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Heddy Zola gave the 2009 Basten Oration at the Australian
Society for Clinical Immunology and Allergy national scientific
meeting.
In December 2009 Heddy Zola was awarded a Honorary Life Membership
of the Australian Society for Immunology in acknowledgement
of his outstanding contribution to Immunology in Australia
and his support to the society over many years.
The DINO trial, showing that the rate of developmental delay
suffered by preterm children can be halved by simply increasing
the dietary supply of DHA in the neonatal period, was published
in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association.
The associated press release attracted world-wide interest
and there are now active discussions about how best to change
clinical practice.
Allison Cowin was invited to speak at the Joint European
Tissue Repair Society and Wound Healing Society conference
in Limoges, France
Maria Makrides and the Nutrition Program were awarded 2 new
NHMRC grants totalling in excess of $4 million to investigate
the effect of iodine supplementation in pregnancy on the neurodevelopmental
outcome of children and whether changing the pattern of introducing
egg containing foods to infants can reduce the prevalence
of egg allergies.
The FoodPlus joint venture agreement was signed with the
University of Adelaide. This new initiative supports excellence
in research that links food, nutrition and sustainable agriculture
to improve human health.
Carmel Collins, Winner, South Australian Department of Health,
Nursing Excellence Award 2009 - category Research
Allison Cowin was invited to participate in the Indo Australia
Workshop on New Biomedical Devices in Delhi organised by the
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
The Wound Management and Innovation CRC in which WCHRI is
a founding partner was awarded 27.5M over 8 years.
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