CASE STUDY increasing survival, free of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in extremely preterm infants. In 2025 the PLUSS Trial received the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) Trial of the Year Award as well as the ACTA STInG Excellence in Trial Statistics Award. youtu.be/FivYWQyp8m8

PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS CATHETER MANAGEMENT With Dr Grace Xu, Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Department, QEII Hospital, Brisbane & Emergency & Trauma Centre, Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia youtu.be/kmduxzB_tfo

POST STROKE BRAIN RECOVERY TARGETING BLOOD FLOW AND VESSEL HEALTH with Dr Daniel Beard @docbeardface.bsky.social, University of Newcastle, Australia & Visiting Scientist, University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk , United Kingdom & Founder/CSO, ShearFlow youtu.be/dZdOJaTx_D8

GIVE A RESEARCHER A GIFT OF PUBLICITY This International Clinical Trials Day you can support your friendly researcher by gifting them a video placement on Bench Side Story *** Half price for month of International Clinical Trials Day USD$499 (normally USD$998) *** benchsidestory.com/gift

IDENTIFYING AND TREATING AUTOIMMUNE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS With Associate Professor Sudarshini (Darshi) Ramanathan, Neurologist & Head of Translational Neuroimmunology Group Faculty of Medicine and Health University of Sydney @sydney.edu.au , Australia youtu.be/IG-Pu2zmCTs

VACCINE EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST INFECTIONS TRIGGERING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE With Dr Deborah Burnett, Scientia Senior Lecturer & Laboratory Head, UNSW Sydney @unsw.edu.au , Australia youtu.be/r4nBueH14Gs

RENAL CARE & DATA LINKAGE OF TASMANIAN KIDNEY DISEASE CASES With Professor Matthew Jose, Kidney Specialist, Head of Unit, Nephrology, Royal Hobart Hospital & Professor of Medicine, University of Tasmania , Tasmania, Australia youtu.be/qEeMdLj7LZE

PAEDIATRIC HAEMORRHAGE AND AIRWAY PROCEDURES With Associate Professor Shane George, Paediatric Emergency physician & Paediatric intensive care physician, Gold Coast University Hospital, Queensland, Australia youtu.be/RtklERchVpk

PARAMEDICINE WORKFORCE ACROSS AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND, With Associate Professor Liz Thyer, Associate Professor in Paramedicine, Western Sydney University @westernsydneyu.bsky.social Australia youtu.be/nswOEm5o0t0

TRIALS IN TREATING STIs, VACCINES AND LIPID LOWERING MEDICATIONS With Dr Pi Lip Seet, Principal Investigator Paratus Clinical, BrIsbane & Surgical Registrar, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia youtu.be/Tflf4dG3zoU

THERAPY TO PREVENT HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN PEOPLE WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS With Prof John Olynyk, Liver Specialist, Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist, Fiona Stanley & Fremantle Hospitals & Clinical Engagement, Curtin Medical Research Institute, Curtin University, Australia youtu.be/o4mfaW2LE64

IDENTIFICATION & CHARACTERISATION OF MOLECULAR DRIVERS OF THERAPEUTIC RESISTANCE Professor Pieter Eichhorn, Group Leader, Curtin Medical Research Institute & Dean of Research Infrastructure & Professor at Curtin University @curtinuniversity.bsky.social , Western Australia youtu.be/qSCXgts4huo

LIVER CANCER & PATIENT-DERIVED TUMOUR ORGANOIDS With Dr Benjamin Dwyer, Senior Research Fellow & Director, Western Australian Organioid Innovation Hub, Curtin Medical Research Institute, Curtin University @curtinuniversity.bsky.social , Western Australia youtu.be/GsRk0KWTGhI

DEVELOPING UPPER LIMB MOTOR BIOMARKERS OF DEMENTIA With Kaylee Rudd, Junior Research Fellow, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre University of Tasmania @utas.edu.au, Hobart, Tasmania youtu.be/pwL8cNa6AHM

METABOLIC PHENOTYPING, LIPIDOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS IN DEMENTIA With Dr Luke Whiley, Curtin Medical Research Institute, Western Australia youtu.be/JakyaiBn7uk

CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY & CONCUSSION With Professor Melinda (Lindy) Fitzgerald, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research & Professor of Neurotrauma, Curtin University, Western Australia & CEO Connectivity Traumatic Brain Injury Australia youtu.be/LrRiwZaN6yo

