Jennifer Cori has won the prestigious New Investigator Award at Austin Research Week. Awarded by the Austin Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Jennifer won the award after having her presentation...
Congratulations to Rachel Schembri, for receiving the prize for best oral presentation at the recent ISCoS conference (International Spinal Cord Society), held in Maastricht in The Netherlands. Rachel's...
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...
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...
Dr Nicole Goh is the new Chair of IBAS' Medical and Scientific Research Committee (MSRC). Dr Goh is a Respiratory and Sleep Consultant at Austin and Alfred Health and has research interests in the area...
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.
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...
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...
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".