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Project Outline: Exercise oncology is the application of exercise medicine for people with cancer. It is well established that higher volumes and intensity of physical activity or exercise reduce overall and cancer specific mortality by up to 60%. Precision exercise oncology reduces the side...
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Project Outline: Despite knowledge of the importance of fruits and vegetables in the diet, only 5.4% of Australian adults meet the recommended guidelines for daily serves of fruit and vegetables. Current dietary guidelines recommend a high intake of all fruits and vegetables however, studies...
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Project Outline: A global rise in life expectancy comes with an increased burden of serious life-long health issues and the need for useful real-time indicators of the ageing process. We propose to investigate the value of biochemical profiles of lgG N-glycosylation in blood as clinically...
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Project Outline: Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) or haemorrhagic stroke is defined as bleeding within the brain parenchyma and occurs without trauma or known bleeding causes such as an arteriovenous malformation, cerebral aneurysm, or tumour. ICH accounts for at least 10-15% of all strokes and...
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Project Outline: Stroke is the second commonest cause of death and the sixth leading cause of disease burden globally with an estimated 6.5 million stroke deaths annually, expected to rise to 8 million by 2030 (World Stroke Organisation, 2022). The average stroke destroys roughly two million...
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Project Outline: The project will be situated within a program of research on the prevention of hospital acquired complications and will align with the Australian National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards and Western Australian Sustainable Health Review that aim to protect the...
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Project Outline: Proper function of the nervous system is vital to allow muscles to contract. Indeed, exercise training results in improved muscle performance. Conversely, with de-training or ageing the loss of strength can result in poor health and physical function. However, the specific...
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Project Outline: Increasing the intake of fruits, vegetables and whole grains remains the foundation of dietary approaches to prevent disease. However, surprisingly little is known about the components of these foods that contribute to cognitive health, or the mechanisms involved. Identifying...
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Project Outline: The glycome is the entire complement of sugars, whether free or present in more complex molecules, of an organism. An alternative definition is the entirety of carbohydrates in a cell. The glycome may in fact be one of the most complex entities in nature. Glycosylation, the...
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Project Outline: This study will examine exposure levels and strategies employed by outdoor workers, such as farmers with high physical work demands, to cope with heat stress. Cohorts from developing countries are of particular interest. Desired skills: Master of Public Health (by...