As part of our ongoing seminar series, the Centre of Research Excellence in Severe Asthma is pleased to host Prof. Louise Donnelly, for a webinar on Defective Innate Immunity in Airway Diseases. For more information and to register for the online webinar, go to: http://www.severeasthma.org.au/innate-immunity-asthma/ Professor Louise Donnelly is a Professor of Respiratory Cell Biology, in…
Professor Peter Gibson, Co-Director of the Centre of Excellence in Severe Asthma, was recently elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS), at a ceremony in Adelaide on the 19th October 2017. Professor Gibson said it was a great honour to be elected as an academy member: “This is…
As part of our ongoing seminar series, the Centre of Research Excellence in Severe Asthma is pleased to host Professor Urs Frey (University Children’s Hospital Basel), for a webinar on Early-Life Factors and Asthma Development. This presentation will be a public lecture and also available live and online. Prof Urs Frey is Chair of Pediatrics…
Centre of Excellence investigators Peter Gibson and Vanessa McDonald recently recorded a severe asthma podcast, with Mic Cavazzini from Pomegranate Health. Listen to the podcast here: Episode 27 – Severe Asthma The podcast was based on a recent “Clinical Perspectives” review published in June’s edition the Internal Medicine Journal entitled “Management of Severe Asthma: Targeting…
We are currently inviting applications for a PhD project within the Centre of Excellence in Severe Asthma, based at the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), through the University of Newcastle, Australia. The following project is seeking applicants: Targeting Anxiety and Depression in Severe Asthma, supervised by Professor Vanessa McDonald and Dr. Vanessa Clark. This…
The Centre of Excellence in Severe Asthma is developing an online “Severe Asthma Toolkit”. This toolkit aims to provide resources and tools that will be used by clinicians to guide optimal asthma management. Resources will be designed to aid in the implementation of best practice across all settings, including the hospital, specialty asthma clinics and…
We are pleased to release the third Centre of Excellence in Severe Asthma newsletter (Volume 3: July 2017). Our newsletters provide updates on activities, personnel, upcoming events and new developments that are relevant to severe asthma. If you would like more information, please explore our website. To receive updates in the future, please register for…
We are currently inviting applications for a PhD project within the Centre of Excellence in Severe Asthma, based at the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), through the University of Newcastle, Australia. The following project is seeking applicants: Determining Models of Care for Severe Asthma, supervised by Associate Professor Vanessa McDonald and Dr. Vanessa Clark….
We are pleased to release the Centre of Excellence in Severe Asthma Annual Report (2015 / 2016). Our annual report provides updates on Centre of Excellence activities conducted in the first 2 years of our funding. If you would like more information, please explore our website. To receive updates in the future, please register for…
As part of our ongoing seminar series, the Centre of Research Excellence in Severe Asthma is pleased to host Professor Charles Irvin (Vermont Lung Center & University of Vermont), for a webinar on Physiological Phenotyping of Airways Responsiveness in Asthma – Implications for Personalised Medicine. This presentation will be a public lecture and also available…
