WIMR Executive Director

This is the official account of WIMR's Executive Director. All Tweets are by, or on behalf of WIMR's Executive Director, Professor Philip O'Connell.

[WIMR Executive Director @DirectorWimr]

Thank you @PhilanthropyAus for this great article, highlighting WIMR's pioneering approaches to precision medicine. @annapoids

[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research @WestmeadInst]

Thank you @PhilanthropyAus for featuring WIMR’s pioneering precision medicine approach in the latest issue of its weekly news update. The article features WIMR’s Prof Anna deFazio and the ground-breaking INOVATe program. Read the article: https://t.co/RJjXqN75Ij @annapoids

[WIMR Executive Director @DirectorWimr]

Please join me in congratulating the winners of the 2019 WISE Awards for scientific excellence: A/Prof Eslam, Prof George, Dr Chen, Dr Esmaili, Dr Bertram, A/Prof Harman, Heeva Baharlou, Dr Shojaei, A/Prof Tang, Dr Girgis, Prof Gunton, Prof Palmer, Dr Lee & A/Prof Korgaonkar.

[WIMR Executive Director @DirectorWimr]

@ARitaBarreiros @VisualiseThesis @Sydney_Uni @syd_health @WestmeadInst @BDCsydney @nilcolomer Congratulations Ana Rita! This is a great achievement.

[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research @WestmeadInst]

This Sunday @ 8.30pm on @SBS, tune in to an important ep of Australia Uncovered – ‘Osher Günsberg: A Matter of Life and Death’, featuring the pioneering research of WIMR’s Brain Dynamics Centre. @BDCsydney @DrMKorgaonkar @oshergunsberg
#AustraliaUncovered #AMatterOfLifeandDeath

[WIMR Executive Director @DirectorWimr]

Congratulations to Associate Professor Natasha Rogers who has been awarded a @nhmrc Investigator Grant. Wonderful and well-deserved recognition.

[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research @WestmeadInst]

Please join us in congratulating WIMR's A/Prof Natasha Rogers who has been awarded a @nhmrc Investigator Grant for her research, "Improving translational pathways in kidney injury: from discovery to clinical practice." @WestSydHealth

[WIMR Executive Director @DirectorWimr]

@WestmeadInst @nhmrc @WestSydHealth Congratulations Natasha! This is wonderful news.

[WIMR Executive Director @DirectorWimr]

While we can't welcome you to WIMR in person right now, this video tour offers the opportunity to meet just some of our pioneering researchers, and to hear about how they are working every day to change and save lives through medical research.

[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research @WestmeadInst]

COVID-19 means we can't welcome guests to the WIMR building. This virtual tour video offers a sneak peek inside WIMR, to meet just some of our world-leading scientists who work hard to change and save lives through medical research.

Watch the video here: https://t.co/wLLaBpbAKJ

[WIMR Executive Director @DirectorWimr]

Great work by @ARitaBarreiros who has accepted the @Sydney_Uni @syd_health Visual Thesis competition challenge to submit a video explaining her PhD project in 60 seconds. Congratulations Ana Rita.

[Ana Rita Barreiros @ARitaBarreiros]

My #PhD project explained in 60 seconds!
I accepted the challenge and participated in this year's @Sydney_Uni @syd_health @VisualiseThesis competition with this video: https://t.co/0igBxGgymI

#neurofeedback #NeuralNetworks #depression @WestmeadInst
Animations: @nilcolomer

[WIMR Executive Director @DirectorWimr]

Congratulations to WIMR's Centre for Vision Research and its partners on being awarded the tender for this important initiative. @UNSW, @georgeinstitute @brienholden, @Macquarie_Uni @healthgovau

[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research @WestmeadInst]

WIMR's Centre for Vision Research & partners including @UNSW, @georgeinstitute, @brienholden & @Macquarie_Uni are proud to announce they have been awarded the tender to conduct the Australian Eye & Ear Health Survey. To find out more, visit: https://t.co/bBdnFfPQ48 @healthgovau

[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research @WestmeadInst]

WIMR's Centre for Vision Research & partners including @UNSW, @georgeinstitute, @brienholden & @Macquarie_Uni are proud to announce they have been awarded the tender to conduct the Australian Eye & Ear Health Survey. To find out more, visit: https://t.co/bBdnFfPQ48 @healthgovau

[WIMR Executive Director @DirectorWimr]

Important research from @WestmeadInst's Centre for Virus Research. Congratulations to all involved.

