LiverWELL

Associate Professor Naiyang Fu from WEHI discusses his research into liver cancer with Paulette Trevena from LiverWELL.

Dominique Robert-Hendren - Hello Sunday Morning by LiverWELL

Shane O'Sullivan's Lived Experience Story by LiverWELL

#NavigatingHealth with Siân Slade by LiverWELL

Dr. Tram Tran gives us an inside look into new developments regarding the diagnosis of NASH by LiverWELL

After nearly a decade at the helm of firstly Hepatitis Victoria and then LiverWELL, Melanie Eagle has announced that she will leave the organisation. Melanie has brought decades of experience in community, advocacy and management, and under Melanie’s leadership, LiverWELL has grown significantly.

Thomas Tu talks to us about his experiences as a researcher for hepatitis B, his lived experience, and his community: HepBCommunity.org

When Chloe went to her GP to have a hepatitis B test she was diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. While this came as a surprise to Chloe, statistically it’s not unusual. 1 in 4 people in Victoria have fatty liver disease, and this number is rising.

The burden of this disease in Australia, and most developed countries, manifests in increasing levels of advanced liver disease and primary liver cancer. So why don’t we know more about it?

Mandy Ritchie, Bendigo local, was diagnosed with Hepatitis C during her first pregnancy. Now, she seeks to help those at risk of contracting the virus.

Podcast produced by Tyler Wright

Jen Anderson estimates she contracted hepatitis C in the late 1970s. She was later diagnosed in the early 1990s before seeking treatment in 2012, feeling optimistic about break-through antiviral medication.

In this 15-minute question-and-answer, Jen Anderson speaks to RMIT student journalist Indiana Hansen about her personal experience living with hepatitis C, as well as her professional experience as a nurse in the sector. Jen unpacks how things have changed within the hepatitis C space over the years, sharing her views on care and treatment alongside hepatitis C elimination targets. She reflects on being cured of the virus saying, “the weight off my shoulders of becoming cured from hepatitis C was indescribable”.