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Dr Jessica Orchard promoted to Associate Faculty at Centenary
Dr Orchard has been recognised for her research excellence, productivity and emerging leadership qualities. A Research Fellow in the Agnes Ginges Centre for Molecular Cardiology and Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, she has been promoted to the Centenary Institute’s Scientific Associate Faculty.
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Centenary Institute heart research features in the Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald has reported study findings from the Centenary Institute that found that concealed cardiomyopathy – heart muscle disease that can cause fatal heart rhythms – is an important cause of sudden cardiac death where no cause is found from autopsy.News Type: Media coverageDate
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Cardiovascular Initiative acknowledges Professor Semsarian AM
Professor Christopher Semsarian AM, Head of the Centenary Institute’s Agnes Ginges Centre for Molecular Cardiology has been recognised by the University of Sydney’s Cardiovascular Initiative (CVI) and been presented with an award for ‘Most Collaborative Cardiovascular Researcher’.News Type: Research NewsDate -
Increased genetic testing required to identify concealed cardiomyopathy
Researchers from the Centenary Institute have found that concealed cardiomyopathy is an important cause of sudden cardiac death where no cause is found from autopsy – and that genetic testing can help identify cases of concealed cardiomyopathy which provides a cause of death and also helps guide care of surviving relatives.News Type: Media releaseDate -
Annual NSW Asthma Meeting held at Centenary
The Centenary UTS Centre for Inflammation has hosted the 16th Annual NSW Asthma Meeting (NAMe) held at the Centenary Institute, 17-18 November 2022.News Type: Research NewsDate -
2GB Healthy Living program interviews Dr Bagnall
Dr Richard Bagnall, Head of the Centenary Institute’s Bioinformatics and Molecular Genetics Laboratory, has been interviewed on Radio 2GB’s Healthy Living program.News Type: Media coverageDate -
New nasal vaccine strategy could improve COVID-19 protection
Researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney have developed a new nasal vaccination strategy that induces potent lung immunity and protection against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.News Type: Media releaseDate -
What happens to people who consume hazardous amounts of alcohol?
Clinical Professor Devanshi Seth, Head of the Centenary Institute’s Alcoholic Liver Disease Laboratory is co-author on a newly published study that has identified factors affecting mortality in people drinking extreme amounts of alcohol.News Type: Research NewsDate -
Should you use your smartwatch or wearable to monitor your heart?
Dr Jessica Orchard, Associate Faculty member at the Centenary Institute, together with Professor Ben Freedman from the Heart Research Institute, have written an article for The Conversation on wearable technologies and heart health.News Type: Research NewsDate -
TB shown to remodel lymph nodes affecting immune response
Centenary Institute and University of Sydney PhD student, Lina Daniel, is lead author on a newly published paper that has found that Mycobacterium tuberculosis remodels the architecture of the lymph nodes – limiting the immune system’s ability to overcome tuberculosis (TB) infection.News Type: Research NewsDate -
Dr Jessica Orchard promoted to Associate Faculty at Centenary
Dr Jessica Orchard, Research Fellow in the Agnes Ginges Centre for Molecular Cardiology and Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow has been promoted to the Centenary Institute’s Scientific Associate Faculty based on research excellence, productivity and emerging leadership qualities.News Type: Research NewsDate -
2GB Healthy Living program interviews Professor Semsarian AM
The Centenary Institute’s Professor Chris Semsarian AM, Head of the Agnes Ginges Centre for Molecular Cardiology, has talked about his research into cardiovascular disease and sudden cardiac death in young people, in an interview on Radio 2GB’s Healthy Living program.News Type: Media coverageDate -
Medical research ‘speed dating’ at Centenary Institute
The Centenary Institute has given members of the public, school students and stakeholders the opportunity to find out what it’s like to be a scientist – and to better understand what it takes to be at the cutting-edge of medical discovery – with its unique ‘speed dating’ event, held as part of the Spark Festival.News Type: EventsDate
