Life

The first few days of life are characterized by rapid external and internal changes that require substantial immune system adaptations. Despite growing evidence of the impact of this period on lifelong immune health, this period remains largely uncharted. 

Fighting lung disease

Culturally secure intervention to facilitate medical follow up for Aboriginal children, after being hospitalised with chest infections, have proven to improve long-term lung health outcomes.