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    PWF in PER

    Foundation personnel visited Alumni in Perth, Western Australia, during the week of the ASOHNS ASM

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    2023 Annual Review

    Read about the year that was 2023 for the Passe & williams Foundation.

  • Announcement

    Meet the FY24 Awardees

    Introducing the most recently awarded Passe & Williams Foundation fellows and grant holders.

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    Avoiding recurrent ear surgery for children

    Dr. Ruth Thornton's recent publication highlights a potential new method for better paediatric ear health.

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    2024 Australia Day Honours: Kelvin Kong

    Congratulations to Professor Kelvin Kong on his appointment to the Membership of the Order of Australia.

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    UPDATE: Academic Surgeon-Scientist Research Scholarship (ASSRS)

    Changes have been made to supervisor criteria for the surgeon-scientist scholarship.

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    Prof. John Funder retiring as PWF Board Director

    The Foundation's longest-serving Board Director announces his retirement.

  • Hear hear! Hearing research at the Bionics Institute gains traction

    Awardees at the Bionics Institute are pioneering work in restoring and understanding hearing.

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    Frontiers 2023: ENT in the Barossa

    A summary of Frontiers 2023, held in the Barossa Valley, South Australia.

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    Chair in OHNS Impact: The University of Auckland

    Professor Richard Douglas finishes his term as the Foundation's first New Zealand Chair in OHNS.

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    A warm welcome to Professor Mary Wlodek

    An introduction to the Foundation's newest Board Director, Professor Mary Wlodek

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    Awardee Focus: Dr. Brianna Atto

    Learn more about Dr. Brianna Atto's profile and his passion in preventing otitis media

  • Announcement

    FY24 Award Round

    Details of the FY24 Award Round

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    Dr. Michael Jay honoured in the King’s Birthday List

    Foundation Trustee and Board Chair Dr. Michael Jay has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia

  • Announcement

    Prestigious Chair in OHNS Opportunity for New South Wales

    Now inviting quality proposals for Foundation funding of a Chair in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery for NSW

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    FY24 Awards Workshop

    Learn all there is to know about our 2024 Awards and Grants

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    Frontiers Poster Abstract Submissions

    Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to showcase your work in Frontiers 2023 Conference

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    Awardee Focus: Dr Tommy Peng

    Learn more about Dr Tommy Peng's profile and his passion in cochlear implant research

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    A New Chair in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery appointed

    A New Chair in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery from the University of Western Australia has been appointed

  • Announcement

    Meet the 2023 Awardees

    Meet the latest cohort of Foundation Awardees!

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    Frontiers 2023: Registration Now Open!

    Registrations are now open for Frontiers 2023: the Art, Science and Future of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

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    2022 Annual Review

    The Foundation is delighted to share its latest Annual Review, detailing Awardees, events and other activities of the Foundation during 2022

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    Final Respect to Emeritus Professor Alan Mackay-Sim AM

    Emeritus Professor Alan Mackay-Sim, a former awardee of the Passe & Williams Foundation, has passed away

  • Announcement

    2023 Passe & Williams Foundation Successful Awards Applications

    The Passe & Williams Foundation welcomes 2023 with successful awards applications

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    NHMRC hearing health announcement

    The NHMRC has announced funding of $7.5 million to advance hearing health research

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    2021/22 WA Child Research Fund

    Congratulations to Dr. Ruth Thornton, who is one of the winners of 2021/22 WA Child Research Fund (WACRF) award.

  • Announcement

    2022 Robert Guerin Research Prize

    Congratulations to Dr. Claire Frauenfelder , winner of this year's Robert Guerin Research Prize.

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    FY23 Award Round closes with record application numbers.

    The Foundation has received a record number of applications for its 2023 Award Round.

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    PWF Board Members honoured for services to ASOHNS.

    The Australasian Society of OHNS thanked its past Presidents, at their recent meeting.

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    Dr. Carly Whyte at the University of South Australia

    Dr. Michael Jay visits Alumni Dr. Carly Whyte and team in Adelaide

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    Adelaide Alumni Dinner

    The Foundation caught up with early-career Alumni in Adelaide, during the ASOHNS Annual Scientific Meeting.

