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  • Dr Kylie Hunter is harnessing clinical trials and meta-analysis to improve infant care

    Dr Kylie Hunter is harnessing clinical trials and meta-analysis to improve infant care
    Jul 10 2025
    Dr Kylie Hunter’s career took a few unexpected turns before landing in the world of clinical trials. Today, she’s transforming infant care and uncovering hidden data anomalies with cutting-edge meta-analysis.

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    11 min
  • Dr Jenna Smith is exploring how information gaps can lead to risks in cancer screening

    Dr Jenna Smith is exploring how information gaps can lead to risks in cancer screening
    Jun 2 2025

    Dr Jenna Smith explores the communication older people receive around cancer screening and how it shapes their decisions. Her research reveals a key information gap for older women approaching the upper age limit for screening, and the emotional and practical consequences that follow.


    Read Jenna's research paper

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    11 min
  • Dr Susan Yuill on HPV vaccination and pregnancy

    Dr Susan Yuill on HPV vaccination and pregnancy
    Apr 30 2025
    Dr Susan Yuill joined the Cancer Council NSW as a systematic reviewer, contributing to the evidence base that supported the transition from two-yearly Pap smears to five-yearly HPV testing. She is now undertaking a PhD focused on HPV vaccination and its impact on pregnancy outcomes. Her research explores the broader benefits of HPV vaccination beyond cancer prevention, including its potential role in reducing adverse pregnancy outcomes in Australia. She is also investigating cervical screening participation among women in NSW who give birth and those aged 45 and over. Listen to learn more about this research, and read Dr Yuill’s paper: ⁠The impact of HPV vaccination beyond cancer prevention: effect on pregnancy outcomes⁠.

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    10 min
  • Dr Nigel Maher on using AI to diagnose melanoma

    Dr Nigel Maher on using AI to diagnose melanoma
    Mar 31 2025

    Dr Nigel Maher from Sydney Medical School is using AI related tools to help better diagnose and manage melanocytic tumours. Dr Maher was also the runner up in the 2024 Asia Pacific 3 Minute Thesis competition. Listen to the conversation with Professor Nancy Baxter.

    Watch Nigel's 3 Minute Thesis presentation >

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    10 min
  • Dr Binh Nguyen on physical activity and women’s health

    Dr Binh Nguyen on physical activity and women’s health
    Mar 5 2025

    Dr Binh Nguyen from the School of Public Health is examining the long term patterns of physical activity and how these effect the health of midlife women. Find out more about how quality of life measures a person's perceived well being and functioning, and relates to healthy aging and population health. Listen to the conversation with Professor Nancy Baxter.

    Read Binh's publication >

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    11 min
  • Dr Pamela Soh on analysing genetics to predict risk of disease

    Dr Pamela Soh on analysing genetics to predict risk of disease
    Jan 30 2025

    Part of an international team across Southern Africa, Botswana, South Africa and the UK, Dr Pamela Soh is finding out if the risk for prostate cancer is different between European and West African populations. Listen to conversation with Professor Robyn Ward. We're looking forward to our next episode of Research Bytes with our new host, Professor Nancy Baxter, Interim Executive Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health.

    Read Pamela's publication >

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    11 min
  • Dr James Kang on chronic pain and the brain's response to nerve injury

    Dr James Kang on chronic pain and the brain's response to nerve injury
    Dec 9 2024

    Dr James Kang left research at one stage to work at Westpac, but a tap on the shoulder brought him back and he’s now doing some great work on the development of chronic pain and the brain’s response to nerve injury. Listen to conversation with Executive Dean Professor Robyn Ward.

    Read his publication here.

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    14 min
  • Dr Mouna Sawan on simplifying hospital discharge notes for dementia patients

    Dr Mouna Sawan on simplifying hospital discharge notes for dementia patients
    Nov 25 2024
    Dr Mouna Sawan from Sydney Pharmacy School is helping to streamline the hospital discharge process for patients with dementia. Tune in to her conversation with Executive Dean Professor Robyn Ward AM FAHMS. Read her publication here.

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    10 min