Freo Docker Sam joins effort to tackle kidney disease in remote WA

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 September Freo Docker Sam joins effort to tackle kidney disease in remote WA Freo Docker Sam joins effort to tackle kidney disease in remote WA 29/09/2021 | 3 MINS Fremantle forward Sam Switkowski has joined researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology in investigating ways to bring fresh water to remote Aboriginal communities in the Goldfields of WA as part of a plan to tackle the devastating effects of kidney disease and type 2 diabetes among locals. The AFL footballer, in his final year of an environmental engineering degree at RMIT University, is part of a team from Optimos, D2K Information, RMIT, LIT and the University of Queensland whoΓÇÖve been designing and testing pilot technologies to remove nitrate from drinking water. It follows ground-breaking research undertaken as part of the Western Desert Kidney Health Project (WDKHP) which found that nitrate contaminated drinking water was a contributing factor to higher than expected rates of kidney disease and type 2 diabetes in the Goldfields. Dr Christine Jeffries-Stokes, f

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 September Freo Docker Sam joins effort to tackle kidney disease in remote WA Freo Docker Sam joins effort to tackle kidney disease in remote WA 29/09/2021 | 3 MINS Fremantle forward Sam Switkowski has joined researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology in investigating ways to bring fresh water to remote Aboriginal communities in the Goldfields of WA as part of a plan to tackle the devastating effects of kidney disease and type 2 diabetes among locals.

The AFL footballer, in his final year of an environmental engineering degree at RMIT University, is part of a team from Optimos, D2K Information, RMIT, LIT and the University of Queensland whoΓÇÖve been designing and testing pilot technologies to remove nitrate from drinking water.

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