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    2022 Garnett Passe Memorial Lecture

    Clinical Associate Professor Raewyn Campbell on presenting the 2022 Garnett Passe Memorial Lecture in London

  • Announcement

    Continuing operations during COVID-19: update

    An update on the Foundation's operations and activities during the global pandemic.

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    Professor Marcus Atlas recognised in 2022 Honours List

    Congratulations to Alumni Professor Marcus Atlas on being awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

  • FY23 Passe & Williams Foundation Award Round

    Details of the upcoming FY23 Award Round

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    Awardee Focus: Associate Professor Payal Mukherjee

    Get to know A/Prof Mukherjee and her passion for translational research.

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    Western Australia’s targeted screening for infant hearing loss

    Jafri Kuthubutheen and his team are leading a project into infant hearing loss for WA babies

  • Announcement

    Celebrating 30 Years: past, present and future.

    We reflect on the past, present and future of the Foundation's work with a special video.

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    Celebrating 30 years: 2021 Annual Review

    A 30th Anniversary edition of the Annual Review is now available

  • Announcement

    Beyond Science

    A new project aims to improve clinician-researcher skills.

  • Announcement

    Celebrating 30 Years: a new face

    Having reached its 30th Year, the Foundation reveals a new face.

  • Announcement

    The 2022 Passe & Williams Foundation Awardees

    Meet the latest cohort of Foundation Awardees beginning projects in 2022.

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    Clinical Professor Catherine Birman makes the Honours List

    Clinical Professor Catherine Birman has received an Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).

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    Eradicating Ear Disease with Artificial Intelligence

    Research Scholarship Awardee Dr. Al-Rahim Habib features in Microsoft's latest campaign about Artificial Intelligence

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    Professor Colette McKay elected fellow of prestigious academy

    Prof. McKay has been elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

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    Translating ENT research to world-first COVID-19 breakthroughs

    Head & neck cancer research is helping early diagnosis of disease severity in COVID-19 patients

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    Frontiers 2021

    An overview of Frontiers 2021, which ran online 4-6 November 2021

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    ENT charity proposes a way to fund long term research

    The Australian online has featured a thought piece on the future of research, by Dr Jeanette Pritchard

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    Funding opportunity

    The NHMRC has put out a Targeted Call for Research into Hearing Health (2021)

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    Frontiers 2021: Now fully virtual!

    The Frontiers conference will now be a fully virtual conference.

  • Announcement

    2021 Robert Guerin Research Prize

    Congratulations to Dr Giri Krishnan, winner of this year's Robert Guerin Research Prize.

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    “We have to have big, bold ideas” – A/Prof Punyadeera

    A/Prof Chamindie Punyadeera on her breakthrough cancer diagnostics device.

  • Event

    FY22 Awards Workshop

    Learn all there is to know about our Awards and Grants

  • Announcement

    FY22 Award Round

    Details of our upcoming Award Round

  • News

    2020 Annual Review

    The latest Annual Review is now online

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    Frontiers 2021: Registrations Now Open!

    Registrations are now open for Frontiers 2021: the Art, Science and Future of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

  • Announcement

    Meet the 2021 Awardees

    The Foundation is proud to announce the 2021 Awardees and their projects.

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    Professor Alkis Psaltis at The University of Adelaide

    Congratulations to Alumni Alkis Psaltis, for his promotion to Professor at The University of Adelaide

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    Dr Arutha Kulasinghe: spatial profiling and fighting COVID-19

    Learn more about Awardee Dr Arutha Kulasinghe's research, including work on fighting COVID-19

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    Treating the urge to cough

    Dr Tara Bautista's neurological research paves the way for new and safe treatments of persistent coughs.

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    Frontiers 2021: Dates Announced

    Frontiers 2020 is now Frontiers 2021, with the new dates announced

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    Beyond Five is now Head & Neck Cancer Australia

    Beyond Five has a new name: Head & Neck Cancer Australia

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    Award Winning Photography by GPRWMF Alumni

    GPRWMF A/Prof Andrew Wise and his colleagues have taken out first prize for the ARO's 2020 Photo Contest

  • Announcement

    2020 Robert Guerin Research Prize

    Announcement of the 2020 Robert Guerin Research Prize winner.

