Almost all (97 per cent) shift workers are unable to adjust their body clocks between day and night shifts and are missing out on quality sleep, it was reported at the Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation’s Pilbara Sleep Health Summit.

A global study involving researchers from the RPH Research Foundation and The University of Western Australia has found more than a third of people have high blood pressure, but many are unaware they have it.

The RPH Research Foundation partnered with Royal Perth Hospital’s Nursing Research Foundation to launch the Doreen McCarthy Grant. The purpose of this grant is to enable nurses to pursue research with the intent of enabling better patient outcomes.

An off-the-shelf cancer therapy, 3D bone printing and preventing chronic pain after surgery are just some of the game-changing treatments our city’s most brilliant minds want to bring to fruition – and they’ve received $300,000 to help make it happen, thanks to the Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation’s Springboard Grants Program 2019.