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A study investigating how effective additional antibiotics are in the prevention of post-joint surgery infection, undertaken by Alfred Health and Monash University, has been awarded this year’s prestigious Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) Trial of the Year Award.

When family and friends were unable to visit The Alfred Hospital during COVID-19, it created new challenges that many of our nurses had not experienced before.

Within reach takes us through some of the work we’ve done this year towards better preventing, diagnosing and treating heart disease, diabetes and their related conditions. This collection of achievements takes us one step closer to a better tomorrow.

“Harmful policies of the past still affect Indigenous people today when it comes to accessing healthcare and research. We need to rebuild their trust and acknowledge the harms of the past in healthcare. That is the first step.”

Alfred Health Week’s keynote speaker Professor Karen Adams, from Monash University’s Gukwonderuk Indigenous Health Unit, today delivered a very powerful and honest address about the historic treatment of Indigenous peoples and the impacts that still has within public hospitals.

This year, 14 researchers from the Alfred Research Alliance were successful, recognising our precinct’s excellence in cardiovascular disease research.

Over the past two years, the eight member organisations of the Alfred Research Alliance have played a critical role in Australia’s pandemic response.

Six researchers from the Alfred Research Alliance have received an NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship, announced today by The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care.

​​​​​​​Each year hundreds of clinical trials take place across the precinct, leveraging the connection between researchers and clinicians fostered by the Alfred Research Alliance, and allowing patients to benefit from the latest scientific breakthroughs.