Research Bytes

Research Bytes

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Research Bytes episodes

  • Chandana Guha on kidney disease and the impact of lived experience on research
    Chandana Guha is a University of Sydney early-career researcher. Her journey into research was inspired by caring for her daughter, who has kidney disease. In this latest episode of Research Bytes she discusses how her personal experience as a caregiver deepened her insight into her field. Read her publication here.

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    17 min
  • Dr Qingwei Luo
    Dr Qingwei Luo shares her fascinating statistical modelling of large scale health data, projecting cancer rates in Australia over the next 2 decades. Her findings published in Lancet journal could improve our health system's preventative measures and treatments.

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    11 min
  • Dr Caitlin Jones on opioids for back pain
    Dr Caitlin Jones aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of opioids for low back pain, and uncovered some interesting findings in her research. Listen to find out more, you can read her paper here: Opioid analgesia for acute low back pain and neck pain (the OPAL trial): a randomised placebo-controlled trial

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    16 min
  • Dr Nick Hunt and developing oral insulin

    Dr Nick Hunt and his colleagues from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Medicine and Health have been using nanotechnology to take us even closer to an oral insulin, negating the need for injections. Listen to hear more about his exciting research and read his paper: Oral nanotherapeutic formulation of insulin with reduced episodes of hypoglycaemia 

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    16 min

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