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Meet your researcher - Samantha Bramich

Ms Sam Bramich is a PHD Candidate at the University of Tasmania. Sam and her team of researchers have just received Foundation funding to identify the prevalence of rapid eye...

Embracing our community, partnerships, and medical breakthroughs at our Spring Soiree

...Sam Bramich, who captivated guests with her insights on REM sleep behaviour disorder and how this condition can be an early indicator of dementia and Parkinson’s disease. We are so...

Snore no more: Expert advice to transform your sleep during Stop Snoring Week

In recognition of Stop Snoring Week, commencing 20 April 2024, we delved into the snores that keep many awake at night, seeking insights from our sleep expert, Sam Bramich. As...

Harnessing hope: Tasmania's leap forward in brain tumour research

...brighter future in brain tumour research. This project is all about gathering important samples from primary brain cancers to help scientists and doctors understand more about how these tumours grow...

Groundbreaking new research projects to transform the health of Tasmanians

...many individuals and their families. Study participant Brodie West and sleep scientist, PhD Candidate Samantha Bramich at the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, UTAS. Picture: Chris Kidd, The Mercury...

Social influences

...water, and sunlight. In the same way, people need the right conditions for good health. These conditions are the social influences of health. The Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation is...

Celebrating the Foundation’s 25th anniversary

...supported the Glaucoma Inheritance Study in Tasmania under the guidance of Professor David Mackey AO to capture DNA samples to help find the genes that cause the disease. It has...

Meet the Researcher - Professor Richard Turner

...career.” “What the visiting UK expert did not quite say was that ‘unloved’ diseases do not attract the same degree of research funding as those conditions considered to be ‘high...

Transforming cardiac care through telehealth

...visit the clinic in person and ensure they receive the same high-quality care. Through a new research trial, they used video calls (telehealth) to engage these patients, manage heart disease...