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Cancer Council Relay for Life

Monday, 16 October 2023 News and events > Exercise Medicine Research Institute > 2023 > 10

EMRI raises over $4,000 at this year's Relay for Life event.

Centre for Precision Health Showcase 2023

Thursday, 12 October 2023 Schools > Medical and Health Sciences > Our research > Centre for Precision Health > News > Centre News > 2023 > 10

The Centre for Precision Health (CPH) Showcase 2023 event celebrates the exciting research currently being undertaken by our staff and Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students. We hope that you can join us!

A Perth family and ECU researchers join forces to help fight deadly eye cancer

Monday, 09 October 2023

A trip to Specsavers is rarely a life-changing event, but for one Perth family, it was.Father of four Rhys James was diagnosed with ocular melanoma, and now he has turned to ECU scientists who have developed a world-first blood test to diagnose the disease earlier.

WA Future Health Research & Innovation Fund Open Day 2023 - Precision Health theme

Thursday, 05 October 2023

This event is an opportunity for the research and innovation community to hear about exciting WA health and medical research and innovation developments and FHRI Fund programs in the November cycle. The theme of the event is 'Precision Health'. The Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC will be speaking, along with Professor Simon Laws, Dr Pauline Zaenker and Dr Marc Sim from ECU, as well as other speakers from the WA precision health research and innovation community.

Hope for sufferers of a rare form of eye melanoma

Wednesday, 27 September 2023 Schools > Medical and Health Sciences > Our research > Centre for Precision Health > News > Centre News > 2023 > 09

There's hope for sufferers of a rare form of eye melanoma, with WA academics looking into a new blood test that could lead to early detection.

Cardiac rehab can reduce death by 42%

Friday, 22 September 2023 News and events > Exercise Medicine Research Institute > 2023 > 09

Twenty years on, David wishes he had used his first heart attack as a wake-up call.

Women's Health Program Launch

Tuesday, 19 September 2023 News and events > Exercise Medicine Research Institute > 2023 > 09

The clinic is excited to launch its first ever Women’s Health program, exclusively to ECU staff, prior to public launch in 2024.

CPH Seminar Series - Molecular profiling for precision cancer therapies

Wednesday, 30 August 2023 Schools > Medical and Health Sciences > Our research > Centre for Precision Health > News > Centre News > 2023 > 08

The Centre for Precision Health welcomes guest speaker Clinical Professor Benhur Amanuel, Service Director and Lead Pathologist at QEII, and Dr Leslie Beasley, CPH Postdoctoral researcher to the September CPH seminar series.

New project to make life easier for those affected by neurological conditions

Tuesday, 22 August 2023

The WA NeuroHub aims to bring important information to one place for people with lived experience of neurological conditions, health professionals, not-for-profit organisations, researchers and industry.

CPH Seminar Series - Fuelling the body, nurturing the mind: The dynamic duo of glycogen and microbiota in health and disease

Thursday, 27 July 2023 Schools > Medical and Health Sciences > Our research > Centre for Precision Health > News > Centre News > 2023 > 07

Centre for Precision Health Seminar Series - Join our guest speaker Dr Liang Wang, Microbiologist from Guangdong, China, and Dr Lan Chen, CPH PhD Student.

CPH renewed as an ECU Strategic Research Centre

Monday, 17 July 2023

Following a robust selection process, ECU has decided to support two Strategic Research Centres for a second funding term.

New ideas on the boil are the future of health research and innovation

Thursday, 13 July 2023

Research on Immunotherapy and Melanoma and facilitating early identification of osteoporosis are among the winning ideas granted funding for further development by the 2023 WA Near-miss Awards (WANMA).

Personalised vaccines may revolutionize cancer treatment

Wednesday, 28 June 2023

Combining common immunotherapy treatment with a vaccine tailored to suit an individual's tumour genetics significantly improves survival and disease recurrence rates among people who'd had high-risk melanomas removed - and it could impact how we treat other forms of the disease.

International award for innovative health and travel research

Monday, 29 May 2023

It's the latest accolade for the collaboration between ECU's Centre for Precision Health and School of Business and Law.

Centre for Precision Health Seminar Series - Unlocking the power of genetics towards personalising melanoma immunotherapies

Wednesday, 10 May 2023 Schools > Medical and Health Sciences > Our research > Centre for Precision Health > News > Centre News > 2023 > 05

Centre for Precision Health Seminar Series - Join our guest speaker Clinical Professor Adnan Khattak, and Dr Aaron Beasley, Postdoctoral researcher in CPH.

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