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Call goes out to support world-first health platform

Friday, 29 November 2024

The Edith Cowan University (ECU) Centre for Precision Health (CPH) is calling on the Western Australian community to support the development of NeuroHub WA, a world-first health platform that will support the more than one million Western Australians living with a neurological condition.

CPH Seminar Series - A window into the ubiquitous role of ubiquitination in cancer

Thursday, 21 November 2024 Schools > Medical and Health Sciences > Our research > School research areas > Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation > Centre for Precision Health > News > Centre News > 2024 > 09

The Centre for Precision Health Seminar is presented by cancer researchers, Associate Professor Pieter Eichhorn, Dean of Infrastructure at Curtin University and Dr Vivian Chua from the Centre for Precision Health.

ECU develops nutritional solution for Huntington's sufferers

Tuesday, 12 November 2024

Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) have developed a meal box targeted specifically for patients living with Huntington's disease and those with acquired brain injuries.

Centre for Precision Health Showcase 2024

Thursday, 03 October 2024 Schools > Medical and Health Sciences > Our research > School research areas > Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation > Centre for Precision Health > News > Centre News > 2024 > 10

The Centre for Precision Health (CPH) at ECU is proudly hosting a showcase event on 3 Dec 9am-1pm to celebrate the exciting research currently being undertaken by our staff and HDR students.  We are pleased to welcome our Keynote speaker, Emeritus Professor Chen who is Chair of Endocrinology at the University of Queensland. All welcome to attend.

Travel could be the best defence against ageing

Wednesday, 11 September 2024

Forget about retinol night creams, researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) believe travel could be the best way to defy premature ageing.

ECU medical researchers confirm genetic link between Alzheimer's and heart disease

Monday, 19 August 2024

Researchers at ECU's Centre for Precision Health have uncovered a significant genetic connection between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and several coronary artery disease (CAD) related disorders and lipid classes.

Researchers take a closer look at eye cancer

Tuesday, 23 July 2024

New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) is one step closer to understanding why uveal melanoma, the deadliest form of eye cancer, has such a high rate of metastasis.

ECU's pioneering human genome technology goes to work

Saturday, 22 June 2024

ECU's Centre for Precision Health (CPH) is now home to a state-of-the-art genomic platform that gives scientists the capabilities to investigate and interrogate the entire human genome.

Genetic link between diabetes and gut health could offer treatment solutions

Saturday, 22 June 2024

Researchers at Edith Cowan University's (ECU's) Centre for Precision Health have uncovered a significant genetic connection between Type 2 Diabetes and certain gut disorders, which could pave the way for more effective therapies.

Pomegranates could offer a solution to fatty liver disease

Saturday, 22 June 2024

Ellegic acid, an antioxidant found in some fruits and vegetables, could have on halting and potentially reversing the damage caused by fatty liver disease.

New human genome platform at ECU CPH opens doors

Friday, 03 May 2024

Edith Cowan University's Centre for Precision Health has become the first research facility in WA to have the capabilities of mapping the entire human genome.

Conjunctival Melanoma in Australia

Friday, 03 May 2024

A rare form of mucosal melanoma, CJM comprises around 5% to 7% of all ocular melanomas, affecting approximately 0.8 men and 0.4 women per million per year in Australia. A team from Edith Cowan University in Western Australia set out to examine changes in the incidence and mortality of CJM in Australia from 1982 to 2014.

Cross-town ovarian cancer collaboration

Thursday, 04 April 2024

A cross-town collaboration involving researchers from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, St John of God Subiaco Hospital, Curtin University, Clinipath, The University of Western Australia (UWA) and Edith Cowan University has found that ovarian tumours alter their local environment by changing the sets of messages they send to cells nearby.

Media marvels recognised at ECU awards ceremony

Monday, 25 March 2024

The winner of Best Research Media Campaign in 2023 was awarded to the School of Medical and Health Sciences Dr Marc Sim and Professor Simon Laws, who together led the enormous media campaign 'Slowing down in your old age?' It may be a dementia warning sign, which saw coverage over many months.

ECU researchers awarded funding to fuel future NHMRC success

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Four of Edith Cowan University's (ECU) early-and mid-career researchers were awarded national grants of $100,000 to accelerate the success of their innovative research ideas.

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