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Partnership leads to creation of new regional clinical trial careers
14 September 2023
Clinical trials pharmacist Michelle Kua has been able to grow her career at Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) from intern in 2017 thanks to a unique clinical trial pharmacy program developed at The Alfred.
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First-in-world endometriosis trial begins
16 August 2023
Doctors from The Alfred Interventional Radiology (IR) team, headed up by principal investigator Associate Professor Jim Koukounaras, have designed a world-first study using interventional radiology to treat endometriosis.
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New clinic helping people with functional seizures
7 August 2023
When Natalie started experiencing involuntary jerks in 2020, she had no idea the journey she had begun. Following a tonic-clonic seizure and a misdiagnosis of epilepsy, Natalie eventually discovered she had functional neurological disorder (FND). Daily, she was experiencing clusters of jerks – about 50 at a time – and as a busy professional, Natalie felt her body was out of her control.
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Heart partnership to drive cutting edge care
6 July 2023
Heart patients of the future are set to benefit from a new partnership which will bring together the combined strengths of three leading institutions in cardiovascular research and patient care.
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Alfred pharmacists step up for the state
29 May 2023
When COVID-19 antivirals were first introduced, prescribers had a lot of questions. The Alfred Pharmacy team stepped in to answer them – setting up a state-wide helpline in less than two weeks.
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Research partners welcomed for site visit
24 May 2023
We were pleased to welcome our research partners from Monash University recently for a tour of the Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre building site.
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Clinical trials create hope for the future
18 May 2023
The Alfred is the home for clinical trials and translational health practice. Of all clinical trials happening in Australia, one in five occur on site at The Alfred. The Alfred does two thirds of all first-in-human clinical trials conducted in Australia. That's why, this World Clinical Trials Day, we are celebrating the researchers, partners and collaborators who choose to conduct their trials with Alfred Health.
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Alfred stroke team receives certification
5 May 2023
The stroke team at The Alfred is delighted to be the first in Victoria to receive Australian Stroke Coalition Stroke Unit Certification.
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Pinhole procedure changing women’s lives
24 April 2023
Each year, thousands of Australian women undergo invasive and life-altering hysterectomies to treat debilitating pain and blood loss caused by uterine fibroids. But there’s another option: a very safe, pin-hole procedure that cures the symptoms, yet leaves the uterus intact.
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‘Heart in a box’ now a proven gamechanger
21 April 2023
Two Alfred heart experts have today declared a new method of donor heart preservation a gamechanger for heart transplantation in Australia and New Zealand.
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