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Cross-town ovarian cancer collaboration

Thursday, 04 April 2024

A cross-town collaboration involving researchers from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, St John of God Subiaco Hospital, Curtin University, Clinipath, The University of Western Australia (UWA) and Edith Cowan University has found that ovarian tumours alter their local environment by changing the sets of messages they send to cells nearby.

CPH Seminar Series - Harnessing the immune system to fight cancer

Thursday, 28 March 2024 Schools > Medical and Health Sciences > Our research > Centre for Precision Health > News > Centre News > 2024 > 03

The April CPH Seminar series welcomes Professor Jonas Nilsson, Inaugural Chair of Melanoma Discovery at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research. Prof. Nilsson has built a multidisciplinary translational research group that works with the surgery clinics at all major hospitals in Perth. He will be joined by CPH Higher Degree by Research Student Luisa Pinnel, who will present her Masters by Research project.

Media marvels recognised at ECU awards ceremony

Monday, 25 March 2024

The winner of Best Research Media Campaign in 2023 was awarded to the School of Medical and Health Sciences Dr Marc Sim and Professor Simon Laws, who together led the enormous media campaign 'Slowing down in your old age?' It may be a dementia warning sign, which saw coverage over many months.

ECU researchers awarded funding to fuel future NHMRC success

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Four of Edith Cowan University's (ECU) early-and mid-career researchers were awarded national grants of $100,000 to accelerate the success of their innovative research ideas.

Blood test could determine diabetes risk

Friday, 23 February 2024

A study by ECU and CPH PhD candidate Dan Wu investigated the connection between systematic inflammation, assessed by joint cumulative high-sensitivity CRP and another biomarker called monocyte to high-density lipoprotein ratio (MHR), and incident type 2 diabetes.

New book bringing precision to preventative healthcare

Friday, 23 February 2024

Professor Wei Wang's newly published book demonstrates advanced strategies focused on suboptimal health, an elusive physical state between health and disease.

Prestigious grant awarded to tackle national health challenges

Monday, 18 December 2023

Dr Emmanuel Adewuyi from ECU's Centre for Precision Health (CPH) will receive more than $662,000 over five years under the NHMRC Investigator Grant to study the conditions and diseases commonly found in people living with dementia, known as comorbidities, at a genetic level.

Multimillion dollar grants to bring new cancer cell therapy to WA

Thursday, 09 November 2023

CPH researchers as part of a large Western Australia Melanoma Initiative (WAMI) will implement a new and specialised immune cell therapy for cancer patients in WA, thanks to $3.5 million in research grants.

WA's innovative health research showcased at ECU open day

Friday, 03 November 2023

Precision health was the key theme at the Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund open day, which was attended by Medical Research Minister Stephen Dawson, who said precision health was a key priority for the State Government.

CPH Seminar Series - The application of sleep-specific research across various industries

Tuesday, 24 October 2023 Schools > Medical and Health Sciences > Our research > Centre for Precision Health > News > Centre News > 2023 > 10

The Centre for Precision Health (CPH) welcomes guest speaker Philipp Beranek, PhD student in the School of Medical and Health Sciencesand Dr Mitchell Turner, CPH Postdoctoral researcher, to the November CPH seminar series on sleep health.

Neurological heavy hitters unite for the common good

Tuesday, 24 October 2023

The WA NeuroHub aims to bring important information to one place for people with lived experience of neurological conditions, health professionals, not-for-profit organisations, researchers and industry.

Centre for Precision Health Showcase 2023

Thursday, 12 October 2023 Schools > Medical and Health Sciences > Our research > Centre for Precision Health > News > Centre News > 2023 > 10

The Centre for Precision Health (CPH) Showcase 2023 event celebrates the exciting research currently being undertaken by our staff and Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students. We hope that you can join us!

A Perth family and ECU researchers join forces to help fight deadly eye cancer

Monday, 09 October 2023

A trip to Specsavers is rarely a life-changing event, but for one Perth family, it was.Father of four Rhys James was diagnosed with ocular melanoma, and now he has turned to ECU scientists who have developed a world-first blood test to diagnose the disease earlier.

WA Future Health Research & Innovation Fund Open Day 2023 - Precision Health theme

Thursday, 05 October 2023

This event is an opportunity for the research and innovation community to hear about exciting WA health and medical research and innovation developments and FHRI Fund programs in the November cycle. The theme of the event is 'Precision Health'. The Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC will be speaking, along with Professor Simon Laws, Dr Pauline Zaenker and Dr Marc Sim from ECU, as well as other speakers from the WA precision health research and innovation community.

Hope for sufferers of a rare form of eye melanoma

Wednesday, 27 September 2023 Schools > Medical and Health Sciences > Our research > Centre for Precision Health > News > Centre News > 2023 > 09

There's hope for sufferers of a rare form of eye melanoma, with WA academics looking into a new blood test that could lead to early detection.

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