  • Announcement

    Senior Fellowship Update

    Changes have been applied to the Senior Fellowship Award.

  • Announcement

    GPRWMF Awards Workshop: now available on-demand

    An Awards Workshop webinar to answer your questions on the Foundation's Award Round.

  • Announcement

    2021 Awards Round: Awards on Offer

    Awards on offer for FY2021

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    Awardee Focus: Dr Jacqueline Ogier

    Learn more about Dr Jackie Ogier's research completed during her Research Scholarship.

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    World-first in salivary testing for Head and Neck Cancer

    Associate Professor Chamindie Punyadeera and her team have detected early Head and Neck Cancer in a non-symptomatic patient, using salivary testing.

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    2019 Annual Review

    The Foundation is delighted to share its latest Annual Review, detailing Awardees, events and other activities of the Foundation during 2019.

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    Michael Hoggard Awarded Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis

    Congratulations to Michael Hoggard, who was recently awarded a University of Auckland Vice Chancellor's Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis (2019).

  • Announcement

    Frontiers 2020 Postponed

    In response to growing concerns regarding COVID-19, the Foundation has elected to postpone Frontiers 2020, originally scheduled for 16-18th July 2020 in Hobart.

  • Announcement

    Announcement: COVID-19

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    Australia Day Honours: Professor Rob Shepherd

    Congratulations to Foundation Alumni Professor Rob Shepherd, for his Order of Australia award.

  • Announcement

    Academic Surgeon-Scientist Research Scholarships: Announcement

    Important information regarding the Academic Surgeon-Scientist Research Scholarship (ASSRS)

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    Meet the 2020 Awardees!

    2020 Awardees & Projects

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    Fourth edition of the ATSIPI Ear Health Manual

    Clinical Professor Harvey Coates has published the fourth edition of the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Pacific Islander Ear Health Manual.

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    Awardee Focus: A/Prof Bryony Nayagam

    A look at Bryony's research on completion of her 2015 Research Fellowship "Regenerative therapies for the treatment of hearing loss".

  • News

    News on the Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR)

    The Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR) is no longer operational.

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    GPRWMF: New Office Location

    The GPRWMF Head Office is moving from East Melbourne to Melbourne CBD.

  • Announcement

    2020 Award Round Now Closed.

    The GPRWMF 2020 Award Round is now closed.

  • Announcement

    Frontiers 2020

    Frontiers: the Art, Science and Future of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, will be held next year in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

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    Advocating for Gender Equality in STEMM

    Awardee A/Prof Payal Mukherjee at the Sydney Innovation Research Symposium, on her career and advocacy for gender equality.

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    2019 Robert Guerin Research Prize

    Dr Nathan Creber has been awarded the inaugural Robert Guerin Research Prize for Surgical Trainees

  • Announcement

    Professor Philip Truskett joins GPRWMF

    A new RACS nominee joins the Board, as Professor John Harris retires from the role.

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    A/Prof Americo Migliaccio responds to the Vestibular-Ocular Reflex

    Promising research regarding the improvement of patients with balance issues.

  • Announcement

    2019 Awardees & Projects

    Meet the 2019 Awardees!

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    Queen’s Birthday 2019 Honours List

    Congratulations to Dr Stella Clark for receiving Her Majesty's Honours.

  • News

    Research needed for early detection of HPV

    Recent news coverage of Head & Neck cancers highlights the work of GPRWMF Awardees.

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    2020 Award Round: Awards On Offer

    Details of Awards on offer and Award Round opening/closing times.

  • Announcement

    2018 Annual Review: now available

    The GPRWMF 2018 Annual Review is now available online and in print.

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    GPRWMF Award Suite: Awards Update

    Details on the Foundation's updated Award Suite, and 2020 Award Round.

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    Fondation Pour l’Audition: Translational Research Grant

    French Hearing Institute 'Fondation Pour l'Audition' now accepting international EOIs for translational research grant.

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    Meet 3D Alek: printing ears

    Professor Gordon Wallace and A/Prof Payal Mukherjee demonstrate the 3D printing capabilities for children with ear deformities

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    GPRWMF Award Suite Update: Discontinued Awards

    Three Awards to be discontinued from the Foundation's Award Suite.

