Royal Perth Hospital Nurse Kelly-Ann Hahn has been awarded the Doreen McCarthy Nursing Research Grant 2023.

On Wednesday 24 May, supporters, researchers, and Board members joined RPH Research Foundation at the City of Perth Library to celebrate 40 years of funding health research in Western Australia.

The RPH Research Foundation is proud to announce the successful participation of its dedicated supporters and staff in the HBF Run for a Reason, held on Sunday May 21 2023. Through their energetic efforts and commitment to supporting medical research, the Foundation raised an impressive $3510 while actively engaging with the community.

After almost ten years of service as Board Chair of the Royal Perth Hospital Research Foundation, Professor Lyn Beazley AO FAA FTSE FACE CIE (Aust) has signalled her intention to retire from the position. Professor Beazley has been a dedicated and passionate Board Chair and is stepping back to ensure a seamless transition.

Emeritus Professor Lawrie Beilin AO is a distinguished researcher who has dedicated his career to advancing healthcare in the field of hypertension, with a particular focus on stroke and heart attack prevention.

Professor Judith Finn, a John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin University and Director of the Prehospital, Resuscitation and Emergency Care Research Unit (PRECRU) in the Curtin School of Nursing, shared insights from her career in research at the April Food for Thought Seminar.

The RPH Research Foundation recently attended the Connect Victoria Park Open Day, where Professor Anne-Marie Hill from the University of Western Australia and her team recruited participants for their new research program, ‘CONNECT 50+ Healthy Ageing for Midlife and Beyond’.

An exploratory study by Springboard Plus Grant recipient Associate Professor Adil Rajwani has been accepted as a manuscript by Journals of the American College of Cardiology (JACC): Advances.

A team of West Australian researchers have tested a ground-breaking new treatment for those with high-blood pressure, one of the world’s leading causes of death, thanks to the support of the Royal Perth Hospital Research Foundation.

In honour of World Pancreatic Cancer Day, we would like to highlight the work of Miss Arunima Panda, funded by the RPH Research Foundation.

Springboard Plus supports Early and Mid-Career researchers who are translating their ideas into clinical practice that could lead to a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of our community.

Thank you for joining us at the RPH Research Foundation's Research Symposium and Awards Day 2022 where we celebrated the brightest minds of WA.

Every year the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) presents the R T Hall Prize. The RT Hall Prize is the most prestigious research award of CSANZ and recognises the achievements of senior and established investigators. This year, Professor Gerald Watts has been awarded the Prize at the 70th Annual Scientific Meeting of CSANZ last month.

Dr Chi Le-Ha was the lead investigator of this world first study that showed young adults who had higher testosterone levels in their umbilical cord blood at birth tended to have high blood pressure by 20 to 27 years of age.

Our Springboard Grant Recipients have found biomarkers that can distinguish anaphylaxis from other forms of shock.

Australian researchers have developed an innovative, new treatment for one of the world’s biggest health concerns – high blood pressure.

Research led by a team at Royal Perth Hospital is setting a new gold standard for the treatment of collapsed lungs.

This has certainly proved true for the participants of Associate Professor Kay Cox’s Sedentary Women Exercise Adherence Trial (SWEAT), who reunited to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the study’s launch.

A new study indicates almost 60 per cent of Australians who have high blood pressure are not receiving medical treatment for the condition, and some may not even know they have high blood pressure.

RPH Research Foundation’s new Career Advancement Fellowships program is providing more than $1 million in funding to help six of WA’s brightest researchers discover the answers to important health questions.