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Two of the faces behind the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute’s (CHIRI) latest research study, Sanna Hansson and Josefin Jakobik, recently joined us from Sweden and are all smiles at the opportunities their four-month placement is already presenting to them. Both medical students at Linköping University, the duo decided to take their current semester’s work, […]

Three out of seven ain’t bad, in fact it’s amazing! The Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) is celebrating the successes of three of its PhD students, Shelley Waters, Jessica Gaff and Lelinh Duong, who took out three of a total of seven scholarships and bursaries awarded at the recent Graduate Women WA (GWWA) awards […]

Two former Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) Honours students flew the CHIRI and Curtin School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences flags in Brisbane recently and their former supervisors, including CHIRI researcher Dr Nina Tirnitz-Parker who supervised them both, couldn’t be prouder. Nur Dianah Abu Bakar (Dianah), who in her 2017 Honours year was co-supervised […]

The recent 28th Annual Combined Biological Sciences Meeting (CBSM) not only had an impressive program it was also packed full of Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) representation and achievements. The CBSM aims to promote biological science in WA by encouraging the interaction of scientists, students and industry from all of the life sciences. Held […]

The Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute’s (CHIRI) research was recently in the spotlight, at an engagement and networking event featuring ‘Adults Only’ research disclosures from some of CHIRI’s research team. Professor Marco Falasca and Professor Deirdre Coombe joined CHIRI Director Professor John Mamo in showcasing some of the cutting-edge research underway at the institute, while […]

As the end of his PhD draws to a close, CHIRI researcher Sebastian Pohl has not only the completion of his thesis to celebrate but also that his three-year labour of love was among Curtin’s best. Now Dr Sebastian Pohl, following his graduation ceremony last Friday, he received a Chancellor’s commendation for submitting an outstanding […]

Tiny microscopic blood vessels called capillaries are critical for brain function and mental health. Brain capillaries also keep the brain isolated and protected from infectious diseases. Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute researchers have discovered that brain capillaries become increasingly leaky with age and that this process is accelerated by poor dietary behaviour. Capillaries that persistently […]

Adding to an already stellar list of early career achievements, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Dr Virginie Lam has outdone herself again, this time by securing a sought-after National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Early Career Fellowship. Virginie will receive an NHMRC Peter Doherty Australian Biomedical Fellowship of $327,192 over […]

Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) researcher Dr Nina Tirnitz-Parker never dreamed the inflatable penguin sitting in her office, which she won at the Lorne Cancer Conference on Phillip Island in Victoria 13 years ago, would one day help to secure her a place on a voyage to Antarctica. Penguin Philip featured in Nina’s successful […]

Early Career Research Fellow Dr Mark Agostino is among a group of researchers who may be on the cusp of finding a new way to treat two diseases that commonly occur in older age – obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Mark is collaborating in a study led by Assistant Professor Vance Matthews, from the Royal […]