Category: Researcher Profiles
What are your research interests?
New treatments for stroke
Understanding basic mechanisms of brain injury in stroke, ... the skull, and treatment with body cooling (hypothermia)
Acute stroke assessment and treatment - advanced brain imaging and clinical ...
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... awarded to two John Hunter Hospital neurologists to support stroke research.
A prestigious National Health and Medical ... how stroke patients can be better assessed and provided with treatments before they arrive in hospital and also look at early detection ... and Australia wide.”
“In Australia, there are 50,000 acute strokes each year, with over 1000 of these strokes in the Hunter region. ...
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Life-saving stroke treatment developed at John Hunter Hospital and HMRI will be delivered ... suitability for Thrombolysis – one of the most effective treatments available for this type of stroke.
Professor Levi said Manning ... transfers. And local clinicians will learn new skills in acute stroke management that will benefit the entire region.”
Tuncurry ...
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... in our community after the 65 year-old suffered an Ischemic Stroke.
Ken Rowe is proof that HMRI funded research is changing ... home and livelihood.
The revolutionary Pre-hospital Acute Stroke Triage (PAST) protocol, which helped save Ken’s life, was ... quickly dramatically improves access to brain saving treatments including a highly effective clot busting drug,” Mark said.
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The European Stroke Conference is the largest stroke conference worldwide, bringing the best ... as busy, with presentations on clinical trials and new treatments. The highlight of the day was a presentation from a Glasgow group ... implement advanced imaging as a new treatment approach for acute stroke throughout the world. After the presentation by the ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
What are your research interests?
Acute stroke clinical trials
Acute Stroke Imaging with CT, MRI and Doppler
... sufferers drove my interest in both the discovery of new treatments and the translation of those treatments into the real world of ...
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Stroke affects 53,000 Australians each year and is the biggest cause of adult ... to reduce the disability from stroke through more effective treatments. The Group is regarded as the state leader in stroke research and ... three hour window.
We have developed the Pre-hospital Acute Stroke Triage (PAST) Protocol, a collaboration with the NSW Ambulance ...
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While a stroke generally results in years of rigorous rehabilitation and significant ... be still lying on a bed”.
“Clot-busting therapy for acute stroke is one of our few effective treatments and by far the most powerful. It can only be delivered, however, in ...
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... and clinician, being the John Hunter Hospital Director of Acute Stroke Services and also a Director of the University of Newcastle Priority ... stroke from many perspectives, including new acute stroke treatments, genetics, imaging and rehabilitation therapy.
Pioneering usage ...
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... the Medical Research Future Fund to support his clot-busting stroke trial.
Conjoint Professor Chris Levi will be ... of these new therapies into new opportunities for making acute stroke treatments more personalised and safer,” Professor Levi said.
The MRFF ...
