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HRH Princess Astrid with Alfred patients Julie and Astrid, CEO Prof Andrew Way and Prof Butzkueven, Prof Susan Elliott, and senior members of the Belgian Trade Delegation.
International registry provides support and answers to MS patients during COVID
26 October 2023
An international registry that was pivotal in the care of thousands of patients with multiple sclerosis during the COVID-19 pandemic was on show when Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium visited The Alfred this week.
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Dr Kelly Bertram
Shake It Up partners with Alfred Health to expand Parkinson’s research
23 October 2023
Australia will soon have the capacity to host more in-depth and innovative clinical trials for Parkinson’s disease after Shake It Up Australia donated $150,000 to develop a best-practice model at The Alfred.
brain
patients
research & innovation
A/Prof James McMahon and Dr Jillian Lau discuss the latest developments in the Alfred's HIV cure research
“There’s a lot of hope”: Courage and community drive latest efforts in HIV cure research
11 October 2023
The first of two HIV cure research trials has concluded at The Alfred, as researchers continue their search for new ways to improve treatment of the disease.
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Partnership leads to creation of new regional clinical trial careers
14 September 2023
Clinical trials pharmacist Michelle Kua has been able to grow her career at Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) from intern in 2017 thanks to a unique clinical trial pharmacy program developed at The Alfred.
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Doctors perform a world-first trial at The Alfred
First-in-world endometriosis trial begins
16 August 2023
Doctors from The Alfred Interventional Radiology (IR) team, headed up by principal investigator Associate Professor Jim Koukounaras, have designed a world-first study using interventional radiology to treat endometriosis.
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interventional radiology
patients
research & innovation
Tracie Tan, Toby Winton-Brown, Nicholas Burgess, Lana Higson, Melissa Jordan and Jacquie Eyres from the Functional Seizures Clinic
New clinic helping people with functional seizures
7 August 2023
When Natalie started experiencing involuntary jerks in 2020, she had no idea the journey she had begun. Following a tonic-clonic seizure and a misdiagnosis of epilepsy, Natalie eventually discovered she had functional neurological disorder (FND). Daily, she was experiencing clusters of jerks – about 50 at a time – and as a busy professional, Natalie felt her body was out of her control. 
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research & innovation
seizures
Heart partnership to drive cutting edge care
6 July 2023
Heart patients of the future are set to benefit from a new partnership which will bring together the combined strengths of three leading institutions in cardiovascular research and patient care.
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research & innovation
The pharmacy prescriber helpline group included: Ann-Louise Slee, Jenny Ly, Vincent Ng, Meng Yap, Louise Grannell, Gail Edwards, James Wei and Jessica Chen.
Alfred pharmacists step up for the state
29 May 2023
When COVID-19 antivirals were first introduced, prescribers had a lot of questions. The Alfred Pharmacy team stepped in to answer them – setting up a state-wide helpline in less than two weeks.
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research & innovation
Research partners welcomed for site visit
24 May 2023
We were pleased to welcome our research partners from Monash University recently for a tour of the Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre building site.
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melanoma
research & innovation
A scientist places a test tube into a centrifuge.
Clinical trials create hope for the future
18 May 2023
The Alfred is the home for clinical trials and translational health practice. Of all clinical trials happening in Australia, one in five occur on site at The Alfred. The Alfred does two thirds of all first-in-human clinical trials conducted in Australia. That's why, this World Clinical Trials Day, we are celebrating the researchers, partners and collaborators who choose to conduct their trials with Alfred Health. 
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