LEUKAEMIA MICROENVIRONMENT & HIGH RISK CHILDHOOD LEUKAEMIA With Assoc Professor Laurence Cheung Curtin University @curtinuniversity.bsky.social & Research Lead, Curtin Medical Research Institute & Research Lead, The Kids Research Institute @thekidsau.bsky.social , Australia youtu.be/vXcMvrgi5s8

NOVEL THERAPY FOR PANCREATIC CANCERS, TARGETING MOLECULAR FOUNDATION with Dr Michael KC Lee, Medical Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia youtu.be/0W_6F9V1G5w

GENETICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS OF GLAUCOMA & MYOPIA, with Professor David Mackey AO, Professor of Ophthalmology, The Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia youtu.be/AnAXscStGqk

PAEDIATRIC OBESITY PREVENTION, NUTRITION AND DIETETICS, With Dr Robyn Littlewood, Chief Executive, Health and Wellbeing Queensland & Adjunct Professor, University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology & Griffith University, Australia youtu.be/Uj3Yge38Zyo

ANTIMICROBIAL TECHNOLOGIES & DRUG DELIVERY PLATFORMS With Associate Professor Aaron Elbourne RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia youtu.be/nu3CucnN8-c

In Nov 2025, The Kids Research Institute Australia celebrated 35 years of bold ideas and groundbreaking research. Professor Jonathan Carapetis AM, Paediatrician & Executive Director talks about the RESEARCH IMPACT of the Institute @thekidsau.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxJ8...

CASE STUDY : TRANSFORMING SURGICAL WAITLIST INTO A ‘PREPARATION LIST’ With Dr Andrew Marks, Staff Specialist Anaesthetist & Director of Perioperative Medicine & Dr Kanika Chaudhri, Anaesthetic Senior Resident Medical Officer, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia youtu.be/9MlrvGbvQho

SYSTEMS GENETICS TO DETERMINE RISK OF DEVELOPING DIABETES COMPLICATIONS Emeritus Professor Grant Morahan, Professor of Diabetes Research, University of Western Australia Centre for Medical Research (affiliated with Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research), Perth, Australia youtu.be/4sw1SPHb56I

PANCREATIC AND LUNG CANCERS DRIVEN BY MUTATIONS IN THE CANCER GENE KRAS, With Dr Mara Zeissig, Group Head, T Cell Immunotherapy Laboratory, Tumour Inflammation and Immunotherapy Program, SAiGENCI – South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute, Australia youtu.be/OqtILRZ6TpU

BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACHES TO OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE, BODY IMAGE AND EATING DISORDERS, With Dr Nicola Acevedo, Neuroscientist and Research Fellow Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia youtu.be/u6rXqvNw9ms

NANOPARTICLES & MICROPARTICLES TO COMBAT ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE, With Dr Anjana Jayasree, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia youtu.be/rSgocsOf_5s

ELECTRICAL STIMULATION ON ORGANIC CONDUCTORS With Distinguished Professor Gordon Wallace AO, Executive Research Director, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia youtu.be/xeiM4N_fAng

NEUROSCIENCE, NEUROPHARMACOLOGY AND EXERCISE SCIENCE With Dr Jacob Thorstensen, Neuroscientist & Assistant Professor, Bond University & Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Executive committee member of @ausbrainstimsoc.bsky.social youtu.be/nb4u4S2K2r8

NEW TREATMENTS FOR PATIENTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, With Associate Professor Bernadette Fitzgibbon, Director of Psychiatry Research Paratus Clinical, Australia & Associate Professor, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia youtu.be/QAtxaQtM6Rw

NEW TREATMENTS FOR PATIENTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, With Associate Professor Bernadette Fitzgibbon, Director of Psychiatry Research Paratus Clinical, Australia & Associate Professor, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia youtu.be/QAtxaQtM6Rw

MEDICALLY COMPLEX PREGNANCIES with Dr Shelley Wilkinson, Project Officer, Department of Obstetric Medicine, Mater Mothers' Hospital & Associate Professor and Senior Principal Research Fellow, School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia youtu.be/S-xrWHXMKIw

LYMPHOMA, MYELOMA AND GENOMICS, With Professor Dipti Talaulikar, Senior Consultant in Clinical and Laboratory Haematologist, Canberra Health Services, Australia & ANU School of Medicine and Psychology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia youtu.be/qfFy0egPxGs

ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE FOR PRIORITY POPULATIONS With Professor Dileep Sharma, Head of Discipline Oral Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia youtu.be/5MhrJt-f04c

NOVEL FORMS OF BRAIN STIMULATION & PSYCHEDELIC ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY With Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Director, School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia & Principal Investigator, Paratus Clinical, Australia youtu.be/nmE-i3GGlBE

NON-INVASIVE TOOLS FOR CVD SCREENING AND MONITORING, With Dr Hadi Afsharan, Research Fellow University of Western Australia & Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Perth, Western Australia youtu.be/nYH76QMOqu0

INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND EAR DISEASE With Prof Kelvin Kong AM, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Fellow @racsurgeons.bsky.social , ENT Surgeon Worimi Nation Australia & Uni of Newcastle, Aus & Honorary Professor, Macquarie Uni & Adj Prof, University of NSW, Aus youtu.be/CWd9miPIHNY

STEM CELL THERAPIES FOR ENTERIC NEUROPATHIES, with Dr Lincon Stamp, Senior Research Fellow & Group Leader, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Melbourne @unimelb.bsky.social , Victoria, Australia @stamphaolab.bsky.social youtu.be/4EdI2jJL1l8

BIOMARKERS FOR EARLY SEPSIS DETECTION, With Dr Gabrielle Briggs, Postdoctoral Researcher and Lab Manager, School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia youtu.be/haDytjlm3YQ

NEW MODELS OF CARE & VALUE IN GENERAL PRACTICE, Researcher Profile, Dr Michael Wright, GP, Adjunct Associate Professor, International Centre for Future Health Systems (ICFHS), Uni of New South Wales (UNSW) & President, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) youtu.be/TM-heF7xDrc

GENETICS OF THE CHOROID AND IMPACT ON EYE HEALTH Dr Samantha Lee, Senior Research Fellow Lions Eye Institute & The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia youtu.be/kwwQ0ym-tZU

CLINICAL RESEARCH IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE Prof Daniel Fatovich, Emergency physician and clinical researcher, Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Dept & Head of CCREM, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research & UWA Medical School, Emergency Medicine University of Western Australia youtu.be/cjRC2O-CyOg

OPTIMISING RURAL MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH With Adnan Asger Ali, PhD candidate The University of Sydney & Director & Principal Physiotherapist Accelerate Physiotherapy, Canberra, Australia & Chair, National Musculoskeletal Committee, Australian Physiotherapy Association youtu.be/SXzz3ADLybM

NUTRACEUTICAL & PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTION IN NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS w/ Dr Virginie Lam, Research Fellow, Curtin Medical Research Institute, Curtin University @curtinuniversity.bsky.social & Perron Institute for Neurological & Translational Science @perroninstitute.bsky.social youtu.be/ixdZtjsmhYs

LIVER CANCER BIOMARKERS, RISK PREDICTION & PROGRESSION With Dr Rodrigo Carlessi, Senior Research Fellow & Lead of Cancer Genomics Group, Curtin Medical Research Institute, Curtin University @curtinuniversity.bsky.social , Perth, Western Australia youtu.be/26_KntGjd80

TYROSINE KINASES IN CANCER RECURRENCE With Dr Yu Yu, Program Lead, Curtin Medical Research Institute & Senior Research Fellow, Curtin Medical School, Curtin University @curtinuniversity.bsky.social , Perth, Western Australia youtu.be/4SEQRn538uk

NEONATAL RESPIRATORY TRIALS IN SICK & PRETERM NEWBORN INFANTS With Professor Brett Manley, Consultant Neonatologist Mercy Hospital For Women, Melbourne & Professor of Neonatal Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health, University of Melbourne, Australia youtu.be/NAY_0xBGsrw

INTEGRATED ORAL HEALTH CARE with Dr Ajesh George, Professor of Interprofessional Oral Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University @westernsydneyu.bsky.social & Director and Co-Founder, Australian Centre for Integration of Oral Health youtu.be/eNJXaxAS3dc

DNA REPAIR ON THE FANCONI ANAEMIA PATHWAY with Associate Professor Wayne Crismani, Laboratory Head, DNA Repair & Recombination, St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia youtu.be/HCPLMf1l0i0

PATHOGENICITY, MODELLING & TREATMENT OF INHERITED RETINAL STARGARDT DISEASE With Dr Di Huang, Research Associate, Lions Eye Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia youtu.be/K1dlnjwfIPE