[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research @WestmeadInst]

WIMR scientists have demonstrated an approach that can identify protein parts that cause a specific immune response to SARS-CoV-2. Published in @ASMicrobiology Journal of Virology – https://t.co/rU2lZ6bXv5 and featured on @abcnews - https://t.co/bZwlROkyEC. @sophiescott2

[WIMR Executive Director @DirectorWimr]

Congratulations Professor @annapoids and all those involved with this important initiative.

[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research @WestmeadInst]

Congrats to WIMR's Prof Anna DeFazio, Chief Investigator for Sydney Cancer Partners, which received a $7m Translational Cancer Research Capacity Building Grant from @cancerNSW to enhance translational cancer research across clinical and academic networks.
@annapoids @SHPartners

[WIMR Executive Director @DirectorWimr]

Congratulations to Professor Jacob George for leading this outstanding initiative.

[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research @WestmeadInst]

Lead by WIMR's Prof Jacob George, the Accelerated translational research in PRImary Liver Cancer (APRICA) program has received a landmark $4m grant from @cancerNSW. The program brings together researchers, clinicians & experts across the state to improve liver cancer outcomes.

[WIMR Executive Director @DirectorWimr]

Congratulations @jameschong_doc. This funding is well-deserved recognition for your outstanding research, improving outcomes for cardiac patients.

[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research @WestmeadInst]

Congratulations to WIMR's @jameschong_doc!
@healthgovau has announced its Medical Research Future Fund recipients. A team, led by A/Prof Chong, have received funding for a new stem cell therapy to treat end stage heart failure. @VictorChangInst @WestSydHealth @Sydney_Uni

[WIMR Executive Director @DirectorWimr]

Congratulations @Taylor_Braund. This is, indeed, well-deserved recognition.

[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research @WestmeadInst]

Congratulations to @Taylor_Braund who received the 2020 Peter Bancroft Prize for Research Work for his doctoral thesis, completed at WIMR’s Brain Dynamics Centre. This is well-deserved recognition for a talented young researcher. @Sydney_Uni @BDCsydney

[WIMR Executive Director @DirectorWimr]

It's always rewarding to see medical research result in improved outcomes for patients. This is a great example. Congratulations to all involved.

[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research @WestmeadInst]

Prof Cunningham and his WIMR team are proud to have played a vital role in the development of Shingrix, the new shingles vaccine for Austns aged 50+. Watch Prof Cunningham speak about the importance of the vaccine: https://t.co/pcYPY6RaqS

[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research @WestmeadInst]

Prof Cunningham and his WIMR team are proud to have played a vital role in the development of Shingrix, the new shingles vaccine for Austns aged 50+. Watch Prof Cunningham speak about the importance of the vaccine: https://t.co/pcYPY6RaqS

[WIMR Executive Director @DirectorWimr]

This is an important initiative, and I am very proud of the leadership role WIMR is playing.

[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research @WestmeadInst]

WIMR's Prof Tony Cunningham leads The Vaccine, Infection and Immunology Collaborative Research Group which will receive more than $4.5 million in state govt funding over 3 years. Read more here: https://t.co/s0pR8HKgWD @NSWHealth

[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research @WestmeadInst]

Olga Ganopolsky, General Counsel with Macquarie Group explains the differences between implied and explicit consent, and how it is being implemented in relation to precision medicine around he world. #precisionmedicine2021

[WIMR Executive Director @DirectorWimr]

This should be a fascinating discussion.

[The Westmead Institute for Medical Research @WestmeadInst]

The public panel discussion panel, focusing on data privacy and ethics around the implementation of precision medicine has just begun. Facilitated by @sophiescott2. #precisionmedicine2021