The Hospital Research Foundation Group Impact Report - Flipbook - Page 80
IMPROVING CARE
We’re here for you
We are proud to support more than 50 areas of disease and illness
to advance treatments and improve care for our community.
Allergies
Golden staph
• Investigating skin microbiome patterns in the
hope of finding clues for the cause of eczema
• Finding new pathways to treat superbugs
like golden staph
• Creating a diagnostic tool to identify antigens
causing inflammation in eczema
Healthy communities
• Comparing profiles across healthy and
diseased skin to better inform medication use
• Supporting the Healthy Choices Program
that promotes better health behaviours for
people living with chronic conditions
• Investigating whether genetics plays a role
in urticaria, an inflammatory skin condition
• Long-term follow-up of families involved in
the PregNut study, to determine whether
peanut and egg consumption during
pregnancy can prevent child allergies
Asthma
• Investigating the inflammatory networks
in asthmatics to better inform personalised
therapies
• Studying the interactions between our immune
system and the microbiome in the airways to
help prevent asthma
Burns
Motor neurone disease (MND)
• Evaluating a new feeding app and
decision-making tool for patients
and their families living with MND
• Furthering research into the ‘gut-brain axis’
to better understand how MND develops
Muscular dystrophy
• Helping children and adults with
muscular dystrophy and other conditions
receive support through service provider
I Can Jump Puddles
Nursing support
• Evaluating the impact of a new laser machine
that treats scars for severe burns patients
• Training nurses in regional areas to
inspect potential skin cancer lesions
using AI technology
Eye health
• Supporting specialist cancer nurses to deliver
care to regional patients via telehealth
• Trialling the efficacy and safety of
corticosteroids as an added treatment
for orbital cellulitis
• Supporting graduates nurses during
their first year in the workforce
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