IBAS Fellow Professor Rinaldo Bellomo has been honoured with a Victorian Royal Australasian College of Physicians 75th anniversary award. Professor Bellomo, who is the Director of Intensive Care Research...
IBAS Fellow and Director, Dr Mark Howard will be sharing his expertise in fatigue related road safety at the 2014 Fit for Work forum, run by Metropolitan Express Transport Services. The forum will...
IBAS researcher, Dr David Berlowitz, featured in a Sunday Herald-Sun overview of spinal cord injury research happening around Austin Health. Journalist, Lucie van den Berg, has done a fantastic job of...
Recent publications featuring IBAS projects and authors (noted in bold). Almatroodi SA, McDonald CF and Pouniotis DS (2014) Alveolar macrophage polarisation in lung cancer. Lung Cancer International...
Mr Kevin Ferguson, the inaugural Chairman of the IBAS Board of Directors, has resigned this position due to illness. CEO, Professor Christine McDonald and all other Directors thank Kevin for his...
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....
RESPIRATORY BIOMARKERS IN MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE
The inability to breathe is unfortunately the most common cause of death in people living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Last year, our clinical research group in Melbourne reported that breathing...
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...
Kudos to Dr. Lauren Booker & Dr. Jen Cori on their JOEM publication examining fatigue detection alarms in rural truck drivers. Their study explores the alarms' effectiveness, accuracy, and habituation, offering key insights into fatigue management.
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.
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