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    GPRWMF 2019 Awards Announced

    The Foundation is delighted to announce the projects that have been awarded for 2019.

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    Frontiers 2018: The Art, Science and Future of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

    Summary of the GPRWMF conference, Frontiers 2018.

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    Jackie Ogier goes Beyond Perception

    Award-winning immunohistochemistry imagery by Jackie Ogier

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    Diagnostics Breakthrough for Cancer Spread Risk

    Associate Professor Chamindie Punyadeera's team at QUT make another breakthrough

  • News

    Dr Nuwan Dharmawardana a “Shining Light” for science

  • Announcement

    GPRWMF welcomes Dr Stella Clark to the Board

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    Dr Rebecca Lim awarded Women in Research Fellowship

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    The Bionic Voice Project – 2018 Update

    Pre-clinical trials for Dr Farzaneh Ahmadi's Bionic Voice Project have shown encouraging progress on restoring voices for laryngectomy patients.

  • Announcement

    Frontiers 2018: Registrations Are Open!

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    ENT researcher Dr Katharina Richter wins Fresh Science (SA)

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    Academic Surgeon-Scientist Research Scholarship now open for application

    Applications for 2019 the Academic Surgeon-Scientist Research Scholarship (ASSRS) now open for application.

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    “The AJO”: ASOHNS new digital Australian Journal of Otolarynogology

    The Australian Society of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgeons have their official journal go digital.

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    Professor Stephen O’Leary warns of ear injuries from yucca plants

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    GPRWMF Recipient Andrew Wise of the Bionics Institute has been featured in the Herald Sun

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    Professor Richard Douglas appointed as GPRWMF Chair in Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

    Congratulations to Professor Richard Douglas, the University of Auckland's inaugural Foundation Chair in Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

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    Professor Peter Thorne Awarded the Gluckman Medal for 2017

    GPRWMF Awardee Professor Peter Thorne has been awarded the 2017 Gluckman Medal. This medal is an acknowledgement of excellence, awarded each year by the University of Auckland, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences.

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    GPRWMF Awardees – Win at The Pitch

    GPRWMF Awardees take out the prize at The Pitch, part of the 2017 Sydney Local Health District Innovation Symposium.

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    Dr Michael Jay Receives ASOHNS Medal

    Foundation Trustee and Chair of the Board, Dr Michael Jay has been awarded the 2017 ASOHNS Medal for distinguished services to ASOHNS. The medal was presented during the ASOHNS Annual Scientific Meeting held in Adelaide this

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    GPRWMF Awardee Presents Keynote at the 2017 Sydney Innovation and Research Symposium

    GPRWMF Awardees were congratulated by the NSW Minister for Health following the presentation of the keynote address at the Sydney Innovation and Research Symposium.

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    Award GPRWMF Alumnus Professor Alan Mackay-Sim Awarded 2017 Australian of the Year

    The Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation is delighted to congratulate Emeritus Professor Alan Mackay-Sim on his being awarded 2017 Australian of the Year.

  • Announcement

    2017 Award and Grant Funding Announced

    Congratulations to the successful recipients of GPRWMF funding, for grants and awards commencing in 2017. With a total of 44 applications and an exceptional level of competition, seven proposals have been awarded.

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    2017 Award and Grant Funding Announced

    With a high level of competition for this year’s funding, The Foundation has announced the winners of Awards and Grants in 2017. There were 44 applications in total of which the foundation was able to fund 7 of the received proposals.

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    Frontiers 2016: The Art, Science and Future of Otolaryngology

    The tenth biennial Frontiers meeting was held on the Gold Coast from 7-9th September 2016. Sponsored by the GPRWMF, the meeting was attended by 136 delegates, including leaders from the clinical and scientific community.

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    New Diagnostic Technology based on Saliva Tests

    Associate Professor Chamindie Punyadeera, whose research has been supported by the Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams memorial Foundation, has announced a breakthrough in diagnostic technologies.

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    The Bionic Voice Project

    The Bionic Voice Project started in July 2015. Dr Farzaneh Ahmadi, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience (BENS) group at the MARCS institute, Western Sydney University.

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    Dr David Szmulewicz