The Perron Institute has awarded Dr Srimathy Vijayan (Royal Perth Hospital) a research scholarship for work on deep brain stimulation (DBS) on sleep and Dr Shereen Paramalingam (Fiona Stanley Hospital) a scholarship for work around respiratory function in people living with Parkinson’s disease.
The WA Government has committed $5.93 million to transform the former Geraldton Sobering Up Centre into a new, 10-bed community mental health service providing short-term residential care.
The former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Wayne Martin, is the new chair of the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research. He replaces Larry Iffla, who has stepped down as chair but will remain on the board.
Former Federal Court Judge Richard Tracey has been appointed a Commissioner for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety replacing Justice Joseph McGrath. Mr Tracey has begun work last month with fellow Commissioner Lynelle Briggs.
Former UWA medical student Dr Catherine Nguyen, 24, has been awarded the AMA Gold Medal for achieving the highest aggregate mark for all core units over the four years of the Doctor of Medicine course.
Health Minister Roger Cook has announced a two-year $550,000 partnership between Healthway and Football West to improve club environments for children and young people to play sport in.
Adrian Munro has been appointed CEO of Richmond Wellbeing. He has been the organisation’s Executive Manager of Operations since 2012.
Surfing WA has been awarded a $290,000 two-year Healthway partnership to deliver skin cancer prevention education to about 130,000 Western Australians.
Eleven researchers will share $1 million with the inaugural Western Australian Health Translation Network (WAHTN) Early Career Fellowships. Funds have been made available from the Commonwealth Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF). They are: Dr Gail Alvares (TKI); Ms Jodie Armstrong (Curtin University); A/Prof Fenella Gill (Curtin); Dr Ariel Mace (CAHS/SMHS); Dr Luke Marinovich (Curtin); Dr Ashleigh McEvoy (ECU); Ms Belinda McLean (CAHS/Curtin); Dr Jing Pang (UWA); Dr Janessa Pickering (TKI); Dr Roslyn Ward (CAHS/Curtin); Dr Yue Wu (TKI).