Congratulations to Justine Westlake who has won the Rob Pierce Memorial Poster Prize at Austin Research Week. Her poster, titled Do shift workers fare as badly as obstructive sleep apnoea patients: investigating...
Wednesday 20th November is World COPD Day. The theme is early detection and treatment. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is an umbrella terms that covers conditions, including chronic asthma,...
Dr Melinda Jackson, IBAS Fellow, was quoted in a front-page story in The Sunday Age (10th November) about the effect of drowsiness on driving. The story arose from a recent court case about a fatal...
Daylight Savings starts at 2am on Sunday, October 6th - in Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and South Australia and the ACT. For some, this change brings a welcome opportuntiy to enjoy longer, lighter evenings....
IBAS would like to congratulate Dr Jeanette Tamplin who has been awarded a University of Melbourne Chancellor’s Prize for excellence in her PhD thesis. This is a prestigious award made to only six...
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....
Sleep apnea is a condition where breathing is abnormal during sleep. There are two main forms of sleep apnea: obstructive and central. For obstructive sleep apnea, breathing is reduced because the airway...
HONORING EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH
Congratulations to Prof. Anne Holland and A/Prof. Narelle Cox for being featured in the NHMRC's 10 of the Best - 16th Edition. Their work exemplifies groundbreaking research delivering extraordinary outcomes.
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.
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