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Focus areas for the Centre

Learn more about the Focus areas for the Wal-yan Respiratory Centre

Artificial Intelligence

The Artificial Intelligence team at the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre is dedicated to delivering AI solutions for major challenges in respiratory healthcare and research.

Aboriginal Respiratory Health

Respiratory illness accounts for 12% of the age-standardised gap in mortality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

News & Events

New study to find COVID-fighting properties in existing medications thanks to national grant

Nearly 50 existing prescription medications already used by Australians will be tested by new research in the fight against COVID’s mutant variants.

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300th participant recruited to crucial respiratory research program

A research program, which enables over 25 important respiratory research studies to be undertaken, celebrated the recruitment of its 300th participant on 14 December 2022.

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Research to help identify which children will develop asthma and to design more specific asthma treatments supported by Federal Government funding

Research focussed on identifying which children will develop asthma, and developing more specific asthma treatments, has been supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Ideas Grants announced by the Federal Government on 14 December 2022.

Lung inflammation and simulated airway resistance in infants with cystic fibrosis

Lung inflammation and simulated airway resistance in infants with cystic fibrosis Cystic fibrosis (CF) is characterized by small airway disease; but

Update on SLC6A14 in lung and gastrointestinal physiology and physiopathology: focus on cystic fibrosis

Update on SLC6A14 in lung and gastrointestinal physiology and physiopathology: focus on cystic fibrosis The solute carrier family 6 member 14 (

Editorial: Emerging Therapeutic Approaches for Cystic Fibrosis

Editorial: Emerging Therapeutic Approaches for Cystic Fibrosis Editorial: Emerging Therapeutic Approaches for Cystic Fibrosis. Authors: Miquéias

Sialic acid-to-urea ratio as a measure of airway surface hydration.

Sialic acid-to-urea ratio as a measure of airway surface hydration. Although airway mucus dehydration is key to pathophysiology of cystic fibrosis (CF