Major funding boost for detecting diabetes in pregnancy in rural communities

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 April Major funding boost for detecting diabetes in pregnancy in rural communities Major funding boost for detecting diabetes in pregnancy in rural communities 08/04/2022 | 3 MINS A ground-breaking project set up to protect the health of Aboriginal mothers and their families in rural communities by optimising the screening and management of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy has received a $3.2 million funding boost from the Medical Research Future Fund. Professor Julia Marley, a Senior Principal Research Fellow from Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs Medical School and the Rural Clinical School of WA, is chief investigator of the ORCHID Study - a collaboration between the Rural Clinical School of WA, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services and their member services, Diabetes WA and WA Country Health Services. In welcoming the funding, Professor Marley said diabetes disproportionately impacts the lives of Aboriginal people, with predisposition beginning in pregnancy. Image: From left, Emma Jamieson (Research Associate, RCSWA), Professor Jul

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 April Major funding boost for detecting diabetes in pregnancy in rural communities Major funding boost for detecting diabetes in pregnancy in rural communities 08/04/2022 | 3 MINS A ground-breaking project set up to protect the health of Aboriginal mothers and their families in rural communities by optimising the screening and management of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy has received a $3.2 million funding boost from the Medical Research Future Fund.

Professor Julia Marley, a Senior Principal Research Fellow from Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs Medical School and the Rural Clinical School of WA, is chief investigator of the ORCHID Study - a collaboration between the Rural Clinical School of WA, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services and their member services, Diabetes WA and WA Country Health Services.

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