It is with great sadness that we note the sudden death of Dr Jeff Pretto, IBAS Fellow. Jeff was involved with IBAS from its beginning and was a member of the Medical and Scientific Research Committee...
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...
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...
IBAS would like to congratulate Christian Osadnik who has received a number of awards at the recent Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) conference. Christian has been awarded a highly...
Like many of you, we at IBAS are usually too caught up in activities of the present and thoughts of the future to have time to focus on the past. However, in a reflective moment, we have just expanded...
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.