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Prime Minister's Prize for Science winner Emeritus Professor Cheryl Praeger is among 16 staff, students and graduates at The University of Western. ....
David Anthony Foley Hannah C Moore Mejbah Bhuiyan Post-Doctoral Researcher, Telethon Kids Institute But the 2020 Australian winter was very different. Public health measures in place to control the spread of COVID-19 saw a major shift in the typical seasonal pattern of other respiratory viruses. This has perhaps been most notable with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a very common cause of hospitalisation in young children over winter months in many parts of the world, including Australia. But following an abnormal winter that saw a significant drop in rates of RSV – we found there were 98% fewer winter cases in Western Australian children – paediatric hospitals around Australia have seen unexpectedly large numbers of children presenting with RSV over summer. ....
By Kate Weber on Mar 3, 2021 12:55PM Tomas Varsavsky leaves after 10 years. Catch.com.au has gained a new chief product and technology officer as Tomas Varsavsky leaves REA Group to join the Wesfarmers Group-owned retail website. Varsavsky left his role as chief technology and data officer after over 10 years with REA Group this month to take a short break before joining Catch. “After 10.5 years today marks my last day at REA Group. It s been an amazing journey and I m so proud of the team we have built, the things we ve delivered and the boundaries we ve pushed. REA continues to be one of the most progressive technology organisations in Australia,” Varsavsky wrote on LinkedIn. ....
Date Time Understanding community attitudes towards a COVID vaccine With vaccinations for Coronavirus soon to roll out across Australia, a research team from The University of Western Australia and the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases at Telethon Kids Institute is seeking Western Australian study participants to learn more about community attitudes towards COVID vaccines. In particular, the researchers are seeking health care workers, those in aged care, and people over the age of 65 to participate in the study. Some of the questions they are seeking answers to include if and why people want a vaccine, people’s thoughts on getting a COVID vaccine compared to other vaccines and any concerns they may have about a vaccine or vaccination policies. ....