The projects listed below are seeking participants. Click on the project name to find out more about participating.
| ARIEL | This study is looking for adults with interstitial lung disease (related to a connective tissue disorder) to participate. |
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| ARIEL | This study is looking for adults with interstitial lung disease (related to a connective tissue disorder) to participate. |
| CHEST-MND:PRO | Do you have or know someone with motor neurone disease? Researchers from IBAS and the University of Melbourne are studying whether a new type of breathing exercise helps to improve cough, swallow and breathing in people with early-stage MND. This 10-week study is seeking people with MND who are not… |
| Shift work and breastfeeding project | Participation criteria: Mothers working shift work Will be doing night shift in the next six to eight weeks Can express/collect 10mls of breast milk, four times a day, roughly at the same time each day, for 5 days. |
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a chronic lung condition that causes stiff lungs and restricts sufferers from taking a deep breath. Exercise in a gym, or swimming, walking or riding a bike, can help...
Motor neurone disease (MND) causes the body's muscles to weaken. Breathing muscle weakness means that most people affected by MND will eventually lose the ability to take a deep breath and cough strongly....
SHIFT WORK AND BREASTFEEDING PROJECT
Researchers at Austin Health are looking for volunteers to participate in a study exploring the impact shift work has on breast milk composition. Participants will be compensated with a $100 gift voucher.
Grants Success: The Institute for Breathing and Sleep (IBAS) has received two research grants from the Austin Medical Research Foundation (AMRF) for 2025. Congratulations to Dr Charissa Zaga and Dr Catherine Hill from IBAS.
Congratulations to Professor David Berlowitz, Dr Marnie Graco, and Dr Nicole Sheers who were recognised by Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Australia at a Parliament House event sponsored by the Parliamentary Friends of MND in Canberra last week.
WORLD SLEEP DAY ON 15TH MARCH 2024
The benefits of quality sleep and to acknowledge the issue of sleep problems and their medical, educational, and social aspects as well as the prevention and management of sleep disorders, is promoted on World Sleep Day on the 15th March 2024.
IBAS leads project to revolutionize Home Ventilation with $1.2 million grant for Assoc. Prof Mark Howard's research titled "Synchronise non-invasive ventilation at home".
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