We have a fantastic, new opportunity at the VRL- a UNSW Scientia PhD scholarship to study global influenza strains and identify changes that may result in a novel pandemic.
The package is $41,209 per year plus other benefits .... check out the project and apply through
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Our Respiratory Group has received an injection of funds from Triple I, part of the Sydney Health Research Partnerships (SPHERE) http://www.thesphere.com.au/. The money will fund establishment of our State-wide Enterovirus Surveillance Network and next generation sequencing of circulating enterovirus strains.
Hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common and mostly self-limiting illness usually affecting young children (<5 years of age). The most common cause of HFMD is infection with an enterovirus, including subtype EV-A71 which often causes severe complications. There are other enteroviruses that also cause potentially fatal neurological and systemic complications. New South Wales regularly experiences outbreaks of enteroviruses (Nolan et al. 2003, Teoh et al. 2016), such as in 2013 and 2018.
In order to track enterovirus change and respond rapidly to outbreaks, we need to carry out regular surveillance of enterovirus subtypes causing severe disease. We will establish an enterovirus monitoring and rapid response program that will detect new emerging strains.
For more information please contact sacha.stelzer-braid@unsw.edu.au
Did you know that CMV (Cytomegalovirus) can cause hearing loss and mental disability, when it infects a baby in the womb?
For CMV awareness month, the Congenital CMV Association Australia has partnered up with the Cerebralpalsy Alliance to raise awareness about this virus and its risks in pregnancy.
Check out this video about CMV and 5 tips to follow to minimise your risk of contracting this virus, and so reducing the risk of your developing baby becoming infected:
The CoRD Study Infusion trial has recently made Channel 9 news headlines.
Congratulations to Prof Maria Craig and all the CoRD study team on this ground-breaking research.
Congratulations to Dr Stuart Hamilton who was recently awarded the NHMRC Peter Doherty - Australian Biomedical Fellowship.
This allows Stuart to pursue his passion in determining ways to detect and prevent congenital CMV (cCMV) Disease.
